Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Dimitrios K. Kantas

Dimitrios K. Kantas, MD
Sleep Medicine-Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic
USA

Biography

Dimitrios Kantas graduated from Medical School of Ioannina, Greece in 2010. He pursued a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at University Hospital of Ioannina and one year fellowship in pulmonary and sleep medicine at University Hospitals Birmingham, United Kingdom. He also possesses a MSc in sleep medicine from National University of Athens, Greece. Currently, Dr. Kantas is a board certified pulmonologist/intensivist-somnologist, research fellow/collaborator at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and PhD candidate working on an R01 grant on sleep CV risk and racial differences. He is Secretary of group 4.01(Sleep science- basic and translational)ERS sleep assembly 4, member of the PAC advisory panel, young investigators forum of AASM and serves as international ambassador of AASM for Europe.Also, he serves as associate editor of the REM section of JCSM and he is member of the editorial board of Nature and Science of Sleep. Moreover, he is a member of the European Sleep Research Society, Hellenic Sleep Research Society, World Sleep Society and British Sleep Society. His main goal is be to bridge sleep societies worldwide and increase the awareness of sleep disorders in the public.

Research Interest

Sleep medicine and cardiovascular diseases Respiratory medicine And critical care medicine