Athanasia Printza is a Professor of Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an Otolaryngologist – Phoniatrician. She is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and a member of the Executive Committee of The Association of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE). She is the Chair of the Organizing Committee for the AMSE2024 Conference.

She serves on the experts panel for “The Denis O’Leary Medical Educator Award” at the Oxford Centre for Medical Education. She is President of the Hellenic Society of Phoniatrics and Swallowing Disorders and a member of the European Dysphagia Council. She is also Deputy Chair of the International Relations Committee of the School of Medicine at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

She studied Medicine at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where she also completed a Master’s degree in research methodology and earned her PhD in the field of voice disorders. She completed a Master’s degree in voice and swallowing disorders in Newcastle upon Tyne and part of her ENT specialization in the UK, with further training in England (Newcastle) and Germany (University of Erlangen–Nürnberg). She also underwent systematic training in Medical Education Methodology and Clinical Bioethics (SNF Bioethics Academy Alumni).

Since 2002, she has organized the first Voice and Swallowing Disorders Clinic in Greece. For 25 years, she has developed extensive interdisciplinary research with a focus on swallowing, voice, human-centered health, olfaction, patient-reported outcomes, shared decision-making, laryngology, and medical education — leading to numerous publications with a high number of citations.

She teaches ENT, Communication Disorders, Emergencies, and Research Methodology at the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, and she participates in 12 postgraduate programs across multiple universities. She has given more than 200 lectures at conferences and organized 10 hands-on skill workshops (on respiratory endoscopy, phoniatrics, swallowing endoscopy, and ENT emergencies).

She initiated the study and promotion of patient-centered education at the School of Medicine of Aristotle University and established collaboration with the Oxford Centre for Medical Education.

She believes in medical education driven by vision and dedication to promoting quality, innovation in the learning process, and social responsibility.