Vassilios Papadakis
Dr Vassilios Papadakis obtained his MD degree with summa cum laude in 1986 from the University of Athens. He completed Residency in Pediatrics (1987-1990) at St Luke’s/ Roosevelt Medical Center of the Columbia University of Physicians and Surgeons and full Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology- Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and NYH Cornell Medical Center (1990-1993, NYC) and spent the following year as Special Fellow in Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) at MSKCC.
Research activities involved the pathophysiology of bone marrow engraftment and failure following BMT, CNS tumor megatherapy/ transplantation and late effects of cancer treatment.
He then returned to Greece and since 1997, he was appointed at the Department of Pediatric Hematology – Oncology at Agia Sofia Children’s Hospital in Athens, Greece, where he is still working, as Director NHS. A PhD Degree has been obtained from the Medical School of the University of Crete, examining the long term outcome of growth, development and gonadal function in children treated for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Dr Vassilios Papadakis is Board Certified in 1. Pediatrics and in 2. Pediatric Hematology Oncology in the USA and holds the Specialty Title of 3. Pediatrics and 4. Hematology in Greece. Current research interest involves the treatment of Neuroblastoma, Leukemias, Lymphomas and Histiocytic Syndromes in children. Clinical practice involves the full spectrum of Pediatric Hematology – Oncology.
Dr. Papadakis is member of the SIOPEN European Neuroblastoma consortium and has served at the SIOPEN Executive Committee (2006-2000, 2012- 2016, 2020-present). Also, he has helped to create and is leading the Quality of Life- Long Term Outcome Committee of SIOPEN and has active participation in the LINES and HR-1 and HR-2 SIOPEN Protocols. He is a member of Hellenic and International Scientific Committees and Board Member of the Hellenic Society of Pediatric Hematology – Oncology (HeSPHO), where he leads the National Neuroblastoma and Histiocytoses Groups. He also enjoys being a member of the Board (Medical Doctor) of the Make--A Wish Foundation Greece.
He is one of the six representatives of the lesser recruiting country and treasurer within the SIOPEN Executive Committee.
