Dimitris Tsoukalas, MD, PhD
Dr. Dimitris Tsoukalas is a medical doctor and scientific director of the Metabolomic Medicine® medical group, with clinics in Athens, Greece, and Milan, Italy. He is a pioneer in preventing and treating autoimmune and chronic conditions using Metabolomic Analysis®. He graduated in 1991 from the Medical School of ” Università degli Studi di Napoli, Federico II” in Italy. In 2000, he completed his specialization in General & Family Medicine at the Hippocrates Hospital of Athens. He has received the Honorable Mention from the Greek Ministry of Health for his contribution to Primary Health Care. He is the author of the best-selling book “How to Live 150 Years in Health,” published in Greek, English, and Italian. He is an Associate Member of the World Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Tsoukalas has a significant scientific and research activity. He has published over 50 scientific studies and is a keynote speaker at international medical conferences for detecting metabolic disorders and micronutrient deficiencies related to preventing and treating autoimmune and chronic diseases. In collaboration with national and international university institutions, he researches autoimmune and chronic diseases, as well as aging, to address the prevention and treatment of diseases linked to the modern lifestyle.
He is the associate editor for Metabolomics in the scientific journal Frontiers Molecular Biosciences and editor of the research topic “Autoimmune diseases, metabolites, diagnostic and therapeutic targets” in the same journal. He is a guest editor in the scientific journals of MDPI: Antioxidants, Nutrients, Pathophysiology, and BMC. He is an editor in the medical journal “Pathophysiology”, in the special edition concerning the clinical applications of Metabolomics in chronic diseases. “Recent Advances in Metabolomics and Applications in Chronic Diseases”. He is a reviewer in eBioMedicine of The Lancet, as well as in the scientific journals Antioxidants, Nutrients, Journal of Clinical Medicine and Frontiers in Mol Biosciences. He is a lecturer at the Medical School of the University of Crete in the course of metabolomics and at the Open People’s University for issues related to preventive medicine, metabolomic medicine and autoimmune diseases.
In collaboration with the European Institute of Molecular Medicine, he created the first online continuing medical education (CME) course for the clinical application of metabolomics and nutritional medicine, recognized by the Italian Ministry of Health, providing 30 CME credits. He is a co-author of the Clinical Application of Metabolomics on Autoimmune and Chronic Diseases course at the University School of Athens.
