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1 A. APPOINTMENT AND CONTACT DETAILS Surname: SKORDIS First Name: NICOS Middle Name: Academic Title: Specialty: PROFESSOR PEDIATRICS and ENDOCRINOLOGY Phone: B. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (From current to oldest) including your affiliation with the University of Nicosia Medical School From To Position/Title Employer 2013 today Director Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Paedi Center for specialized Pediatrics, Nicosia 2011 today Professor of Paediatrics (Part- Time) Department of Pediatrics, Makarios Hospital, Nicosia Self University of Nicosia Medical School Ministry of Health Fellow University of Florida, USA Fellow State University of New York, Buffalo Resident Aghia Sophia Children Hospital, Athens C. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 1. University or equivalent From To Name of University/ Academic Institution Degree Obtained Medical School, Athens University Aghia Sophia Children Hospital, Athens State University of New York, Buffalo University of Florida, USA MD Specialty in Pediatrics Specialty in Endocrinology

2 University of Los Angeles Harvard University, Boston Course in Medical Genetics University of Ioannina, Greece PhD D. RESEARCH PROGRAMMES (e.g Academic Lead/Group Member, Researcher, Assistant Researcher) Up to 10 most important and 5 of the most recent From To Programme/Title Sponsor Role 1 01/2012 GnRH deficiency: Elucidation of the neuroendocrine control of human reproduction 2 07/2010 The prevalence of Non Classical Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia due to 21-OHD in Cypriot females with Hyperandrogenism and Ovarian Dysfunction Co-investigator: COST European cooperation in Science & Technology - Swiss participation COST Action BM1105 Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation Total Funding: 175,120 Euro. (Αρ. Πρωτ. ΥΓΕΙΑ/ΔΥΓΕΙΑ/060 9(ΒΙΕ0/27). 3 Investigation of type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci in the Cypriot population Funding organization: Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation Total Funding: 180,000 Euro Investigation of the incidence of Diabetes Mellitus and the natural course of Metabolic syndrome and Insulin resistance in obese adolescents. Funding organization: Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (Αρ. Πρωτ ΥΓΕΙΑ/1104/ )

3 E. AWARDS/INTERNATIONAL DISTINCTIONS Date Award/Distinction Awarding Body Maounion Award (Outstanding Pediatric Resident), Athens, Greece, American Diabetes Association award (for exceptional contributions of time and talent), Florida, st prize for contribution to Medical Science and the work: Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism in Cyprus st prize for contribution to Medical Science and the work: HLA DR2 does not protect from IDDM in Greek Cypriots st prize for contribution to Medical Science and the work: Detection of SRY gene in patients with Turner Syndrome Award by Hippocrates Medical Association for the work: The SMC in patients with Turner Syndrome arises from Y. Chromosome material, Nicosia, Certificate of Appreciation for unselfish services and support extended to Medic Alert Foundation Cyprus, Nicosia rd Choremion Award for the work: Molecular analysis of the AVP NP-II gene and morphological abnormalities of the posterior pituitary lobe in Autosomal Dominant Neurohypopheseal Diabetes Insipidus - 36th Annual Panhellenic Pediatric Meeting - Paphos Honor for the work Molecular analysis of the AVP NP-II gene and morphological abnormalities of the

4 posterior pituitary lobe in Autosomal Dominant Neurohypopheseal Diabetes Insipidus Award George Kalaitzoglou for the published paper Fertility in Female Patients with Thalassaemia, Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 11: , Annual Endocrine meeting, Athens Award for the best scientific work Heterogeneity in clinical manifestation and morphological findings in Autosomal Dominant Neurohypophesseal Diabetes Insipidus caused by a G 1773A mutation presented at the Annual Meeting of Hippocrates Medical Association, Nicosia Certificate of Appreciation as a speaker to the Seventh International Conference on Thalassaemia and the Haemoglobinopathies and the 9th Thalassaemia Parent and Thalassaemia International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, st price for the work Leptin levels in children and adolescents: correlation with gender, pubertal stage and obesity; impact on lipid levels 14 Certificate of Appreciation as an invited speaker in the 1 st Cyprus Diabetic Association Conference, Nicosia st price for the work The incidence of DM type I in children and adolescents in Cyprus, during by Limasol Medical Association, Limasol st Choremion Award for the work Deletions of Y chromosome in patients with Sex Chromosome Mosaicism, a possible role for Y chromosome instability Panhellenic Pediatric Meeting, Crete 2004

5 st price for the work High prevalence of Congenital Hypothyroidism in the Greek Cypriot population: Results of the neonatal screening program , by Limasol Medical Association, nd price for the work Neonatal screening program for Congenital Hypothyroidism in Cyprus , Honor for the work: The impact of genotype on endocrine complications in Thalassaemia, Limasol nd price for the work Mutations of the SRD5A2 gene 5 in patients of Greek Cypriot origin: identification of an ancestral founder effect Honor for the work: Molecular genetic defect in Greek Cypriot patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Eminent Scientist of the year 2012 in the field of Pediatric Endocrinology Hippocrates Medical Association Hippocrates Medical Association International Research Promotion Council F. PUBLICATIONS- Up to 10 most important and 5 of the most recent Date Published Publication Neocleous V, Shammas C, Phelan MM, Nicolaou S, Phylactou LA, Skordis N. In silico analysis of a novel MKRN3 missense mutation in familial central precocious puberty.clin Endocrinol (Oxf) Skordis N, Shammas C, Phedonos AAP, Kyriakou A, Toumba M, Neocleous V and Phylactou LA. Genetic defects of the CYP21A2 gene in girls with premature adrenarche. J Endocrinol Invest DOI /s Skordis N, Efstathiou E, Kyriakides TC, Savvidou A, Savva SC, Phylactou LA, Shammas C and Neocleous V. Epidemiology of type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Cyprus; the rising incidence in the dawn of the 21 st century Hormones, 2012, 11(1): Skordis N, Kyriakou A, Ioannou YS, Varvaresou A, Dracopoulou Vabouli M, Patsalis PC, Neocleous V and Phylactou LA. Molecular Defects of the CYP21A2 Gene in Greek Cypriot patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Horm Res Paediatr. 2011; 75(3): Kousta E, Papathanasiou A, Skordis N. Sex determination and disorders of sex development according to the revised nomenclature and classification in 46,XX individuals. Hormones (Athens) Jul-Sep; 9 (3): Review.

6 Toumba M, Sergis A, Kanaris C, Skordis N. Endocrine complications in patients with Thalassaemia Major. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev Dec; 5 (2): Review Skordis N. The growing child with Thalassaemia. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab ; 19(4): Skordis N, Michaelidou M, Savva SC, Ioannou Y, Rousounides A, Kleanthous M, Skordos G, Christou S. The impact of genotype on endocrine complications in Thalassaemia major. Eur J Haematol. 2006; 77: Skordis N, Toumba M, Savva SC, Herakleous E, Topouzi M, Vogazianos M, Argyriou A High prevalence of Congenital Hypothyroidism in the Greek Cypriot population: Results of the neonatal screening program J. Pediatr. Endocrinol Metab 2005; 18: Skordis N, Patsalis P, Hettinger J, Kontou M, Herakleous E, Krishnamani M.R.S, Phillips IIId J.A. A Novel Arginine Vasopressin-Neurophysin II. Mutation Causes Autosomal Dominant. Neurohypophyseal Diabetes insipidus and Morphologic Pituitary Changes. Hormone Research.2000; 53: