Jean Kanitakis

Born in Athens (Greece) on May 18th, 1956 Nationality: French & Greek Professional address: Dept. of Dermatology (Pav. R) Ed. Herriot Hospital Group Place d’Arsonval 69437 Lyon cedex 3 France Tel +33472110301 Fax +33472110323 email jean.kanitakis@univ-lyon1.fr Studies-Degrees Bachelor in 1973 (Thessaloniki, Greece) Medical studies in Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Medical School - Graduate of the Medical School (MD) in 1979 1982: PhD of the Medical School of Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki 1984: National degree of specialist in Dermatology-Venereology at the University Cl. Bernard, Lyon, France Academic Carrer 1984-1987: associate researcher to the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM U209, chairman: Pr J. Thivolet) 1987-1990: Associate Professor of Dermatology-Venereology at the Cl. Bernard University, Lyon, France 1991-1993: Consultant at the University Department of Dermatology, Ed. Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France. 1993: Hospital Practitioner of the Lyon Hospitals (full-time since 1998). 2008: Elected Full Professor of Dermatology, Medical School of the University of Heraklion, Crete, Greece (resigned 2012). Current Medical Activities Daily outpatient Dermatology Clinic (Medical & Surgical) Daily Practice of Dermatopathology (Ed. Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France) Publications Co-editor of textbooks: - Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry of the Skin (1998) - Skin Diseases after Organ Transplantation (1998) - Thérapeutique Dermatologique (2011) Author of several chapters in Greek, French and International Textbooks of Dermatology or Transplantation. First author or co-author of 470 scientific articles indexed in Medline/Pubmed (661 items indexed in Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics) published in peer-review medical journals (including, among others, the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, American Journal of Transplantation, Transplantation, AIDS Research & Human Retroviruses, Cancer, Clinical Cancer Research, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Archives of Dermatology/JAMA Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology). As of January 21, 2022: h index: 51, 11379 citations, average citation per item 17.21 (Clarivate Web of Science). Member of editorial board of journals: - European Journal of Dermatology (Editor-in-Chief since October 2011) - Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology (till 2015) - Journal of Dermatology (Tokyo) (till 2017) - Dermatology Research and Practice - Journal of Cosmetics, Dermatological Sciences and Applications - Psoriasis: Targets and Therapy - Dermatopathology (Basel) - BioMed Research International - Frontiers in Surgery (section Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery) - Skin Health and Disease - World Academy of Sciences Journal - International Journal of Oncology - Dermatology Reports Congresses Participation as (invited) speaker or chairman in several World, International or National congresses or courses of Dermatology, Dermatopathology and Transplantation (Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, S. Korea, Spain, Turkey, Tunisia, UK, USA, Venezuela). Member of Scientific Societies: European Academy of Dermatology-Venereology European Dermatology Forum European Society for Dermatological Research European Society of Dermatopathology Hellenic Society of Dermatology-Venereology Histiocyte Society (till 2013) International Hand and Composite Tissue Allotransplantation Society International Society of Dermatology International Society of Dermatopathology (executive committee member, 2013-2016) Skin Care of Organ Transplant Patients-Europe Société de Recherches Dermatologiques Société Française de Dermatologie et de Pathologie Sexuellement Transmissible Society for Cutaneous Ultrastructure Research (secretary, 1994-1999) World Academy of Sciences Languages spoken Greek, French, English. Updated on January 21, 2022.