Current Position

Senior Consultant Neurologist, Head of Neuropathology Department
The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics

Education

University College London, London (Aug 17 – Aug 21)     
•    Doctor of Philosophy, PhD 
Thesis: The causes and pathogenesis of inherited peripheral neuropathies (currently in write-up phase)
(Prof MM Reilly and Dr AM Rossor, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology)

Royal College of Physicians 
•    MRCP Part 1 (Sep 12), MRCP Part 2 Written (Jul 13), PACES (Jun 14)                            
University College London Medical School, London (Sep 05 – Jul 11)
•    MBBS Medical degree (Distinctions in Medical sciences and Clinical Science, merit in Clinical Practice)

University College London, London (Sep 07 – Aug 08)
•    Bachelor of Science, Medical Sciences with Neuroscience (Awarded with First Class Honours)
Thesis: An investigation into the Role of Numb in radial sorting and myelination in Schwann cells
(Prof K Jessen and Prof R Mirsky, UCL Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology)

Saint George’s Lyceum, Nicosia, Cyprus (Sep 00 – Jun 03)
•    5 GCE A levels (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Modern Greek)         
•    Greek National Apolytirion (with Award of academic excellence)

Biography

Dr Pipis has recently joined The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics in 2024 and is a Senior Consultant Neurologist and Head of the Neuropathology Department. He completed his medical studies at University College London Medical School, London in 2005 – 2011 graduating with Distinction in Medical Sciences and Clinical Science and receiving multiple prizes for academic excellence including the 1st Magrath Prize for best overall performance in the first clinical year, amongst 400 medical students. During his medical studies, and in accordance with UCL Medical School tradition, he also undertook an Intercalated BSc in Medical Sciences with Neuroscience (2007 – 2008) at the UCL Department of Cell and Developmental Biology (formerly Anatomy and Developmental Biology) graduating with First Class Honours and receiving the Departmental prizes for best overall performance and best dissertation. During his Intercalated BSc he undertook a year-long research project in Schwann Cell biology at Prof R Mirsky’s and Prof KR Jessen’s world-renowned UCL lab.
He completed his general medical training in central London teaching hospitals (2011 – 2015), followed by his neurology training rotating between London neurosciences centres (2015 – 2023), namely The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square, Kings College Hospital in Camberwell and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London Bridge and Westminster, respectively. Integral to his training and acquired expertise in neuromuscular and neurogenetic disorders, is the 4-year PhD he undertook with the Mary Reilly lab at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (2017 – 2021) where he focused on researching the causes and pathogenesis of inherited peripheral neuropathies. His clinical PhD enabled him to gain expertise in deep phenotyping patients with peripheral neuropathies, acquire a deep understanding on the presentation, investigation and natural history of acquired and inherited neuropathy syndromes, delve deep into next-generation sequencing technologies and develop an expertise in interpreting NGS data in the context of deep phenotyping and to set-up and run a biomarker study in patients with CMT1A. His work has been published in peer-reviewed, high-impact scientific journals and he has presented key findings from his research at UK national and international academic neurosciences meetings.  
At the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics he is part of the Clinical Centre for Neuromuscular Disorders, assessing, investigating and, where possible, treating patients with acquired and inherited neuromuscular disorders, utilising the wealth of genetic and genomic infrastructure that the Institute has to offer. Dr Pipis also coordinates the Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases and is working with other CING colleagues, both neurologists and allied health care professionals, to expand the neurodegeneration / dementia clinic and service. As Head of the Neuropathology Department, he is investing on and seeking to expand the Department’s decade-long research on mouse models of Alzheimer’s Disease, as well as open new research avenues studying the utility of induced pluripotent stem cells as disease models for inherited neurological diseases. Since his time at UCL Medical School he has been a prolific medical educator; at the Institute he oversees the Neurosciences and Neurogenetics course which is delivered to postgraduate students, co-supervises the Neuropathology Department’s PhD and MSc students and also teaches visiting students and neurology trainees in both outpatient and inpatient settings.