Health professionals for Sports injuries near Kalamaria

Tzavellas Anastasios is an Orthopedic Surgeon who maintains a private practice in the center of Thessaloniki. He collaborates with private clinics in the city to perform surgical procedures and is currently working as a Consultant in the First Orthopedic Clinic of the 424 General Military Hospital.

In 2008, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (Physician), having concurrently graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he enrolled in 2002.

In 2012, he began his specialty training at the 424 General Military Training Hospital, which he completed in 2018 at the Third University Orthopedic Clinic of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki at the General Hospital "Papageorgiou," receiving the title of Orthopedic Surgeon.

He completed the Master's program in "Medical Research Methodology" at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2014 – Grade: Excellent) and obtained his PhD from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2024, presenting his dissertation on the osteoinductive capacity of a novel peptide derived from Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 combined with a de novo collagen sponge as a bone graft substitute.

During the period 2021-2024, he worked in the United Kingdom, specifically at Frimley Park Hospital, as a Clinical Fellow in the Hip-Knee Surgery Department, gaining significant experience by performing and participating in a substantial number of surgical procedures (hip and knee arthroplasty, revisions, unicompartmental (partial) knee arthroplasty, arthroscopic surgery, osteotomies).

Paulos Xristodoulou is an Orthopedic Surgeon and Spinal Surgeon, maintaining a clinic in the center of Thessaloniki and serving as Consultant at the 2nd Orthopedic Clinic of the 424 General Military Training Hospital. He graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He specialized in Orthopedic Surgery at the Hippocrateio General Hospital of Thessaloniki and further specialized in spinal surgery abroad (QMC Hospital, Nottingham, U.K.). Since 2002, he has been working at the 424 General Military Training Hospital as Consultant and Deputy Director. He deals with trauma, sports injuries, and degenerative diseases of the knee and hip. He has a particular interest and expertise in the full spectrum of Spinal Diseases including trauma, degenerative disease, infection, deformity, and congenital abnormalities. He has extensive experience in the management of herniated discs, spinal stenosis, degenerative scoliosis, adolescent scoliosis, and spinal fractures. He has attended and been an invited speaker and trainer at numerous conferences and workshops in this field. He is a member of the European Spine Society and a reviewer for the European Spine Journal.

Polyzakis Nikolaos is a Physiotherapist who operates a private clinic in Thessaloniki. He studied Physiotherapy at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, from which he graduated in 1994. The combination of his theoretical training with his many years of experience enables him to effectively manage all types of cases within the scope of physiotherapy. Depending on the patients' therapeutic needs, in addition to the clinic setting, home visits are also available.