George Kontogeorgos

Before retirement, George Kontogeorgos served for 20 years as head of the department of Pathology at “G. Gennimatas” General Hospital of Athens and Director of the National Pituitary Tumor Reference Center of Hellas. He has also served for many years as Research Associate at the Laboratory of Histology, University of Athens. He is an active member of many relevant Societies including the Endocrine Society, the Pituitary Society, the International Pituitary Pathology Society, and the European Network of Neuroendocrine Tumors.

In October 2014, he became President Elect of the International Academy of Pathology (IAP), serving the IAP as Vice President since 1998, and a member of the Education Committee since 2011.  He is also President of the Hellenic Division of the IAP. He has encouraged the educational activities of the Eastern European Countries, by helping the Russian, Romanian and Ukrainian Divisions to organize local Scientific Meetings, and also by giving lectures and organizing meetings.