Pulmonologists - Tuberculosis specialists

Aggelakis Leonidas is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist with a private practice in Kallithea. He holds a master's degree in Thoracic Oncology and has undergone further training in the field of Interventional Pulmonology. He graduated from the Military Officers School and the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The doctor has extensive experience in the diagnosis, management, and monitoring of respiratory diseases, respiratory function testing with oximetry, pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopy, the Mantoux test, as well as smoking cessation. Moreover, when further investigation or treatment is required (diagnostic thoracic puncture, bronchoscopy, etc.) with interventional pulmonology procedures that are safely performed only in a hospital setting, the doctor conducts these procedures at Mediterraneo Hospital in Glyfada. Finally, the clinic is contracted with EOPYY and all private insurance companies.

Maria Xarikiopoulou is a Pulmonologist - Phthisiologist with a private practice in Petralona, while also serving as a Scientific External Collaborator at the Asthma Center of the 7th Pulmonology Clinic of the General Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens "Sotiria".

She has many years of professional experience and manages patients presenting with symptoms across the full spectrum of respiratory diseases, providing diagnosis, treatment, and guidance. Her main areas of expertise include Bronchial Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Prapa Athina is a Military Physician - Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and maintains a private practice in Pangrati. She graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Military Officers School of Corps (SSAS). She holds certifications in Advanced Trauma Life Support, Advanced Life Support, and is currently pursuing postgraduate studies in Sleep Medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She specialized at the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases "Sotiria" and the University General Hospital "Attikon." She has clinical experience and serves as Consultant of the Pulmonology Clinic at the Naval Hospital of Athens. In her practice, she thoroughly manages conditions within her specialty, such as respiratory allergy, asthma, and COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Trakada Georgia is a Pulmonologist – Sleep Medicine Specialist and Professor at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, with private practices in Athens and Patras. She also works at the Therapeutics Clinic of "Alexandra" Hospital. She studied at the Medical School of Athens and specialized in Pulmonology - Tuberculosis and Intensive Care at the University Hospital of Patras, where she also completed her doctoral dissertation on respiratory infections. Additionally, she completed postgraduate studies in Health Services Administration. Subsequently, she specialized in Sleep Medicine and worked in prominent clinics in France and the USA. She is certified as an Expert Somnologist in Sleep Medicine by the European Sleep Research Society, and in 2019 was recognized as a specialist in Sleep Medicine by the Ministry of Health. She serves as the General Secretary of the Hellenic Sleep Society. She has significant teaching contributions, participating in the courses of resident doctors as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students. She possesses substantial research experience, evidenced by numerous scientific publications in international and Greek medical journals, has contributed to the authorship of many chapters in Greek and international books, and has served as president, coordinator, or invited speaker at numerous international and Greek medical conferences.

Marinos Stamatios is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculologist with a private practice in Glyfada (within the BIOCARE diagnostic center). He is a graduate of the Medical School and has completed postgraduate studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, specializing in Thoracic Oncology. After graduation and the completion of his mandatory rural service, he specialized in Internal Medicine at the General Hospital of Athens "Sismanoglio." Subsequently, he obtained the medical specialty title in Pulmonology - Tuberculosis from the General Hospital of Athens "Sismanoglio," acquiring extensive clinical experience in pulmonary diseases and tuberculosis. During his professional career, he served as a Registrar at the General Hospital of Athens "Sismanoglio," the General Hospital of Elefsina "Thriasio," and the General Hospital of Argolida. Additionally, he maintained private practices in Zurich, Switzerland, and in Kallithea, and continues to collaborate with public and private healthcare sectors. The doctor is a member of the Medical Association of Athens (ISA) and the Medical Association of Zurich and is committed to informing his patients through the articles he publishes. In his practice, in a friendly and warm environment, fully equipped, he offers a wide range of medical services in the field of Pulmonology and Tuberculology.

Specialist Pulmonologist, Dr Mixailopoulos Paulos, holds a PhD from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, possesses the European Diploma in Respiratory Medicine (HERMES), and is specialized in sleep-related breathing disorders with certification from the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS). In his clinic, located in the center of Thessaloniki, he welcomes patients suffering from all types of pulmonary conditions, which he investigates methodically and thoroughly, based on the most recent advancements in medicine.

