Biography:

Irini Antoniadou is a RN and ORN since 1984. Irini has been working with different surgical specialties and OR settings in Sweden for 25 years, with adult and child’s as patients. Irini has been working with Education within Nursing care and Science on different educational levels; within universities, high schools, and hospitals for 15 years. Irini has served as President of EORNA, European Operating Room Nurses Association 2005-2009 and President of IFPN, International Federation of Perioperative Nurses 2012-2015 as also Board member of the SEORNA, Swedish Operating Room Nurses Association 1997-2012. Irini has also served as Head of Children’s Operating Unit at Astrid Lindgrens Children’s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 2016-2019. Irini is a Doctoral student at KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Health, Teknisk Vårdvetenskap, Stockholm, Sweden since 2019.