Background
Petropoulos, Evangelos was born on January 14, 1935 in Athens, Greece. Arrived in the United States, 1965. Son of Anastassios P. and Metaxia P. Petropoulos.
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Petropoulos, Evangelos was born on January 14, 1935 in Athens, Greece. Arrived in the United States, 1965. Son of Anastassios P. and Metaxia P. Petropoulos.
Doctor of Medicine, University Athens, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine, University Athens, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Endocrinology, University California, San Francisco, 1970.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Medical University Sofia, Bulgaria, 2003.
Special National Institutes of Health fellow University California, San Francisco, 1968—1973. Attending physician in endocrinology Evangelisnos Medical Center, Athens, 1973—1975. Professor, head department physiology University Zimbabwe Medical School, Harare, 1975—1982, professor, dean, 1982—1985, professor physiology, 1986—1988.
Director Institute International Health, professor physiology Michigan State University, E. Lansing, 1988—2002, director, professor emeritus, since 2003. Member committee regional office Africa World Health Organization, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, 1982—1985. Member committee Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 1984—1985.
Consultant African health policies World Bank, Washington, 1991. Lieutenant Medical Corporation Greek Air Force, 1960-1963.
Member of New York Academy of Sciences, American Physiological Society.
Married Panayota E. Tzela, November 12, 1964. Children: Anna, Anastassios.