Dimitrios (Dimitri) Strepkos, MD, joined the Center for Coronary Artery Disease as an international research scholar. In this role, he works on various CCAD investigator-initiated studies, including REBIRTH, NASA, PROGRESS-CTO, CARE-CTO, PROGRESS Bifurcations, PROGRESS Complications and others.
Dr. Strepkos was born and raised in Athens, Greece, where he obtained his medical degree 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 exemplary academic performance after earning the highest score in the Greek university entrance exams. During medical school, he was heavily involved in basic science research and published several articles before graduating. He also developed a strong interest in cardiology and devoted the summer of his fifth year of medical school to working with the 1st Department of Cardiology at Hippokrateion University Hospital of Athens.
Dr. Strepkos also completed two months of elective rotations in the cardiology department at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After finishing medical school, he worked for a year and a half as an internal medicine resident at Thriassio General Hospital of Elefsina.