Charalambos Antoniades

Charalambos Antoniades has changed the way we approach medical prevention. Born in Cyprus, he studied at the Athens Medical School, and thanks to the Onassis Foundation Scholarship, he completed his PhD on the genetics of premature myocardial infarction. He is a full Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford and a consultant cardiologist at Oxford University Hospitals. Using novel biomarkers derived from CT scans and the use of artificial intelligence, he and his colleagues have been able to predict cardiovascular risk and change the lives of thousands of patients throughout the world.

For the past 21 years, he has been living in Oxford and investing in knowledge that impacts everyday life. In the field of cardiology, he explains that “the best way to bring research back to society is through digital medical devices that can be turned into tools in the hands of clinicians.”

During the course of his research on premature myocardial infarction, it took him six to seven years to accept that he was wrong in the beginning. Only once he accepted it, could he understand that it was a whole new biology.