Pulmonologists - Tuberculosis specialists

Pesiridou Eutyxia is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and maintains a private practice in Nea Smyrni. She holds a degree from the Medical School of the University of Padua, Italy, with a specialization in Pulmonology - Tuberculosis. She has gained extensive professional experience as a resident in the 6th Pulmonology Clinic at the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases of Athens "Sotiria", as well as in the Outpatient Clinics of the Internal Medicine, Surgical, and Cardiology Departments, and the respective Emergency Clinics at the General Prefectural Hospital of Kalamata. Additionally, she has received professional training in "Mass Health Loss Management" at the General Hospital of Attica KAT, as well as in "Emergency Prehospital Care and Emergency Department" at the General Hospital of Nikaia. Finally, to date, she continuously attends postgraduate seminars and participates in conferences to further enrich her knowledge in her field of specialization.

Tsintiris Konstantinos is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist - Military Physician with a private practice in Aigaleo. He holds a degree from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and has received advanced training at the Pulmonary Clinic and Intensive Care Unit of Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard in Boston, USA. Additionally, he trained as a Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant at the Military Health Application School and specialized in Pulmonology - Tuberculosis at the University Pulmonary Clinic of the General Thoracic Diseases Hospital "Sotiria." The physician has extensive professional experience, having served as Director of the Pulmonary Clinic at the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens for 10 years, as well as Consultant at the Pulmonary Clinic of the 417 Military Fund Nursing Institution (NIMTS). Furthermore, he has been Consultant in the Pulmonary Clinic, Consultant in the Intensive Care Unit for polytrauma patients, Director of the Endoscopy Unit and Pulmonary Clinic Nursing Unit at the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Medical Company Commander at the Armored Training Center in Avlona, and Professor in the Pulmonology - Tuberculosis course at the Nursing Officers School. Lastly, he has participated in numerous conferences in Greece and abroad, presenting many papers, and has several publications in both Greek and international scientific journals.

Symiakakis Mixail is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist maintaining a private practice in Nea Erythraia. He holds a PhD from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and specializes in pulmonology from the 1st University Pulmonology Clinic of Athens at the General Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens "Sotiria." The doctor has extensive experience in services such as oximetry, bronchodilation, respiratory assessment with spirometry, and in cases suffering from sleep apnea syndrome. In collaboration with the Athens Medical Center, he provides additional services including arterial blood gas measurement, polysomnographic sleep study, pleural fluid aspiration, bronchoscopy, pulmonary hypertension, and fibrosis. Finally, the physician is a member of the Hellenic Respiratory Society, the European Respiratory Community, the European Sleep Research Community, as well as numerous scientific groups.

Dr. Skopas Vlasios, MD, MSc, is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist, serving as the Deputy Director of the 3rd Pulmonology Clinic at the "Errikos Dynan" Hospital Center, with capabilities for outpatient visits and inpatient care there. He also maintains private practices in Melissia and Marousi, Attica, specializing in the investigation and management of cough, fever, respiratory infections, dyspnea, chest pain, asthma, COPD, and interstitial lung diseases. He provides respiratory function testing services, including spirometry, oximetry, thoracic ultrasound, and exhaled FeNO measurement. He holds numerous certifications, such as ERS certification in pediatric asthma, ERS certification in Thoracic Ultrasound, ERS certification in Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS), as well as course training in peripheral bronchoscopy. Additionally, he holds a Master’s degree in "Exercise, Ergospirrometry, and Rehabilitation" from the University of Thessaly with excellent performance and specialized expertise in exercise and rehabilitation of patients with chronic respiratory diseases, including COPD, asthma, and pulmonary fibrosis. He has multiple international publications with active participation in international conferences. Finally, Dr. Vlasios is a member of the European Respiratory Society and the Hellenic Thoracic Society.

Xatziapostolou Panagiotis is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and has maintained a private practice in Thessaloniki since 1999. He began his medical studies at Kent State University Ohio and continued at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, from which he graduated, and he was also a PhD candidate at the same institution. He specialized in pulmonology - tuberculosis at the University Clinic of G. Papanikolaou. He served as a clinical observer at Yale University Hospital in N.Haven, C.T., and simultaneously worked at Orpington-Bromley Hospital in London and later at Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut, where he focused almost exclusively on sleep apnea syndrome. Additionally, he was a Scientific Collaborator for four years at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in G. Papanikolaou Hospital, while he served as the Scientific Director of the pulmonology department at Euromedica General Clinic for 21 years. He served for six years as vice president of the Association of Private Practitioners of Northern Greece and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for the Study of Pulmonary Diseases and Occupational Thoracic Diseases. The pulmonology center he maintains is equipped with a spirometer, oximeter, nocturnal recorder, exhaled carbon monoxide monitor, inspiratory and expiratory pressure meter, nebulizer, oxygen supply, electrocardiograph, and a set of forty skin allergy tests. Finally, the practice performs all modern anti-allergic injectable therapies for asthma and other allergic respiratory conditions, as well as diagnostic tests for respiratory diseases. Since 2018, lung ultrasound has been performed at the practice for immediate and radiation-free diagnosis (such as post-COVID-19 lesions, etc.).

