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Kostas Spiropoulos (Κώστας Σπυρόπουλος; born 28 August 1952) is a Greek painter and doctor. Since the 2000s he has become a leading figure in the pop art movement in Greece

Early years
Professor and artist Kostas Spiropoulos was born and raised in Patras. Since his childhood he admired the famous painters and scientists, because their common characteristic is the lust for constant amelioration of the spirit and the soul, as they eternally seek for the decryption of the world. In his early artistic steps, he studied the works of the greatest teachers of art, Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. He was also keen on byzantine art and was helping his teacher and byzantine iconographer in the production of paintings in churches in the city of Patras. He was indulged in byzantine art as it remains the container of the values and virtues of Ancient Greece that were later passed on to the Byzantine Empire.

Scientific carreer
Apart from his love for art and painting, he also wanted to become a doctor, so he studied medicine at the University of Athens. He finished his specialty training in 1982 in Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria” and in the Department of Internal Medicine of the Navy Hospital in Athens. He completed his PhD thesis in the Department of Medicine, University of Athens. He worked at the Department of Pulmonary Medicine in Riley Hospital for children Indiana, USA. He was also a Visiting Professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, USA. He worked as an associate in Brompton Hospital and the London Chest Hospital in London.

He has also worked as a chest physician in Evangelismos Hospital in Athens. In 1990 he was elected as Assistant Professor of Pulmonary Medicine in the Department of Medicine, University of Patras. Then he became an Associate Professor and Professor of Pulmonary Medicine since 2005. He is Director of the Dept of Pulmonary Medicine of the University Hospital of Patras. He is a member of the Hellenic Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society. His main research interests include sleep disorders, lung cancer, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.