Doctors for Arthroscopy

Ο Dr. Καραχοτζίτης Δ.Νικόλαος γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα και μεγάλωσε στο Άργος. Το 2017 ολοκλήρωσε τις σπουδές του στο Pavol Jozef Šafárik University στο Κόσιτσε της Σλοβακίας. Ειδικεύτηκε στην Ορθοπαιδική Χειρουργική στο Ασκληπιείο της Βούλας στο Δ´ Ορθοπαιδικό τμήμα αθλητικών κακώσεων του αείμνηστου Συντονιστή Διευθυντή Ιωάννη Μίχου. Εκπαιδεύτηκε για 6 μήνες στο τμήμα Νευροχειρουργικής στο ΝΙΜΤΣ - 417 Νοσηλευτικό Ιδρυμα Μετοχικού Ταμείου Στρατού. Εκπαιδεύτηκε για 6 μήνες στο τμήμα Πλαστικής και Επανορθωτικής Χειρουργικής του Γενικού Αντικαρκινικού νοσοκομείου "ΜΕΤΑΞΑ". Εκπαιδεύτηκε για 12 μήνες στο τμήμα Παιδοορθοπαιδικής του Α' Παιδοορθοπαιδικού τμήματος στο Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Παίδων «Π&Α Κυριακού». Από τον Οκτώβριο του 2025 εργάζεται ως επιμελητής στο τμήμα Επανορθωτικής Ορθοπαιδικής Χειρουργικής στο Ιατρικό Κέντρο Αθηνών, κλινική Π. Φαλήρου. Στο ιατρείο του παρέχει υπηρεσίες για:

Εκφυλιστική αρθοπάθεια ισχιου

Ολική αρθροπλαστική ισχίου

Εκφυλιστική αρθροπάθεια γόνατος

Ολική αρθροπλαστική γόνατος

Αναθεώρηση αρθροπλαστικής γόνατος και ισχίου

Αρθροσκοπηση γόνατος

Αποκατάσταση προσθίου χιαστού γόνατος

Βλαισό μέγα δάκτυλο, σφυροδακτυλία

Οσφυαλγία

Ισχιαλγία

Αρθροσκόπηση ώμου

Αρθροσκόπηση ποδοκνημικής

Μυοσκελετικές παθήσεις

Οστεοπόρωση

Κατάγματα

Σύνδρομο καρπιαίου σωλήνα

Εκτινασσόμενος δάκτυλος

Εγχύσεις υαλουρονικού

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Samdanis Vasileios is an Orthopedic Surgeon with private practices in Agia Paraskevi and Koropi. He holds a PhD from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and is specialized in upper limb surgery (shoulder-elbow-wrist-hand) at one of the largest purely orthopedic centers in the United Kingdom. Additionally, he is an attending physician at the 5th Orthopedic Clinic of "Hygeia" Hospital. He holds a postgraduate degree in metabolic bone diseases - osteoporosis from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a medical degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has served as a Scientific Collaborator at the 2nd University Orthopedic Clinic of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has an extensive research portfolio, with numerous lectures and presentations at Greek and international medical conferences, as well as publications in scientific journals. Furthermore, he has a rich teaching record spanning several years in the postgraduate program "Metabolic Bone Diseases" at the Medical School of Athens. Finally, he is a member of Greek and international medical associations and scientific societies.

Sakellariou Vasileios MD, MSc, PhD is an Orthopedic Surgeon and maintains a private practice, Athens Orthopedic Experts, in Nea Smyrni and Marousi. He holds a Doctorate from the Medical School of the University of Athens and a postdoctoral fellowship from the Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, USA. He also holds a Medical Degree and a postgraduate degree in "Metabolic Bone Diseases" from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has specialized in minimally invasive hip and knee surgeries, as well as robot-assisted hip and knee arthroplasty in the USA. He possesses extensive professional experience in the treatment of sports injuries, adult reconstructive surgery, and major joint surgery from Orthopedic Clinics in both the United States and Greece. In addition to his private practice, he is the Director of the Robotic Orthopedic Fast-Track Rehabilitation Clinic and the Musculoskeletal Oncology Clinic at the Athens Medical Center, while holding the academic position of University Fellow at the 1st Orthopedic Clinic of the University of Athens with a specialization in Hip and Knee Surgery.

