Researcher profile

George Giannakoulas

George Giannakoulas, MD, PhD runs the Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Clinics at the AHEPA University Hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece. He is a Professor in Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. He runs numerous international clinical trials on heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. Dr Giannakoulas has spent most of his professional career in Thessaloniki, with a 2-year fellowship at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. He is the past Chairman of the Working Group on Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function of the European Society of Cardiology (2022-24). Dr Giannakoulas’ research activities are mainly focused on pulmonary hypertension, heart failure and congenital heart disease. He has published 422 scientific publications indexed in Pubmed (22853 citations, h-factor=45, June 2025), has been a reviewer for high impact journals and serves as an Associate Editor in Hellenic Journal of Cardiology, and International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease. In 2016, students of the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki rated him as the second best Teacher of the Year.