External Advisory Board
Lusófona University
Certified Physician in General Medicine.
Co-founder and former President of the “European Lifestyle Medicine Organization” Dr. Ioannis Arkadianos is the co-founder and former President of the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO). He graduated from Athens University Medical School. He is certified in General Medicine with extra post graduate studies in Obesity, Lifestyle Medicine, Nutrition and Nutrigenomics. He holds the SCOPE Certification (Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education) in weight management from “World Obesity Federation” (WOF). He is a pioneer Medical Doctor of Lifestyle Medicine in Europe, having practiced in this field for the last 30 years and was the President of the Organizing Committee of the first six European Lifestyle Medicine Congresses organized by European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (2018-2025). He is the Country Representative of the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO) in Greece. He is faculty Lecturer in International MSc in Lifestyle Medicine, from Thessaly University, Greece, in the MSc “Arterial hypertension and concomitant cardiovascular disease" from Medical School of Athens University, Greece, and in MSc Hygieia Health and Wellbeing across the Lifespan at the University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. Member of the External Advisory Board of the MSc Hygieia Health and Wellbeing across the Lifespan of the Universities: Lusofona University (Portugal), University of the Balearic Islands (Spain), and University of Beograd (Serbia). Member of the faculty team for the Harvard Medical School course “Lifestyle Medicine Tools for Promoting Healthy Change,” taking place on June 11–12, 2026. He has also given various talks to undergraduate and postgraduate students at universities in Greece and internationally. He is Instructor in “The European Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine Health and Fitness Lifestyle Advisor” organized by the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO) He is also a Council Member of the True Health Initiative. He has served as a speaker at more than 35 national and international scientific congresses and has delivered oral presentations and posters, as well as chaired and coordinated sessions at more than 30 congresses worldwide. His medical practice is in Athens, Greece.