Health professionals with experience in Sports injuries in Prefecture of Thessaloniki

Ο Πατούσης Αθανάσιος είναι Χειρουργός Ορθοπαιδικός, απόφοιτος της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων, με τίτλο ειδικότητας Ορθοπαιδικής και Τραυματολογίας. Είναι κάτοχος του Ευρωπαϊκού Διπλώματος FEBOT και διαθέτει πλήρη εγγραφή στο GMC (General Medical Council, Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο) με άδεια άσκησης επαγγέλματος.

Έχει μετεκπαιδευτεί στη χειρουργική ώμου στη Βαρκελώνη, αποκτώντας εμπειρία σε σύγχρονες τεχνικές αρθροσκόπησης και αποκατάστασης παθήσεων του άνω άκρου, όπως ρήξεις στροφικού πετάλου, αστάθεια ώμου και παθήσεις δικεφάλου.

Στην καθημερινή του πρακτική ασχολείται με ένα ευρύ φάσμα ορθοπαιδικών παθήσεων, δίνοντας έμφαση σε εξατομικευμένες, σύγχρονες και ελάχιστα επεμβατικές θεραπείες, με στόχο την ταχεία αποκατάσταση και επιστροφή στις δραστηριότητες.

Παράλληλα, είναι υποψήφιος Διδάκτωρ στο Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης με αντικείμενο την αστάθεια του αγκώνα και συμμετέχει ενεργά σε ερευνητικά προγράμματα και διεθνή συνέδρια.

Δίνει ιδιαίτερη σημασία στην ανθρώπινη προσέγγιση, την αναλυτική ενημέρωση του ασθενούς και την παροχή υψηλού επιπέδου ιατρικών υπηρεσιών.

Popovski Grigorios is an Orthopedic Surgeon with private practices in Thessaloniki and Peraia. He holds a medical degree from the School of Health Sciences in Croatia and specialized in Sports Injuries at the General Hospital of Thessaloniki “Agios Savvas” and in Spine Surgery at the University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA. He has worked as an Orthopedic Surgeon in the Orthopedic Department of the General Hospital of Thessaloniki “Agios Pavlos” and collaborates with the “Agios Loukas” Clinic, the Diavalkaniko Center, and the Bioclinic of Thessaloniki. Finally, he is a member of the Medical Association of Thessaloniki.

Ο Αλέξανδρος Κωνσταντινόπουλος είναι Ορθοπεδικός - Χειρουργός - Τραυματιολόγος και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στη Θεσσαλονίκη. Σε ένα σύγχρονο χώρο, εύκολα προσβάσιμο για όλες τις ηλικίες, προσφέρει ολοκληρωμένες ιατρικές υπηρεσίες από την διάγνωση, τη θεραπεία και τη μετεγχειρητική παρακολούθηση των ασθενών. Συγκεκριμένα ασχολείται με ολική αρθροπλαστική γόνατος και ισχίου, αρθροσκόπιση γόνατος και ώμου, επανορθωτική χειρουργική, αθλητικές κακώσεις, παθήσεις ώμου, οστέοπορωση, οστεορθρίτιδα, αυτόλογη μεσοθεραπεία, παθήσεις και τραύμα άκρας χειρός και εγχύσεις. Ειδικεύτηκε στην Ελλάδα ολοκληρώνοντας την ειδικότητά του στην Α' Πανεπιστημιακή Κλινική του Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Παπανικολάου όπου και εκπαιδεύτηκε σε υψηλό επίπεδο στην Ορθοπαιδική Χειρουργική, χειρουργική άκρας χειρός (κέντρο χεργιού). Διαθέτει εμπειρία στη χειρουργική και συντηριτική αντιμετώπιση τραυματισμών και παθήσεων του μυοσκελετικού συστήματος, με έμφαση στη λειτουργική αποκατάσταση και τη βελτίωση της ποιότητας ζωής των ασθενών. Είναι υπεύθυνος της Ορθοπεδικής πτέρυγας στο Κέντρο Αποκατάστασης ΕΥΕΞΙΑ και οργανώνει τον σχεδιασμό και την παρακολούθηση εξατομικευμένων προγραμμάτων αποκατάστασης, σε στενή συνεργασία με διεπιστημονική ομάδα υγείας. Στόχος του είναι η ασφαλής και αποτελεσματική επάνοδος των ασθενών στις καθημερινές και επαγγελματικές τους δραστηριότητες. Διατηρεί επαγγελματική συνεργασία με τη Γενική Κλινική Θεσσαλονίκης «Κυανός Σταυρός» και το Διαβαλκανικό Ιατρικό Κέντρο Θεσσαλονίκης.Προσεγγίζει κάθε περιστατικό με υπευθυνότητα, επιστημονική τεκμηρίωση και σεβασμό στις ανάγκες του ασθενούς, δίνοντας έμφαση στη σωστή διάγνωση, την αναλυτική ενημέρωση και τη μακροχρόνια αποκατάσταση.

