May-June 2017 Reviewer of the Issue - Nikolaos Grivas 
Nikolaos Grivas 

June 2017

Dr Nikolaos Grivas graduated from Medical School in 
University of Ioannina and in 2013 he finished his PhD 
study at the same University. He completed his urology 
training in G.Hatzikosta General Hospital of Ioannina. 
Very recently he finished his fellowship in the Urology 
Department of Netherlands Cancer Institute, NKI-Avl in 
Amsterdam. He stayed 1 year in this center of excellence 
where he was trained in the robotic urological surgery. 
The last 3 years he is an associate member of 
European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines 

panel of Urolithiasis. He has received 5 awards in three European congresses and in 
2016 he received the Best Young Urologist Award in Greece. He has 30 publications 
in peer-reviewed journals while he is a reviewer in 16 urological journals. He belongs 
also in the editorial board of 8 urological journals. He has also received Scholarships 
from Greek Urological Association and European Association of Urology. Finally 
he has 40 oral presentations and invited speeches in many international conferences. 
The peer review process is a fundamental process for improving the scientific literature 
and it also allows the reviewers to improve themselves and to have a critical view also 
on theirs way of scientific writing. In order to be a good reviewer a lot of time and 
extremely detailed work is needed which sometimes is difficult especially if the review 
topic is outside of your field of expertise. However it is a great honor and I always feel 
satisfaction when I see my comments to be included in a manuscript since you feel like a 
co-author in some way. This Best Reviewer awards gives me the strength to try to 
improve myself and continue doing a review in as high professional way as possible.