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                  | Dimitrios 
                    H. Roukos, 
                    MD 
 Professor, Director, Surgical Oncology Research Unit
 Ioannina University School of Medicine
 451 10 Ioannina , Greece
 T: +30 26510 97423, F: +30 26510 97094
 email: droukos@cc.uoi.gr
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                              Dr. D. Roukos, studied Medicine at the University of Athens and specialized in general Surgery at the J.W.Goethe-University Hospital in Frankfurt a.M., Germany, where he received the title Dr. med. He moved back to Greece and since 1990 works at the Ioannina University School of Medicine.  
                              
                                | Research focus  | Gastric cancer, breast cancer, solid cancers  |  
                                | Goal  | Improving clinical outcomes of patients by translating cutting-edge research into evidence-based clinical practice  |    |   
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                                      | 1998 |  | D2-N2-lymphadenectomy concept  for gastric cancer patients. Concept confirmation by the Dutch randomized trial (2004). |   
                                      |  |  Roukos et al. Individualized preventive. Nat Clin Pract Oncol 2007; 4: 578-590.
  Roukos DH. Prognosis of breast cancer in carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations 
                                          N Engl J Med 2007; 357; 1555
 | The BRCA Ioannina Algorithm  for clinical decision-making prevention of hereditary breast ovarian cancer. Preoperative genetic testing may affect surgical treatment for individuals with breast cancer and BRCA mutation.
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                                      | 2008 | Roukos DH. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 
Jan. 2008 (in press). 
 | An innovative model  for "individualized" treatment of gastric cancer profiling genes and oncogenic pathways, and integrating current standards and cancer stem cells concept. |  
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                                          Publication in influential journals including Invited articles; invited presentations in international meetings, Member of organizing committee. 
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                  | Niki 
                    J. Agnantis, MD, PhD, FRCPath, AGE 
 Professor and Chair of the Dept. of Pathology
 Ioannina University Medical School
 451 10 Ioannina, Greece
 T: +30 26510 97792
 Email: nagnanti@cc.uoi.gr
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                  | Niki 
                      Agnantis has a PhD from the Athens University. Since 1991 
                      has been the Director of Pathology Dept. at the Ioannina 
                      University Hospital. Her interest in research of carcinogenesis 
                      in various organs including breast and the role of oncoproteins 
                      in the development of the malignant phenotypes has been 
                      translated into more than 933 citations in 182 works published 
                      in peer-reviewed international Journals and has presented 
                      multiple invited lectures in international meetings. She 
                      is Member of the Editorial Board and Reviewer in 21 Journals. 
                      She has received multiple Diplomas, Honors and Awards with 
                      the most recent the UNESCO Praise of the Programme, Women 
                      in Science (Paris 2000).
 
 
 
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                  | Angelos 
                    M. Kappas, 
                    MD 
 Professor and Chairman of the Dept. of Surgery
 Ioannina University Medical School
 451 10 Ioannina, Greece
 T: +30 26510 99769, F: +30 26510 99768
 Email: info@gastricbreastcancer.com
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                  | Dr. 
                      Angelos M. Kappas graduated from the Athens University School 
                      of Medicine and received his Ph.D thesis at the Aristotelian 
                      University of Thessaloniki where he worked for 10 years. 
                      He also worked for more than 2 years in Birmingham (U.K.) 
                      and since 1981 he moved to the Ioannina University School 
                      of Medicine, where he became professor and chairman of Surgery 
                      in 1996. His research has been focused on gastric cancer 
                      and colorectal cancer. Prof. Kappas has presented or published 
                      200 works in peer- reviewed Journals. He is founder and 
                      active member in many International Societies and a public 
                      welfare Institution. | 
                 
