Biography
Dr. Gerasimos Evangelatos is a Rheumatologist and Director of the Rheumatology Department at HOSPITALity General Clinic.
He is the first rheumatologist in Athens to have obtained official authorization from the Greek Ministry of Health to perform rheumatology ultrasound examinations, following six months of specialized training at Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki and successful completion of the required examinations.
He holds a PhD with distinction and is a graduate of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School. He also holds an MSc in Metabolic Bone Diseases from the same institution.
He completed his specialty training in Rheumatology at leading Greek hospitals, including Laiko General Hospital of Athens, NIMTS, Hippokration General Hospital of Athens and Hygeia Hospital. He also received additional training at Akershus University Hospital and Martina Hansen Hospital in Oslo, Norway.
He has served as a Scientific Associate at the 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, at Sotiria General Hospital of Athens, with extensive involvement in both clinical practice and medical education. His work included teaching third-, fourth-, fifth- and sixth-year medical students, as well as examining more than 1,000 patients in the hospital's outpatient clinics and inpatient departments.
He played a key role in the establishment and operation of the specialized Psoriasis and Spondyloarthritis Clinic and the Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Arthritis and Cutaneous Manifestations Clinic, the latter being the first of its kind in Greece.
Given the hospital's particular focus on respiratory diseases, he also gained extensive experience in the management of patients with pulmonary manifestations of rheumatic diseases, particularly interstitial lung disease.
Dr. Evangelatos regularly participates as a speaker or chair at international and Greek scientific conferences and is actively involved in research, with 53 publications in leading international rheumatology journals and 44 presentations at international and Greek conferences.
His extensive research work covers rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis (ankylosing spondylitis), giant cell arteritis, antiphospholipid syndrome, transient and migratory osteoporosis, Paget's disease of bone and IgG4-related disease. His research also focuses on cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatic diseases, the use of ultrasound in rheumatology and the treatment of rheumatic diseases.
He has received scholarships from the Hellenic Society for Rheumatology, the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR), the Emerging EULAR Network (EMEUNET) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO). He has also received awards.
He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the international scientific journals Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Diseases and Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology and has served as a peer reviewer for numerous international scientific journals.