Stylianos Kouzoupis is an Orthopedic Surgeon who has maintained a private practice in Piraeus since 2004. He graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and completed his specialty in Orthopedics at the Attica General Hospital KAT. He specializes in Hip and Knee Surgery, Arthroscopy, and Traumatology. In addition to his private practice, he is a Scientific Associate at "Hygeia" Hospital and Metropolitan Hospital. Previously, he worked for several years at IKA Piraeus as an Orthopedic Surgeon and served as the Physician for the Hellenic Equestrian Federation. Finally, he is a member of the Hellenic Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology.

Dimitrios Kampras is an Orthopedic Surgeon with a private practice in Melissia. He is a PhD candidate at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and has specialized in Orthopedic Surgery at the 1st Orthopedic Department of the General Children’s Hospital "P. & A. Kyriakou" and at the corresponding department of the Attica General Hospital KAT. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in "Metabolic Bone Diseases - Osteoporosis" from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Alongside his private practice, he serves as Deputy Director of the Orthopedic Department at "Euroclinic Children’s Hospital" and collaborates with "Errikos Dynan" Hospital Center and the Athens Medical Center. Throughout his professional career, he has gained valuable experience and knowledge, and today, in his private practice, he offers specialized services covering the entire spectrum of orthopedic cases. Finally, he has particular expertise in sports injuries, pediatric orthopedics, and reconstructive surgery of major joints, namely the hip and knee.

Papaioannou K Ioannis is an Orthopedic Surgeon with a private practice in Thessaloniki. He specialized at the 1st Orthopedic Clinic of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki at the General Hospital of Thessaloniki "G. Papanikolaou". He holds a degree from the Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. He is specialized in hip and knee surgery, sports injuries, spinal disorders, and trauma. He trained in General Surgery at the 2nd Surgical Clinic of the 424 General Military Training Hospital and to this day serves as an Associate Physician at the Euromedica Cyan Cross Clinic. The doctor provides specialized services in hip and knee surgery (arthroplasty, sports injuries), management of spinal disorders, treatment of kyphosis/scoliosis, hand surgery, and traumatology.

Ο Μαλαχιάς Μιχαήλ-Αλέξανδρος είναι Ορθοπαιδικός Χειρουργός-Αθλητίατρος και Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Ορθοπαιδικής στην Ιατρική Σχολή EUC Φρανκφούρτης (Γερμανία). Διατηρεί το ιδιωτικό του ιατρείο στο Χαλάνδρι. Είναι πτυχιούχος και Διδάκτωρ της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών. Ο ιατρός εξειδικεύεται στην αρθροσκοπική και επανορθωτική (αρθροπλαστικές) χειρουργική του ώμου, του γόνατος και του ισχίου. Επιπλέον, θεωρείται expert στις νέες βιολογικές θεραπείες (PRP) με καθοδήγηση υπερήχου (πρώτο Διδακτορικό στην Ελλάδα πάνω στο εν λόγω πεδίο), αλλά και στη θεραπεία των αθλητικών κακώσεων, όπου έχει λάβει την εθνική κλινική υποτροφία «Γεώργιος Νούλης», της Ελληνικής Αρθροσκοπικής Εταιρείας (αντιμετώπιση ρήξης μηνίσκου, ρήξης χιαστού, χόνδρινων βλαβών, αρθροσκόπηση ισχίου σε νέους, αρθροσκόπηση ώμου για ρήξη τενόντων στροφικού πετάλου, εξάρθρημα, κτλ.). Η μετεκπαίδευσή του (complex joint reconstruction fellowship) στο πεδίο της ελάχιστα επεμβατικής ρομποτικής αρθροπλαστικής γόνατος & ισχίου έχει πραγματοποιηθεί στο Hospital for Special Surgery (Νέα Υόρκη), το οποίο αξιολογείται, επί 12 συναπτά έτη, ως το κορυφαίο (Νο1) ορθοπαιδικό νοσοκομείο των ΗΠΑ. Πέραν τούτου, έχει μετεκπαιδευτεί, επί σειρά ετών (clinical fellowships), στον τομέα της αρθροσκοπικής χειρουργικής και της αντιμετώπισης αθλητικών κακώσεων, σε διεθνή ακαδημαϊκά κέντρα του υψηλότερου επιπέδου (ESSKA teaching centers), όπως η Clinica Ars Medica (Λουγκάνο, Ελβετία), και η ATOS Klinik (Χαϊδελβέργη, Γερμανία). Ο Επ. Καθηγητής Ορθοπαιδικής, κος Μαλαχιάς, είναι αναγνωρισμένος σε διεθνή συνέδρια για την ακαδημαϊκή κλινική έρευνά του και έχει συμμετάσχει σε άνω των 110 επιστημονικών ερευνών, δημοσιευμένων σε έγκριτα διεθνή περιοδικά (του Pubmed). Μετά από πολυετή χειρουργική εξειδίκευση στο εξωτερικό, επιστρέφει στη γενέτειρά του, την Αθήνα, για να ασκήσει την ορθοπαιδική επιστήμη, ως Διευθυντής της Γ’ Ορθοπαιδικής Κλινικής στο Therapis General Hospital, με βάση τα πλέον σύγχρονα διεθνή πρότυπα και επίκεντρο τον άνθρωπο.

