EDUCATION

Dr Michael was born in Nicosia and is a graduate of The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ioannina in Greece. After completing her studies, she continued her training in Germany from 2011 to 2022, first in the specialty of neurology and geriatric neurology in the state of Hessen and then in cardiology at the Aachen University Hospital in the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen.

SPECIALIZATION

In Germany, she had the opportunity to familiarize herself with the most modern and effective methods for the diagnosis and treatment of all cardiac diseases, including prevention, diagnosis with non-invasive methods (cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, myocardial scintigraphy and computed tomography of the heart and vessels) and treatment of coronary heart disease, arterial hypertension, supraventricular/ventricular tachycardia, bradycardia, valvular diseases, acute and chronic heart failure, cardiomyopathies and other diseases of the cardiovascular system.

She trained in a variety of diagnostic tests including simple, 24-hour and weekly electrocardiogram, transthoracic and transesophageal ultrasound, stress echo, stress test, testing and programming of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators, performing and evaluating 24-hour, 72-hour and weekly (Holter) rhythm recordings and blood pressure.

EXPERIENCE

From 2013 to 2022 she worked at the cardiology clinic of the Herzzentrum Mönchengladbach in Germany, while she worked for 18 months in the Intensive Care Unit and for 6 months in the Emergency and First Aid Department of the Mönchengladbach hospital.

Dr Michael has been working since October 2022 as a specialist cardiologist at the MedCare clinic in Nicosia and at the private hospital Agios Raphael in Larnaca.