Doctors with experience in Hypertension

Vareta Georgia is a Specialist Nephrologist and maintains a private practice in Thessaloniki. She is a PhD candidate at the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a scientific collaborator at the 2nd Nephrology Clinic of A.U.Th. at AHEPA Hospital. Additionally, she works as an attending physician in the Chronic Hemodialysis Unit "Therapeftiki." The practice provides consulting services concerning the management and treatment of kidney diseases, such as chronic kidney failure, acute kidney injury, diabetic nephropathy, arterial hypertension, glomerulonephritis, nephrolithiasis, hematuria, proteinuria, infections, and tumors of the urinary system. Finally, patient monitoring and preparation for initiation of hemodialysis are also conducted.

Georgiadis Panagiotis is a Pathologist and maintains a private practice in Nikaia. He graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is specialized in Pathology with expertise in diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, and internal medicine. He possesses extensive experience and training, and has worked for many years at the General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos".

Dr Panagiotidis Ioannis is a Pathologist who maintains a private practice in Nikaia. He is a graduate of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and subsequently specialized in Pathology at the therapeutic clinic of the University of Athens, at the General Hospital of Athens "Alexandra". Finally, the doctor collaborates with Cosmoclinic and in his private practice offers a wide range of services, tailored to the needs of each patient.

Kourampie Eirini is an Internal Medicine Specialist and maintains a private practice in Peristeri. She graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and specialized in the First Internal Medicine Clinic of Konstantopouleio Hospital "Agia Olga." She successfully completed her specialty in Internal Medicine in 2017 and worked for 2 years as an Attending Physician at the Health Center in Aigaleo. Since 2020, she has been working as an Attending Physician in the Internal Medicine Clinic of the Multipurpose Mental Health Nursing Unit of Attica. She has extensive experience in managing chronic diseases such as arterial hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type II diabetes mellitus, anemia, respiratory infections, and urinary tract infections.

Konstantinidis Vasileios is a Cardiologist who maintains a private practice in Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki. He holds a degree from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and completed his cardiology specialization at the Cardiology Clinic of the General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Papanikolaou." Additionally, he has specialized in clinical cardiology and echocardiography. He is a Scientific Associate of the Cardiology Clinic at the General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Papanikolaou" and has extensive experience in hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and arrhythmias. Furthermore, he participates in numerous conferences in Greece and abroad and is a member of the Medical Association of Thessaloniki.