Nikolaou Aristeidis is a Pulmonologist with a private practice in Agios Dimitrios. He graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and in 2011 completed a postgraduate program at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens focusing on International Medicine and Health Crisis Management. He has served as a scientific collaborator in the Oncology Department of the General Hospital for Chest Diseases of Athens "Sotiria" and has collaborated with the "Metropolitan" Hospital and the "Hygeia Melathron - TYPET," while currently working in the Medical Department of the pharmaceutical company "AstraZeneca." In his private practice, a patient-friendly environment that inspires trust and safety, he manages cases across the entire spectrum of Pulmonology, with particular expertise in the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of lung malignancies. Additionally, patients suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, bronchial asthma, and respiratory infections receive comprehensive information and evidence-based management and treatment regarding their condition. Finally, he is a member of the European Respiratory Society and the Hellenic Respiratory Society.

Dimitra Giannopoulou is a Pulmonologist - Phthisiologist and maintains a private pulmonology clinic in Peristeri. She holds a medical degree from the Institute of Pharmacy and Medicine in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with an international medical acupuncture diploma. The physician specializes in medical acupuncture for smoking cessation, asthma, COPD, pain, chemotherapy side effects, weight loss, allergies, and electroacupuncture. Additionally, her research interests include small cell and non-small cell lung cancer, bronchial asthma - COPD, and chemotherapy regimens in lung cancer. Alongside her private practice, Dimitra Giannopoulou is a First Consultant at the 1st Oncology Clinic of "Hygeia" Hospital. Finally, she is a member of the Hellenic Medical Acupuncture Society, the European Oncology Society, the European Respiratory Society, the Delphic Society, and the Hellenic Respiratory Society.

Aleurakis Emmanouil is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and maintains a private practice in Ampelokipoi. He holds a Medical Degree from the University of Crete and is a graduate of the postgraduate program "Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). He specialized in Pulmonology - Tuberculosis at the 4th Pulmonology Clinic of the General Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens "SOTIRIA," where he also worked for 2 years as an assistant registrar. Additionally, he deals with the full spectrum of pulmonary diseases, with a special interest in diagnostic bronchoscopy using EBUS. Finally, he is a collaborator of the 1st Pulmonology Clinic of Metropolitan General.

Kalfountzos Georgios is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist with many years of experience in the full spectrum of pulmonary diseases and maintains a private practice in Larissa.

Karydi Panagiota is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist, Director of the 4th Pulmonology Clinic at "Errikos Dynan" Hospital, while simultaneously maintaining a private practice in Cholargos since 2008. She holds a degree from the Medical School of the University of Patras and completed her specialization in Pulmonology at the University Pulmonology Clinic of the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases of Athens "Sotiria". For many years, she worked as a Pulmonology Department Consultant at IASO General Clinic and, within her duties, was active in the Respiratory Function Testing Laboratory, the Smoking Cessation Clinic, and the Bronchology Laboratory, while also serving as the head of the clinic's Sleep Study Laboratory. In 2006, she assumed the directorship of the 2nd Pulmonology Clinic at IASO General, later "Metropolitan General," continuing her engagement with the full spectrum of pulmonology, as previously mentioned, until March 2022. From 2017 to 2022, she held the scientific responsibility of the Pulmonology Department at the "Metropolitan General" clinic. Dr. Karydi has participated in pharmaceutical research protocols and research teams and is a member of the European Respiratory Society. Additionally, she has participated as a speaker in the clinic’s educational program, at workshops, local and national conferences, and has delivered oral presentations at international conferences. Finally, she contributes to informative television programs on health topics and authors informative articles on issues related to her specialty in daily newspapers, magazines, and electronic media. Emphasizing personalized and individual care for each patient, always based on contemporary bibliographical data, her goal is to provide high-level services to all patients.

Koutsokera Aleksandra is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and maintains a private practice in Vrilissia, while simultaneously serving as a Senior Registrar at the Second Pulmonology Clinic of "Errikos Dynan" Hospital Center. She holds a master's degree in Thoracic Oncology and has completed with distinction a postgraduate program in Pediatric Pulmonology at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She completed her specialties in both Pulmonology and Pathology at numerous hospitals across Greece and currently possesses valuable experience in the field of Thoracic Oncology. At her clinic, each patient can receive information on the prevention and management of pulmonary diseases. She offers a range of pulmonology services, including respiratory function testing - spirometry, measurement of pulmonary diffusing capacity, oximetry, allergy testing, and bronchodilation assessment. Additionally, she provides advice on the treatment of respiratory infections, with particular emphasis on the prevention of bronchial asthma and chronic cough. Finally, the doctor is a member of the Hellenic and European Respiratory Societies and ensures to keep patients informed through the articles she publishes.

