Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief
Constantine A. Stratakis, MD, DSci, PhD, IMBB, FORTH, Heraklion, and ELPEN Research Institute and H. Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Deputy Editors-in-Chief
Dimitrios G. Goulis, MD, PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Stergios Polyzos, MD, MSc, PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Paraskevi Xekouki, MD, PhD, University of Crete, Crete, Greece

Associate Editor, Director of Communications & Hormones News
Stavroula A. Paschou, MD, PhD, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Overseas Editors
Middle East
Jihad Adel Haddad, MD, Prince Hamzah Hospital, Amman, Jordan

Associate Editors
Aly Ahmed Abdel-Rahim, MM, MD, Faculty of Medicine Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Krystallenia Alexandraki, MD, PhD, MSc, MSc, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Theodore Alexandrides, MD, Patras University Medical School, Patras, Greece
Panagiotis Anagnostis, MD, PhD, MSc, FRSPH, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Athanasios D. Anastasilakis, MD, PhD, 424 Military General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Georgios Androutsos, MD, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Anna Angelousi, MD, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Sylvia L. Asa, MD, PhD, University Hospitals Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
Alexandra Bargiota, MD, PhD, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
Michael Buchfelder, MD, PhD, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Elias Castanas, MD, PhD, DSc, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
George Ρ. Chrousos, MD, ScD, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Dionisios Chrysis, MD, PhD, University of Patras, Patra, Greece
Maria Dalamaga, MD, MSc, MPH, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Giuseppe Defeudis, MD, PhD, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy
Grigorios Effraimidis, MD, PhD, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Copenhagen, Denmark
Zoe A. Efstathiadou, MD, PhD, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Neoklis Georgopoulos, MD, PhD, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Aleksander Giwercman, MD, PhD, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Ilpo Huhtaniemi, MD, PhD, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Ioannis Ilias, MD, PhD, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece
Gregory Kaltsas, MD, FRCP, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Marilena Kampa, MD, PhD, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein, MD, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Marianna Karamanou, MD, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Niki Karavitaki, MD, MSc, PhD, Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Spyridon Nikolaos Karras, MD, PhD, Medical School of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Eva Kassi, MD, PhD, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Niki Katsiki, MD, PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloníki, Greece
Dimitrios Kiortsis, MD, PhD, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Triantafyllia Koletsa, MD, PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Kalliopi Kotsa, MD, PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Sarantis Livadas, MD, PhD, Evgenideio Hospital, Athens, Greece
Anton Luger, MD, PhD, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Djuro Macut, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
Salvatore Minisola, MD, Sapienza Rome University, Rome, Italy
Nicolas C. Nicolaides, MD, PhD, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Georgia Ntali, MD, PhD, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
Maria Papaleontiou, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Stavroula A. Paschou, MD, PhD, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Kalliopi Pazaitou-Panayiotou, MD, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Martin Reincke, MD, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Nicos Skordis, MD, PhD, School of Medicine, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
Gerasimos Sykiotis, MD, PhD, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Nikolaos Tentolouris, MD, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Stelios Tigas, MD, PhD, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Symeon Tournis, MD,PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
George Trovas, MD, PhD, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Dimitra Vassiliadi, MD, PhD, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
Maria Venihaki, PhD, University of Crete, School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece
Maria Yavropoulou, MD, PhD, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
John Yfantopoulos, MD, PhD, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Editorial Board
Christian Adolf, MD, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Kyriakos Aloumanis, MD, PhD, Pharmaserve-Lilly SACI, Athens, Greece
Marta Araujo Castro, MD, PhD, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Flora Bacopoulou, MD, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Corin Badiu, MD, PhD, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Nicole Bechmann, PhD, Dresden University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
Stefan Bornstein, PhD, Dresden University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
Ekaterini Chatzaki, PhD, Democritus University, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Giovanni Corona, MD, PhD, Maggiore Hospital Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Paulo M.S. Dantas, PhD, Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
Eirini Dermitzaki, PhD, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Murat F. Erdogan, MD, PhD, University of Ankara School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Olga V. Fofanova-Gambetti, MD, PhD, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Achilleas Gravanis, PhD, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Olga Karapanou, PhD, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
Electron Kebebew, MD, FACS, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Fahrettin Kelestimur, MD, PhD, Yeditepe University Hospitals, Ankara, Turkey
Alexander Kokkinos, MD, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
George Kontogeorgos, MD, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
George Koukoulis, MD, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens, Greece
Nikolaos Koundourakis, PhD, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Eleni Kousta, MD, PhD, IN.E. G.S.E.E., Corfu, Greece
Michael Koutsilieris, MD, PhD, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Ioannis Kyrou, PhD, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Birmingham, UK
Niki Malliaraki, MD, PhD, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece
Kostas B. Markou, PhD, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Danijela Vojnovic Milutinovic, MSc, PhD, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Gesthimani Mintziori, MD, MSc), PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Ayrton C. Moreira, PhD, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Giovanna Muscogiuri, MD, PhD, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
George Paltoglou, MD, PhD, University Research Institute, Athens, Greece
Nektaria Papadopoulou, MD, PhD, Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health and Precision Medicine, Athens, Greece
Radmila Sparic, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Spyridoula Maraka, MS, MS, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
Halil Tekiner, PhD, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
Marily Theodoropoulou, PhD, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Giorgio Treglia, MD, MSc, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland
Sofia Tsirona, MD, Euroclinic, Athens, Greece
Themistoklis Tzotzas, MD, PhD, St. Luke's Hospital , Thessaloniki, Greece
Maria Vamvini, MD, Beth Israel Lahey Health , Boston, USA
Vasiliki Vasileiou, MD, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
Evangeline Vassilatou, MD, PhD, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Athens, Greece
Dimitrios Vlachakis, MSc, MPhil, PhD, FGS, MRSChem, MRSBio, MRSMed, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Martin O. Weickert, PhD, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire, Coventry, UK
Wilmar M. Wiersinga, MD, PhD, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Miloš Žarković, MD, PhD, University of Belgrade School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
George N. Zografos, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Honorary Board
Catherine Dacou-Voutetakis, MD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Andre N. Margioris, MD, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Statistics Editing
Alexandros Gryparis, PhD, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

Manuscript Editing
Scarlett Gingell

Secretarial Manager
Olga Nikolaou