He studied medicine at Democritus University, Greece. He earned his Ph.D. at Democritus University, examining the role of neutrophils in autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases, focusing in the role of autophagy, IL-1β and neutrophil extracellular traps in disease pathogenesis. Subsequently, he studied as a post-doctoral scientist the mechanism linking inflammation, cell adhesion and hematopoietic stem cell.