{"id":5143,"date":"2026-01-28T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cognitionconferences.com\/hivaids\/?post_type=committee&#038;p=5143"},"modified":"2026-02-02T04:48:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:48:38","slug":"konstantinos-protopapas","status":"publish","type":"committee","link":"https:\/\/cognitionconferences.com\/hivaids\/committee\/konstantinos-protopapas\/","title":{"rendered":"Konstantinos Protopapas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Konstantinos Protopapas is a Greek physician and prominent advocate specializing in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, with a dedicated focus on the clinical management and prevention of HIV\/AIDS. He earned his medical degree from the University of Patras in 2001 and has been serving since 2010 as a physician and academic fellow at the HIV Clinic of the 4th Department of Internal Medicine at Attikon University Hospital in Athens. Alongside his clinical responsibilities, he is actively engaged in research, teaching, and mentoring medical students and trainees.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Protopapas has been a member of the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) since 2007 and currently serves on the EACS Standard of Care Scientific Committee (since 2023). He is also a governing board member of the Hellenic Society for the Study and Control of AIDS and has contributed to national advisory efforts for the implementation of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Greece. Recently, he joined the ECEE Network group, further expanding his involvement in international HIV collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>His research interests include HIV clinical care, breakthrough COVID-19 infections in people living with HIV, hepatitis D and E prevalence, and vaccinology, including comparative studies of mRNA vaccines and natural infection. He has co-authored reviews on emerging infectious pathogens, with his work accessible through ResearchGate. Beyond academia and clinical practice, Dr. Protopapas is deeply committed to community engagement and is a founding member of Positive Voice, the Greek association of people living with HIV (PLHIV), reflecting his strong dedication to patient advocacy and public health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5144,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-5143","committee","type-committee","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Konstantinos Protopapas | Attikon University General Hospital of Athens |Greece<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Konstantinos Protopapas is a specialist in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases based in Athens, Greece. 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