Apostolos Papageorgiou is the Chief of Pediatrics and Neonatology at the Jewish General Hospital, a level III perinatal centre full professor of pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology at McGill University.
Dr. Papageorgiou was born in Volos and following his primary and secondary education, he relocated to Paris to study medicine at the University of Sorbonne, before relocating to Montreal for his postgraduate training in Pediatrics and Neonatology at McGill University.
He is internationally recognized for his research and contributions, particularly in the management of extremely low birth weight infants.
His original scientific work includes the first North American randomized study on the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) with betamethasone, as well as a number of papers related to this topic.
Other major research contributions from his department include the first studies on the use of ibuprofen for the closure of ductus arteriosus, the use of caffeine in the prevention of apnea of prematurity, nutritional balance studies in premature infants, follow-up of extremely low birth weight infants, parental factors affecting short and long-term outcome of premature infants and modes of ventilation of extremely low birth weight infants.
Dr. Papageorgiou has been the past President of the Society of Neonatologists of the Province of Quebec from 1992 to 2000 and past President of the Canadian Section of Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine of the Canadian Pediatric Society from 1993 to 1995.
He is the recipient of many important awards, including the Osler Award, the Kaplan Award, the Prix Letondal of the Quebec Association of Pediatricians for his contribution to the health of infants in the province and recipient of the Prix d’Excellence of the Hellenic Scholarship Foundation and the Soranos Award.
Actually, he was named Greek of the Year by the Quebec Greek community in 2003.
Moreover, Dr. Papageorgiou has also served as advisor to universities, hospitals and several governments, improving the neonatal care and obstetricians education standards in countries, like Greece, Poland and Morocco.
