Doctors for Ραγάδα πρωκτού in the Northern suburbs of Athens

Mpaltas Ioannis is a Digestive & Colorectal Surgeon and maintains a private practice in Nea Erythraia. He specializes in Minimally Invasive, Laparoscopic Digestive Surgery as well as Colorectal Surgery. He also has additional expertise in modern anal surgery (hemorrhoids, anal fissure, pilonidal cyst). He possesses many years of experience in the effective and safe surgical treatment of obesity, hiatal hernia, digestive system disorders, and abdominal wall hernias. Furthermore, alongside his private practice, he collaborates with major private clinics in Attica, such as Mitera, Athens Medical Center (Peristeri clinic), Mediterraneo, Doctor's Hospital, and Attiko Therapy Center.

Dr. Kexagias Aristotelis MD, PhD, FACS is a General Surgeon with subspecialization in Advanced Laparoscopic and Endocrine Surgery, as well as Laser procedures. He graduated with honors as a PhD from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He holds two specialty qualifications (double specialty), one in General Surgery (Athens), and the other in Laparoscopic Surgery of the Digestive System and Endocrine Glands, following further training at the University Hospital of Tampere, Finland. He has received additional training at leading international centers in laparoscopic surgery and thyroid/parathyroid surgery, including the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, UMC Utrecht in the Netherlands, and Rudolfstiftung in Vienna. He underwent advanced training in modern minimally invasive Laser techniques at the Tor Vergata University Hospital in Rome. He is certified in advanced laparoscopic surgery by IRCAD France in Strasbourg. He is a member of numerous Greek and international surgical scientific societies and the American College of Surgeons. He has participated as an invited speaker at many international and national conferences. He maintains a private practice in Agia Paraskevi and performs surgeries at private hospitals in Athens.

Emmanouilidis Mixalis MD MSc FACS is a Surgeon, Senior Consultant of the First Surgical Clinic at Hygeia Hospital, a Centre of Excellence in Hernia Surgery within the Department of Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair Surgery (SRC). He specializes in Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery – Laparoscopic and Robotic techniques, as well as in the Modern Treatment of Anorectal Disorders – Hemorrhoids and Pilonidal Sinus using Laser technology. He holds a Master's degree (MSc) in Surgical Oncology from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has received specialization and certification in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair using 3D Mesh (TEP and TAPP) from the Royal College of Surgeons, the Surgical Training Institute (STI), and BD - Bard, the leading company in mesh technology.