Η Δρ. Μαριδάκη Χρυσούλα - Διδάκτωρ Ιατρικής Σχολής Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών MD, PhD είναι Παθολόγος - Διαβητολόγος - Διαιτολόγος - Διατροφολόγος με ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στα Βριλήσσια. Είναι Επιστημονικός συνεργάτης του Διαβητολογικού Κέντρου του Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Αθηνών "Λαϊκό". Διατηρεί ιατρείο παχυσαρκίας, στο οποίο γίνεται διερεύνηση μεταβολικού συνδρόμου, ρύθμιση βάρους, λιπομέτρηση, μέτρηση βασικού μεταβολισμού, ρύθμιση λιπιδίων και δίδεται εξατομικευμένη διατροφή. Στο ιατρείο της γίνεται διερεύνηση και ρύθμιση υπερτασιακού ασθενούς, 24ωρη παρακολούθηση υπέρτασης (holter πιέσεως) και ηλεκτροκαρδιογράφημα. H Δρ. Μαριδάκη Χρυσούλα είναι Διδάκτωρ της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών και έλαβε τον τίτλο της Ιατρικής Ειδικότητας της Παθολογίας το 2000. Εκπαιδεύτηκε στο γνωστικό αντικείμενο του σακχαρώδη διαβήτη, της παχυσαρκίας και του διαβητικού ποδιού στο Διαβητολογικό κέντρο της Α’ Προπαιδευτικής Παθολογικής Κλινικής του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών και επί 7 έτη συμμετείχε στην εξέταση και παρακολούθηση ασθενών του Τακτικού Εξωτερικού Διαβητολογικού Ιατρείου, ασθενών του Ιατρείου Παχυσαρκίας , ασθενών του Ιατρείου Διαβητικού Ποδιού καθώς και Χειρουργηθέντων διαβητικών ατόμων. Παρακολούθησε και συμμετείχε στα μαθήματα και στις τακτικές βιβλιογραφικές ενημερώσεις του Διαβητολογικού Κέντρου και για 5 έτη είχε ενεργό συμμετοχή στις εργασίες του Τακτικού Εξωτερικού Ιατρείου Υπέρτασης, στην εξέταση και παρακολούθηση ασθενών του Εξωτερικού Υπερτασικού Ιατρείου, υπό την εποπτεία του Αναπληρωτή καθηγητή κ. Δ. Παπαδόγιαννη. Από το 2012 έως και σήμερα, παρακολούθησε και συμμετείχε στις εργασίες του Ιατρείου Διαβητικού Ποδιού της Α’ Προπαιδευτικής Κλινικής και Ειδικής Νοσολογίας του Διαβητολογικού Ιατρείου και του Ιατρείου Παχυσαρκίας. Το 2020 έλαβε τον τίτλο της Ιατρικής Εξειδίκευσης στον Σακχαρώδη Διαβήτη κατόπιν εξετάσεων που διενεργήθηκαν από το Υπουργείο Υγείας στο Λαϊκό Νοσοκομείο. Έχει συμμετάσχει σε πολλά σεμινάρια, συνέδρια ελληνικά και παγκόσμια με γνωστικό αντικείμενο τον Σακχαρώδη Διαβήτη και την Παχυσαρκία και στο γνωστικό αντικείμενο της Παθολογίας και της Υπέρτασης και έχει συμμετάσχει σε επιστημονικές ανακοινώσεις σε συνέδρια. Είναι συγγραφέας του βιβλίου με γνωστικό αντικείμενο την Υπέρταση "Η επιρροή της αρτηριακής υπέρτασης και της φαρμακευτικής αγωγής στην ποιότητα ζωής σε ασθενείς άνω των 65 ετών", που ανακοινώθηκε στο 21ο Πανευρωπαϊκό Συνέδριο στο Μιλάνο Ιούνιο 2011.Οι εξετάσεις που γίνονται στο ιατρείο είναι τεστ ανίχνευσης καλπροτεκτίνης στα κόπρανα για τη διάγνωση φλεγμονής εντέρου, τεστ ανίχνευσης αίματος (μη ορατού) στα κόπρανα για πρόληψη του καρκίνου του εντέρου, τεστ ανίχνευσης του ελικοβακτηριδίου του πυλωρού σε αίμα και κόπρανα, τεστ για λοιμώδη μονοπυρήνωση, καθώς και strep test για διάγνωση στρεπτόκοκκου σε πονόλαιμο. Παρέχεται γραμματειακή υποστήριξη για κλείσιμο ραντεβού και η δυνατότητα εξυπηρέτησης μέσω τηλεϊατρικής (μέσω Skype, Messenger, Viber, Face time, κλπ.). Τέλος, στο ιατρείο υπάρχει σύστημα συνεχούς καταγραφής του σακχάρου για μια βδομάδα (holter σακχάρου) και γίνεται επίσης εκμάθηση υπολογισμού των υδατανθράκων της τροφής.

Tasios Konstantinos is a Specialist in Internal Medicine and maintains a private practice in the Charilaou area. He is the Former Coordinator of the Emergency Department at the General Hospital of Thessaloniki Papageorgiou - 3rd Internal Medicine Clinic of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and has served as a Senior Registrar at the General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Gennimatas - Agios Dimitrios".

He possesses extensive and valuable experience in the proper management of all diseases and symptoms of Internal Medicine, both in chronic and acute conditions requiring hospital care, as well as newly onset symptoms necessitating close medical supervision.

Tsaggaris Adamantios is an Interventional Cardiologist, maintains a private practice in Marousi, and serves as a Cardiologist Consultant at the Red Cross (Korgialeneio - Benakeio EES). He graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He specialized in Pathology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in the USA. He specialized in Cardiology at the University of Minnesota in the USA. He completed subspecialty training in interventional cardiology and structural cardiology (TAVI, MitraClip, Watchman) at the University of Minnesota in the USA (worked at VA MPLS, Fairview Hospital, Southdale Hospital). He is a Diplomate of the American College of Cardiology. He has been awarded, following examinations, the American Subspecialty Certificates in Cardiology (ABIM-Cardiology) and Interventional Cardiology (ABIM-Interventional Cardiology). He is board certified in echocardiography (National Board of Echocardiography). He has published papers in international scientific journals and has presented at Greek, American, and European conferences. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology as well as the Hellenic Cardiological Society. In his practice, he manages cases covering the entire spectrum of cardiology and specializes in coronary artery disease and valvular heart diseases (interventional and structural cardiology).

Papaspyropoulou Georgia MD is an Internist with a private practice in Petroupoli. She has 25 years of experience in internal medicine clinics. She has worked as a resident at the Thia Pronía Hospital "Pamakaristos," the General Hospital of Athens "Korgialeneio-Benakeio Hellenic Red Cross," and the General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos." Upon completion of her specialty training, she pursued and obtained a specialization in the Intensive Care Unit of the General Hospital of Athens "Laiko." Since 2011, she has been a Consultant in the Internal Medicine Clinic of the General Hospital of Chalkida, and from 2016 to the present, she has been the Director of the Internal Medicine Clinic at the Multipurpose Nursing Unit of Mental Health of Attica. Finally, she actively participates in National and International conferences to continuously update her knowledge on health developments.

