# National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine

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## TL;DR

Greece's oldest university, whose medical school hosts Meletios Dimopoulos's myeloma department at Alexandra Hospital and Alexander Stratigos's dermatology department at Andreas Sygros Hospital.

## Summary

The School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens runs its clinical departments in Athens hospitals. The Department of Clinical Therapeutics at Alexandra Hospital, under Meletios Dimopoulos, is one of the most productive myeloma trial centres in Europe, and the 1st Department of Dermatology-Venereology at Andreas Sygros Hospital, under Alexander Stratigos, led the trial of cemiplimab in advanced basal cell carcinoma and writes the European skin cancer guidelines.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-18
- Also known as: NKUA; University of Athens; Alexandra Hospital; Andreas Sygros Hospital
- City: Athens, GR
- Type: university
- Website: https://en.uoa.gr

## Sources

- NKUA: https://en.uoa.gr

## Connected records

- cancers: [Basal cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/basal-cell-carcinoma/), [Multiple myeloma](https://onco.cc/cancers/multiple-myeloma/)
- institutions: [Saint Savvas General Oncology Hospital of Athens](https://onco.cc/institutions/saint-savvas-athens/)
- people: [Alexander J. Stratigos](https://onco.cc/people/alexander-stratigos/), [Meletios A. Dimopoulos](https://onco.cc/people/meletios-dimopoulos/)

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