Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis graduated with honors from the School of Medicine of Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki (1993-1999). He completed his residency in the First Department of Neurology of National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (2001-2005). He completed his PhD with honors in the School of Medicine of National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (2002-2005). He completed a two- year Stroke/Neurosonology Fellowship in the Department of Neurology of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (2006-2007). He currently serves as Professor of Neurology (2018-) and Chairman (2020-) in the Second Department of Neurology in National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine. He is also the Director of Neurosonology Laboratory, the Director of Resident Training and Cerebrovascular Fellowship Program in his Department. Dr. Tsivgoulis was also a Visiting Professor of Neurology, in the Department of Neurology in The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN (2015-2023). He is a Fellow of the European Stroke Organization (ESO), European Academy of Neurology (EAN) and American Academy of Neurology (AAN). His research interests focus on acute reperfusion therapies in acute ischemic stroke, applications of neurosonology in cerebrovascular diseases, secondary stroke prevention, clinical trial methodology and application of meta-analyses on stroke therapeutics. Dr. Tsivgoulis has served as the Vice-President of the European Stroke Organization (ESO) during 2020-2024. He currently serves as the Chairman of ESO Guideline Board and has also served in the ESO Education Committee. He has served in the International Stroke Conference Scientific Program Committee as well as the European Stroke Organization Conference (ESOC) Planning Group and ESOC 2020 educational committee. He was a member of the writing group of ESO Stroke Action Plan 2018- 2030 and ESO guidelines for intravenous thrombolysis, acute blood pressure management, Mobile Stroke Units & bridging therapy (vs. direct Mechanical Thrombectomy) for Large Vessel Occlusions. He was a member of the writing group of American Society of Neuroimaging Guidelines on Transcranial Doppler applications in acute stroke. He is an Associate Editor in Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders and a Section Editor for the journal Stroke. He has served as Associate Editor in Journal of Neuroimaging. He is the Editor of Greek journal Nevrologia and General Secretary of the Hellenic Society of Cerebrovascular Diseases. He currently serves as General Secretary of the Hellenic Neurological Society. He is also the SITS and ANGELS National Coordinator for Greece. He has served as National Coordinator and International Steering Committee member in multiple Phase II & III randomized- controlled clinical trials (RCTs) in acute stroke and in secondary stroke prevention. He has served as Data Safety and Monitoring Board Chair in three Phase II and two Phase III RCTs. Dr. Tsivgoulis has authored >950 papers and 26 book chapters. He has acted as Reviewer in >80 International Medical Journals, presented more than 260 invited lectures at international scientific conferences and institutions. His research has received >49,000 citations (Google Scholar) and his H-index is 107 (Google Scholar). Dr. Tsivgoulis has been the recipient of international awards including the European Stroke Conference Young Investigator Award (2003), American Society of Neuroimaging McKinney Research Award (2007) in Neurosonology, European Stroke Organization Scientific Excellence Award (2021) and competitive grants from both academic institutions and industry. Dr. Tsivgoulis has served as supervisor and as member of the Evaluation Committee for many (>20) PhD students in the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and other national or international academic institutions. Dr. Tsivgoulis is married and has two daughters. He enjoys spending his free time with family at home.