EDUCATION

Dr Kasios was born in 1948 in Trachonas. He graduated from the Pancyprian Gymnasium in 1965. After finishing his military service, he began his studies in medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens from where he graduated in 1973.

SPECIALIZATION

Dr Kasios specializes in Pathology and has received a certificate of special training in Diabetes Mellitus.

EXPERIENCE

From January 1974 until December 1978 Dr Kasios worked in various hospitals in the UK in the Department of Pathology and Diabetes. In January 1979 he returned to Cyprus where he began practicing his private practice as a specialist Pathologist – Diabetologist.

In 1997 he was appointed by the Greek government as a member of the international Scientific and Advisory Committee of the Hellenic National Center for Research, Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and its complications and in 2005 he became a member of the management committee of the European cooperation for scientific and technical research Cost Action B17 that dealt with insulin resistance, obesity, and diabetes mellitus in the elderly.

He has contributed to the establishment of the Cyprus Diabetic Association in which he was a scientific advisor for many years. He was President of the Cyprus Society for the Study of Diabetes, President of MedicAlert and President of the Diabetes Awareness Coordinating Committee. He is a member of the Disciplinary Council of the Cyprus Medical Association and from October 2021 President of the National Diabetic Committee.