Journal of Nursing & Care

Pavlos Sarafis

Biography

 Dr Pavlos Sarafis has graduated from the School of Nursing Officers and served in the Greek Navy. He holds M.Sc. degrees in Management of Health Services, in Public Health, and in Management of Mass Destruction and Emergency Situations. He completed his PhD degree in Basic Research/Surgical Infections at the University of Athens, School of Medicine, with a scholarship from Alexander Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. He specialized in Travel Medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität of Munich, where he assisted in the H5N1 vaccine production research (clinical phases I/II), as a postdoctoral student. He has delivered courses in Surgical Nursing, Travel Medicine, and Intercultural Nursing at the University of Peloponnese, Faculty of Nursing. He teaches Travel Medicine and Infections to undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Athens, Faculty of Nursing, as a research associate. He is part of the collaborating teaching staff of the Hellenic Open University, at the postgraduate programs of Health Care Management and National Health System Services Management. He participates in scientific committees of Greek and international journals. He has a wide range of publication and research activities, and he has participated in the writing process of books related to his professional and scientific interests. Since October 2010, he holds the position of Lecturer at the Technological Educational Institute of Lamia, Faculty of Nursing.