Health professionals for Incontinence in Athens

Dr. Zarakovitis Ioannis FEBU is a Urologist - Andrologist with a private practice in the Zografou area since 2001. He is a valedictorian Doctorate holder and a graduate of the Medical School of the University of Patras. He began his training in Urology at the 2nd Pediatric Surgery Clinic of the General Children's Hospital of Athens "P. & A. Kyriakou," continued at the University Urology Clinic of the University Hospital of Patras, and completed it at the Urology Clinic of Guy’s Hospital in London. He holds the European Board of Urology Diploma (FEBU) and the Greek urology specialty title, which he obtained after excelling in examinations. Currently, he is an exclusive collaborator of the Athens Bioclinic and the extracorporeal lithotripsy department of the "Errikos Dynan" Hospital Center. Throughout his career, he has also taught medical students for several years at the Universities of Patras and Thessaly. Additionally, he has served as a Consultant in the Urology Clinics of the University Hospital of Thessaly and the General Hospital of Elefsina "Thriasio." In his practice, with the support of modern equipment, he performs comprehensive examination and imaging of the genitourinary system, measurement of urine flow velocity, bladder catheterization, urethral dilations, and urethral stricture incisions. His exceptional theoretical training, ongoing medical education in the field of urology, and genuine interest in the patient ensure the provision of personalized services across a wide range of urological conditions.

Ο Αλέξανδρος Σιδέρης είναι φυσικοθεραπευτής με κλινική εξειδίκευση στη Μυοσκελετική Φυσικοθεραπεία, το Manual Therapy, τον Βιοϊατρικό Βελονισμό και τη διαχείριση του επίμονου και χρόνιου πόνου. Δραστηριοποιείται σε δύο εξειδικευμένες κλινικές φυσικοθεραπείας, τη Physio Science Clinic και το Pain Physios, εφαρμόζοντας μια κοινή φιλοσοφία σύγχρονης, εξατομικευμένης και επιστημονικά τεκμηριωμένης φυσικοθεραπείας.

Και στους δύο κλινικούς χώρους, η θεραπεία ξεκινά από την ουσιαστική κατανόηση του προβλήματος και όχι απλώς από τη διάγνωση. Η λεπτομερής αξιολόγηση, ο κλινικός συλλογισμός και η συνεχής επανεκτίμηση αποτελούν τη βάση για τη δημιουργία ενός πραγματικά εξατομικευμένου θεραπευτικού πλάνου.

Ιδιαίτερη έμφαση δίνεται στη Μυοσκελετική Φυσικοθεραπεία, στον επίμονο και χρόνιο πόνο, στις παθήσεις της σπονδυλικής στήλης, στις κεφαλαλγίες, στις δυσλειτουργίες της κροταφογναθικής άρθρωσης, στις παθήσεις του περιφερικού νευρικού συστήματος, καθώς και σε σύνθετα περιστατικά όπου τα συμπτώματα επιμένουν ή δεν εξηγούνται εύκολα από μία μόνο διάγνωση.

Παράλληλα, προσφέρονται εξατομικευμένα προγράμματα μετεγχειρητικής και αθλητικής αποκατάστασης, με στόχο την ασφαλή επάνοδο στη λειτουργικότητα, την επιθυμητή καθημερινότητα και την επιστροφή στον αθλητισμό.

Στις υπηρεσίες των δύο κλινικών χώρων περιλαμβάνονται, ανάλογα με τις ανάγκες κάθε περιστατικού, θεραπευτική άσκηση, Manual Therapy, βελονισμός, εκπαίδευση στην κατανόηση του πόνου και σύγχρονες τεχνολογίες αποκατάστασης, πάντα μέσα σε ένα εξατομικευμένο θεραπευτικό πλάνο.

Στους τομείς εξειδικευμένης φροντίδας εντάσσονται επίσης η Φυσικοθεραπεία Πυελικού Εδάφους και η φυσικοθεραπευτική υποστήριξη ανθρώπων στους οποίους ο χρόνιος πόνος, το στρες, η χρόνια κόπωση και η ψυχική επιβάρυνση αλληλεπιδρούν και επηρεάζουν σημαντικά τη λειτουργικότητα και την ποιότητα ζωής. Η κοινή φιλοσοφία των δύο κλινικών χώρων είναι απλή: δεν αντιμετωπίζουμε μόνο τη διάγνωση, αλλά τον άνθρωπο πίσω από αυτήν.

Michael Chrysofos is a Urologist - Andrologist with a private practice at Mavili Square, Director of the 3rd University Urology Clinic at the University General Hospital "Attikon". He is a Professor of Urology at the University of Athens and holds a doctoral degree from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Dr. Chrysofos has extensive experience in oncological urology, endoscopic urology, and transurethral resection of the prostate (TURis). Urologist Michael Chrysofos has worked in numerous hospitals in Greece and abroad, including Central Middlesex Hospital in London and Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. Through continuous postgraduate training, he stays updated in his field and provides the most advanced and specialized services, meeting the needs of his patients. Finally, he has participated in numerous Greek and international conferences and is a member of many Greek and international scientific societies and organizations.