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                  | Christos 
                      Massalas, 
                      PhD Dean 
                      of the University of Ioannina and Professor of Materials 
                      Science and Engineering45110 Ioannina, Greece
 T: +3026510 97446, F: +302651097200
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                      graduating as a Civil Engineer, Professor Massalas continued 
                      his education with a Diploma degree in Mathematics (M.Sc., 
                      Ph.D., Habilitation in Mechanics). During his education 
                      he obtained scholarships from The Polytechnic Institute 
                      of Brooklyn, Fullbrigt Foundation and Unesco. He worked 
                      as Professor at the Department of Mathematics until 2000, 
                      is now Professor of Mechanics of Materials at the Department 
                      of Materials Science and has worked as Visiting Professor 
                      at the Trinity College (1989-1990). He is A Vice-director 
                      of the Institute B.R.I. and is a member of the scientific 
                      committee of “Onassis Foundation Science Lectures”. 
                      He is the author of several books, monographs and more than 
                      100 original research papers. His administrative course 
                      started in 1992 as Chairman of Department of Mathematics 
                      and was followed as Vice-Rector (1994-1997) at the University 
                      of Ioannina where he today is the present Rector (1997-2003) 
                      and the following three years’ (2003-2006) Vice-Rector 
                      of the University as well as the President of the Northwestern 
                      Macedonian University.
 
 
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                  | Gerothanassis Ioannis P., Professor of Chemistry Rector of the Ioannina University
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                  | William CS CHO | 
                
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                    Dr Cho is a biomedical scientist. His main research interests have been focusing on cancer studies utilizing high-throughput technologies to discover biomarkers for cancer diagnosis, treatment prediction and prognostication. He is a Chartered Scientist granted by the Science Council (UK) and a fellow member of several institutes, including the Institute of Biomedical Science (UK), Hong Kong Institute of Biomedical Science and Hong Kong Society for Molecular Diagnostic Sciences . Dr Cho has published over 120 papers and plenty of books covering cancer biomarkers, proteomics and microRNAs. Dr Cho is also a renowned grant reviewer of international institutes, including Hope Funds for Cancer Research (USA), Cancer Research (UK),Omega De Ville Replica The Foundation Fournier-Majoie for Innovation ( Brussels ), The Science Foundation ( Ireland ), National Medical Research Council ( Singapore ), and Academia Sinica Investigator Award ( Taiwan ). Email: williamcscho@gmail.com; chocs@ha.org.hk
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                  | Peter McCulloch | 
                
                  | Nuffield Department of Surgical Science, Oxford University, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK Email :peter.mcculloch@nds.ox.ac.uk
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                  | Dr. Maurizio Degiuli, Ospedale San Giovanni Battista
 di Torino- Presidio SGAS-Sc Chirurgia Generale,
 10-Turin, Italy
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                  | Ch. Katsios | 
                
                  | Dr. Christos S. Katsios is Professor of Surgery at the Department of Surgery at the Ioannina University Hospital, 
                    Ioannina, Greece.T: +30 26510 99696 F: +30 26510 99792
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                  | Chee-Seng Ku | 
                
                  | Dr. Ku Chee-Seng, PhD is working at the
  
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                  | Matthias P.A. Ebert, MD
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                  | Assistant 
                    Professor of Internal Medicine Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious 
                    Diseases
 University of Magdeburg, Germany
 T: 49 391 6721520, F : 49 391 67190054
 Email: Matthias.ebert@medizin.uni-magdeburg.de
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                      Matthias 
                        Ebert graduated from the University of Ulm in 1995 and 
                        worked as a post-doctorate researcher in the Molecular 
                        Endocrinology Laboratory of Prof. Murray Korc at the University 
                        of Irvine (California, Irvine). After moving back to Germany 
                        he joined Prof. Malfertheiner at the Department of Gastroenterology, 
                        Hepatology and Infectious Diseases (University of Magdeburg) 
                        and established a research group focussing on the molecular 
                        biology of gastric cancer. He published more than 50 articles 
                        on this and other related topics. He is member of several 
                        German and US gastroenterological and cancer associations 
                        and also serves as Assistant Editor of another GI journal. 
                        His main research interests are the molecular biology 
                        and pathogenesis of gastric cancer, including proteome 
                        analysis, molecular biology and clinical management of 
                      GI cancer patients. 
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                  | H.H. Hartgrink |  | 
                
                  | Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands. Email : h.h.hartgrink@lumc.nl
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                  | Professsor Dr.med. Christof Hottenrott |  | 
                
                  | Chefartz der Chirurgischen Klinik Marien Krankenhaus, Elisabethen Krankenhaus Frankfurt a.M., Germany |  | 
                
