Pediatrician – Pediatric Pulmonologist – Pediatric Allergist

Tel: 2108018038

Miltiadou 1, Kifissia, 14562, Attica

Kostas N. Priftis, MD is Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece. He chaired the Children’s Respiratory and Allergy Unit at the Third Department of Paediatrics, Attikon University Hospital and is currently the Director of the Paediatric Respiratory and Allergy Department of the Paediatric Center Hospital of Athens (Marousi).

Dr. Priftis has graduated from the School of Medicine of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki in 1976 and defended his PhD thesis at the NKUA School in 1982. He completed his residency training in Paediatrics at the University of Patras in 1985 and his research fellowship in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at the Children’s Respiratory Unit of the University of Nottingham School of Medicine, UK in 1989.

Dr. Priftis is an active researcher in the field of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine with a focus on childhood asthma, paediatric bronchoscopy, chronic endobronchial infections, breath sounds and allergy. He has authored more than 180 scientific publications in peer reviewed international journals (h-index 50), edited 7 books and special issues (in English) and his work has received over 9,000 citations (Google Scholar). He has supervised 12 PhD theses, 15 Diplomatic dissertations (MSc), and is the founder of the two-year Post Graduate Program in Paedatric Respiratory Medicine of NKUA Medical School.