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Anastasia Pazaiti-Karamanli (born 1966), is the wife of Kostas Karamanlis, former Prime Minister of Greece. She is a resident
general surgeon.
, Thessaloníki Prefecture
, Greece in 1966. It was there that she completed her secondary education, and also was a member of the Greek Women's Traditional Dancing Association ("Lykeio Ellinidon") for many years.
In 1988, she graduated from the School of Early Childhood Education of the Faculty of Education of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
. She continued her studies and in 2002 she received a PhD, from the Faculty of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, completing her doctoral thesis entitled “Memory and Learning in Children with Perinatal Asphyxia”.
A small research part of her doctoral dissertation, which in total lasted 2.5 years, was done at Tufts University
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between August and December 1997, while she was in the second year studying medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2004, she graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
She organized the Behaviour Research Center at the Laboratory of Physiology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has published several papers in scientific journals and congresses minutes and made a large number of announcements in Greek and international medical congresses.
She executed her countryside doctor service in Korinthos and, since 2007, she has been a resident in general surgery at "Laikon" General Hospital in Athens.
The Greek media have dealt many times with her studies and how she acquired her doctoral diploma, as it has been argued that this has been done against meritocracy.
. In June 2003, she became the mother of twins, Alexandros and Aliki.
Residency (medicine)
Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident physician or resident is a person who has received a medical degree , Podiatric degree , Dental Degree and who practices...
general surgeon.
Background, studies, career
She was born in EpanomiEpanomi
Epanomi is a town and was a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Thermaikos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located 25 km away from the city center of Thessaloniki...
, Thessaloníki Prefecture
Thessaloniki Prefecture
Thessaloniki is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Region of Central Macedonia. Its capital is the city of Thessaloniki. It is the second most populous regional unit in Greece, behind Central Athens.-Geography:...
, Greece in 1966. It was there that she completed her secondary education, and also was a member of the Greek Women's Traditional Dancing Association ("Lykeio Ellinidon") for many years.
In 1988, she graduated from the School of Early Childhood Education of the Faculty of Education of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest Greek university, and the largest university in the Balkans. It was named after the philosopher Aristotle, who was born in Stageira, Chalcidice, about 55 km east of Thessaloniki, in Central Macedonia...
. She continued her studies and in 2002 she received a PhD, from the Faculty of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, completing her doctoral thesis entitled “Memory and Learning in Children with Perinatal Asphyxia”.
A small research part of her doctoral dissertation, which in total lasted 2.5 years, was done at Tufts University
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
,
between August and December 1997, while she was in the second year studying medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2004, she graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
She organized the Behaviour Research Center at the Laboratory of Physiology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has published several papers in scientific journals and congresses minutes and made a large number of announcements in Greek and international medical congresses.
She executed her countryside doctor service in Korinthos and, since 2007, she has been a resident in general surgery at "Laikon" General Hospital in Athens.
The Greek media have dealt many times with her studies and how she acquired her doctoral diploma, as it has been argued that this has been done against meritocracy.
Marriage and children
The relationship with the former Prime Minister of Greece Kostas Karamanlis was announced in the late 1997. The marriage took place on July 19, 1998 in Proti, SerresProti, Serres
Proti is a village and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Amfipoli, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,999 .- Notable people :...
. In June 2003, she became the mother of twins, Alexandros and Aliki.