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Christos S. Bartsocas (Greek: Χρήστος Σπ. Μπαρτσόκας), is a Greek pediatric endocrinologist and clinical geneticist, presently Professor Emeritus at the University of Athens. He is known for the first report of the Bartsocas-Papas Syndrome (OMIM: 263650 on chromosome 21q22) and for his contribution to the development of pediatric diabetes care in Greece

Biography
Education: C. Bartsocas was born in Athens, Greece, in 1937. He received his elementary education at the Experimental School of the University of Athens, which was completed from South Pasadena High School, South Pasadena, California, on an American Field Service scholarship, in 1954. He attended the University of Athens Medical School receiving his MD in 1960 and a D.Med.Sc. degree in 1963. Between 1960 and 1963 he served as a Medical Officer in the Hellenic Navy. He began training in Pediatrics in Athens, followed by a Senior Assistant Residency and a Senior Residency at the Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine (1964-1966). Training in Pediatric Endocrinology, Metabolism and Medical Genetics followed at the Children’s Endocrine Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School (1966-1968). During this period he served as a Chief Physician for the State of Massachusetts at the Walter E. Fernald State School and as Consultant at the Occupational Medicine Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Positions held: Subsequently he served at senior positions in the Children’s Hospitals in Athens and the University of Athens Medical and Nursing Faculties, being elected Professor of Pediatrics in 1993. He retired in 2004 as a Professor Emeritus. Nonetheless, he organized and ran the “Mitera” Children’s Hospital in Athens (2003-2014) and finally he retired as a Consultant for Development from the Athens Medical Center in 2017. He is Board Certified in Pediatrics (FAAP) and Clinical Genetics (FACMG) in the USA, as well as in Pediatrics and Endocrinology in Greece. He held Licenses-Board Certifications to practice Medicine in Athens (Greece), Massachusetts and Illinois.

Offices held: President of the Greek Affiliate of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (1983-2007), President of the European Society of Human Genetics (1990-1991), President, Hellenic Diabetes Association (1993-1994), Board Member, Hellenic National Center for Diabetes, ISPAD Advisory Council Member (1992-1994), Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International Medical Advisory Committee Member (1984-2007), Corresponding Editorial Board Member, American Journal of Medical Genetics (1980-2004).

Teaching: Apart from teaching Pediatrics, Diabetes and Medical Genetics at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels in Greece, Bartsocas taught as Guest Lecturer, MGH (1972), as Visiting Professor at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago (1973), SUNY at Stony Brook (1985-1987), Yale University (1981), UC San Diego, Las Vegas, Chicago, Ghent, Belgium, Lodz, Poland (1979) and Helsinki, Finland, University of Essen, Münster and Hamburg, Germany (1979), Amman, Jordan, at Samsun, Turkey, and Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa.

Organizer: The 1993 ISGD/ISPAD Annual Meeting, aboard MTS “Arcadia” on the Aegean Sea and since 1976 organizer of International Clinical Genetics Seminars every 3 years, and numerous postgraduate seminars for diabetes, endocrine diseases and genetics. He was the Vice-President of the EASD Meeting in Athens, 2005, and the organizer of the Satellite Meeting in Delphi “2000 years of diabetes”.

Teaching of Physicians, Nurses and Education of Families: As the Founder and the Director of the first Pediatric Diabetes Center in Greece, which was established by a government decree in 1990, Dr. Bartsocas had the opportunity to offer training in Diabetes to several pediatricians and nurses mostly from Greece and Cyprus. Teaching groups of parents were established in the mid-1970’s. Luther Travis’ book was translated into Greek and dietary information was added. Seminars for parents were held once monthly at the “P.&A. Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital auditorium, as well as parents’ groups for psychological support.Dr. Bartsocas has been giving invited lectures and seminars on Type 1 Diabetes all over the country and Cyprus, as well as in the US (Boston, MA), New York, San Diego, Las Vegas, Chicago, Belgium, Poland, Albania, Jordan, South Africa, etc. With assistance from the Pediatric Nursing Faculty of the University of Athens, Dr. Bartsocas organizes an annual course for nurses’ certification in Diabetes Education and Care, as well as a school nurses’ training program for diabetes.

