Athanassios Argiris, MD, PhD, FACP
Dr. Athanassios (Ethan) Argiris is an internationally recognized medical oncologist and clinical researcher with expertise in the evaluation and treatment of patients with head and neck and lung cancers. From 1994 to 2013 he held positions in prestigious academic institutions in the United States where he assumed distinguished leadership roles in oncology. He has been funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and serves as the principal investigator for several completed and active clinical trials with the NCI-funded national cooperative groups of the United States.
In 2014, he moved back to his home country to join the medical staff of Hygeia hospital in Athens, Greece, as a consultant in Medical Oncology. He has been elected Visiting Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Crete and since 2016 is a Professor of Medical Oncology in the Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Since 2019 he serves as the Director of the 1st Medical Oncology Department, Hygeia Hospital.
Academic Titles and Leadership Positions
- Professor of Medical Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, since 2016
- Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 2014
- Professor (tenured) and Chief, Division of Hematology-Oncology, A.B. Alexander Distinguished Chair in Oncology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 2011-2013
- Visiting Professor of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Crete, Herakleion, Greece, 2011
- Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief and Medical Director of Aerodigestive Cancers Program, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009-2011
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005-2009
- Assistant Professor of Medicine and Disease Section Leader in Thoracic and Head and Neck Cancer, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,Chicago, IL, 2000-2005
- Director, 1st Department of Medical Oncology, Hygeia Hospital, 2019-present
Honors and Awards
- ECOG Research and Education Young Investigator Award – 2009 (for leadership and substantial contributions to ECOG; requirement is less than 46 years of age) (2009)
- Young Investigator Scholar Award for Clinical/Translational Research by the American Association for Cancer Research (2000)
- SmithKline Beecham National Oncology Fellows’ Forum Travel Award (2000)
- Faculty of 1000 in Medicine –
- Pittsburgh’s Magazine “Top Doctors” list 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- America’s “Top Doctors” and “Top Doctors for Cancer” (Castle Connolly) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Βest Doctor U.S. News and World Report 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Society Member
- Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)
- SouthwestOncologyGroup (SWOG)
- National Cancer Institute (NCI Steering Committee)
- Hellenic Society for Radiation Oncology
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
- American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
- European Society for Medical Oncology(ESMO)
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Office
Hygeia Hospital
- 5 Erythrou Stavrou St.
- GR 15123 Marousi, Athens, Greece
Contact
- Τel.: +30 210 686 7692
- Fax: +30 216 700 5938
- Mob.: +30 6975 519 349
email: athanassios.argiris@gmail.com
argirisoncology@gmail.com