Dr. Marios Themistocleous is the General Secretary of
Primary Health Care at the Ministry of Health, responsible for the coordination
and management of the National Vaccination Programme in Greece. He graduated
from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
and holds a Ph.D. degree and an M.Sc. degree in Health Management and Health
Economics. He has served as a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Neurosurgery
Department of “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital of Athens. He was the President
of the National Central Health Procurement Authority, a member of the
Coordinating and Management Committee of the Government Policy for the COVID-19
Pandemic, and Coordinator of the Special Advisory Committee of the Health
Initiative Stavros Niarchos Foundation on behalf of the Presidency of the
Government. He has also been the President of the Chief Committee of the Health
Sector Insurance Fund (TSAY) and the Vice President on the Board of Directors
of ETAA (Unified Fund of the Self-Employed).
