Michail Klontzas

Affiliated Researcher

Michail (Mike) Klontzas works as Assistant Professor of Radiology and final year radiology resident at the University Hospital of Heraklion and the School of Medicine of the University of Crete (Greece). He is collaborating researcher with Karolinska Institutet (CLINTEC). He serves as section editor of the European Journal of Radiology, he is a member of the trainee editorial board of "Radiology: Artificial Intelligence” (RSNA) and has served in the trainee editorial board of RadioGraphics (RSNA). Dr Klontzas is a member of the ESR eHealth and Informatics Subcommittee, member of the ESR Research Committee, member of the EIBIR Future Strategy Task Force, secretary of the Scientific Committee of EuSoMII and member of the board of the Radiology Trainee Forum of the European Society of Radiology. He has published more than 80 PubMed-indexed articles, six book chapters for international publishers and is editing the book “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence” published by Springer under the auspices of EuSoMII. Dr Klontzas is also a member of the CLAIM guidelines (RSNA) steering committee for the 2024 update. He also serves as a series editor for the “Imaging informatics for healthcare professionals” of Springer International. His clinical expertise focuses on diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal radiology, US- and CT-guided interventions for musculoskeletal disease and oncological imaging. 


Grants
1) Young Researcher’s Grant - *European Society of Musculoskeletal
Radiology (ESSR) *(2022)

Scholarships 
1) Manassaki Scholarship for Doctoral Studies (2022), School of Medicine,
University of Crete
2) E.U. Horizon 2020 – Marie Sklodowska-Curie I.T.N. fellowship (2015),
Imperial College London, UK
3) Burkett scholarship for outstanding 1st year PhD Candidates (2015),
Imperial College London, UK

4) Invest in the Youth fellowship, European Society of Radiology (2024)
5) Invest in the Youth fellowship, European Society of Radiology (2023)
6) Invest in the Youth fellowship, European Society of Radiology (2022)
7) Invest in the Youth fellowship, European Society of Radiology (2021)
(2021)


Publication - Presentation Awards
1) 3rd Student Prize – *Best PhD Thesis* Presentation (2018), Imperial
College London, UK
2) Paper featured on the cover of the journal “Stem Cells and
Development” (2017)
3) Best oral presentation award - Intra-university Congress of Radiology
for the description of medial tibial crest syndrome (2013)
4) Best poster award - Panhellenic Haematology Conference (2011)


Prizes - Distinctions
1) Finalist (1 out of 2 in Europe) for the ”*Radiology Rising Star*”
award of AuntMinnieEurope.com (2022)
2) 1st Prize in the 16th Greek *Medical Knowledge Olympiad* (2012), Hellenic
Congress of Medical Students, Athens, GR
3) Fifth out of 128 first year students*, UoC Faculty of Medicine based on
grades obtained on national university entrance exams (2008)
4) Bronze medal - Greek *National Mathematical Olympiad* ”Archimides”
(2008)

Education
PhD, University of Crete (2023)
PhD, Imperial College London (2018)
MD, University of Crete (2014)

His research interests lie within musculoskeletal and oncologic imaging with emphasis on radiomics, artificial intelligence and biomedical engineering.