
External Scientific Staff
External Scientific Staff
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Email
ppapalexis@uniwa.gr
Dr. Papalexis is a graduate of the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2016), a graduate of the Department of Medical Laboratories of the Highest Technological Educational Institute of Athens (2005), a holder of the Postgraduate Diploma in “Molecular Medicine”, direction “Advanced Molecular Diagnostics”, of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2009) and also a holder of the Postgraduate Diploma in “Environment & Health-Management of Environmental Issues with Health Impacts”, of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2011). He holds a PhD in the scientific field of breast cancer, with honors, unanimously, from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2024). From 2021 to present, he has been working as a Resident Physician in Endocrinology-Metabolism-Diabetes at the General Hospital of Athens “Laiko”. At the same time, he serves as a member of the Scientific Council of the General Hospital “Laiko” from 2021-present.
His research interests focus on the following fields: Breast cancer (prognostic and predictive immunohistochemical biomarkers of breast cancer), Covid-19 disease, toxicology with emphasis on doping, molecular diagnostics, diabetes mellitus, endocrinology (endocrine disorders after immunotherapy or chemotherapy), metabolism, hematological biomarkers, infections, molecular oncology, environment & health, biological sample collection-blood sampling.
He worked as a Laboratory Associate in the Department of Medical Laboratories of ATEI-Athens from 2016-2018 and then as a Laboratory Associate-Academic Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of West Attica from 2018 to the present. He has been a supervising professor in several undergraduate diploma theses. He is also an evaluator-reviewer of various international scientific journals.
Dr. Papalexis is a member of the Education Committee of the Athens Medical Association (1st/2023-present) and Secretary of the Education Committee of the Hellenic Society of Endocrinology (5th/2024-present). He has participated as a member of several organizational and scientific committees, as well as a speaker at Panhellenic and European Conferences-Workshops. At the same time, he has taught in postgraduate programs of the Medical School of Athens, and also in a postgraduate program of the Department of Biomedical Sciences of the University of West Attica. He speaks English fluently and German at a very good level.
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