Dr Diamantis Kofteridis is a specialist in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases and Professor of Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases at the University of Crete, Greece. He is Head of the Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine at the University of Crete and Head of the Department of Internal Medicine and the Infectious Diseases Unit at the University Hospital of Heraklion. He also serves as Head of the Infection Control Committee and the Antimicrobial Stewardship Team at the same institution.
He studied Medicine at G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti, Italy, graduating in 1988, and obtained his Doctoral Degree from the University of Crete in 1998. He is board certified in Internal Medicine (1996) and Infectious Diseases (2010).
Dr Kofteridis has served the University of Crete in several academic positions, including Lecturer (2006–2011), Assistant Professor (2011–2015), and tenured Assistant Professor (2015–2017). His clinical experience includes work as an attending physician and researcher caring for patients with HIV infection (1997–1999), service within the UK National Health Service at King’s Cross Hospital, Infection and Immunodeficiency Unit, Scotland (1999–2000), and practice as an attending physician at the University Hospital of Heraklion (2000–2006).
He is an active researcher and has organized numerous research projects at the University of Crete. His scientific output includes 228 original articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals. He has participated in more than 200 national and international congresses, presenting over 130 national and 110 international abstracts, and has delivered 330 invited lectures at congresses, scientific institutions, and universities.
Dr Kofteridis has served on the editorial boards of three medical journals and acts as a reviewer for 64 international journals. He is a member of 7 medical societies. From 2014 until 2002 he has been a member of the Executive Committee of the European Study Group on Antibiotic Policies (ESGAP), and since 2024, he has also been a member of the Executive Committee of the Hellenic Society of Infectious Diseases.
His main clinical and research interests include antibiotic policies, healthcare-associated infections, infections in immunocompromised hosts and in patients with diabetes mellitus and genetic factors predisposing to infections and influencing disease severity.