He actively participates in Greek and international Surgical Conferences and Hands-on Workshops and utilizes the most advanced equipment for the benefit of the patient.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Ο Ιατρός Dr. Αρχοντοβασίλης Φώτης MD, PhD, FISS, FEHS είναι Γενικός Χειρουργός - Πρωκτολόγος, Διευθυντής της ΣΤ’ Χειρουργικής Κλινικής στη Γενική Κλινική Metropolitan General και Διευθυντής του Κέντρου Αριστείας Χειρουργικής Κηλών του κοιλιακού τοιχώματος στο Metropolitan General. Αριστούχος Διδάκτωρ της Ιατρικής σχολής Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών με Εξειδίκευση στην Ελάχιστα Επεμβατική, Λαπαροσκοπική και Ρομποτική Χειρουργική του πεπτικού συστήματος, των κηλών του κοιλιακού τοιχώματος και των παθήσεων του πρωκτού. Εξειδικεύτηκε σε πολυάριθμα νοσοκομειακά κέντρα της Ευρώπης και Αμερικής, έχοντας ολοκληρώσει πολυάριθμα διεθνή εκπαιδευτικά courses και μεταπτυχιακά προγράμματα. Ομιλητής και εισηγητής πολυάριθμων διαλέξεων καθώς και πρόεδρος σε στρογγυλές τράπεζες σε πάρα πολλά έγκριτα Ελληνικά και Διεθνή συνέδρια και Χειρουργικά Forums από το 2002 μέχρι σήμερα, με ιδιαίτερα σημαντική παρουσίαση ερευνητικών και κλινικών εργασιών και ανακοινώσεων σε όλο τον κόσμο. Τα τελευταία χρόνια είναι πιστοποιημένος, επίσημος εκπαιδευτής (Instructor) της Ελληνικής Χειρουργικής Εταιρείας (ΕΧΕ), επιτελώντας σημαντικό έργο στην εκπαίδευση των νέων χειρουργών. Το 2011 εξειδικεύτηκε για πρώτη φορά στα πρώτα ρομποτικά χειρουργικά συστήματα, ενώ το 2018 έλαβε μετά από πολύμηνη εξειδίκευση τον τίτλο του Ρομποτικού Χειρουργού (Console Surgeon) από το Διεθνές Ινστιτούτο Ρομποτικής Χειρουργικής R.A.I.N (Naples, Italy). Από το 2008 εκλέγεται σταθερά στο ΔΣ της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Ενδοσκοπικής Χειρουργικής, ενώ το 2023 εκλέχθηκε στη θέση του A' Αντιπροέδρου. Επίσης, είναι τακτικό μέλος πολλών άλλων Ελληνικών και Διεθνών Ιατρικών επιστημονικών εταιρειών. Τα τελευταία 8 χρόνια έχει υπερεξειδικευτεί στη Χειρουργική των κηλών και την αποκατάσταση του κοιλιακού τοιχώματος. Εξειδικεύτηκε κοντά σε μεγάλους δασκάλους και πρωτοπόρους χειρουργούς κηλών, χειρουργώντας μαζί τους, σε μεγάλα νοσοκομειακά κέντρα Ευρώπης και Αμερικής (Igor Belyanski - Maryland USA, Victor Radu - Bucharest Romania, Frederik Berrevoet - Ghent Belgium, Tim Tollens - Bonheiden Belgium, Ralph Lorenz - Berlin Germany). Είναι ο Χειρουργός που πρώτος έφερε στην Ελλάδα και εφάρμοσε σε πάρα πολλούς ασθενείς τις πρωτοποριακές τεχνικές ONSTEP για την βουβωνοκήλη το 2013, και τις επαναστατικές ρομποτικές τεχνικές eTEP και eTEP-TAR το 2019 για μεγάλες και σύνθετες μετεγχειρητικές κοιλιοκήλες, όπως τις διδάχθηκε από τους επινοητές των μεθόδων Igor Belyanski και Victor Radu. Το 2019 πιστοποιήθηκε και έλαβε τον τιμητικό τίτλο του Master Surgeon of Excellence στη Χειρουργική κηλών του κοιλιακού τοιχώματος από τον μεγαλύτερο ανεξάρτητο φορέα Χειρουργικών πιστοποιήσεων στον κόσμο, τον SRC (Surgical Review Corporation). Ο ίδιος φορέας πιστοποίησε και το Metropolitan Genral ώς κέντρο Αριστείας στη Χειρουργική κηλών του κοιλιακού τοιχώματος, Σε αυτό το κέντρο Αριστείας ο Δρ. Αρχοντοβασίλης είναι Διευθυντής και Επιστημονικά υπεύθυνος. Έχει 18ετή θητεία στον ιδιωτικό τομέα Υγείας, ενώ από το 2015 είναι Διευθυντής Χειρουργικής κλινικής σε ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα ιδιωτικά Θεραπευτήρια, το Metropolitan General, με την υποστήριξη του Ομίλου HHG - Metropolitan.

Ziozia Vasiliki is a General Surgeon, Senior Registrar of the 1st Surgical Clinic at IASO and maintains a private practice in Nea Irakleio. She holds a degree from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a Master's degree in "Surgical Anatomy" from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Dr. Ziozia has received a scholarship from the Hellenic Surgical Society to obtain her postgraduate degree, as well as a scholarship from the Hellenic Society of Coloproctology for specialization in colorectal and anal surgery at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. She initially specialized in Surgery at the General Hospital of Rethymno and subsequently at the General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos." During 2022-23, she served as a Senior Clinical Fellow in the Colorectal Department at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. Dr. Ziozia has participated in numerous conferences, seminars, and courses and has authored many publications, as well as oral and poster presentations. Finally, she is a member of the Hellenic Society of Coloproctology.

Dr. Svoronos Gerasimos is a General Surgeon with a private practice in Cholargos. He has 38 years of surgical experience, having performed a large number of operations. He holds a PhD and a degree from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He served as the Head of the Surgical Department at the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases of Athens "Sotiria" for 20 consecutive years. During his 20 years at the clinic, he participated in a significant number of surgical procedures.