Dr. Papathanasiou Athanasios is an Orthopedic Surgeon, Sports Medicine Specialist, and Pediatric Orthopedist, maintaining private clinics in the center of Thessaloniki and in Evosmos. He graduated from the School of Medicine at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a postgraduate degree in Sports Medicine. Dr. Papathanasiou specialized in General Surgery and subsequently in Orthopedic Surgery & Traumatology and Pediatric Orthopedics at the hospitals of Florina, Serres, and the General Hospital of Thessaloniki “Hippokration.” He is a member of O.T.E.MA.TH (Orthopedic & Traumatology Society of Macedonia-Thrace) as well as the H.S.O.T. (Hellenic Society of Orthopedic Surgery & Traumatology). Beyond his private clinics, he served as a scientific collaborator in the Orthopedic Department of Naousa Hospital and is the official Orthopedic physician for the Thessaloniki sports clubs “Aias Evosmos,” “Deka,” “Gefyra,” “Dimokritos,” and “Odysseas Kordeliou.” He manages a wide range of cases across the full spectrum of his specialty and has performed a significant number of surgical procedures.

Mr. Siopis Xristos is an Orthopedic Surgeon with private practices in Thessaloniki (28 Agias Sofias, 2nd Floor) and Veria (32 El. Venizelou, 3rd Floor). He is a graduate of the Medical School of the University of Thessaly. Since 2021, he has been a Collaborating Surgeon at the A’ Orthopedic Clinic of the Interbalkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki and a direct collaborator of Dr. Stylianos Kapetanakis in the Spine & Deformities Department. Simultaneously, he serves as a Collaborating Physician at the Athens Medical Center in Marousi and Psychiko. He specializes in knee and hip arthroplasties with customized implants, spinal surgery, knee and shoulder arthroscopies, as well as pediatric orthopedics. In his private practices, he provides a wide range of services tailored to the individual needs of each patient, always with respect to the patient himself.

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.

Dr. Koukos Xristos is an Orthopedic Surgeon - Sports Medicine Specialist with a private practice in Thessaloniki. He is a former Director of specialized sports injuries at St. Josef Hospital in Wuppertal, Germany. He completed his specialization and subspecialization entirely in Germany. He underwent further training at world-renowned sports injury centers specializing in shoulder and elbow injuries, such as ATOS Klinik München (Prof. Martetschläger, Prof. Tauber), Klinikum Rechts der Isar (Prof. Imhoff), OCC Tübingen (Prof. Kasten), ARCUS Klinik Pforzheim (PD Dr. Burkhart), and AZ Monica Antwerp (Prof. Van Riet). In 2017, he served as Consultant at Sportklinik Duisburg, and in 2018, he assumed responsibility for the arthroscopic department at the Evangelical Hospital of Mettmann (EVK Mettmann). In 2022, he was appointed Director at St. Josef Hospital in Wuppertal, overseeing 1,700 surgeries annually exclusively related to sports injuries of the knee, shoulder, and elbow. He is a certified instructor of the German Arthroscopic Society (AGA). Furthermore, he is a member of the committees of the International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT), the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), and serves on the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) Shoulder-Elbow Committee (ESA). He holds international recognition in the field of shoulder and elbow surgery, frequently participating in international conferences and seminars, and is among the only three to four surgeons worldwide performing arthroscopic reconstruction of the lateral ulnar collateral ligament. His expertise also includes multi-ligament knee injuries beyond just the cruciate ligaments, as well as knee osteotomies aimed at delaying arthroplasty in younger patients.

