OUR TEAM
Dr Helena Linardou, MD PhD
Medical Oncologist
Director, 4th Oncology Clinic
Head of Genetic Counselling
and Hereditary Cancer
Metropolitan Hospital
Clinical Trials Centre
Dr Helena Linardou is a medical oncologist, Director of the 4th Oncology Clinic of Metropolitan Hospital, head of the Genetic Counselling and Hereditary Cancer service and head of the Clinical Trials Centre. She trained in Athens and London and works mainly on breast and lung cancer and on cancer genetics.
Education and specialisation
She graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 1989 and specialised in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology, first in Athens and then in London, where she completed the training programme of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Radiologists as a Medical Oncologist in specialist oncology and haematology departments of the Hammersmith, Mount Vernon and Charing Cross hospitals.
Studies and specialisation
- Medical degree
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
- Training in Internal Medicine
3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Agioi Anargyroi Cancer Hospital, Athens, then London.
- Doctoral thesis
Three-year programme with scholarships from Greece and England at Hammersmith Hospital, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London (Imperial College). PhD in Oncology awarded in April 1998.
- Senior Registrar
Breast Unit of Charing Cross Hospital, taking part in all clinical and research activities. Eight years in London in total, with a particular focus on breast and lung cancer, hereditary cancer and molecularly targeted therapies.
- Specialist title and European certification
Title in Medical Oncology in Greece and, in October, European Certification in Medical Oncology (ESMO board certified). Clinical Observer at the Breast Unit of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, under Dr Clifford Hudis.
- Cancer Genetics
Specialised training course of the European Genetics Foundation, University of Bologna.
Clinical career
- Return to Greece
Medical Oncologist, scientific associate at the 3rd Oncology Department of Agioi Anargyroi Cancer Hospital, Kifisia, then Consultant Oncologist at Euroclinic Athens and at the Breast Centre of the Leto hospital.
- 1st Oncology Clinic, Metropolitan Hospital
Under the direction of Dr D. Bafaloukos, first as Senior Consultant and from May 2006 as Deputy Director.
- Foundation of the 4th Oncology Clinic
Inspirer and founder of the 4th Oncology Clinic of Metropolitan Hospital, which she directs, and of the Clinical Trials Centre.
Research work and interests
Dr Linardou is an active member of medical societies in Greece and abroad and of research groups with a strong presence in clinical and translational research, such as the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG), with access to large international collaborative clinical trials and to new, pioneering anticancer treatments. She is the author of more than 50 original publications in international peer-reviewed journals, more than 100 presentations at international congresses and more than 30 chapters in scientific books, and is regularly an invited speaker at Greek and international congresses. See her publications.
Fields of activity
- Breast cancer clinical and research activity since her Charing Cross years
- Lung cancer new treatments and clinical trials
- Cancer genetics hereditary cancer and genetic counselling
- Melanoma and sarcomas research activity of recent years
- International cooperation Mediterranean Multidisciplinary Oncology Forum (MMOF), scientific cooperation with countries of the Mediterranean and the Middle East
Academic and scientific activity
- Visiting Professor Ionian University, Corfu, Greece
- Assistant Professor Department of Radiology and Radiography, School of Health and Welfare Professions, TEI of Athens (2004 to 2009)
- ESMO Young Medical Oncologists National Representative of Greece (2003 to 2007) and member of the Steering Committee (2005 to 2007)
- MOSES Member of ESMO's Medical Oncology Status in Europe group (since 2004)
Member of scientific societies
- Athens Medical Association
- Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology (HeSMO)
- Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG)
- Hellenic Melanoma Study Group
- Hellenic Society of Breast Disease
- General Medical Council, UK (GMC)
- Hellenic Medical Society, London
- British Medical Association (BMA)
- European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
- Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC)
- Mediterranean Multidisciplinary Oncology Forum (MMOF)
Besides Greek, she is fluent in English and French.
Practice and appointments
- Metropolitan Hospital
- Appointments 210 48 09 150, 210 48 09 160
- Private practice
- 54 Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, Kolonaki, 115 28 Athens
- Practice telephone
- 210 72 14 004, fax 210 72 14 006
Book an appointment
Appointments: 210 48 09 150, 210 48 09 160
Daily 08:00 to 16:00
oncology.clinic4@gmail.com