Dr. Nikolaos Kontodimopoulos is an Assistant Professor of Service Management at the Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Harokopio University of Athens. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Medical Electronics and Physics from Queen Mary College, University of London, as well as an MBA and a PhD in Health Management and Economics from the School of Social Sciences of the Hellenic Open University.

He has 25 years of professional experience at the Central Administration of the National Emergency Medical Service (EKAB) and other divisions of the Ministry of Health. He served for four years as Joint CEO and President of the Board of the Attica General Hospital “KAT” and the National Rehabilitation Center.

For the past 20 years, he has taught postgraduate courses in Health Services Management and Health Economics at the Hellenic Open University, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, as well as at other universities in Greece and abroad. He has supervised more than 120 postgraduate theses.

His research interests focus on health services management, economic evaluation of health programs, efficiency of healthcare providers, sustainability of health systems, and health policy. He has published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed international scientific journals, which have received over 5,700 citations, and he holds an h-index of 37 (Google Scholar).

Research Profiles

• Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6507914800
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=el&user=fGqLPB8AAAAJ
• Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/N-Kontodimopoulos
• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4590-6634

Recent publications

1. Latsi IC, Gasparinatou AA, Kontodimopoulos N. The impact of social media engagement on adult self-esteem: Implications for managing digital well-being. Healthcare 2026; 14(3): 326
2. Leivaditis V, Sepetis A, Mulita F, Mitsos S, Baikoussis NG, Koletsis E, Assimakopoulos SF, Maniatopoulos AA, Liolis E, Nikolakopoulos K, Dahm M, Kontodimopoulos N. Patient-centered cardiac surgery: Psychosocial challenges, evidence-based interventions, and future horizons. Healthcare 2025; 13(22): 2957
3. Ramollari K, Kontodimopoulos N. Empathy in future nurses: Insights for healthcare management from a Greek student sample. Healthcare 2025; 13(16): 2054
4. Theiakou F, Kastanioti, Rekkas D, Kontodimopoulos N, Zavras D. A data-driven mathematical model for evaluating the societal and economic burden of delayed access to innovative medicines. AIMS Public Health 2025; 12(3): 700
5. Ntais C, Kontodimopoulos N, Melanthiou Y. Marketing management and policymaking for medical cannabis: Overcoming barriers and shaping strategies. Cannabis 2025; 8(2) :129-140.
6. Leivaditis V, Maniatopoulos AA, Lausberg H, Mulita F, Papatriantafyllou A, Liolis E, Beltsios E, Adamou A, Kontodimopoulo s N, Dahm M. Artificial Intelligence in thoracic surgery: A review bridging innovation and clinical practice for the next generation of surgical care. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2025; 14 (8): 2729
7. Ntais C, Kontodimopoulos N, Fanourgiakis J, Talias MA. Fostering healthcare system sustainability through efficient practices: Can adopting biosimilars ease the financial burden of rheumatoid arthritis? F1000Research 2025; 13: 1128
8. Leivaditis V, Ntais C, Fanourgiakis J, Mulita F, Kontodimopoulos N. International experience in the management of pharmaceutical expenditure: A narrative literature review. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2025; 86(3): 1-19.
9. Leivaditis V, Beltsios E, Papatriantafyllou A, Grapatsas K, Mulita F, Kontodimopoulos N, Baikoussis NG, Tchabashvili L, Tasios K, Maroulis I, Dahm M, Koletsis E. Artificial intelligence in cardiac surgery: Transforming outcomes and shaping the future. Clinics and Practice 2025; 15(1): 17.
10. Ntais C, Artsita , Talias MA, Fanourgiakis J, Kontodimopoulos N. Assessing Willingness to Pay for IVF among infertile women in Greece: A single‐center case study. Health Science Reports 2025; 8(1): e70402.
11. Ntais C, Kontodimopoulos N, Talias MA. Gatekeeping or provider choice for sustainable health systems? A literature review on their impact on services efficiency, access and quality. Journal of Market Access & Health Policy 2024; 12(4): 378-387
12. Ntais C, Stavrou P, Fanourgiakis J, Talias MA, Kontodimopoulos N. Sustainable medical tourism in the global competitive environment: the case of Cyprus. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2024; 39(6):1757-1765.
13. Platis C, Papaioannou L, Sideri P, Messaropoulos P, Chalkias K, Kontodimopoulos N. Achieving robust medical coding in DRGs systems: Innovative actions adopted in Greece. Healthcare, 2024; 12(17): 1782.
14. Terzoudis S, Kontodimopoulos N, Fanourgiakis J. Relationship between profitability and financial factors of hospitals after a period of austerity and health care reforms: Evidence from Greece. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 2024; 38(4): 512-527.
15. Stylianidi MC, Stamatopoulou E, Kontodimopoulos N. Worldwide responses of health systems to the financial challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Archives of Hellenic Medicine 2023; 40(2): 184-191.