Effie Polyzogopoulou
Effie Polyzogopoulou is Chair of the Ultrasound Section of the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM) and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
She is Course Director/co-Director and faculty member of the EUSEM Emergency Ultrasound pre-courses, and for many years she has been the founder and Director of the National Emergency Ultrasound Courses.
She is Director of the Emergency Medicine Subspecialty Training Program at Attikon University Hospital in Athens, Greece.
She is an Expert in the European Board Examination in Emergency Medicine (EBEEM) and a member of the European Emergency Medicine Examination Reference Group (EMERGE).
She is the Country Lead for Greece in the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM) Research Network.
She was a member of the Acute Heart Failure Committee of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) – Heart Failure Association (HFA) (2020-2024).
She has a special interest in Emergency Medicine Education and Ultrasonography. Her current research work and scientific interests focus on Emergency Ultrasonography/Echocardiography, Acute Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock.