Alexios Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH
LT, MC, UMO, DMO, SMO
Commander Submarine Squadron Two-Two
US Naval Support Activity, La Maddalena
PSC 816, PO BOX 455
FPO-AE, NY 09612
acaray@as39.navy.mil

Dr. Carayannopoulos is currently serving as the Medical Officer for Submarine Squadron Two-Two, a fast-attack nuclear submarine squadron forward deployed on board the USS Emory S. Land in La Maddalena, Italy. In that position, he serves as the Department Head of Submarine and Diving Medicine as well as Radiation Health. He is also a Navy Diver and member of the USS Emory S. Land Dive Repair Locker.

Alexios is a native of Boston. He earned a B.A. degree in English Literature and Biochemistry from Connecticut College in1992, a M.P.H. in Epidemiology and Health Policy & Management from the Johns Hopkins University in 1995, and a D.O. from Nova Southeastern University in 1999 through a NAVY Health Professions medical scholarship. He completed a transitional internship at the National Naval Medical Center in 2000. Subsequently, he attended the Naval Undersea Medical Institute and Naval Dive Salvage and Training Center where he earned his qualifications as Undersea and Diving Medical Officer. He became qualified in submarines in 2001. He is a certified PADI Open Water Dive Instructor as well as a IANTD Nitrox diver.

Dr. Carayannopoulos will be attending Harvard Medical School in 2003 to specialize in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. His research interests include the application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to stroke, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord medicine.