Associate professor of Microbiology
AHEPA University Hospital, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Efthymia Protonotariou md, PhD
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Aristotel University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece
Education/Career/Employment
• 1996: Graduate, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece
• 1996: License to practice medicine in Greece
• 1996-1997: Rural medical service
• 1999-2004: Residency in Medical Biopathology
• 1998-2003: PhD, Medical School, Κapodistrian University of Athens
• 2005: Board Certification in Medical Microbiology
• 2006-2008: Assistant Consultant in Microbiology Laboratory, Hippokration General Hospital
Greece
• 2008-2014: Consultant at Department of Microbiology Laboratory of AHEPA University Hospital,
Thessaloniki, Greece
• 2010-today: Director of the Department for the laboratory surveillance for Antimicrobial
Resistance in AHEPA University Hospital, AUTH, Thessaloniki, Greece
• 2014-2016: Lecturer of Medical Biopathology-Microbiology, Microbiology Laboratory, Medical
School, AUTH; Department of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
• 2016-2021: Assistant Professor of Medical Biopathology-Microbiology, Medical School, AUTH;
Department of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
• 2021-present: Associate Professor of Medical Biopathology-Microbiology, Medical School, AUTH;
Department of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Teaching activities
• 2014-present: Undergraduate teaching to Medical, Dental and Pharmacy students at the Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Since 2010 I have been directing the unit in AHEPA Hospital for the phenotypic and molecular
surveillance of bacteria of critical importance bacteria and fungi namely ESBL and carbapenemaseproducing Gram negatives, MRSA, VREs and Candida auris. Also, in late 5 years I am involved in the
molecular identification of bacteria/virus/parasites/fungi among serious infections including sepsis,
meningitis, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. My main research interests are the investigation of
nosocomial outbreaks and antimicrobial resistant genes especially among Gram negative bacteria. I
have taken part in many clinical trials dealing mostly with
the evaluation of new drugs against serious MDR infections.
Publications in Journals Scopus/PubMed: 89
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