Kyrou Georgios is an Orthopedic Surgeon Consultant at the 3rd Orthopedic Clinic of the private hospital Iaso in Marousi, while maintaining a private practice in Kallithea. He has previously served as a specialist and resident physician in some of the most prominent public hospitals in the country, including the General Hospital of Attica “Sismanoglio - Amalia Fleming,” the University General Hospital "Attikon," the General Oncology Hospital of Kifisia (G.O.N.K.), and the General Children's Hospital of Athens "Panagiotis and Aglaia Kyriakou," covering a wide range of pathology and surgical cases. A graduate of the Medical School of the University of Patras, he has actively participated in national and international conferences and possesses experience in a variety of interventional techniques and musculoskeletal system disorders. He has also received additional training through seminars in areas such as upper limb surgery, reconstructive surgery, sports injuries, and traumatology. His clinical and scientific focus is on the optimal, evidence-based, and individualized management of orthopedic conditions, emphasizing functional rehabilitation and the minimization of postoperative complications.

Panagiotis Drakopoulos is an Orthopedic Surgeon specialized in reconstructive microsurgery of the upper limb - hand and in osteoarthritis of the knee, hip, and sports medicine. He maintains a private practice in Piraeus. He has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal system disorders, as well as in the rehabilitation of injuries using advanced microsurgical techniques. He graduated from the Medical School of Ovidius University of Constanta and continued his training at the 1st Orthopedic – Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic of the General Children's Hospital "Agia Sofia," as well as at the 2nd Adult Orthopedic Clinic of the General Hospital "Asklipieio Voula," where he completed his specialty in Orthopedics and Traumatology. Additionally, he has completed the postgraduate program "Metabolic Bone Diseases" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, enhancing his scientific background in the pathophysiology and management of diseases affecting bone health. His specialization at the Microsurgery Clinic of KAT Hospital enabled him to apply advanced reconstructive microsurgical techniques of the upper limb and hand, providing personalized solutions for complex injuries and disorders. Since 2018, he has served as an Assistant Orthopedic Surgeon – Consultant B’ at Elefsina General Hospital “Thriasio,” actively participating in the clinical and surgical work of the Orthopedic Clinic. He has participated in numerous seminars, conferences, and presented free communications.

Mylonas Xrysanthos is an Orthopedic Surgeon - Traumatologist with private practices in Anavyssos, Lavrio, and Glyfada. He holds a degree from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and completed his specialty in General Surgery at the General State Hospital of Nikaia. Throughout his professional career, he served as a Scientific Collaborator at IKA Lavrio for over 15 years. Currently, in addition to his private practices, he is a Scientific Collaborator at the private hospital Medirerraneo in the Glyfada area. Furthermore, he regularly attends conferences in Greece and abroad covering the entire spectrum of Orthopedics, including topics such as osteoporosis, trauma, surgical arthroplasty, geriatric patients, and bone neoplasms. He also participates in various research projects and presentations both in Greece and internationally.

