Dimitri Agamanolis was
born in Mytilene, on
the island of Lesvos,
Greece, where he received
his elementary and high
school education. 
He
graduated from the Medical
School of the Aristotle
University
of Thessaloniki, in
Northern Greece,
in 1962. He
came to the
United States
in 1968. He
trained in
Anatomical
Pathology and
Neuropathology
at Cleveland
Metropolitan
General Hospital
(CMGH) between
1968 and 1972.
His teachers
include Drs.
Betty Banker
and Maurice
Victor. From
1972 to 1978,
he was staff
neuropathologist
at CMGH and
faculty (instructor
and then assistant
professor of
Pathology)
at Case Western
Reserve University.
In 1978, he
joined the
department
of pathology
at Akron
Children's Hospital and
the faculty
of Northeast
Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), formerly
NEOUCOM. Presently,
he is the vice
chairman of
pathology and
director of
Anatomical
Pathology at
Children's
and professor
of pathology
at NEOMED.
At Children's, Dimitri Agamanolis developed a diagnostic Neuropathology and Myopathology Laboratory and a new Electron Microscopy Laboratory, and modernized the Histology Laboratory. He has also been instrumental in developing a diagnostic Molecular Laboratory.
At NEOMED, Dimitri Agamanolis has developed and directed a clinically oriented Neuropathology Course offered to year 2 medical students. He is program director of the Pediatric Pathology Fellowship at Children's. He consults and teaches at hospitals in the NEOMED consortium and is a consultant to the Summit County Medical Examiner and Trumbull County Coroner's office. In 1999, Dimitri Agamanolis was selected "master teacher" at NEOMED, an award that recognizes contributions in teaching at the Medical School and its affiliated hospitals.
Dimitri Agamanolis is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic Pathology, Neuropathology and Pediatric Pathology. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, he is a member of the Medical Education Committee, and has been chairman of the Credentials Committee and president of the medical staff at Children's.