Maria Politi, MD, Dr. med., PhD
Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiologist, Head of Neurointerventions, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens
Dr Maria Politi currently serves as a Radiologist –Neuroradiologist at the Interventional Radiology Unit of Evangelismos Hospital and has led the Neurointerventional Treatments since 2023. In this role, she has introduced advanced procedures for cerebrovascular and spinal vascular disorders, including embolization of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, vascular anomalies of the head and neck, and mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke.
She specialized in radiology with focus in interventional and diagnostic neuroradiology in Germany, gaining fifteen years of clinical and academic experience, including consultancy roles at the University Hospitals of Bremen and Homburg. Her research experience includes work at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg. She holds a doctorate from Saarland University Medical School.
She has contributed to multicenter clinical trials, authored over seventy peer-reviewed publications, and presented extensively at international scientific forums. She is co-author of the handbook Cerebrovascular Stroke and the national mechanical thrombectomy guidelines promulgated by the Hellenic Stroke Organisation.