He studied medicine at the University of Athens, trained and specialised between 1927 and 1930 at various universities in Europe (Paris, Strasbourg, Dresden, Rome, Vienna, Prague, at the expense of the League of Nations and the State, in paediatrics, microbiology and hygiene. He was appointed Head of Department and Commander of the Ministry of Health for 20 years (1922-1942). He was also a regular member of the Supreme Sanitary Council. In 1942 he was transferred to the Supreme Health Council in Thessaloniki.

He was elected unanimously, independent professor of the University of Thessaloniki in 1942. And in 1947 after the reestablishment of the chair he regained his chair. He taught as a full professor from 1950 until 1954, when he resigned due to fatigue. He contributed to the establishment and organization of Medical Associations. He wrote many original papers on medical and hygiene issues. He wrote articles for medical journals and encyclopaedias. He published a medical journal entitled Archaeon Medical Sciences.