Daglas Grigorios is a Pulmonologist – Tuberculosis Specialist, graduate of the University of Patras, with further training in Sleep Disorders and Sleep Apnea. The physician has extensive experience in thoracentesis, bronchoscopy, and smoking cessation following many years of collaboration with the Sotiria General Chest Hospital. He is trained in Biomedical Acupuncture with 300 hours of theoretical and practical training from the International Acupuncture Center. In his private clinics located in Ilisia and Galatsi, Attica, he provides specialized services for the diagnosis and management of all respiratory diseases, including acute upper and lower respiratory infections and chronic respiratory conditions such as bronchial asthma, allergic cough, allergic rhinitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and smoker's bronchitis. The physician also performs preventive respiratory function assessments using dynamic spirometry and imaging studies when necessary, and monitors patients undergoing specialized treatment for smoking cessation. Additionally, he has extensive experience in the assessment of sleep apnea, which can cause serious health problems and requires specialized management.

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.

Ο Φίλιππος Εμμανουήλ έλαβε το πτυχίο ιατρικής από την 3η Ιατρική σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου του Καρόλου στην Πράγα.Ολοκλήρωσε την ειδικότητα του στην πνευμονολογία στην Α’ πνευμονολογική κλινική του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ), στο γενικό νοσοκομείο θώρακος Αθηνών « η Σωτηρία».Εξειδικεύτηκε στην επεμβατική πνευμονολογία στη μονάδα επεμβατικής πνευμονολογίας της ιδίας κλινικής, υπό την καθοδήγηση του Καθηγητή Γ. Στρατάκου και στο πανεπιστημιακό νοσοκομείο Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria & Ospedali Riuniti& στην Ancona, Ιταλία με τον Καθηγητή Stefano Gasparini. Συνεργάζεται στενά με τη μονάδα επεμβατικής πνευμονολογίας της Α’ ΠΠ ΕΚΠΑ σε ελληνικά και ευρωπαϊκά επιστημονικά και εκπαιδευτικά προγράμματα.Έχει συμμετάσχει σε δεκάδες πολυκεντρικές μελέτες στην ογκολογία πνεύμονα, λοιμώξειςαναπνευστικού, βρογχικό άσθμα και ΧΑΠ. Έχει λάβει 6 επαίνους και βραβεία από την Ελληνική Πνευμονολογική Εταιρία (ΕΠΕ) για την ερευνητική του δραστηριότητα. Είναι υποψήφιος διδάκτωρ Εθνικού Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών με αντικείμενο έρευνας στους προγνωστικούς δείκτες του σοβαρού βρογχικού άσθματος.Συμμετέχει ενεργά με ομιλίες και ανακοινώσεις για την επεμβατική πνευμονολογία καθώς και σε σεμινάρια επεμβατικής πνευμονολογίας ως εκπαιδευτής σε εθνικό αλλά καιευρωπαϊκό επίπεδο.Έχει 6 δημοσιεύσεις σε διεθνή περιοδικά με δεκάδες ετεροαναφορές (citations).Διατέλεσε συντονιστής της ομάδας εργασίας επεμβατικής πνευμονολογίας της ΕΠΕ για την περίοδο 2018-2020.Επί σειρά ετών διατέλεσε μέλος και κατόπιν πρόεδρος της επιτροπής εκπαιδευτικών διαδικτυακών δραστηριοτήτων της World Association for Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchoscopy (WABIP), ενώ υπηρετεί ως εθνικός αντιπρόσωπος της WABIP.Επί 3 έτη ήταν εκπρόσωπος (National delegate) της Ελλάδας στην Ευρωπαϊκή εταιρία επεμβατικής πνευμονολογίας (EABIP).Είναι ιδρυτικό μέλος της Μη κερδοσκοπικής Εταιρίας Εκπαίδευσης στην Επεμβατική Πνευμονολογία (HTA-IP) η οποία αποσκοπεί στη στήριξη εκπαιδευτικών προγραμμάτων στην επεμβατική πνευμονολογία.Εργάζεται ως επιστημονικός υπεύθυνος της πνευμονολογικής κλινικής στο Mediterraneohospital στη Γλυφάδα όπου έχει αναπτυχθεί ιατρείο σοβαρού άσθματος και διαμέσων πνευμονοπαθειών καθώς και ένα πλήρες βρογχοσκοπικό εργαστήριο με δυνατότητες ενδοβρογχικού υπερήχου, virtual bronchoscopy και βρογχοσκόπησης σε υβριδικό τομογράφο (cone beam CT).Διατηρεί ιατρείο στη Γλυφάδα και τα Βριλήσσια όπου δίδεται η δυνατότητα σπιρομέτρησης και θωρακικού υπερήχου.

