Awards & Honors

Michalis Katsimpoulas has received multiple awards and distinctions at national and international scientific conferences, recognizing the quality, innovation, and clinical as well as research impact of his scientific work. These honors include awards for oral and poster presentations across fields such as experimental and vascular surgery, regenerative medicine, cardiovascular research, tissue engineering, and translational biomedical research, highlighting his sustained contribution to high-level scientific excellence.

1st Prize

• 6th Panhellenic Scientific Congress of Medical Laboratory Technologists, 2019
Oral Presentation: Investigation of a Rat Esophagus Decellularization Protocol for the Development of a Tissue-Engineered Scaffold
Chachlaki P., Mallis P., Katsimpoulas M., Stavropoulou-Giokas K., Michalopoulos E.

• 17th Panhellenic Congress of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery – Angiology, 2018, Thessaloniki

Cilostazol affects cytokine secretion mechanisms during the acute inflammatory phase in peripheral ischemia models of immunodeficient and wild-type muscle, differentiating induced angiogenesis
Paronis E., Stasinopoulou Marianna, Katsimpoulas M., Bouzioti Penelope, Kadoglou N., Kostomitsopoulos N., Kakisis I., Geroulakos G., Tsitsiloni Ourania, Lazaris A.

• 11th Panhellenic Congress of Thoracic–Cardiac–Vascular Surgeons, 2016, Thessaloniki
Oral Presentation: Production of a Tracheal Scaffold for the Treatment of Severe Respiratory Diseases
Z. Dimou, E. Michalopoulos, M. Katsimpoulas, P. Tomos, A. Stavropoulou-Giokas

• 14th Panhellenic Congress of Vascular Surgery, 2014

Remote ischemic preconditioning attenuates renal ischemia–reperfusion injury in a model of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm open repair
Athanasiadis D., Kapelouzou A., Katsimpoulas M., Martikos G., Peroulis M., Balafas E., Vasdekis S., Kostakis A., Liakakos T., Lazaris A.

• 31st Panhellenic Cardiology Congress, 2010
Oral Presentation: Study of Toll-like receptor expression in experimental atherosclerosis and potential therapeutic approaches
A. Kapelouzou, M. Katsimpoulas, H. Bountoulas

• 11th Panhellenic Diabetology Congress, Alexandroupolis, 2009
Anti-inflammatory effects of exercise on atherosclerotic plaque stability in ApoE knockout mice with diabetic atherosclerosis
Kadoglou N., Kostomitsopoulos N., Kapelouzou A., Katsimpoulas M., Moustardas P., Giagini A., Dede E., Liapis H., Karagiannakos P.

2nd Prize

• 16th Panhellenic Congress of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery – Angiology, 2017, Athens
Oral Presentation: Effect of cilostazol on inflammatory response and induction of neovascularization in a peripheral ischemia model of immunodeficient muscle
Paronis E., Bouzioti P., Tsitsiloni O., Katsimpoulas M., Gaitanis A., Anagnostopoulos K., Kadoglou N., Kostomitsopoulos N., Geroulakos G., Lazaris A.

• 2nd Panhellenic Congress of Thoracic Diseases and Environmental Pathologies, 2016, Thessaloniki

Oral Presentation: Production of a Tracheal Scaffold for the Treatment of Severe Respiratory Diseases
Dimou Z., Michalopoulos E., Katsimpoulas M., Tomos P., Stavropoulou-Giokas A.

• 33rd Annual Panhellenic Medical Congress, Athens, 2007
Comparison of continuous versus 12-hour intermittent intravenous infusion of vancomycin in a rabbit model of experimental endocarditis caused by E. faecium (Ef): Preliminary results
Vryonis E., Perivolioti E., Fanourgiakis P., Mylona E., Mantziaras G., Katsimpoulas M., Samarkos M., Kostomitsopoulos N., Karagiannakos P.E., Paniaras O., Skoutelis A.

• 22nd European Tissue Repair Society (ETRS) Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece, 2012
Poster Presentation: Vascular endothelium, shear stress and polycystins 1 and 2: Data from rabbits and humans
Varela A., Katsimpoulas M., Agrogiannis E., Sigala F., Davos C., Piperi C., Papavasiliou A., Basdra E.
Young Investigator Award

Commendations

• 31st Panhellenic Cardiology Congress, 2010
Oral Presentation: The role of erythropoietin in inhibiting cardiac remodeling following acute myocardial infarction
Varela A., Katsimpoulas M., Kokkinos F.D.
Commendation

• 26th Panhellenic Surgery Congress – International Surgical Forum, December 2008

Oral Presentation: Toll-like receptors in the thoracic aorta of atherosclerotic rabbits
Kapelouzou A., Giaglis S., Kakisis I., Peroulis M., Katsimpoulas M., Kostomitsopoulos N., Andreakos B., Karagiannakos P.
Commendation – 2nd Best Oral Scientific Presentation

• 9th International Symposium on Modern Concepts in Endocarditis and Cardiovascular Infections, Heidelberg, Germany, 2007
Oral Presentation: Intermittent vs continuous infusion of vancomycin in a rabbit model of experimental endocarditis due to E. faecium: Preliminary results
Vryonis E., Perivolioti E., Fanourgiakis P., Mylona E., Mantziaras G., Katsimpoulas M., Samarkos M., Kostomitsopoulos N., Karayannacos P.E., Paniara O., Skoutelis A.
Certificate of Achievement