Cyprus Ministry of Health

Scientific Coordinator

Dr. George Olympios
olympiosdr@cytanet.com.cy

Graduated from Athens University Medical School in 1980 and then specialised in Internal Medicine. Since 1987, working for the Cyprus Ministry of Health now holding the post of Assistant Director of Medicine at Larnaca Hospital. Special interest within post - Diabetes. Head of the Diabetes Department at Larnaca Hospital, senior consultant and advisor to the Ministry of Health on Diabetes. Senior advisor to the work group for the development of guidelines on diabetes. Awarded scholarships to Israel, Greece and UK for diabetes. President of the Cyprus Association for the study of Diabetes, Vice-President of the Larnaca Medical Assosiation, Partner in EUBIROD. Board member of the Larnaca Rotary Club. He has published in local and international profesional journals.

Official Delegate

Vivie Traynor
traynor@mphs.moh.gov.cy

Trained as a state registed nurse and then an ICTU nurse in the UK. BSc in Nurse Education and MSc in Diabetes. Work experience in UK and then Cyprus. Presently holding the post of senior nursing officer at Larnaca Hospital. Passionate about vacilitating diabetes education and councelling people with diabetes. Registed with the UKCC and the Cyprus Nurses Association. Lead nurse on diabetes in Cyprus. Member of the work group for the development of guidelines for diabetes, senior member of the quality control group at Larnaca Hospital. Associate teacher for nurse education at the university. Partener in Eubirod. Published in local and international profesional journals.

Staff

Andriana Evripidou
aevripidou@dits.mof.gov.cy