Elias attended medical school at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick. After completing his Internship and Residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Elias completed his Cardiology Fellowship at Rush Presbyterian St Luke's Medical Center in Chicago and advanced training in Interventional Cardiology at University of Michigan Medical Centers. Dr. Iliadis is currently Director of Peripheral Vascular interventions, Medical Director of Non-invasive Vascular laboratories and Associate Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at Cooper University Hospital, Camden NJ. He is Associate professor of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden New Jersey.
He is a founding Board Member and past President of the Hellenic Medical Society of Philadelphia. He serves as Secretary of the Federation of Hellenic Medical Societies of North America and is current board member and prior assistant treasurer of the World Hellenic Biomedical Association.