Darmanis Petros is an Internist and maintains a private practice at the Kalamaria Medical Center. He studied at the Faculty of Medicine of the University LA SAPIENZA in Rome. Subsequently, he specialized in Internal Medicine at the AHEPA University General Hospital of Thessaloniki. He has extensive experience and training and specializes in hyperlipidemia, arterial hypertension, and metabolic syndrome.

Dr. Iona Ioanna MD PhD(c) is a specialist Cardiologist-Intensivist and maintains a private practice in Glyfada. She began her medical training at the Hippocratio General Hospital of Athens (GNA Hippocratio), where she completed a 2-year residency in internal medicine and remained for an additional year as a scientific collaborator in the 1st University Cardiology Clinic of GNA "Hippocratio," during which she was designated a doctoral candidate. Since 2013, she has worked in the Cardiology Clinic of GNA "G. Gennimatas," where she completed her specialty training and obtained her board certification. Subsequently, she specialized in Intensive Care Medicine and worked in the ICU of the same hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, she specialized in the latest echocardiographic techniques, including dynamic echocardiography (stress echo) with pharmacologic stress and three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography at GNA "Hippocratio." She is an active member of the Hellenic and European Society of Cardiology as well as the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.

Psounis Konstantinos is a Specialist Nephrologist and Doctor of Medicine from the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace (D.U.Th.). He maintains two fully equipped clinics, one in the center of Athens and the other in Agia Paraskevi. He serves as a nephrologist consultant at the specialized Nephrology Center "Iatriko Dafnis" of the "Iatriko Athinon" group and is a scientific collaborator at the Athens Medical Center in Marousi. The physician places great emphasis on the diagnosis, management, and treatment of clinical conditions such as: • Chronic and acute renal failure • Anemia of kidney disease • Idiopathic and resistant hypertension • Renal colic • Nephrolithiasis • Urinary tract infections Using state-of-the-art medical methods and equipment, the physician provides high-quality healthcare services to his patients. Additionally, personalized dietary guidance is offered at the clinics, recognizing the importance of nutrition in the management of nephrological disorders. He is an active author and speaker at Greek and international conferences, with extensive contributions in the fields of nephrology, hypertension, and kidney transplantation. Psounis Konstantinos is a member of important medical organizations, such as the Athens Medical Association, the Hellenic and European Nephrology Societies, as well as the Hellenic Hypertension Society, highlighting his dedication and expertise in patient care and research in the field of nephrology.

Antonucci Aleksios is a Pathologist and maintains a private practice in Nea Iraklio. He graduated from the Medical School of Chieti, Italy. He specialized in Pathology at the General Hospital of Western Attica "Agia Varvara" and at the General Hospital of Nikaia "Agios Panteleimon." He has served as a Scientific Associate in private medical centers and home care companies, and has held the position of Second Consultant in the Pathology Department of the General Hospital of Livadeia. He provides a wide range of services, including home visits.

Kourtinos Aleksandros is an Adult and Pediatric Cardiologist - Pediatric Cardiologist and maintains a private practice in Volos. He graduated with honors from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Medical Chemistry from the University of Ioannina, specializing in lipid disorders. He completed his military service in the Medical Corps - 32nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade and served as a rural physician at the Primary Health Center of Lavkos-Milina-Promyri. He began his specialty in Internal Medicine at the University General Hospital of Volos and continued in Cardiology at the University General Hospital of Ioannina and the University Hospital of Luxembourg. After completing his specialty, he undertook further training in Pediatric Cardiology at AHEPA Hospital in Thessaloniki and continued his specialization with a scholarship from the Hellenic Cardiology Society in advanced cardiovascular imaging in France, where he focused on the latest echocardiographic techniques (3D imaging, stress echo, exercise echo, transesophageal echocardiography, and cardiac CT angiography). He worked for several years as a consultant in specialized cardiac ultrasound at the University Hospital of Lille (CHU Lille) and subsequently as a private echocardiologist at the largest cardiology and cardiac surgery center in Northern France. He has extensive experience in complex valvular diseases, having participated as an echocardiographer in both transcatheter (MitraClip, TriClip, PFO, LAA, ASD, VSD closure) and surgical repairs of these conditions. He holds the European Diploma in Cardiology (EEGC) from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), as well as European certification in transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal (TOE) cardiac ultrasound from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI).