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Dimitrios G. Katehakis
Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
Institute of Computer Science
N. Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton,
GR 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Voice: +30 2810 391589
Email:
katehaki@ics.forth.gr


Brief CV:

Dimitrios G. Katehakis received an Engineering Diploma in Telecommunications from the University of Patras, Greece in 1991, and an M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1993.

Since October 2010, he has headed the Center for eHealth Applications and Services at the Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, in Greece.

From January 2006 to September 2010, he coordinated the Applied Integrated Medical (Health IT) Solutions (AIMS) group of the Biomedical Informatics Laboratory (forerunner of CBML) at the Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, in Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

From January 2001 to December 2005, he worked as a Senior Telecommunications Engineer at the Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, in Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

The periods June 1995-May 1998 and January 1999- December 2000 he worked as a Telecommunications Engineer at the Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, in Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

The period June 1998-December 1998 he worked as a Telecommunications Engineer for the Association for Research, Technology & Training at the Science and Technology Park of Crete, in Heraklion, Greece.

From 1994 to 1995, he was a Special Scientist for the Data Processing Team of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff in Athens, Greece.

In the period 1991-1993, he worked as a Senior Data Processing System Analyst in the Division of Medical Informatics at the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine of the University of Maryland at Baltimore.

He worked as a Trainee in the Regional Branch for Conveyance Lines and Substations of Crete and Rhodes of DEI (the Public Power Corporation of Greece) in 1989 and in the Technical Department of OTE (Hellenic Telecommunications Organization) in 1990.

His major research area during his graduate studies was the exploitation of integration methods for coupling Expert Systems with commercial Data Base Management Systems for medical purposes, and his master's thesis title was "A Design Method for the Integration of Numeric Data with Production Rules." Today, his work focuses on data integration analysis and developing the appropriate health information infrastructure and tools required to provide innovative, integrated Electronic Health Record (EHR) services. On-going work also includes the deployment of a component-based architecture for the monitoring of healthcare population data, the design of web-based medical browsing environments, as well as the intelligent management and communication of multimedia data.  

During the period 2014-2024, he served as the Secretary General at HL7 Hellas.

From 2016 to 2018, he represented the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation at the National Board of eHealth Governance.

Since 2016, he has been a certified Project Management Professional.

Since 2017, he has been certified in IT Service Management.

The period 2018-2021, he served as the Secretary-General at the Hellenic Health Informatics Association

From 2020 to 2022, he served on the Mental Health Committee at the Central Board of Health of the NHS.

Since 2021, he has served as the Administrator of the Hellenic Digital Health Cluster (Director since 2022)

In 2022 he was honored with the Outstanding Services award by the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas

Since 2023, he serves as a member of the scientific committee of the National Molecular Oncology Network

The period 2023-2025 he served as a representative of the smartHEALTH European Digital Innovation Hub at the Innovation Team of the General Secretariat of Public Administration

Since 2025, he serves as a member of the scientific committee of the Digital Academy of the Greek Patients' Association

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Last Revision Date: February 7, 2026.