Dr. Oikonomou Xristianna is a General Surgeon with private practices in Ampelokipi and Cholargos. She graduated from the Medical School of Athens, where she also completed a postgraduate program. She specialized at the 1st Surgical Clinic of 417 NIMTS. Dr. Oikonomou serves as an Attending Surgeon at the 5th Surgical Clinic of Metropolitan General, while in her practice she manages a wide range of cases, always focusing on providing the best possible care tailored to the individual needs of each patient.

Kelgiorgi Dionysia MD, MSc is a General Surgeon with a private practice in Chalandri. She holds a Master's Degree in "NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN DIGESTIVE SURGERY – MINIMALLY INVASIVE TECHNIQUES – BARIATRIC SURGERY" from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). She is currently an instructor in this postgraduate program at the University of Athens. She has received certification in laparoscopic surgery from the internationally renowned IRCAD center of excellence in Minimally Invasive Surgery in Strasbourg. She is also certified in the use of surgical lasers from a reference center for perianal diseases in Leipzig, Germany. Her expertise includes Minimally Invasive Surgery (Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Surgical Laser), as well as surgical oncology. She has served as a Consultant Surgeon in the Robotic Surgery and Surgical Oncology Clinic at Metropolitan General and held the same position for three years at Euroclinic Athens. Furthermore, she was a Consultant Surgeon at the certified Center of Excellence for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery at Euroclinic Athens. She is a member of Greek and European scientific societies, including the European and Hellenic Societies of Endoscopic Surgery, the European and Hellenic Hernia Societies, the European Society of Coloproctology, and the Hellenic Surgical Society, actively participating in their advanced training courses. She has numerous participations in conferences, seminars, and symposia in Greece and abroad and serves as a reviewer for the medical journals Cancer Medicine and Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International.

Ioanna Papadopoulou is a General Surgeon and maintains private practices in Cholargos and Glyfada. She performs exclusively laparoscopic surgery for benign and malignant conditions of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder and bile ducts, as well as all types of abdominal wall hernias. She received her Medical Degree from the “Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iasi in 2012. She completed her rural service at the General Hospital of Messinia – Kyparissia Nursing Unit in 2013–2014. In 2021, she obtained her surgical specialty certification.

During her specialty training, she served at the 417 Army Fund Nursing Institution (N.I.M.T.S), where she specialized in advanced laparoscopic surgery for malignant colon diseases, obesity, reflux, and hernias, as well as thyroid malignancies. Additionally, at the Sismanogleio General Hospital of Athens, she participated in a large volume of colon and thyroid cancer surgeries. Considering that the present of surgery lies in laparoscopic and robotic techniques, she attended advanced laparoscopic seminars organized by ELPEN under the auspices of the Hellenic Surgical Society from 2016 to 2018.

In 2021, she completed further training in Surgical Oncology, earning a Master of Science (MSc) degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Finally, in 2023, she received additional training in the latest methods for managing complex diaphragmatic hernias and reflux at the Symposium on Innovation in Surgery in Malta.

Dr. Zisiadis Dimitris, MD, MSc, PhDc, is a General Surgeon and Director of the Surgical Clinic at the Athens Medical Center - Psychiko, with private practices in Kifisia, Agios Dimitrios, Ilion, and Psychiko. He is a doctoral candidate at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and academically trained in proctology at the Strasbourg Medical University. He holds a postgraduate degree in Bioethics from the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace. Additionally, it is worth mentioning his specialization in Laparoscopic Surgery from the University of Strasbourg in France, in minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair at IRCAD, and his training in assisted robotic laparoscopic surgery. He has participated in numerous surgeries involving thousands of patients with complex conditions during his surgical practice in the public sector, as well as in various contemporary surgical reconstructions abroad, with a commitment to implementing these methods in Greece as well. He has served as a collaborating surgeon in numerous private centers in Greece, Italy, and the United Kingdom (London), participating in many general, laparoscopic, and robotic surgical procedures. He utilizes the most advanced equipment and the latest techniques worldwide. He also trained in the repair of inguinal, scrotal, and ventral hernias using dual mesh and local anesthesia. Finally, he has attended numerous surgical conferences in Greece and courses of the Hellenic Surgical Society.

