LEADER 03781nam 22007215 450 001 9910620197203321 005 20251219090919.0 010 $a9783031141287$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031141270 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-14128-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7120746 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7120746 035 $a(CKB)25188965400041 035 $a(PPN)265858895 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-14128-7 035 $a(OCoLC)1348695306 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925188965400041 100 $a20221022d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPassion for Excellence $eMy Lifelong Journey into Medicine and Public Service /$fby Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (192 pages) 225 1 $aSpringer Biographies,$x2365-0621 311 08$aPrint version: Moutsopoulos, Haralampos M. Passion for Excellence Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031141270 327 $a1. Coming of Age -- 2. Student Years -- 3. Young Physician -- 4. In the Army -- 5. Public Health Service. 330 $aThis autobiography chronicles the life and career of Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos, an internationally renowned professor of medicine and prolific researcher on Sjögren?s syndrome and autoimmune rheumatic diseases. In language that is simple and direct, he takes us on a fascinating journey from the days of his first scientific awakenings at a hospital in his native town of Ioannina, Greece, through his university years in Athens and training in the U.S., to his eventual return to his homeland. In Greece, he developed two centers of excellence in his field, first at the newly founded University of Ioannina Medical School Department of Internal Medicine and, second, at the Athens University Medical School, Department of Pathophysiology, where he taught until his retirement in 2011. Along the way, he introduces us to his teachers and mentors, and to the colleagues and students he mentored in turn, many of whom went on to assume high-ranking positions in Greece and abroad. A major theme throughout the book is his impassioned struggle for excellence, meritocracy, and transparency in universities and in the National Health System in Greece. Peppered with both amusing and unsettling incidents from this lifelong crusade to raise professional standards and against misconduct, the book is a must-read for anyone interested in learning about or entering the medical profession. 410 0$aSpringer Biographies,$x2365-0621 606 $aRheumatology 606 $aAutoimmunity 606 $aSociology$xBiographical methods 606 $aRheumatology 606 $aAutoimmunity 606 $aBiographical Research 606 $aMalalties autoimmunitàries$2thub 606 $aSíndrome de Sjögren$2thub 606 $aInvestigació$2thub 606 $aMetges$2thub 608 $aBiografies$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aRheumatology. 615 0$aAutoimmunity. 615 0$aSociology$xBiographical methods. 615 14$aRheumatology. 615 24$aAutoimmunity. 615 24$aBiographical Research. 615 7$aMalalties autoimmunitàries 615 7$aSíndrome de Sjögren 615 7$aInvestigació 615 7$aMetges 676 $a296.188362197954 676 $a610.92 700 $aMoutsopoulos$b H. M$g(Haralampos M.),$01338447 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910620197203321 996 $aPassion for excellence$93058450 997 $aUNINA