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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Dr. Athanasios Desalermos is a Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, USA, Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, at the Athens Medical Center.<\/p>\n
He received his Board Certified Gastroenterology and Hepatology residency at the University Hospital of the University of California San Diego, which has been recognized as the best Gastroenterology and Hepatology training program in the United States of America.<\/p>\n
He is the only gastroenterologist in Greece who was trained at the leading and global reference center for Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at the University of California San Diego, USA, alongside the world-renowned specialist in Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Dr. William Sandborn.
\nHe is a fellow of the European Section and Board of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, a distinction and recognition of his scientific career.<\/p>\n
It aims at comprehensive diagnosis and treatment using the most advanced interventional techniques and modern medical knowledge. In parallel, Mr. Desalermos continues his clinical and research work as an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (https:\/\/profiles.umassmed.edu\/display\/19900773<\/a>). Dividing his time between Greece and America, continuing his collaborations with some of the most famous medical centers in the world (https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=desalermos<\/a>). In recognition of his clinical and research work, he was awarded a fellowship of the European Society of Gastroenterology (Fellow of the European Section and Board of Gastroenterology & Hepatology).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/a><\/span>![](\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27838%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20838%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27838%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\")
<\/div><\/div>After successful exams he was admitted to the medical school of Athens from which he graduated in 2007. He completed his military duties in the 618th artillery unit in Plati, Evros in the most remote camp of the rural Evros where he stayed for the duration of his term.<\/p>\n
Then after his successful participation in the pan-American medical certification exams, in which he excelled, he went to America and was appointed a salaried postdoctoral researcher in pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital of the University of Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.<\/p>\n
During his nearly 2-year stay at Harvard University, he participated in a multitude of research projects and published a plethora of basic and clinical research papers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
He completed his residency in internal pathology at Boston University, one of the leading pathology training centers in the United States of America. (https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/2020\/10\/05\/bmc-ranked-4-top-us-teaching-hospital<\/a>). During his training, he was distinguished for his clinical and research work and the teaching of the university’s medical students (https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/2015-career-choices\/<\/a>). As a resident, he worked alongside Mayo Clinic’s current director of the Division of Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Dr. Francis Farraye. After written exams, he got the diploma to practice the medical specialty of pathology in America (Board Certified).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/a><\/span>![](\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271000%27%20height%3D%27667%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201000%20667%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271000%27%20height%3D%27667%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\")
<\/div><\/div>He continued his training in gastroenterology and hepatology at University California San Diego, which has been named the best gastroenterology university in the world (https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-global-universities\/gastroenterology-hepatology<\/a>). During his training he was distinguished for his clinical and research work and was awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award by the National Research Foundation of America. During his training in all areas of gastroenterology and hepatology, he worked for 3 years alongside the world’s leading gastroenterologist in idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease, Dr. William Sandborn.
\n(https:\/\/medschool.ucsd.edu\/som\/medicine\/divisions\/gastro\/fellowship\/Pages\/Fellows.aspx<\/a>). He also collaborated with the research laboratory in gastroenterology and co-authored the microbiome of Dr. Amir Zarrinpar (https:\/\/zarrinparlab.org\/team\/<\/a>). After written exams, he got the diploma to practice the medical specialty of gastroenterology and hepatology in America (Board Certified).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Mr. Desalermos was elected assistant professor of gastroenterology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and developed a pioneering gastroenterology and hepatology clinic in Massachusetts where he successfully treated thousands of clinical cases and performed over endoscopies. He was also actively involved in the education of students and medical residents and took part in the student admissions committee at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, specifically the MMI panel. His research work continued with a series of highly successful published research papers. He also had active collaborations with major American medical and research centers such as the Mayo Clinic and Brown University.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>It aims at comprehensive diagnosis and treatment using the most advanced interventional techniques and modern medical knowledge. In parallel, Mr. Desalermos continues his clinical and research work as an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (https:\/\/profiles.umassmed.edu\/display\/19900773<\/a>) Dividing his time between Greece and America, continuing his collaborations with some of the most famous medical centers in the world (https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=desalermos<\/a>). In recognition of his clinical and research work, he was awarded a fellowship of the European Society of Gastroenterology (Fellow of the European Section and Board of Gastroenterology & Hepatology).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1828","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1828"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515,"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1828\/revisions\/2515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Dr. Athanasios Desalermos is a Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, USA, Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, at the Athens Medical Center.<\/p>\n
He received his Board Certified Gastroenterology and Hepatology residency at the University Hospital of the University of California San Diego, which has been recognized as the best Gastroenterology and Hepatology training program in the United States of America.<\/p>\n
He is the only gastroenterologist in Greece who was trained at the leading and global reference center for Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at the University of California San Diego, USA, alongside the world-renowned specialist in Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Dr. William Sandborn.
