Alexandros Spyridonidis, MD, PhD
Professor of Hematology- Director Div. Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation – Director Institute of Cell Therapy, GMP Lab – Director Bone Marrow Donor Center “CBMDP-Save Life” – Director MSc “Cell and Gene Therapies” – University of Patras, Greece, – Director Hellenic Cord Blood Bank, BRFAA Athens
After completing his medical degree in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and his PhD and specialization in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology in University of Freiburg, Germany where he awarded the Venia Legendi, he was appointed as Assistant Professor (2006) and promoted to Full Professor (2015) of Hematology in University of Patras, Greece where he established the JACIE-accredited Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit with ISO for clinical trials www.bmtpatra.gr, the first in Greece Centre of Bone Marrow Donors “CBMDP-Save a Life” (www.xarisezoi.gr), the “Institute of Cellular Therapy” with the Eudra-GMP certified Labs www.ictpatras.gr and the MSc Program “Cell and Gene Therapies” www.mastercgt.com. He spent a research sabbatical at NIH, USA. The pipeline of his current translational research includes the GMP-manufacture of academic ATMPs, one of which is currently evaluated in a Phase I/II study. A regular speaker at EBMT and other conferences, he is also an active board member of several professional societies and organizations dealing with Acute Leukemia and Cellular Therapies both in Greece and international, such as EBMT, JACIE, European Commission, Hellenic Transplant Organization, among others. He has multiple publications focused on leukemia and transplantation, including a “How I treat” in Blood, and has received numerous national and international research grants, honors and awards.