Contributions in diabetes science, education and advocacy
Christos S. Bartsocas, has been the leading figure for the development of diabetes care in children and adolescents in Greece since the 1970s. Following his return to Greece he established a clinic for patients with diabetes at the “P.&A. Kyriakou” Athens Children’s Hospital in the 1970s, which was declared officially as a Pediatric Diabetes Center in 1990, the only one in the country for some time. He was able to run the Center until his retirement from the University of Athens in September 2004. In addition, he edits a 16-page news bulletin/journal (in Greek), under the title “Juvenile Diabetes: Our News”, which is distributed to approximately 7000 parents, patients and physicians every 3 months since 1991 (108 issues). Parents’ groups and seminars for physicians and parents have been organized by Dr. Bartsocas since the 1970s and summer camps for patients have been organized every year since 1997.

Research
Dr. Bartsocas’ research focused initially on metabolic amino-acid transport diseases (Lowe’s syndrome, Hartnup disease and particularly on the lysosomal disorders) reporting Type C Sanfilippo disease among other genetic entities and dysmorphology. Most important contribution was the report of a severe malformation, the so-called now Bartsocas-Papas syndrome, in the Journal of Medical Genetics in 1972, 9:222-226. The fast increasing prevalence of Type 1 diabetes mellitus has been the focus of his interest during the last four decades. He actively participated in the European Union Concerted Action groups EURODIAB, DIAMOND, ENDIT, VirDiab, SmartDiab etc., the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the International Society of Pediatric & Adolescent Diabetes. Nonetheless he has actively contributed to the Rare Diseases in Europe, as the Greek representative in EUCERD.

Awards and Honors
Christos Bartsocas has received many honors, among them:


 * 1953-1954:	American Field Service International Scholarship, South Pasadena High School, South Pasadena, California, USA
 * 1954:	First Awards in Physics and Biology, South Pasadena High School, South Pasadena, California, USA
 * 1961-1963:	Special Honors, Hellenic Navy
 * 1966-1967:	USPHS Fellowship
 * 1968:	“Rosemary F. Dybwad” International Award, by the National Association for Retarded Children, USA
 * 1971:	NATO Research Fellowship
 * 1987:	“One Step Closer Award”, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, USA
 * 1997:	“You are #1 in our Hearts”, JDRF Award, USA
 * 2004:	Lilly Partnership in Diabetes Award, ADA Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA
 * Multiple Honorary and Research Awards by the Hellenic Diabetes Association, the Hellenic Diabetes Federation, the Hellenic Society for Endocrinology, the Hellenic Pediatric Association, Lions Clubs of Greece, civic organizations etc.
 * 2015:	Declared “Great Benefactor”, Island of Leros, Greece

Charity Work

 * Frequent medical “expeditions” to remote Greek islands and villages with staff of “P. & A. Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital.
 * Establishment of support groups for parents of children with diabetes (Founder and first President), a parents’ association (PEAND) and the Greek Affiliate of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (1983-2007).
 * Chairman of the Board (2009-2018) “Mazi gia to Paidi (Together for Children)”, a union of 10 charities providing psychosocial and medical support to children in Greece, including a “life line” for emergency intervention in family violence, bullying, harassment etc., honored by a Silver Award by the Academy of Athens (2015).

Publications
Dr. Bartsocas has published over 200 scientific articles and authored or edited the following books:


 * “Μυκηναϊκή Ιατρική” (Mycenean Medicine), Athens, 1964 (in Greek).
 * Papadatos CJ, Bartsocas CS: “Management of Genetic Disorders”, Alan R. Liss, New York, 1979.
 * Bartsocas CS: “Progress in Dermatoglyphic Research”, Alan R. Liss, New York, 1982.
 * Papadatos CJ, Bartsocas CS: “Skeletal Dysplasias”, Alan R. Liss, New York, 1982.
 * Papadatos CJ, Bartsocas CS: “Endocrine Genetics and Genetics of Growth”, Alan R. Liss, New York, 1985.
 * Bartsocas CS: “Genetics of Kidney Disorders”, Alan R. Liss, New York, 1989.
 * Bartsocas CS: “Genetics of Neuromuscular Disorders”, Alan R. Liss, New York, 1989.
 * Bartsocas CS, Loukopoulos D: “Genetics of Hematological Disorders”, Hemisphere Publishing, Washington DC, 1992.
 * Bartsocas CS, Beighton P: “Dysmorphology and Genetics of Cardiovascular Disorders”, Zita Medical Publications, Athens, 1994.
 * Bartsocas CS, Beighton P: “Genetic Counseling in the Dawn of the 21st Century”, Zita Medical Publications, Athens, 1998.