Nicolas Pallikarakis


Born in 1948, Nicolas Pallikarakis studied physics, biophysics and medical physics in Greece, the UK and Belgium. Presently he is Professor of Medical Physics at the University of Patras and Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Biomedical Technology (INBIT). For the last 20 years he has been actively engaged in the field of medical technology.

He has been Director of the European Erasmus postgraduate course on biomedical engineering, running at the Department of Medical Physic, University of Patras, since 1989. He is the author of more than 70 scientific papers and 3 books. He is also the project coordinator of many national and European R&D projects such as: BEAM I and II (Biomedical Equipment Assessment and Management) in the Health Care Telematics program of the EU and the EUROMEDIES (European Medical Device Information Exchange System) and AIM Concerted Action, addressing medical device vigilance in Europe. He was the elected president of the Board of the Clinical Engineering Division (CED) of the IFMBE (94-96) and the Greek delegate for the Medical Device Standing Committee (MDEG) of DG Enterprise of the EU and member of the Health Care Forum of CEN (CHeF).

Professor Nicolas Pallikarakis
Department of Medical physics
University of Patras
265 00 Patras
Greece
E-mail: nipa@inbit.gr