Metropolitan Nicholas of Messogaia and Lavreotiki
The Rev. Metropolitan Nikolaos of Messogaia and Lavreotiki was born in Thessaloniki in 1954, where he did his basic studies. He studied Physics at the University of Thessaloniki, Astrophysics at Harvard (Master of Arts) and Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering). His doctoral studies at HST (joint Harvard-MIT program) focused on the field of Biomedical Engineering (Biofluid Dynamics, Mathematical Physiology, Hemodynamics of the heart and blood vessels). He has worked as a researcher and fellow in the Angiology Laboratory at New England Deaconess Hospital, the Department of Anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children's Hospital. He also served for two years as a scientific advisor to major companies on Space Medical Technology... He was elected Metropolitan of Messogaia and Lavreotiki in April 2004.