Ο Αλέξανδρος Λεωνίδας Χολέβας είναι Ορθοπαιδικός Χειρουργός και Στρατιωτικός Ιατρός εν αποστρατεία της Πολεμικής Αεροπορίας. Αποφοίτησε από την Ιατρική Σχολή του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου της Θεσσαλονίκης και την ΣΣΑΣ. Απέκτησε τίτλο ειδικότητας στην Ορθοπαιδική και Τραυματιολογία μετά από εκπαίδευση στο 251 ΓΝΑ και στην Β' Πανεπιστημιακή Ορθοπαιδική Κλινική του ΑΠΘ, συμμετέχοντας ενεργά στο εκπαιδευτικό και ακαδημαϊκό έργο των Κλινικών. Μετά από πολυετή εκπαίδευση σε Ευρωπαϊκά Κέντρα, τομέας ειδίκευσης του Ιατρού αποτελούν η Επανορθωτική Χειρουργική ενηλίκων και οι Αθλητικές Κακώσεις, έχοντας πραγματοποιήσει πλήθος χειρουργικών επεμβάσεων ολικής αρθροπλαστικής ισχίου και γόνατος, καθώς και μεγάλο αριθμό αρθροσκοπικών επεμβάσεων γόνατος και ώμου.

Ο Ορθοπαιδικός διατηρεί Ιατρείο στην Καλαμαριά της Θεσσαλονίκης και αποτελεί επιστημονικός συνεργάτης της Κλινικής "Άγιος Λουκάς". Παρέχονται σύγχρονες υπηρεσίες διάγνωσης και θεραπείας για όλο το φάσμα των ορθοπαιδικών παθήσεων και κακώσεων, με εφαρμογή των νεότερων επιστημονικά τεκμηριωμένων τεχνικών. Κάθε ασθενής αντιμετωπίζεται εξατομικευμένα, με στόχο την επιλογή της καταλληλότερης θεραπευτικής προσέγγισης σύμφωνα με τις ιδιαίτερες ανάγκες και απαιτήσεις του.

Βασική προτεραιότητα αποτελεί η αποκατάσταση της λειτουργικότητας, η ελαχιστοποίηση του χρόνου ανάρρωσης και η ασφαλής, ταχεία επιστροφή του ασθενούς στις καθημερινές, επαγγελματικές και αθλητικές του δραστηριότητες.

Giantsidis N Georgios MD, MSc is a Military Physician, Orthopedic Surgeon and consultant at the 1st Orthopedic Department of the 424 General Military Training Hospital. He maintains a private practice in Thessaloniki, in the Voulgari area. He graduated from the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Military Medicine) in 2012 and subsequently served as a physician in Special Forces Military Units. He completed his specialty training at the 424 General Military Hospital and the General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Georgios Papanikolaou." During his residency, he performed numerous orthopedic surgeries, participated in many fracture repair and orthopedic disorder surgeries, trained in urgent and routine cases of his specialty, and actively contributed to the scientific work of his clinic. Since then, he has been serving as an orthopedic consultant at the 1st Orthopedic Department of the 424 General Military Training Hospital, performing a large number of surgical procedures annually across the full spectrum of Orthopedic specialty. He actively participates in postgraduate seminars and conferences to continuously update and enhance his knowledge of the latest advances and developments in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology.

