Dr. Christos C. Zouboulis
ProfessorFreie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
Highest Degree
M.D. in Dermatology from University of Athens, Greece
Share this Profile
Highest Degree
M.D. in Dermatology from University of Athens, Greece
Share this Profile
Prof. Dr. med. Prof. h.c. Dr. h.c. Christos Zouboulishas studied medicine and political sciences at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He performed his pre-doctoral work on cell biology at the Department of Dermatology, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany where he was awarded his thesis title (Dr. med.) in 1988. He further continued his postgraduate medical education and completed the residencies in Dermatology and Venereology as well as in Allergology at the same department. Subsequently, he joined the Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA for a research fellowship on molecular biology, and the Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA as well as the Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA for clinical research before returning as faculty at the Department of Dermatology, FreieUniversitaet Berlin, where he accomplished his habilitation thesis (Priv.-Doz.) in 1995. In 2000, he was named Professor of Dermatology and Venereology of the FreieUniversitaet Berlin, where he served as Vice Chair of the Department of Dermatology from 2000 to 2005. In 2005 he was elected Director of the Departments of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology at the Dessau Medical Center, Dessau, Germany and in 2016 Founding Professor of Dermatology and Venereology at the Theodor Fontane Medical University of Brandenburg, Germany. Prof. Zouboulis is currently the Editor of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) News, Co-Editor of Dermato-Endocrinology and Rejuvenation Research and serves in the Editorial Boards of several leading international scientific journals.He has received numerous awards for his scientific work, including the Oskar Gans Prize of the German Dermatological Society, the EADV Research Fellowship, the Felix Wankel Animal Protection Research Prize, the Paul Gerson Unna Prize on immunological research and the Springer Prize for Dermatology. His Departments have been decorated with the title "Germany land of ideas - 2009 place of excellence" for the work on skin stem cell biology.Prof. Zoubouliswas elected Prof. h.c. of the University of Franche-Comte, BesanÒon, France, Dr. h.c. of the National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens and Visiting Professor of the Jiao Tong University of Shanghai, China. He is honorary member of the French, the Hungarian and the Lithuanian Dermatological Societies. He currently serves as President of the European Hidradenitis Foundation (EHSF) e.V.,as Honorary President of the European Society of Preventive, Regenerative and Anti-Aging Medicine (ESAAM) after a 10-year active presidency, and as Board member of the EADV and the International Society on BehÒet’s Disease. Prof. Zouboulishas performed fundamental research - among other fields - on Dermato-Endocrinology and sebaceous glands, acne, hidradenitissuppurativa/acne inversa, skin stem cells, molecular ageing, dermato-pharmacology, cryosurgery, and rare diseases incl. Adamantiades-BehÒet`s disease. He is the author of more than 700 publications (cumulative impact factor 1414, h index 77), has given over 500 invited lectures, has organized numerous conferences and is owner on five patents, including one for the SZ95 sebaceous gland cell line, an in vitro model for acne, aging and lipid research. He has first described the flashing pulsating angioma and the trias of keratosis pilaris,ulerythemaophryogenes and 18p monosomy, whereas the latter has been confirmed by several other authors and has been proposed as “Zouboulis syndrome”.