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                  | Joshua Fogel, PhD
 Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Business
 Brooklyn College , City University of New York
 Department of Finance and Business Management
 Brooklyn , NY
 USA
 e-mail:   joshua.fogel@gmail.com
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                  |  Joshua Fogel has a PhD in Clinical Health Psychology from Yeshiva University (USA), completed his Clinical Psychology internship at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (Canada), and fellowship in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University (USA). He is a tenured Professor in the Department of Finance and Business Management at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York ( USA ). He is a journal editor-in-chief and has published or accepted for publication over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals. His breast cancer research focuses on the psychological aspects of Internet use. He also studies a variety of behavioral medicine topics and also the cultural aspects of individuals with medical and/or psychiatric illnesses.
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                  | Ajani Jafer A. | 
                
                  | Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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                  | Prof. Raimund Jakesz, MD Dr hc    Chief, Surgery, Vienna Medical School, Austria best replica watches
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                  | Vienna Medical School Waehringer Guertel 18-20
 Vienna A-1090, Austria
 t: (0043 1) 40400 6916
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 e: raimund.jakesz@meduniwien.ac.at
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                  | Ionnis Kanellos, MD, Prof. of Surgery 4th Surgical Department
 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
 G Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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                  | Dr. Theodore Liakakos | 
                
                  | Dr. Theodore Liakakos is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Attiko University Hospital , Haidari, University of Athens , Greece Email: theodlia@otenet.gr
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                  | H.J. Meyer | 
                
                  | Dr. Meyer is a Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Städtisches Klinikum Solingen, 42653 Solingen , Germany
 Email: meyer@klinikumsolingen.de
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                  | Dr. Nikolaos Nikiteas M.D., PhD. | 
                
                  | Dr. Nikolaos Nikiteas is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the 2nd Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Medical School of Athens University, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece. | 
                 
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                  | Nikos 
                    Pandis, PhD 
 Associate Professor
 Department of Genetics
 Saint Savas Anticancer Hospital
 171 Alexandras Ave.
 Athens 115 22, Greece
 E-mail: Nikos.Pandis@medgen.ath.forthnet.gr
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                        received his Degree from the Department of Biological 
                        Sciences of Unversity of Athens and his Ph.D. from the 
                        Medical Faculty of University of Athens. He worked as 
                        Associate Director in the Department of Medical Genetics 
                        in University of Odense in Denmark 1992-1994 and he has 
                        been Associate Professor in the Medical Faculty of this 
                        University. He has been Associate Professor in Lund University 
                        in Sweden in the same field since 1995. He is currently 
                        the Director of the Department of Genetics in Saint Savas 
                        Anticancer Hospital. His contribution to the field of 
                        Cancer Genetics has been translated into more than 1830 
                        citations of his 100 publications. He has also been invited 
                        to speak in several International meetings and he is reviewer 
                        in 6 international Journals. He is also a member of various 
                        local and International boards and committees related 
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                  | Nikolas 
                      Pavlidis 
                      MD Professor 
                      and Chairman of the Department of MedicalOncology
 Ioannina University Medical School
 451 10 Ioannina, Greece
 T: +30 26510 99394
 E-mail: npavlid@cc.uoi.gr
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 Dr. Nicholas 
                      Pavlidis is Professor of Medical Oncology in the University 
                      of Ioannina, in Greece. He studied Medicine at the University 
                      of Athens. He was trained in Internal Medicine in a University 
                      Department in Athens. He did his bench research in the field 
                      of tumor immunology at the National Institutes of Health 
                      in Bethesda, USA. His clinical training in Medical Oncology 
                      was done at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, U.K. He 
                      was secretary in the Early Clinical Trials Group of EORTC 
                      and is still an active member. He was chairman of European 
                      School of Oncology Office for the Balkans and Middle East 
                      and is still an active member of the ESO Program Committee. 
                      He is also member of the ESMO Education Committee and of 
                      the ESMO Guidelines Task Force. He is Member of the Editorial 
                      Board and Reviewer in 6 International Journals. He has approximately 
                      200 publications in peer-reviewed International Journals 
                      and around 2000 citations.
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                  | F. Roviello | 
                 