Karaiskos Ilias is an Orthopedic Surgeon and operates a private practice in Pangrati. He has received advanced training at Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals in Liverpool, United Kingdom. To date, he holds the position of Director at the Orthopedic Clinic of the 251st General Air Force Hospital. In his fully equipped practice, he consistently provides patients with a wide range of orthopedic services.

Dimitrios Mpazios is an Orthopedic Surgeon - Traumatologist with a private practice in Peristeri. He is a graduate of the Medical School of the University of Ioannina. The doctor specializes in arthroplasty, arthroscopy, sports injuries, spinal disorders, pediatric orthopedics, and traumatology. Additionally, patients can visit his modern clinic for conditions such as sports injuries, cervical syndrome, sciatica, shoulder dislocation, anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus tears, spinal stenosis, scoliosis and kyphosis, osteoarthritis of the knee, hip, and shoulder, herniated disc, among others. Finally, his specialized services include meniscus, cruciate ligament, and chondropathy arthroscopy, osteoporosis screening, intra-articular injections, cast application, as well as monitoring of kyphosis, spondylolysis, and spondylolisthesis.

Papaxristos Athanasios is an Orthopedic Surgeon, Director of the 5th Orthopedic Clinic at Euroclinic Athens, who maintains a private practice in the Ampelokipi area. He is a graduate of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and, after completing his specialty training at the Attikon General Hospital KAT, specialized in the surgical management of sports injuries and degenerative hip and knee disorders, completing a fellowship program at the University Hospital of Leeds in the United Kingdom, recognized by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS). He has developed a particular scientific interest in the management of post-traumatic and juvenile arthritis, having performed numerous surgeries both during his four-year fellowship training in hospitals in the United Kingdom and after his return to Greece.

Iliopoulou-Kosmadaki Styliani is an Orthopedic Surgeon and maintains a private practice in Patras. She holds a Ph.D. from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and completed her medical studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Subsequently, she completed postgraduate studies at the University of Crete and the University of Thessaly. She possesses extensive clinical experience, having worked in major hospitals in Greece, and currently serves as a Scientific Collaborator at the Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic of the Private Hospital MITERA. Finally, she has significant research experience, consisting of numerous scientific publications and participation in medical conferences and seminars.

Dr. Natsioulas Nikolaos is an Orthopedic Surgeon who maintains a private practice in Agia Paraskevi and concurrently serves as a Consultant in the Orthopedic Clinic of the Naval Hospital of Athens. He was admitted through nationwide examinations to the Medical Department of the Military Academy of Corps Officers and to the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He graduated in 2006 with the grade "very good" and was commissioned as an Ensign in the Hellenic Navy. He initially served as a physician on the Hellenic Navy's frigate Elli, and in 2009 began his specialization in Orthopedic Surgery at the Naval Hospital of Athens. In 2011, he moved to Glasgow, United Kingdom, where he completed a 4-year residency in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology. In 2015, after examinations, he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Great Britain (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons), and in 2017, after examinations, a member of the European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (FEBOT), making him one of the few Orthopedic surgeons in Greece holding both titles. The doctor has acquired significant experience in the conservative and surgical management of Orthopedic and Traumatology conditions. He operates privately at Metropolitan General in Cholargos and at other private clinics in Athens.