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.

Kontopyrgias Georgios MD, MSc, FCCP is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist with a private practice in Glyfada. He works as an Associate Director at Metropolitan Hospital. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Crete and specialized in pulmonology in the Intensive Care Unit - Respiratory Failure Center at the Athens Chest Diseases Hospital "Sotiria." Additionally, he completed postgraduate studies in thoracic oncology and received further training with a scholarship from the Hellenic Respiratory Society in diagnostic and interventional bronchoscopy, rigid bronchoscopy, and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) (Thoraklinik am Universitatsklinikum Heidelberg). Through continuous attendance at conferences, he stays informed on diseases in which he has particular expertise, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchial asthma, lung cancer, sleep apnea, COPD and chronic cough, and he has numerous publications in Greek and international journals. Finally, the doctor is a member of the World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, the European Respiratory Society, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Hellenic Respiratory Society.

Meropi Panagiotarakou MD, MSc is a Pulmonologist - Intensivist and holds the position of Consultant at the "Errikos Dynan" Hospital Center, while also maintaining a private practice in Petralona. She graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and holds a master's degree in "Thoracic Oncology" from the Medical School of the same institution. Additionally, she is a PhD candidate at the Medical School of the University of Crete, with a dissertation topic: "Frequency of expiratory muscle contraction in the Intensive Care Unit, its causes, and impact on the management of critically ill intubated patients." She provides specialized services for the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases. She performs respiratory function testing with spirometry and collaborates with the Physiology Laboratory of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens for comprehensive respiratory assessment. She also monitors cases for smoking cessation. She has specialized in Intensive Care and has held a Consultant position at the University General Hospital of Heraklion. Finally, she has worked as a scientific collaborator in the Oncology Unit of the 3rd University Internal Medicine Clinic at the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases of Athens "Sotiria".

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.

Vlaxou Athina is a Pulmonologist - Sleep Specialist and maintains a private practice in Agios Dimitrios. She is a graduate of the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and obtained her specialty in Pulmonology and Tuberculosis at the General Thoracic Diseases Hospital "Sotiria". Additionally, she completed a postgraduate diploma in "Sleep-related Breathing Disorders: Laboratory and Clinical Sleep Medicine" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, earning a specialization degree in Sleep Medicine. She is a member of the Hellenic Respiratory Society, the Association of Pulmonologists of Greece, the Hellenic Sleep Society, and the ERS (European Respiratory Society).

Markou Stamatia is a Specialist Pulmonologist - Phthisiologist and Doctor of Medicine from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School, with a private practice in Xanthi, where she deals with asthma, sleep disorders, respiratory system infections, and other diseases within her specialty.

 Papapetrou Dimosthenis is a Pulmonologist - Phthisiologist and maintains a private practice in Pefki. He was born in 1978 in Athens and is a graduate of the German School of Athens (Deutsche Schule Athen) (1996). He was admitted to the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens through nationwide examinations, graduating in 2005 (MD). He also holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) in Thoracic Oncology (2015). He completed his mandatory rural service at the Regional Clinic of Foinikas, performing on-call duties as the head of the Surgical Department at the General Hospital of Syros (2006-2008). He specialized in Pulmonology-Phthisiology at the General Hospital of Thoracic Diseases of Athens ‘Sotiria’ from 2009 to 2014, when he obtained his specialty certification. He has been a Pulmonologist Associate at the Athens Medical Group - Palaiou Faliro Clinic since 2014, as well as the Scientific Lead Pulmonologist at the ‘Iatrokosmos’ Polyclinic since 2015. He has served as the lead physician in the Streetwork department of the Reception & Solidarity Center of the Municipality of Athens (KYADA) since 2022. Since 2010, he has participated as a researcher (Principal Investigator & Study Coordinator) in numerous international, multicenter Phase II, III, and IV clinical studies on bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He has participated as Principal Investigator and Sub-Investigator at the Clinical Study Center of 'Iatriko Palaiou Falirou' since 2016. Finally, he is a member of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the asthma group of the Hellenic Respiratory Society (HRS), with contributions to oral and poster presentations at international and Greek conferences, and is certified by the National Organization for the Provision of Health Services (EOPYY) for electronic prescribing.