                  | Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, Unit of Surgical Oncology, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
 
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                  | Andreas Sendler | 
                
                  | Unniv.-Prof. Dr. A. Sendler Direktor der Chirurgischen Universitätsklinik
 Marienhospital Herne
 Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum
 Hölkeskampring 40
 44625 Herne
 Email: Andreas.Sendler@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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                  | Krishna K. Singh , FRCS (Gen) | 
                
                  | Consultant Surgeon, Specialist in Upper Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery,
 Worthing and Southlands Hospital
 Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2DH
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                  | Tuttle TM, MD University of Minnesota
 Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology,
 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis , MN , USA
 Email: tuttl006@umn.edu
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                  | Cornelis J.H. van de Velde | 
                
                  | Cornelis J.H. van de Velde, MD, PhD Professor of Surgery Leiden University Medical Center Department of Surgery, K6-R P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands phone: +31 71 526 2309 fax: +31 71 526 6750 mobile: +31 6 5322 6758 Email: c.j.h.van_de_velde@lumc.nl
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                  | Young-Woo Kim | 
                
                  | Head, Center for Gastric Cancer, Hospital; Principal Scientist, Gastric Cancer Branch, Research Institute;
 Adviser, Teleconference Support Team, Division of Education & Training,
 National Cancer Center, Korea.
 Chair, Medical Working Group, Advanced Network Forum.
 
 809 Madu-1 dong, Ilsan-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 411-764, Korea
 Phone:+82-31-920-1635,1532
 Fax.:+82-31-920-0696
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 E-mail:gskim at ncc.re.kr
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                  | Univ. Prof. Dr. Johannes Zacherl Univ. Clinic of Surgery
 Upper GI and Bariatric Service
 Medical University of Vienna
 AKH 21.A
 Waehringer Guertel 18-20
 A-1090 Vienna
 Austria
 Tel.: +43 1 40400 5622
 F.: + 43 1 40400 5641
 email: johannes.zacherl@meduniwien.ac.at
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                  | Zeyi Zheng, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Associate
 Lester & Sue Smith Breast Center
 Baylor College of Medicine
 Houston, TX 77030
 U.S.A.
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                  | Zeyi Zheng, is currently a Postdoc in the Lester & Sue Smith Breast Center of Baylor College of Medicine. Since 2002, he has been working on cancer research for more than 10 years in Baylor College of Medicine as well as National University of Singapore. His research interests are breast cancer development and targeted therapies, nuclear receptors, Ras oncogene, and drug repositioning. Please refer to my CV  for more information on my research background.  | 
                
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                  | Elias Zintzaras, MSc, PhD Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine
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                  | Dr. Zintzaras is Head of the Department of Biomathematics at the University of Thessaly School of Medicine. He holds a degree in Applied Mathematics, an MSc in Biometry, and a PhD in Biomathematics and Evolutionary Genetics. He has worked as Biostatistical consultant at the British MRC National Institute for Medical Research and the Greek National Organization for Medicines. He has been Expert Biostatistician at the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products. He has been Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study/Collegium Budapest and Head of the Informatics Department at the Greek National Agricultural Foundation. His research focuses on meta-analysis, genetic epidemiology, mathematical modeling, Monte-Carlo modeling, bioequivalence testing and bioinformatics. | 
                
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