The Board of Trustees, wishing to promote medical research and uphold paradigms of physicians dedicated to the service of public health, but also carrying out research, decided to confer the 2011 Aristeio Prize to a clinical medical researcher. More specifically the 2011 Bodossaki Aristeio Prize in Clinical Medical Research aims to honour a physician whose clinical research activities have made major contributions in the advancement of knowledge that led to the development of new strategies for improving disease diagnosis and/or clinical patient care.