\nHe is a fellow of the European Section and Board of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, a distinction and recognition of his scientific career.<\/p>\n
It aims at comprehensive diagnosis and treatment using the most advanced interventional techniques and modern medical knowledge. In parallel, Mr. Desalermos continues his clinical and research work as an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (https:\/\/profiles.umassmed.edu\/display\/19900773<\/a>). Dividing his time between Greece and America, continuing his collaborations with some of the most famous medical centers in the world (https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=desalermos<\/a>). In recognition of his clinical and research work, he was awarded a fellowship of the European Society of Gastroenterology (Fellow of the European Section and Board of Gastroenterology & Hepatology).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> After successful exams he was admitted to the medical school of Athens from which he graduated in 2007. He completed his military duties in the 618th artillery unit in Plati, Evros in the most remote camp of the rural Evros where he stayed for the duration of his term.<\/p>\n Then after his successful participation in the pan-American medical certification exams, in which he excelled, he went to America and was appointed a salaried postdoctoral researcher in pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital of the University of Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.<\/p>\n During his nearly 2-year stay at Harvard University, he participated in a multitude of research projects and published a plethora of basic and clinical research papers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> He completed his residency in internal pathology at Boston University, one of the leading pathology training centers in the United States of America. (https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/2020\/10\/05\/bmc-ranked-4-top-us-teaching-hospital<\/a>). During his training, he was distinguished for his clinical and research work and the teaching of the university’s medical students (https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/2015-career-choices\/<\/a>). As a resident, he worked alongside Mayo Clinic’s current director of the Division of Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Dr. Francis Farraye. After written exams, he got the diploma to practice the medical specialty of pathology in America (Board Certified).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> He continued his training in gastroenterology and hepatology at University California San Diego, which has been named the best gastroenterology university in the world (https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-global-universities\/gastroenterology-hepatology<\/a>). During his training he was distinguished for his clinical and research work and was awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award by the National Research Foundation of America. During his training in all areas of gastroenterology and hepatology, he worked for 3 years alongside the world’s leading gastroenterologist in idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease, Dr. William Sandborn. Mr. Desalermos was elected assistant professor of gastroenterology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and developed a pioneering gastroenterology and hepatology clinic in Massachusetts where he successfully treated thousands of clinical cases and performed over endoscopies. He was also actively involved in the education of students and medical residents and took part in the student admissions committee at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, specifically the MMI panel. His research work continued with a series of highly successful published research papers. He also had active collaborations with major American medical and research centers such as the Mayo Clinic and Brown University.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> It aims at comprehensive diagnosis and treatment using the most advanced interventional techniques and modern medical knowledge. In parallel, Mr. Desalermos continues his clinical and research work as an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (https:\/\/profiles.umassmed.edu\/display\/19900773<\/a>) Dividing his time between Greece and America, continuing his collaborations with some of the most famous medical centers in the world (https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=desalermos<\/a>). In recognition of his clinical and research work, he was awarded a fellowship of the European Society of Gastroenterology (Fellow of the European Section and Board of Gastroenterology & Hepatology).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1828","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1828"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515,"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1828\/revisions\/2515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdesalermos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/div><\/div>
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\n(https:\/\/medschool.ucsd.edu\/som\/medicine\/divisions\/gastro\/fellowship\/Pages\/Fellows.aspx<\/a>). He also collaborated with the research laboratory in gastroenterology and co-authored the microbiome of Dr. Amir Zarrinpar (https:\/\/zarrinparlab.org\/team\/<\/a>). After written exams, he got the diploma to practice the medical specialty of gastroenterology and hepatology in America (Board Certified).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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