Sotiris Loizidis
Oncologist
Throughout my training and practice, I have developed a holistic approach to patient care that aligns with the principles outlined in your job description. As a registrant at the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre, I have been trained to effectively monitor oncology patients, manage emergencies, and administer chemotherapy protocols. Additionally, my experience in the Haematology Department at the General Hospital of Nicosia has honed my skills in prescribing treatment protocols, managing patients with diverse hematologic diseases, and supporting procedures such as stem cell transplantation.
Moreover, I have actively engaged in research projects throughout my career, aiming to apply and disseminate best practices in patient care informed by clinical outcomes. This passion for ongoing learning and improvement resonates with your emphasis on contributing to clinical protocols and quality assurance programs.
I am impressed by the German Medical Institute's goals and enthusiastic about the opportunity to work with a dedicated team that values excellence in oncology treatment.
EDUCATION
2006 - 2009
High School Diploma , Saint George High School (19, 4/12)
2011 - 2017
Medical Degree, University of Ioannina Medical School (8,40)
02/2019 – 02/2025
Resident Doctor
WORK EXPERIENCE
Aug. 2018 – Feb. 2019, Nicosia, Cyprus - Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center- Junior Doctor
Tasks:
• Monitoring oncologic patients on the wards
• Dealing with oncologic emergencies.
• Managing and prescribing medications,.
• Executing chemotherapy protocols under the supervisor of medical
oncoligists. Pain control (with opioids) management.
Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center- Junior Doctor
Feb. 2019 – Sep. 2019, Limassol, Cyprus - General Hospital of Limassol
Tasks:
• Practising in Internal Medicine. Participating in on-call duties. Managing patients on medical wards. Participating in on-call duties. Admitting patients from ER department and giving treatments for pathological problems. Experience in stroke unit
• Participating in weekly educational lessons
• Practising in lumbar punctures, insertion of central vein catheters, paracentesis of ascites and thoracentesis.
• Admitting patients from ER department and giving treatments for pathological problems.
Experience in stroke unit
• Participating in weekly educational lessons
• Practising in lumbar punctures, insertion of central vein catheters, paracentesis of ascites, thoracentesis.
Sep. 2019 – Feb. 2021, Larnaka, Cyprus, - General Hospital of Larnaka
Tasks:
• Practising in Internal Medicine. Participating in on-call duties. Managing patients on medical wards. Admitting patients from ER department and giving treatments for any pathological problem. Experience in diabetic clinic
• Participating in weekly educational lessons
• Practising in lumbar punctures, insertion of central vein catheters, paracentesis of ascites, thoracentesis, practising in ICU environment.
Feb.2021- May 2021, Nicosia, Cyprus - General Hospital of Nicosia (Haematology Department)
Tasks:
• Everyday practising in Daycare department, prescribing chemotherapy protocols, supervisor inpatients in clinic (regarding to all the spectrum of haematologic diseases). Participating in on-call duties.
• Experience and participation in autologous stem-cell transplantation process.
• Practising in bone marrow aspiration and biopsies, lumbar punctures.
• Management of patients after allogenic stem cell transplantation.
• Management of patients with acute leukaemias.
• Experience in microscopic haematology (lessons by haematologist)
May 2021- February 2025, Nicosia, Cyprus - Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre (Medical Oncology Department)
Tasks:
• Experience in all type of cancers.
• Daycare duty (prescribing oncological-haematological protocols)
• On-call duty on patients’ wards
• Participation in Outpatient oncology clinic
• Participation in research protocols
• Writing and publishing reviews
CERTIFICATES
• Advance Life Support (ALS) Certificate (October 2021)
• Language certificate: IELTS (Overall: Band 7)
Publications/Research
• Loizides S, Papamichael D. Considerations and Challenges in the Management of the Older Patients with Gastric Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2022, 1587, 14(6)
• Loizides, S., & Constantinidou, A. (2022). Triple negative breast cancer: Immunogenicity, tumor microenvironment, and immunotherapy. Front Genet, 13, 1095839. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.1095839
• Loizides, S., Samouti, P., Tsironis, G., Xenophontos, E., Papamichael, D., & Vassiliou, V. (2024). Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation (SANT) of the spleen: a case report. Oxf Med Case Reports, 2024(12), omae158. https://doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omae158
• Loizides, S., Ignatiadis, M., Clinical application of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) in breast cancer management. BELG J MED ONCOL, 2025;19(3): 96–103
• Loizidis S, Michaelides D, Marcou Y, Kakouri E, Konstantinou I, Constantinidou A, Theophanous-Kitiri S, Papageorgiou E, Michailidou K, Galazi M. Comparison Between Alpelisib Plus Endocrine Therapy and Everolimus Plus Endocrine Therapy After CDK4/6 Inhibitors Progression in Patients with PIK3CA-Mutant Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Single-Center Retrospective Study. Cancers (Basel). 2026 Jan 30;18(3):468. doi: 10.3390/cancers18030468