Dr. Panagiota (Penny) Andreopoulou, an Attending Endocrinologist in the Department of Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology at the Weill Cornell Medical College, who addressed the Saturday Forum on February 14, 2015, was presented with the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Award for Excellence at the Grand Banquet on Saturday evening.

Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, as well as being a Certified Clinical Densitometrist for the accurate interpretation of Bone Mineral Density tests, she spoke on her clinical and academic specialty that includes osteoporosis, calcium and phosphate metabolism and metabolic bone disorders.

Dr. Andreopoulou received her Medical Degree at the National University of Athens Medical School in Greece. Following her residency in Internal Medicine at New York Hospital Queens/Weill Cornell Medical College, she completed her endocrinology fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where she trained at the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). She conducted clinical research at the Skeletal Clinical Studies Unit of the Craniofacial and Skeletal Diseases Branch of NIDCR and has published the results in peer-reviewed journals. She received the Endocrine Society Award in 2010.

Dr. Andreopoulou practices general endocrinology with a special focus on osteoporosis and bone health, which comprise the bulk of her medical practice at Hospital for Special Surgery, where she sees patients. She recently published a review on osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment in the Annual Reviews of Medicine. She is a member of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, the Endocrine Society, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American College of Physicians and the American Medical Women’s Association.