Dr Sofia Agelaki MD, PhD, is a professor of Medical Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete and works as a Medical Oncologist at University General Hospital of Heraklion, Crete. She received her PhD from the School of Medicine, University of Crete and conducted post-doctoral research at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Thoracic Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Houston, TX, USA.
Dr Agelaki specializes in the treatment of lung cancer and thoracic malignancies and is involved in the conduct of a multitude of international and national multicenter clinical trials in lung and breast cancer both as principal investigator or as a sub- investigator.
Dr Agelaki is a principal investigator at the Laboratory of Translational Oncology at the University of Crete. Her research interests focus on the evaluation of liquid biopsy components as a tool to improve patient risk stratification and disease monitoring in patients with cancer and has generated many academic collaborations with major institutions in Greece and Europe. Dr Agelaki has published more than 160 articles in international peer reviewed journals and is solicited as reviewer for several scientific and medical journals. She presented more than 300 abstracts and was invited as a speaker or as a chairwoman in many Greek and International Scientific Meetings and conferences.
She was also the director of the 6th Cycle of Studies of the educational program of the Hellenic Academy of Oncology (E.A.K.O) organized by HeSMO. She is a member of ASCO, ESMO and EL.E.KA.P. and other scientific organizations.She served as general secretary of the Board of Directors of HeSMO between 2017-21, and currently is the general secretary of the Hellenic Lung Cancer Society EL.E.KA.P..

Dr Iliadis is the Director of the Thoracic Surgery Clinic at Ygeia Hospital, with a PhD Degree from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and a member of the European Society of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery. Additionally, he is the President of the Hellenic Society of Thoracic-Cardiac-Vascular Surgeons. Education & Academic Titles: Graduate of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and PhD Degree from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Professional Experience: NS and NSA during military service, Resident Surgeon, "Sotiria" Hospital, 3rd Surgical Clinic (1985-1986), Resident Surgeon, Jannio Hospital, G Surgical Clinic (1986-1988), Thoracic Surgeon Resident, "Sotiria" Hospital, 3rd Surgical Clinic (1988-1991). Postgraduate Training: Clinical Fellow Registrar, Cardiothoracic Centre, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool, UK (1991-1992), Training at Memorial Hospital, New York, USA (1995), Training at Santa Margarita "Laser Center", Marseille, France (June 1997), Independent Associate Physician, Hospital "YGEIA" (1992-1998), Deputy Director of Thoracic Surgery Clinic, Hospital "YGEIA" (1998-2001), Director of Thoracic Surgery Clinic, Hospital "YGEIA" from 2001.