Dr Koukos Xristos is an Orthopedic Surgeon who maintains a private practice in Thessaloniki. He is a former Director of specialized sports injuries at St. Josef Hospital in Wuppertal, Germany. He completed his specialization and sub-specialization entirely in Germany. He undertook advanced training at world-renowned sports injury centers specializing in shoulder and elbow injuries, including: ATOS Klinik München (Prof. Martetschläger, Prof. Tauber), Klinikum Rechts der Isar (Prof. Imhoff), OCC Tübingen (Prof. Kasten), ARCUS Klinik Pforzheim (PD Dr. Burkhart), and AZ Monica Antwerp (Prof. Van Riet). In 2017, he served as Consultant at Sportklinik Duisburg, and in 2018, he was appointed Head of the arthroscopy department at the Evangelical Hospital of Mettmann (EVK Mettmann). In 2022, he assumed the position of Director at St. Josef Hospital in Wuppertal, overseeing 1,700 surgeries annually exclusively related to sports injuries of the knee, shoulder, and elbow. He is a certified trainer of the German Arthroscopic Society (AGA). Additionally, he is a member of the committees of the International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT) and the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), as well as a member of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy (ESSKA - ESA) committee for shoulder and elbow. He holds international recognition in the field of shoulder and elbow, frequently presenting at international conferences and seminars, and he is one of only 3-4 surgeons worldwide performing arthroscopic reconstruction of the lateral ulnar collateral ligament. His expertise also includes multiligamentous knee injuries, beyond just the cruciate ligaments, as well as knee osteotomies aimed at avoiding arthroplasty in younger patients.

Vrakas Giorgos is a Physiotherapist who owns a private physiotherapy clinic in Evosmos, Thessaloniki. The clinic offers rehabilitation services for sports injuries, spinal decompression, cupping therapy, therapeutic massage, ultrasound, Laser, Tecar therapy, combined with muscle activation techniques and passive mobilization techniques, intramuscular stimulation (dry needling). His twenty years of experience, combined with the most modern equipment and physiotherapy methods, guarantee the full rehabilitation of all neuromuscular conditions and neurological disorders affecting the human body.

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.

Dr Penteridis Ioannis is an Orthopedic Surgeon and Pediatric Orthopedist, maintaining a private practice in Oraiokastro. He holds a PhD in Medicine from the "Victor Babes" Medical University. He possesses extensive training and experience, having worked in numerous clinics across the country. Alongside his private practice, he serves as an Orthopedic Surgeon in the infrastructure departments of the PAOK team, at the Medical Diavalkaniko of Thessaloniki, and other private clinics with which he collaborates.

Karousos Aleksandros Kai Synergates has been engaged in physiotherapy since 1998 and operates a private physiotherapy clinic in Evosmos, Thessaloniki (contracted with EOPYY). His extensive studies both within and outside Greece, combined with his postgraduate education and many years of experience in orthopedic and neurological cases, enable him to successfully manage very difficult and complex cases with very high success rates in their rehabilitation. Non-invasive treatment for cervical syndrome, low back pain, sciatica, knee pain, tendonitis, and musculoskeletal injuries can be addressed using: Tesla (electromagnetic stimulator), Human Tecar, next-generation Shockwave Ultrasound, high-frequency Laser (painless), DTS TRITON spinal decompression (new technology), as well as traditional physiotherapy devices and individualized kinesitherapy.

Kazas Christos is a Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon - Traumatologist and maintains a private practice in Thessaloniki. He is a graduate of the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace based in Alexandroupoli and holds a Master's degree in "Clinical Surgical Anatomy" from the Medical School of the same institution. He completed his specialization in Orthopaedics & Traumatology at the 2nd Orthopaedic Clinic of Papageorgiou Hospital, and subsequently moved to the United Kingdom to work as a Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Trauma & Orthopaedics at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, BWC NHS Trust, and later at Leeds General Infirmary. Currently, in his private practice, he manages cases of Paediatric Traumatology and Paediatric Orthopaedics.