Sr. Clinical Embryologist, ESHRE certified
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Theodora
Pavlidou
PhD, MSc, PMI-RMP
Theodora Pavlidou was born and raised in Thessaloniki. She is a graduate of the Department of Biology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with postgraduate training in Medicine and Reproductive Biology in Padua, Italy. In 2012, she completed her PhD thesis at the Stem Cell Biology Laboratory of the Tor Vergata University of Rome, with a main focus on the isolation of stem cells and the investigation of their applications in regenerative medicine.
Since 2016, she has worked as a Clinical Embryologist in Assisted Reproduction units in Greece and Albania, gaining significant experience in the full range of laboratory techniques of modern embryology, as well as in the management of complex infertility cases.
In 2023, she was certified by ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) as a Senior Clinical Embryologist. In 2024, she obtained the Risk Manager certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) of the United States, further strengthening her expertise in risk management in complex scientific and clinical environments.
She is a member of the Panhellenic Association of Clinical Embryologists (PEKE) and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), in whose conferences she actively participates with publications and oral presentations.
She remains committed to continuous education and to the adoption of innovative approaches that contribute to the improvement of clinical outcomes. Based on the needs of each couple, she believes that the embryologist’s acumen and attention to detail can play a decisive role in achieving the best possible outcome.
Publications – Congresses
Pavlidou T, Fuoco C, Gerini G, Castagnoli C, Gargioli C, Cesareni G.et al. Metforminc delays satellite cells activation and differentiation. Stem Cells Int, 2019
Pavlidou T, Fuoco C, Gerini G, Gargioli C, Castagnoli C, Cesareni G. Regulation of myoblast differentiation by metabolic perturbations induced by metformin. PLoS One, 2017
Prapas Y, Ravanos K, Petousis S, Panagiotidis Y, Goudakou M, Pavlidou T et al. Day-5 fresh embryo transfer is associated with superior clinical outcomes in oocyte donation cycles compared with day-3 embryo transfer. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med., 2022
Marinkovic M, Fuoco C, Sacco F, Cerquone Perpetuini A, Giuliani G, Micarelli E, Pavlidou T et al. Fibro-adipogenic progenitors of dystrophic mice are insensitive to NOTCH regulation of adipogenesis. Life Sci Alliance, 2019
K. Ravanos, G. Monastra, T. Pavlidou, M. Goudakou, N. Prapas. Can high levels of D- chiro inositol in follicular fluid exert detrimental effects on blastocyst quality? Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sc, 2017
Perfetto L, Briganti L, Calderone A, Perpetuini AC, Iannuccelli M, Langone F, Licata L, Marinkovic M, Mattioni A, Pavlidou T et al. SIGNOR: a database of causal relationships between biological entities. Nucleic Acids Research, 2015
Silvestri A, Palumbo F, Rasi I, Posca D, Pavlidou T, Paoluzi S, Castagnoli L, Cesareni G. Metformin Induces Apoptosis and Downregulates Pyruvate Kinase M2 in Breast Cancer Cells Only When Grown in Nutrient-Poor Conditions. PLoS One, 2015
D. Mademtzoglou, T. Pavlidou, M.G. Bazioti, C. Koutsonikou, E. Lioulia, P. Akmoutsou, E. Drosopoulou, D. Vokou, P. Mavragani-Tsipidou. Assessment of the genotoxic potential of essential oils constituents by the Drosophila wing spot test. Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 2013
Donor and patient oocyte quality assessed by MAGENTA artificial intelligence (AI) correlates to earlier developmental milestones, as well as blastocyst developmental potential, quality and fate., ESHRE 41st annual meeting, poster presentation, Paris, 2025
Correlation of blastocyst shrinkage-pattern during vitrification and post-warming embryo performance., International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS), Αθήνα, 2023
Correlation of blastocyst shrinkage-pattern during vitrification and post-warming embryo performance., ESHRE 39th annual meeting, poster presentation, Copenhagen, 2023
Muscle derived pericytes for artificial skeletal muscle human-like size., EMBO Workshop: Stem cell mechanobiology in development and disease, poster presentation, Capri, 2015
Regulation of myoblast differentiation by metabolic perturbations., EMBO Workshop: Molecular Biology of muscle development and regeneration, poster presentation, Lecce, 2014
High-content high-throughput screening of modulators of differentiation of progenitor cells isolated from skeletal muscle, EMBO Workshop: Molecular Biology of muscle development and regeneration, poster presentation, Lecce, 2014
Τράπεζες κρυοσυντηρημένων ωαρίων & εμβρύων., Ημερίδα Ελληνικής Εταιρείας
Φυσιολογίας, invited speaker, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2024
Τεχνολογία TL και IVF: ένα πολύτιμο εργαλείο ή ακόμη ένα “add-on”?, 5ο Συνέδριο της
ΕΛ.Ε.Ι.Υ.Α. και της Π.Ε.Κ.Ε, invited speaker, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2022
PGT-a: «ωφελέειν ή μη βλάπτειν», 6ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Γονιμότητας και
Στειρότητας, invited speaker, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2021
Βλαστικά κύτταρα και υποβοηθούμενη αναπαραγωγή., 4ο Συνέδριο ΕΛ.Ε.Ι.Υ.Α.
Πανελλήνιας Ένωσης Κλινικών Εμβρυολόγων, invited speaker, Αθήνα, 2020
Artificial collapse of human expanded blastocysts protects the quality of embryos during vitrification/warming procedure
Karagianni M., Papatheodorou A., Christoforidis N., Chatziparasidou A.
37th Annual ESHRE Virtual Meeting, 2021
The effect of artificial oocyte activation (AOA) on morphokinetic pattern of human embryos in cases with severe male infertility.
Karagianni M., Papadopoulou M.I., Oraiopoulou C., Sgoura S., Chatzianastasiou A., Moisidou Tsiorva P., Taki E., Vorniotaki A., Moysidou M., Papatheodorou A., Christoforidis N., Chatziparasidou A.
36th Annual ESHRE Virtual Meeting, 2020
From triggering to ICSI: Optimal timing between triggering, OPU, denudation and ICSI.
Karagianni M., Taki E., Moysidou M., Christoforidis N., Chatziparasidou A.
35th Annual ESHRE Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 2019
