Director
Department of Medical Oncology, Bioclinic Hospital, 54622 Thessaloniki, Greece, Greece
Ioannis Boukovinas, MD, PhD, PharmaD, is Head of BIOCLINIC Oncology Unit –Thessaloniki, Greece since 2013. He was for almost 16 years consultant at Theagenion Cancer Hospital in 2nd Medical Oncology Clinic, with an extensive experience and special interest in sarcoma, lung cancer, melanoma, rare cancers and GI cancers. He earned his Pharmaceutical degree in 1980 and Medicine degree in 1988 from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and he, afterwards, specialized in Internal Medicine and Medical-Oncology. He completed his PhD in2010 from University of Crete in lung cancer. Following his training, he post-graduated in Institut Gustave-Roussy in Villejuif in 2001-2002. He is member of ESMO Sarcoma Faculty since 2008 and member of Board of Directors of Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology 2011-2017.He was elected as president of Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology for two consecutive periods 2017-2019 and 2019-2021.He contributed in more than 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals and participated in many national and international clinical trials. He is also President of Hellenic Sarcoma Group and Rare cancers from 2019 and President of Hellenic Oncology of Diaspora since 2022. He was also founding member and member of Board of directors of Medecins dy Monde-Greece in 1991.