Dr. Xristopoulos Antonios is a Specialist Pulmonologist, PhD holder from the Medical School of the University of Patras and former Assistant Professor of Pathology at the Higher Technological Educational Institute of Patras. He has worked as a registrar in the ICU and pulmonary laboratory of the ONASSIO Cardiac Surgery Center as well as a Clinical Chest Physician at King’s College Hospital in London. He has also completed postgraduate studies (Master’s degree) in “Thoracic Oncology” at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is a Scientific Collaborator at the University Pulmonology Clinic of the University General Hospital of Patras. The physician is certified by Harvard Medical School (accreditation 2014), the United Kingdom’s General Medical Council (RN 7523439), and the Global Health Network {ICH GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE E6 (R2) 94%}. He has undertaken a series of further training programs at specialized centers abroad with practical training, certified by the European Respiratory Society (ERS), of which he is a Golden Member. Dr. Xristopoulos is the Director of the Bronchial Asthma Department at the Medical Center of Athens in Marousi and is the scientific head of the ASTHMA CLINICS, where he oversees a fully equipped modern laboratory for respiratory function testing, sleep studies, and respiratory allergy assessments. The ASTHMA CLINICS feature specialized allergy and asthma departments and a severe bronchial asthma unit, where patients with difficult-to-treat asthma are evaluated for the initiation of new injectable biological therapies and the monitoring of asthma during pregnancy, as physiological changes during gestation may exacerbate asthma.

Psatha Aggeliki is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and maintains a private practice in Volos. She holds a PhD from the Medical Department of the University of Thessaly and graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She specialized in Pulmonology - Tuberculosis at the University Hospital of Larissa and has extensive experience in managing chronic respiratory diseases, pleural conditions, as well as smoking cessation. Furthermore, the doctor is affiliated with the private clinic "ANASSA" and is a lecturer in the postgraduate program "Management of Aging and Chronic Diseases" at the School of Social Sciences of the Hellenic Open University.

Agapitou Varvara is a Pulmonologist - Phthisiologist and maintains a private practice in Haidari. She holds a degree from the Medical School of the University of Athens. She worked at the Evgenideio Hospital in ergospirometry and rehabilitation of the University Intensive Care Clinic of the University of Athens, where she also completed her doctoral dissertation and was awarded a PhD from the University of Athens with distinction. She specialized in the University Intensive Care Clinic of Evangelismos Hospital in the Pulmonology Department (Obstructive diseases, COPD-asthma, interstitial diseases, lung and mediastinal neoplasms, pleural diseases, as well as diseases affecting the lung parenchyma and/or respiratory muscles causing respiratory failure), a clinic that is notably a referral center for chronic respiratory failure. In the field of pathology, she worked at the 5th Medical Clinic of Evangelismos Hospital and received additional training in the Intensive Care Unit of the same hospital. It would be remiss not to mention that she has received a Research Fellowship from the Hellenic Thoracic Society. She has completed the Smoking Cessation Seminar and, approaching science as a dynamic and continuously evolving process, she has attended and continues to attend numerous accredited seminars from both the Hellenic and European Respiratory Societies.

Aliki Korkontzelou, MD, MSc, is a Pulmonologist-Tuberculosis Specialist who maintains a private practice in Athens (Ampelokipoi) and concurrently serves as a consultant at the 1st Pulmonology Clinic of IASO. She holds a medical degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and a master's degree in Biomedical Studies from Lancaster University, UK. She specialized in Pulmonology - Tuberculosis at the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases "Sotiria" and at the General Hospital "Evangelismos." She is a doctoral candidate at NKUA focusing on smoking cessation and an Early Career Member of the "Smoking Cessation, Health Promotion, and Climate Change" working group of the Hellenic Thoracic Society. She has original research publications in international journals on topics related to asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and smoking cessation, and has participated in national and international conferences with lectures and presentations. In her private practice, she offers services covering a wide range of pulmonary cases (asthma, COPD, respiratory infections, and others).

Anastasopoulos Andreas is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and maintains a private practice in Chalandri. He holds a medical degree from the Medical School of the University of Patras, with postgraduate studies in thoracic oncology. Additionally, he is certified in Trauma Care - ATLS and has specialized in Pulmonology - Tuberculosis at the 6th Pulmonology Clinic of the General Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens "Sotiria". Alongside his private pulmonology practice, he serves as a Consultant in the 2nd Pulmonology Clinic of the "IASO" Hospital and is also an affiliated physician at the HYGEIA Hospital. In the context of continuous education, he regularly attends conferences and seminars regarding developments in his specialty, where he also presents personal research. Finally, he is a member of the Athens Medical Association and the Hellenic Respiratory Society.

Kosmas Epameinondas MD, PhD, FCCP is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and maintains a private practice in the Ampelokipoi area. He holds a Doctorate from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and is a Visiting Clinical Professor at the Autonomous University at Coyoacan, Mexico City. Furthermore, he has served as Director of the Pulmonology Clinic "PNOΗ" at Metropolitan Hospital from 2011 to the present, and has previously held the position of Director of the Pulmonology Clinic at the Athens Chest Diseases Hospital "Sotiria." At the Athens Pulmonology Institute, he treats patients with all types of pulmonary conditions, applying his 35 years of expertise and advanced cutting-edge medical technology to deliver a personalized diagnostic and therapeutic approach. Beyond diagnosis and treatment, significant emphasis is placed on the prevention of respiratory diseases through a smoking cessation program. Various pulmonary function tests are performed on-site by specialized personnel.