Maria Mixailidou MD, FACS, FASCRS is a General Surgeon maintaining a private practice within the HYGEIA Hospital in Marousi. She studied at the Medical School of the University of Patras and continued her medical training in the USA. There, she conducted clinical research in the Department of Emergency Surgery, Trauma, and Critical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, under Harvard University, and specialized in General Surgery at the University of Arizona. Additionally, she specialized in Colon and Rectal Surgery at Penn State University. She is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. She possesses significant clinical experience having worked in clinics in the USA, as well as extensive scientific and research experience, reflected in numerous publications in international scientific journals and chapters she has authored in international surgical textbooks.

Mpaltas Ioannis is a General Surgeon with a private practice in Nea Erythraia. He specializes in Minimally Invasive, Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery as well as Colorectal Surgery. Additionally, he has expertise in modern proctologic surgery (hemorrhoids, anal fissure, pilonidal cyst). He has extensive experience in the effective and safe surgical management of obesity, hiatal hernia, digestive system disorders, and abdominal wall hernias. Furthermore, alongside his private practice, he collaborates with major private clinics in Attica, including Mitera, Athens Medical Group (Peristeri clinic), Mediterraneo, Doctor's Hospital, and Attiko Hospital.

Sioulas Athanasios MD, PhD, FEBGH is a Gastroenterologist with a private practice in Chalandri. He holds a doctorate from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and is also a graduate of the same institution. He completed his specialty training in Gastroenterology at the Hepatogastroenterology Unit of the 2nd Propaedeutic Medical Clinic of the University General Hospital "Attikon" and subsequently undertook advanced training as a fellow of the Hellenic Gastroenterology Society in the Endoscopy Department of the Universitätsklinikum Hamburg - Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, Germany. His advanced training focused on diseases of the pancreas and biliary tract with an emphasis on endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic techniques (ERCP, cholangioscopy). In addition to his clinical activities, Dr. Sioulas has a special interest in basic and clinical research in the field of gastroenterology, with numerous publications in reputable international scientific journals and presentations at Greek and international conferences. Currently, he practices general gastroenterology and hepatology, covering the entire spectrum of digestive system diseases, with an emphasis on endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic methods. He works closely with leading surgeons, oncologists, radiologists, and radiotherapists to provide his patients with high-quality services in accordance with current clinical guidelines. Finally, Dr. Sioulas is a member of the Hellenic Gastroenterological Society, the European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Dr. Kouzanidis Nikolaos MD, MSc is a Proctologist with private practices in Nea Ionia and Ampelokipoi. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Patras and has completed postgraduate studies in minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, and telesurgery at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The physician performs laparoscopic cholecystectomies, inguinal hernia repairs, umbilical hernia repairs, and all types of surgical procedures, as well as home wound care for pressure ulcers. Dr. Kouzanidis Nikolaos stays continuously updated on advancements in his specialty through active participation in conferences and attendance at seminars. Finally, he is a member of the Medical Association of Athens, the Hellenic Surgical Society, the Hellenic Society of Laparoscopic Surgery & other interventional techniques, as well as the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery.

Spyropoulos Xaralampos is a General Surgeon, PhD holder from the Medical School of the University of Patras, and maintains a private practice in Chalandri. Additionally, he is the Director of the 3rd Surgical Clinic at Metropolitan General and a National Trauma Trainer in Greece and Cyprus, certified by the American College of Surgeons. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Patras, specialized in General Surgery at the University Hospital of Patras, and further specialized in minimally invasive management of emergency surgical pathologies at the I.R.C.A.D - E.I.T.S. Laparoscopic Surgery Center in Strasbourg, France. Subsequently, he received advanced training in laparoscopic surgery of the upper gastrointestinal system and laparoscopic bariatric surgery at the DRK - Krankenhaus - Clementinenhaus hospital in Hanover, Germany. Moreover, he completed a postgraduate program in Clinical Laboratory Specialties at the University of Patras. Furthermore, he has worked as a General Surgeon at the "Eugenideio" Therapeutic Center, the "Rea" General Clinic, the University Hospital of Patras, and Stepping Hill Hospital in the United Kingdom. Finally, the physician is a member of the Athens Medical Association, the Hellenic Surgical Society, the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, the Hellenic Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology, the Hellenic Breast Surgery Society, and the Hellenic Society for the Application of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.