Alexios Matikas

I'm a senior consultant in medical oncology at Breast Center, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, research team leader and associate professor of oncology (docent) at Karolinska Institutet, appointed in May 2021. Since 2024 I also serve as deputy director of doctoral education (biträdande studierektor) at the Oncology/Pathology department and as a member of Karolinska Institute's Dissertation Committee (Disputationskommittén).

Received my MD from Aristotle University Medical School, Greece with a scholarship for academic excellence, a MSc in cancer cell biology from Athens Medical School as the valedictorian and a Doctoral Degree (PhD) in circulating tumor cells from Crete Medical School. Following a 1-year research fellowship under the ESMO Georges Mathé fellowship for immuno-oncology (2016-2017, Karolinska Institutet), 11/2017 I started working as postdoc on breast cancer immunology at Karolinska Institutet and as a consultant physician at the breast cancer center, Karolinska University Hospital.

Parallel to my clinical work, research and teaching I'm also heavily involved with the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). I was previously a member of the Young Oncologists' committee (2020-2023) and currently serve as a member of the Leadership Development committee, the OncologyPRO working group and the Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale working group.

In addition, I'm a member of the Swedish National Guidelines committee for breast cancer as responsible for the adjuvant therapy guidelines and a committee member for the regional Stockholm treatment guidelines.

I'm currently deputy director of doctoral education (biträdande studierektor) at OnkPat, main supervisor of three PhD students at Karolinska Institutet and co-supervisor of five students (four at KI, one at Sahlgrenska). I've also supervised a number of MSc and ERASMUS+ students. In addition:

- 11 weeks of training in teaching in higher education, PhD supervision and pedagogy
- Approximately 260 hours of teaching in accordance with criteria for docentur, Karolinska Institutet
- Co-creator of “Academy of Breast Oncology”, a series of webinars intended for young oncologists (12/2020 – 2/2025), total of 13 webinars with participation of international opinion leaders in the field
- Head and co-creator of a course for doctoral students, “Basic principles of clinical and translational research”, Karolinska Institutet