Stylianu Konstantinos
May 23, 2025 2025-11-03 10:14Stylianu Konstantinos
Stylianu Konstantinos
Associate Professor of Nephrology
Medical School, University of Crete, P.C. 70013 Heraklion, Crete
Dr Stylianou received his M.D. degree from the Medical School of the University of Crete (UoC) in 1994 and his Ph.D. degree from the Division of Nephrology at the University of Crete in 2010.
Positions and clinical experience: He has been working in the field of clinical nephrology since 1999. He is an assοciate Professor of Nephrology at the Medical School of the University of Crete and director of the Nephrology Department at Heraklion University Hospital since 2020. The department provides facilities for acute and chronic haemodialysis (15000 sessions per year), peritoneal dialysis (40 patients), plasma exchange (coverage of Crete and South Aegean Islands), immunoadsorption and lipid-apheresis. The department runs 15 outpatient clinics per week (including a transplant clinic), a general nephrology ward with 20 beds and around 1800 admissions per year, and provides a wide range of invasive procedures. It also covers acute and emergency needs for all public and private dialysis units in Crete.
Dr Stylianou has worked as a nephrologist in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Queen Margaret Hospital in Scotland during the years 2004-2005.
Education: Dr Stylianou received his M.D. degree from the Medical School of the University of Crete (UoC) in 1994 and his Ph.D. degree from the Division of Nephrology at the University of Crete in 2010.
Participation in current research projects
1. Project: Nutritional assessment and prevalence of protein-energy wasting in end stage renal disease patients. University of Crete, Medical School, Nephrology Lab and TUOC, Dietetics Department 2010-2024.
2. Collaboration on Alport syndrome and thin basement membrane nephropathy: In search for genetic modifiers. In collaboration with the University of Cyprus. 2018-2023.
3. European collaboration on LCAT deficiency treatment project with CER001 2023-2025
4. LCAT deficiency disorders: natural history and biomarkers identification. A multi-center international study (USA, Italy, Greece). 2023
5. INGENIUM Rare Neurogenetic Disease Initiative 2024: a multidisciplinary team
focusing on specific rare disease subsets, enhancing diagnostic accuracy.
He has been a member of the educational committee of the Greek Society of Nephrology for nine years and has given several lectures in national or international congresses and advisory boards.
