Grigoris Leon

Biography

Dr Grigorios Leon is a specialist forensic pathologist, trained in Athens, Rome and Florida, USA. He runs a private forensic medicine practice in Athens, one of the first licensed forensic practices in the country.

Academic and professional qualifications:

PhD, Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Holder of three Master’s degrees (MSc)
MD, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Training at the Medical Examiner’s Office of Broward County, Florida (USA)
Former President of the Hellenic Society of Forensic Medicine
Representative of Greece in the European Specialty of Legal Medicine
Member of the International Academy of Legal Medicine
Registered court expert at the Courts of First Instance of Athens, Piraeus and other cities
Fluent in English and Italian, able to handle cases in both languages

Academic Background

He studied Medicine (MD) at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and completed three Master’s degrees (MSc): in Clinical Bioethics and in Applied Clinical Bioethics at the same University, as well as in Health Services Organisation and Management at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. In 2009 he was awarded his PhD, with a thesis on the ethical and deontological issues of forensic science in Greece. He trained at the Laboratory of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology of the University of Athens, the “Agia Sophia” Children’s Hospital and the Medical Examiner’s Office of Broward County, Florida.

Scientific Work

He has published in Greek and international scientific journals, has taught at the Universities of Athens, Crete and Rome, and was a regular professor of Forensic Medicine at the Police Academy. He teaches in two Master’s programmes and gives lectures in Greece and abroad. He is a member of the International Academy of Legal Medicine and of the Athens Medical Association. He has received scholarships from UNESCO, the European Commission, the University of Naples Federico II and the Vienna School of Clinical Research.

Institutional Roles

He served as President of the Hellenic Society of Forensic Medicine and remains, to this day, the representative of Greece in the European Specialty of Legal Medicine. He has also served as Vice-Chair of the Council of Europe’s Ad hoc European Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency (CAHAMA) and, since 2021, has been President of the Hellenic National Anti-Doping Organisation (EOKAN).

Public Service

He served as Deputy Mayor for Municipal Property and Building of the Municipality of Athens and as President of the Athens Reception and Solidarity Centre (KYADA). Today he is Head of the Main Opposition in the Municipality of Lykovrysi-Pefki.

He is a graduate (MD) of the Medical School of the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and has also obtained three Master’s Degrees (MSc). In 2009 he received his PhD from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He trained and worked in the Department of Legal Medicine and Toxicology of the University of Athens, at the Children’s Hospital “Agia Sophia”, as well as in the Office of the Medical Examiner and trauma services of Broward County in the State of Florida, USA, alongside renowned forensic pathologists such as Dr Joshua Perper and Dr Stephen Cina. He has published a number of scientific articles in Greek and international journals, and over several years he has taught at the University of Rome, the University of Athens and the University of Crete, and has been a regular Professor of Forensic Medicine at the Police Academy of the Hellenic Police. Nowadays he teaches in two Master’s Programmes, while he is invited for lectures in Greece and abroad. He is the co-author of published scientific books and belongs to the editorial team of an international scientific journal of forensic medicine, while he is a reviewer or consultant for others. His research interests are in the areas of Forensic Pathology, Medical Liability, Medical Deontology and Bioethics. For his scientific work he has been awarded scholarships from, amongst others, UNESCO and the European Commission. Dr Leon is President of the Hellenic Society of Forensic Medicine and a representative of Greece in the European Council of Legal Medicine. He is on the lists of experts of the courts of first instance (Athens, Piraeus, etc.). He can work on cases in Greek, English and Italian. Finally, Dr Leon is a Municipal Councillor and President of the Athens Reception and Solidarity Centre.