Florentine Matilda
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal information Surname: Florentin Name: Matilda
e-mail: matildaflorentin@yahoo.com
Education
1992-1999: American College of Thessaloniki “ANATOLIA” Graduate GPA: 19.3/20 (excellent)
1999-2005: School of Medicine, University of Ioannina Graduate GPA: 8.85/10 (rank 4th)
PhD: "Efficacy of treatment with rimonabant alone or in combination with lipid lowering drugs in the metabolic parameters of overweight/obese patients with dyslipidemia" (School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Grade "Excellent")
Clinical experience
September 2005-June 2006: Assistant Fellow in the Ippokrateion Hospital of Thessaloniki.
January 2007-August 2009: Research Fellow in the Outpatient Lipid and Obesity Clinic of the University Hospital of Ioannina
September 2009-February 2010: Honorary Clinical Research Fellow in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry in Royal Free Hospital (Academic Head of the Department: Dimitri P Mikhailidis) (scholarship from the “Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society”)
March 2010-December 2015: Internship in Internal Medicine in the University Hospital of Ioannina
June 2016- June 2017: University Fellow in University of Ioannina (clinical and educational duties, including teaching)
November 2017-September 2019: Consultant in the Emergency Department of the University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece
September 2020-September 2021: Consultant in the Emergency Department of the University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece
September 2021-March 2024: Consultant of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
March 2024- : Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Participation in clinical studies
I have participated and I am currently participating as an investigator in several multicenter, international clinical studies of cardiovascular medicine.
Academic merits
Three scholarships from the "Institution of National Scholarships" for top academic attendance and scoring for the academic years 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006 as a medical student
Award for top academic attendance and scoring for the Pathology course (University of Ioannina, School of Medicine)
Teaching medical students (lectures on lipid disorders, hypertension and electrolyte disorders, history taking and physical examination)
I am member of the Faculty of the Masters Diploma entitled “Clinical Chemistry” in the Chemistry-Biochemistry Department of University of Ioannina, of the Masters Diploma “MSc in Thrombosis” in the University of Thessaly, the MSc “Cardiometabolic Medicine” of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens as well as the MSc “Cardiovascular Medicine” in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
I have attended numerous local and international congresses and educational courses. I was among the speakers or chairmen in some of them, while I have won several awards for scientific projects.
Publications
I have been a leading and principal author as well as co-author in numerous scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals. I also was Guest Editor of a Special Issue of Current Pharmaceutical Design entitled "Achieving Current Goals in Prevention and Treatment of Vascular Disease: an update" (general title of the issue: "New Developments in the Prevention and Treatment of Vascular Disease - 4"). Recently, I was Guest Editor of a Special Issue entitled “The Role of Dietary Cholesterol in Atherosclerosis” in Nutrients.
Furthermore, I have experience with refereeing for several journals.
Publications
79 peer-reviewed publications (76 of them listed in Pubmed) in international journals (1868 citations, h-index 24; source: Scopus)
Fields of interest
Lipid disorders, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, thrombosis and stroke
IT SKILLS:
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- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office: Windows, Word, PowerPoint and Internet navigation
- Experienced in data (statistical) analysis with the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences)
- Experienced in using reference managers (ie, Thomson Reuters Endnote)
- Experienced in using online communication systems in healthcare facilities
- Experienced in eCRF completion in clinical studies
KNOWLEDGE OF LABORATORY METHODS
- ELISA
- Gel electrophoresis (Lipoprint system)
- Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 determination (trichloroacetic acid precipitation procedure)
Email: | matildaflorentin@yahoo.com |