Ο Ταμβίσκος Αντώνιος είναι Ορθοπαιδικός Χειρουργός με περισσότερα από 15 χρόνια συνεχούς κλινικής εμπειρίας και ιδιωτικής άσκησης της Ιατρικής, διατηρώντας ιδιωτικό ορθοπαιδικό ιατρείο στoυς Αμπελόκηπους από το 2008. Έχει εκπαιδευτεί και εργαστεί σε κορυφαία νοσοκομεία της Ελλάδας και της Γαλλίας, αποκτώντας σημαντική εμπειρία στην αντιμετώπιση όλου του φάσματος των ορθοπαιδικών παθήσεων και κακώσεων. Εξειδικεύεται στη χειρουργική του άνω άκρου, στις ολικές αρθροπλαστικές ισχίου και γόνατος με τη χρήση του ρομποτικού συστήματος MAKO, καθώς και στη θεραπεία αθλητικών κακώσεων, καταγμάτων και εκφυλιστικών παθήσεων των αρθρώσεων.Αποφοίτησε από την Ιατρική Σχολή του Δημοκριτείου Πανεπιστημίου Θράκης το 1996 με βαθμό «Λίαν Καλώς» και απέκτησε τον τίτλο της ειδικότητας Ορθοπαιδικής το 2005. Στο πλαίσιο της μετεκπαίδευσής του εξειδικεύτηκε στη Χειρουργική του Άνω Άκρου στο Πανεπιστήμιο Pierre et Marie Curie στο Παρίσι (DIU), ενώ εκπαιδεύτηκε σε αναγνωρισμένα πανεπιστημιακά κέντρα της Γαλλίας, όπως το Πανεπιστημιακό Νοσοκομείο Antoine Béclère, το Institut de la Main και το Πανεπιστημιακό Νοσοκομείο CHU Nantes.Η επαγγελματική του πορεία περιλαμβάνει τη θέση του Επιμελητή Ορθοπαιδικού στο Ιατρικό Κέντρο Αθηνών, καθώς και συνεργασίες με το Νοσοκομείο Metropolitan, το Mediterraneo και το Ερρίκος Ντυνάν. Παράλληλα, διαθέτει πιστοποίηση στις ρομποτικά υποβοηθούμενες ολικές αρθροπλαστικές ισχίου και γόνατος με το σύστημα MAKO, εφαρμόζοντας σύγχρονες και ελάχιστα επεμβατικές τεχνικές που προσφέρουν μεγαλύτερη ακρίβεια, ταχύτερη αποκατάσταση και καλύτερα λειτουργικά αποτελέσματα για τους ασθενείς.Η συνεχής επιστημονική εξέλιξη αποτελεί βασική αρχή της επαγγελματικής του πορείας. Έχει συμμετάσχει σε πλήθος εκπαιδευτικών προγραμμάτων και διεθνών σεμιναρίων, μεταξύ των οποίων το Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), η Επείγουσα Προνοσοκομειακή Ιατρική του Ε.Κ.Α.Β., εκπαιδεύσεις στη μικροχειρουργική, στην εξωτερική οστεοσύνθεση, στη χειρουργική ποδοκνημικής και άκρου ποδός, στη μέθοδο Ilizarov, καθώς και σε ευρωπαϊκά εκπαιδευτικά προγράμματα της EFORT.

Spanos Ioannis MD, MSc is an Orthopedic Surgeon, with a particular specialization in foot and ankle pathologies, collaborating with the Agios Loukas Clinic since 2012. He has extensive experience in the management of orthopedic and sports injuries. After graduating from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, he completed his residency at the First Orthopedic Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos," during which he received training in sports injuries at the Sports Injuries Clinic of KAT - General Hospital and Accident Hospital. Following the completion of his specialty, he received further specialized training in the surgical management of forefoot and hindfoot conditions (Fuß Orthopädisches KH Speising, Fusszentrum Wien) as well as in ankle arthroscopy (Orthopedic Department and Orthopedic Research Center, AMC Amsterdam). He holds a Master’s degree (MSc) in "Exercise and Health" and has participated as a speaker in international and national orthopedic conferences. His objective is to provide high-level, personalized medical services through continuous education.

Ο Σαμαράς Νικόλαος είναι Ορθοπαιδικός Χειρουργός και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στην Πτολεμαΐδα. Είναι απόφοιτος της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης, με περισσότερα από 30 χρόνια εμπειρίας στην αρθροσκοπική χειρουργική του γόνατος και περισσότερες από 10000 επιτυχημένες χειρουργικές επεμβάσεις στο ενεργητικό του. Διετέλεσε Συντονιστής Διευθυντής της Ορθοπαιδικής Κλινικής του Μποδοσάκειου Νοσοκομείου Πτολεμαΐδας. Είναι μέλος της European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) για περισσότερα από 20 χρόνια, με συνεχή παρουσία στα ετήσια συνέδριά της, και έχει παρακολουθήσει πολυάριθμα εξειδικευμένα εκπαιδευτικά προγράμματα στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό με αντικείμενο την αρθροσκοπική χειρουργική του γόνατος, παραμένοντας διαρκώς ενημερωμένος για τις σύγχρονες εξελίξεις και τις πλέον σύγχρονες χειρουργικές τεχνικές του αντικειμένου του.