Kallistheni Farmaki

Personal Information Marital status: Married, two sons 38 and 31 years old  Nationality: Hellenic & Cypriot  Age: 59 (29-04-1952)  Place of Birth: Nicosia, CYPRUS Education 1969 – 1980 Medical school, University of MONTPELLIER FRANCE  DOCTOR IN MEDECINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER  SPECIALIST IN CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY, Laboratory Haematology & Immunology, Medical school, University of MONTPELLIER FRANCE  2003 – 2007 MASTER on the “Management of Health Services” Hellenic Open University of PATRAS Professional experience  1984 – 2011 DIRECTRESS of Blood Bank and Thalassaemia Transfusion Unit of General Hospital of CORINTH GRECE, which is certified en ISO 9001:2008 by TUV RHEINLAND since 2004 (Zertifikat: 01 100 043948 & Q-STAR 8128)  2009-2011 MEDICAL DIRECTOR of General Hospital of CORINTH  From 2009 Expert of Hellenic Accreditation System  2010 Member of the examination committee for the licensure of Haematology by the Medical University of PATRAS  Scientific adviser to the European Organization of Rare Anaemia’s, the Hellenic Thalassaemia Association & the Hellenic Association of Blood donors Patents and publications  Original articles in peer-reviewed journals in Thalassaemia & Blood transfusion areas  Invited lecturer to numerous International & National Congress  More than 300 abstracts focusing on Thalassaemia & Blood transfusion presented in International and National Congress.  Authored the Greek version of Thalassaemia International Federation booklet «Compliance to iron chelation therapy with Desferrioxamine». Professional memberships  New York Academy of Science  American Society of Hematology  Working Party on Quality Management of International Society of Blood Transfusion  European Hematology Association  Hellenic Society of Hematology (Working Party on Education)  Hellenic Society of Blood Transfusion Languages  French very well  English Awards received  “Honourable Mention” as moral compensation from the Board of Directors of General Hospital of CORINTH  Awards from Pan-Hellenic Thalassaemia Association & Thalassaemia Association of the region of Corinth  Awards from Pan-Hellenic Blood Volunteers Association & Blood Volunteers Association of Corinth