Sotiris Tsiodras

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Sotiris Tsiodras
Leader of team charged with managing the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Greece
Government liaison officer on coronavirus pandemic
Personal details
Born (1965-10-13) 13 October 1965 (age 55)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityGreek
Spouse(s)Mina
Children7
Alma materUniversity of Athens
ProfessionPhysician; internist; infectious disease specialist

Sotiris Tsiodras (Greek: Σωτήρης Τσιόδρας; born 13 October 1965) is a Greek internal medicine physician, specializing in infectology (infectious diseases), in charge of Greece's management of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 crisis.

Early years and education[]

Tsiodras was born on 13 October 1965 in Sydney, Australia, into an immigrant family originating from Neohori, Argolis.[1] After the family moved back to Greece, he enrolled into the Ioannina medical school and then transferred to the University of Athens from which he graduated in March 1991 as a pathologist.[2]

Medical career[]

In 1993, Tsiodras was assigned to the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens[3] where he served for one year.[4] During the years 1994–1997, he worked as an internal medicine specialist specializing in Internal Medicine at the Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia in the United States. From 1997 to 2001, he enrolled in the programs for infectious diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Between 1998 and 2001, he worked as a research fellow at Harvard Medical School from which he received a Medical Sciences M.A in June 2001.[5]

In 2003, he defended cum laude his doctoral dissertation at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.[6]

COVID-19 pandemic in Greece[]

In 2020, the government appointed a group of experts to coordinate the country's management of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Greece.[7] Tsiodras was appointed as the team's leader as well as the government's communications liaison for the COVID-19 health crisis.[8][9]

On 4 May 2020, Tsiodras stated that, among the various ways for counting covid-19 victims, the Greek competent authorities have chosen to follow the one for counting influenza victims, admitting that this might result in listing "some more [deaths and] not fewer," because this process counts as deaths from covid-19 the deaths of all patients with covid-19. The process is "dynamic," he added, noting that there is not yet a worldwide established process for countind covid-19 deaths.[10]

Media coverage[]

Le Figaro claimed that Tsiodras was the "new 'main man' of Greeks".[11] In the article, it is claimed that Tsiodras had asked Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to impose strict lockdown measures as soon as the first cases were reported in Italy. Greek sociologist Andreas Drymiotis remarked that "Greeks particularly appreciate [Tsiodras'] calm, his knowledge on the matter, and his deep respect for all victims and the fact that he has an unbreakable dedication to nursing staff."[12]

New York Times journalist Matina Stevis-Gridneff described him as one of the "heroes of the coronavirus era".[9] In May 2020, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that, to Tsiodras, it is "important that nobody is forgotten in a crisis." After many residents of a Roma settlement in Thessaly tested positive for the virus, Tsiodras traveled to the settlement and ordered that the people be supported with food and disinfectants, warning against attempts to "scapegoat" the Roma.[13]

Personal life[]

Tsiodras is a practicing Orthodox Christian, an aficionado of Byzantine hymnology, and a member of his local church's choir. He and his wife Asimina, née Ghéli,[14] have seven children.[2]

See also[]

  • Greek government, post-2019 elections
  • Civil services of Greece
  • SARS
  • World Health Organization

References[]

  1. ^ "'Προσευχόμαστε γιά το παιδί μας': Οι γονείς τού Σωτήρη Τσιόδρα μιλούν γιά τον γιό τους" ['We are praying for our child': Sotiris Tsiodras' parents talks about their son]. Arcadia portal (in Greek). Greece. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Κορωνοϊός: Ποιος είναι ο λοιμωξιολόγος Σωτήρης Τσιόδρας που κέρδισε την εμπιστοσύνη των Ελλήνων" [Coronavirus: Who is the Greek infectiologist who has won the trust of Greeks]. I Efimerida (in Greek). Athens. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. ^ "401 Hospital". General Military Hospital of Athens.
  4. ^ "O 'στρατηγός' της Ελλάδας στη μάχη κατά του Covid-19" [Greece's 'general' in the battle against Covid-19]. Naftemporiki (in Greek). 30 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Sydney-born immunologist Sotiris Tsiodras, the 'voice' of coronavirus in Greece". New World. Australia. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. ^ Tsiodras, Sotiris (2003). "Effect of protease inhibitors on the metabolic syndrome of patients with HIV infection". National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. doi:10.12681/eadd/13581. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Οδηγίες απο τον λοιμωξιολόγο Σωτήρη Τσιόδρα για την προστασία των ευπαθών ομάδων από τον κορονοϊό" [Directions from infectiologist Sotiris Tsiodras on the protection of vulnerable groups from the coronavirus]. Huffington Post (in Greek). Athens. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  8. ^ "'Nick Hard' and the soft-spoken professor keeping Greeks virus-safe". Radio France Internationale. Paris. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Stevis-Gridneff, Matina (5 April 2020). "The Rising Heroes of the Coronavirus Era? Nations' Top Scientists". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Τσιόδρας: Ρισκάρουμε να καταγράφουμε περισσότερους θανάτους" [Tsiodras: We risk listing more deaths]. Protagon (in Greek). 5 May 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  11. ^ Kefalas, Alexia (20 March 2020). "L'infectiologue Sotirios Tsiodras, nouvelle coqueluche des Grecs" [Infectologist Sotiris Tsiodras, the new main man of the Greeks]. Le Figaro (in French).
  12. ^ "Sydney-born immunologist Sotiris Tsiodras, the 'voice' of coronavirus in Greece". Neos Kosmos. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  13. ^ Martens, Michael (3 May 2020). "Ein Arzt für alle Griechen" [A doctor for all Greeks]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 February 2021. The country is doing well in the fight against the virus. The success has a name: Sotiris Tsiodras.
  14. ^ "Ποια είναι η σύζυγος του Σωτήρη Τσιόδρα - Η σπάνια κοινή τους εμφάνιση" [Who is the wife of Sotiris Tsiodras - Their rare appearance together]. Tempo24 (in Greek). 22 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

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