A. APPOINTMENT AND CONTACT DETAILS Surname: SKORDIS First Name: NICOS Middle Name: Academic Title: Specialty: E-mail: PROFESSOR PEDIATRICS and ENDOCRINOLOGY nskordis@cytanet.com.cy Phone: 99650999 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) 1989 2013 Department of Pediatrics, Makarios Hospital, Nicosia Self University of Nicosia Medical School Ministry of Health 1986 1987 Fellow University of Florida, USA 1984 1986 Fellow State University of New York, Buffalo 1981 1983 Resident Aghia Sophia Children Hospital, Athens C. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 1. University or equivalent From To Name of University/ Academic Institution Degree Obtained 1972 1978 Medical School, Athens University 1981 1983 Aghia Sophia Children Hospital, Athens 1984 1987 State University of New York, Buffalo University of Florida, USA MD Specialty in Pediatrics Specialty in Endocrinology
1993 1993 University of Los Angeles Harvard University, Boston Course in Medical Genetics 2008 2013 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. 4 2005 2008 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/1104/13 2005 2008)
E. AWARDS/INTERNATIONAL DISTINCTIONS Date Award/Distinction Awarding Body 1 1982 Maounion Award (Outstanding Pediatric Resident), Athens, Greece, 1982. 2 1986 American Diabetes Association award (for exceptional contributions of time and talent), Florida, 1986 3 1990 1st prize for contribution to Medical Science and the work: Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism in Cyprus 4 1992 1st prize for contribution to Medical Science and the work: HLA DR2 does not protect from IDDM in Greek Cypriots 5 1996 1st prize for contribution to Medical Science and the work: Detection of SRY gene in patients with Turner Syndrome 6 1996 Award by Hippocrates Medical Association for the work: The SMC in patients with Turner Syndrome arises from Y. Chromosome material, Nicosia, 1996 7 Certificate of Appreciation for unselfish services and support extended to Medic Alert Foundation Cyprus, Nicosia 1996 8 1998 3rd 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 1998 9 1998 Honor 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 10 1999 Award George Kalaitzoglou for the published paper Fertility in Female Patients with Thalassaemia, Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 11:935-943, Annual Endocrine meeting, Athens 1999. 11 1999 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 1999. 12 1999 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, 1999. 13 2005 1 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 2000. 15 1 st price for the work The incidence of DM type I in children and adolescents in Cyprus, during 1990 2000 by Limasol Medical Association, Limasol 2001 16 1 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
17 2005 1 st price for the work High prevalence of Congenital Hypothyroidism in the Greek Cypriot population: Results of the neonatal screening program 1990 2000, by Limasol Medical Association, 2005 18 2005 2 nd price for the work Neonatal screening program for Congenital Hypothyroidism in Cyprus 1990 2000, 19 2006 Honor for the work: The impact of genotype on endocrine complications in Thalassaemia, Limasol 2006 20 2007 2 nd price for the work Mutations of the SRD5A2 gene 5 in patients of Greek Cypriot origin: identification of an ancestral founder effect 21 2009 Honor for the work: Molecular genetic defect in Greek Cypriot patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia 22 2012 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 1 2015 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). 2015 2 2014 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. 2014 DOI 10.1007/s40618-014-0223-1 3 2012 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):84-90. 4 2011 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): 180-6. 5 2010 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). 2010 Jul-Sep; 9 (3): 218-131. Review.
6 2007 Toumba M, Sergis A, Kanaris C, Skordis N. Endocrine complications in patients with Thalassaemia Major. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 2007 Dec; 5 (2): 642-8. Review. 7 2006 Skordis N. The growing child with Thalassaemia. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2006 ; 19(4): 467-9. 8 2006 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: 150-156. 9 2005 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 1990 2000 J. Pediatr. Endocrinol Metab 2005; 18: 453 461. 10 2000 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: 239-245.