Dr. Kalliopi Kalaitzi is a Physical Medicine& Rehabilitation physician.
She is the founder and chief medical Officer of the first Lifestyle Medicine, personalized Prevention and Longevity Clinic in Greece.
She graduated with honors from the American College of Thessaloniki, then studied at the Aristoteleian University of Thessaloniki Medical School. She then interned at The Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Charité – Berlin University Medicine) which is Europe's largest University Hospital, affiliated with Humboldt University and the Free University of Berlin and completed her residency in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Asklepieion Hospital (Greece).
Her expertise is in Lifestyle Medicine, and she works to empower patients to reach their optimal level of wellness by adopting healthy habits.
She is the Head of Lifestyle Medicine Department at Euroclinic, Athens and an Academic Scholar in Athens Medical School leading the first Lifestyle Medicine Clinic for breast cancer survivors in Greece.
In addition to her medical interests in Lifestyle Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, she is active in the field of humanitarian Medicine. For this purpose, she has visited Africa, and she has been giving medical assistance in refugee camps in Germany.
She has a wide social activity: She was one of the six co-founders of “BrainGain” movement a hub of Greek researchers and academics, including scientists as well as legal scholars, economists, and strategic communication specialists that live and work abroad and currently serves as a board member of BrainReGain Initiative. She is board member of the Hellenic Cardiology Foundation, board member of the Hellenic Initiative against Alzheimers, member of the scientific advisory board of the Hellenic Cancer Society and President of an NGO affiliated with University Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Aretaieion Hospital, which focuses on prenatal, maternal and women’s health.
She was the youngest prefectural counselor that has ever been elected by the public in Greece (2002-2006).
Moreover, Dr. Kalaitzi is the youngest regional commissioner (Eparch) that has ever been elected in Greece (2007-2010).
For all these achievements, Dr Kalaitzi was nominated in 2010 for the Marshall Memorial Fellowship of GMF and in 2013 for the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program on American Youth: "Inspiring Leadership and Civic Participation».
She was selected as one of the 40 under4 0 European Young Leaders (class of 2015-2016).
