Spring Conference Showcase

Michaella Alexandrou, MD, joined the MHIF Center of Coronary Artery Disease as the Sens Senior International Scholar in March 2023 from Athens, Greece. She obtained her MD from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2022. In her role as an MHIF CCAD Scholar, Michaella will work on various CCAD IIS projects, including REBIRTH, NASA, PROGRESS-CTO, CARE-CTO, PROGRESS Bifurcations, PROGRESS Complications and others.

In 2019, Michaella was awarded the Priscilla M. Clarkson Student Travel Award from the American College of Sports Medicine and presented her work at the Annual Meeting of ACSM in Orlando, Florida. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Michaella took an elective placement at the Pathological Clinic of Greece’s main hospital, Sotiria Hospital, answering their call for volunteers. Additionally, she was actively involved in a research group regarding the outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients belonging to racial minorities at Evangelismos Hospital, one of the largest public hospitals in Greece.

As a medical student, Michaella was also an Officer of Human Rights and Peace on the Hellenic Medical Students International Committee, and obtained a Stavros Niarchos Foundation scholarship for a Minor in International and European Affairs at the American College of Greece in Athens, through which she was able to explore her interests in vital questions about power, human rights, war and peace.

Dimitrios (Dimitri) Strepkos, MD joined the Center of Coronary Artery Disease as an International Research Scholar. In his role, Dimitri will work on various CCAD IIS projects, including REBIRTH, NASA, PROGRESS-CTO, CARE-CTO, PROGRESS Bifurcations, PROGRESS Complications, among others.

Dr. Strepkos was born and raised in Athens, Greece where he obtained his MD with honors from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2022. When he graduated from high school, he received the Eurobank scholarship award for his exemplary academic performance by scoring the highest in the Greek University entrance exams. During his time in medical school, Dr. Strepkos was heavily involved in basic science research and published a number of articles before graduating. He also developed a special interest in cardiology and devoted the summer of his 5th year of medical school to working with the 1st Department of Cardiology in the Hippokrateion University Hospital of Athens. 

Dr. Strepkos has also devoted two months in elective rotations in the Cardiology Department of the Johns Hopkins University Hospital. After he finished medical school, he worked as an Internal Medicine resident in the Thriassio General Hospital of Elefsina for 1.5 years.