Ioakim Spyridopoulos

Interventional Cardiology

Newcastle University

About

Ioakim Spyridopoulos works in Interventional Cardiology affiliated with Newcastle University.

Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos is the Chair of Cardiovascular Gerontology at Newcastle University and an Honorary Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne. He specializes in treating patients with myocardial infarction using coronary stenting. His research focuses on the role of the immune system in atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction, including studies on telomeres, telomerase, and senescence.

Research focus

Acute Myocardial Infarction TreatmentCoronary StentingCardiovascular GerontologyImmune Mechanisms in AtherosclerosisTelomere and Telomerase Biology in Cardiovascular Disease

Impact

234 pubs · 6,844 cites · h-index 40

Training

MD
Hannover Medical School
1992

Affiliations

Work Experience

Professor of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Gerontology

Newcastle University · 2008 - Present

Honorary Consultant Interventional Cardiologist

Freeman Hospital · 2008 - Present

Assistant Professor and Interventional Cardiologist

Goethe University Frankfurt · 2002 - 2008

Research Fellow in Clinical Cardiology

Tufts University · 1995 - 1997