Magda Tsolaki

Magda Tsolaki was born in Thessaloniki, and studied Medicine and Theology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). She initiated her collaboration with AUTH in 1982 and a year later received her specialty as a Neuropsychiatrist and her PhD. She has been a Professor of Neurology since 2010, and she was the Head of the 1st University Department of Neurology (2017-2020) and now emeritus professor. She has founded the Greek Alzheimer’s Association in 1995 and the Greek Federation of Alzheimer’s Disease in 2007, in which she is up today the Chair, while also being the scientific director of three Public Dementia Units (founded by her in 2007, 2009 and 2022). She has given more than 656 lectures throughout Greece, and participated in more than 77 funded research programs and 31 funded clinical trials. She has received 85 awards and has been the main author of many Books (60), many abstracts in Greek (531), International (489) Conferences, author in many Papers in Greek (285) and International Journals [680 of which 589 in PubMed (h-index: 118, i10-index: 459 and more than 69,000 Citations in Google Scholar]. She is member of the Greek National Observatory for Dementia. She is invited speaker in more than 157 meetings in English and 344 in Greek Language. She has been a reviewer for Conferences and Journals (430) and has organized 60 national and 5 international Meetings on Alzheimer’s Disease. Finally, she was one of the three or seven advisory members for 36 doctoral theses-completed and 61 postgraduate theses.