Meet the editors

Panagiotis Tsikouras is a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, perinatal medicine, and contraception at the School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. He is also head of the Family Planning Centre and Gynecological Cytology Laboratory at the same university. Dr. Tsikouras is a fellow of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis. His scientific activities focus on pediatric and

adolescent medicine, gynecological oncology, and high-risk pregnancies. He is a reviewer for several international journals and has numerous scientific publications to his credit, including papers and book chapters. He has also contributed to international and national guidelines on coagulation and thrombosis in obstetrics and gynecology.

Prof. Nikolettos Nikos is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assisted Reproduction at the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. He has training in gynecological endocrinology, human reproduction, and in vitro fertilization. From 2007 to 2011, he was the director of the In Vitro Fertilization Unit, University Regional General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece. From 2012 to 2018, he was the director of the Laboratory of

Reproductive Physiology-Artificial Fertilization. In 2019, he took over the management of the University Obstetrics-Gynecology Clinic of the Medical Department at the same university. His scientific work includes more than 100 publications in international journals and numerous invited lectures at international and Greek conferences.

Prof. Dr. h. c. Werner Rath is a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, gynecologic oncology, perinatal medicine, and hemostaseology. He was chief of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, at University Hospital Aachen, Germany. He is a Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics in the Faculty of Medicine, University Kiel, Germany. He received an Honorary doctorate from the University of Alexandroupolis. Dr.

Rath is the recipient of several awards, including the Staude-Pfannenstiel Award of the North Germany Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics, the Maternité Award from the German Society of Perinatal Medicine, and the Berlin Harald-Bräutigam Award. His research and other activities include the Award of the Northern Society of Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Germany, and the Maternité Award from the German Society of Perinatal. His citable research publications are referred to since 1977. He is a reviewer for numerous journals.

Prof. Dr. George Friedrich von Tempelhoff, FCATH, is a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, gynecologic oncology, perinatal medicine, and hemostaseology. He is chief of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, St. Vinzensius Hospital, Hanau Germany, and head of the Institute for Thrombosis and Coagulation Disorders in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Germany. He completed his medical education at Justus-Liebig University, Germany, and

became a Consultant of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1996. In 1993, he received his doctorate in medicine and completed his habilitation at the Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany in 2007. He was appointed extracurricular professor at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany in 2015. He is a fellow of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis. His scientific focus is on hemostaseological and hemorheological disorders in women with miscarriages, preeclampsia, and thrombosis. Dr. Tempelhoff is a reviewer for numerous journals, author of several publications and book chapters, and a contributor to international and national guidelines on coagulation and thrombosis in gynecology.