Tzelepis Vasileios is a Urologist - Andrologist who maintains private practices in Kato Patissia and Chalandri. He holds a medical degree from the Medical Department of the Military School of Corps Officers and specialized in Urology at the 2nd Urological Clinic of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is a Doctor of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and specialized in Endourology and Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy at the 2nd Urological Clinic of the same university. Alongside his private practice, he serves as Deputy Director at the Urological Clinic of the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, and previously held the position of Consultant at the Urological Clinic of the 417 Military Fund Medical Institution and at the Urological Clinic of the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens. He has presented 47 scientific papers at Greek conferences, delivered 10 lectures, and authored 4 scientific books. Finally, he is a Fellow of the European Board of Urology and a member of the Athens Medical Association, the Hellenic Urological Association, and the European Association of Urology.

Ο Φανουργιάκης Αλέξανδρος είναι Γυναικολόγος - Μαιευτήρας και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στους Αμπελοκήπους. Παράλληλα, είναι συνεργάτης της Μαιευτικής - Γυναικολογικής Κλινικής ‘’ΙΑΣΩ’’ και μέλος της ομάδας Ελάχιστα Επεμβατικής Χειρουργικής της. Σπούδασε στην Ιατρική Σχολή του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών και έλαβε τον τίτλο της ειδικότητας της Μαιευτικής και Γυναικολογίας το 2018, κατόπιν εκπαίδευσης στα νοσοκομεία ‘’Ελπίς’’, ‘’Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Κορίνθου’’ και ‘’‘Ελενα Βενιζέλου’’. Επίσης, το 2019 πιστοποιήθηκε από το Ευρωπαϊκό Κολλέγιο Μαιευτήρων - Γυναικολόγων, μετά από επιτυχή συμμετοχή στις πανευρωπαϊκές εξετάσεις ειδικότητας. Ακόμη, κατέχει Δίπλωμα στην Ελάχιστα Επεμβατική Χειρουργική από το διεθνούς φήμης World Laparoscopy Hospital της Ινδίας, ενώ έχει εκπαιδευτεί στην Λαπαροσκόπηση και την Υστεροσκόπηση από την Ευρωπαϊκή Εταιρεία Γυναικολόγων Ενδοσκοπικών Χειρουργών. Έχει εξειδικευτεί στην Ουρογυναικολογία στο Νοσοκομείο Whittington του Λονδίνου, όπου διετέλεσε μέλος της ιατρικής ομάδας της Τριτοβάθμιας Κλινικής Χρόνιων Ουρολοιμώξεων και Διαταραχών Κατώτερου Ουροποιητικού Συστήματος, η οποία είναι η μοναδική του είδους στη χώρα. Το παρόν διάστημα, πραγματοποιεί μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές με αντικείμενο την Ελάχιστα Επεμβατική και Ρομποτική Χειρουργική στο Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών. Διαθέτει σημαντική εμπειρία στην αντιμετώπιση ποικίλων και περίπλοκων περιστατικών από όλο το φάσμα της Μαιευτικής και Γυναικολογίας, όπως κυήσεων υψηλού κινδύνου, καλοήθων και κακοήθων παθήσεων γεννητικού συστήματος, ορμονικών διαταραχών και διαταραχών εμμηνόπαυσης καθώς και οι διαταραχές του πυελικού εδάφους, όπως η πρόπτωση πυελικών οργάνων, η ακράτεια ούρων και οι κακώσεις περινέου. Έχει συμμετάσχει ως ομιλητής σε πληθώρα ιατρικών συνεδρίων στην Ελλάδα και το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, ενώ εργασίες του έχουν δημοσιευτεί σε ελληνικά και διεθνή περιοδικά. Τέλος, αποτέλεσε μέλος της συγγραφικής ομάδας της τελευταίας έκδοσης του ‘’Textbook of Female Urology and Urogynaecology’’, ενός εκ των σημαντικότερων εγχειριδίων Ουρογυναικολογίας παγκοσμίως.

Paizis Thodoris is a Urologist with a private practice in Pagrati. He graduated from the Medical School of Ovidius University with a specialty in Urology and is also a graduate of the Military Medical Training School (SEOPY) from the Air Force Medical Personnel Training Center (KEYPA). The doctor is a specialist urologist with extensive clinical experience in both the public and private sectors. Since 2024, he has been a Consultant at the Urology Clinic of the Medical Center of Palaio Faliro and maintains a private practice in Pagrati. He has served at major hospitals such as the General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas,” where he completed his specialty in Urology, and has actively participated in Greek and international conferences with scientific presentations. His goal is to provide high-level medical services based on continuous education and scientific evidence.

Perrakis Vasileios is an Obstetrician - Gynecological Surgeon and maintains a private practice in Pagkrati. He completed his studies at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and subsequently specialized in Gynecology and Obstetrics both in Greece and at international institutions. Specifically, he underwent further training at St. John’s Hospital Mid Essex in the United Kingdom and specialized in Ultrasound, Hysteroscopy, Laparoscopy, and Colposcopy departments within the UK National Health Service. In his private clinic, he provides comprehensive information on issues concerning women of all ages and offers the best possible management of disorders, addressing their needs from adolescence through menopause. In a fully equipped office with state-of-the-art equipment, he manages cases by providing optimal treatment and restoration with particular expertise in fertility issues as well as pregnancy monitoring. Finally, he offers counseling on contraception, management of menstrual cycle disorders, menopause, and the full spectrum of cervical pathology, from prevention to surgical intervention when necessary.

Iatrokosmos is a comprehensive primary healthcare unit located in the Ambelokipi area. It consists of the Iatrokosmos Urological Department, which is staffed with highly trained scientific personnel and equipped with state-of-the-art medical technology. The center's goal is to provide the solution each patient desires, from diagnosis to treatment, in a cost-effective, reliable manner, using only the necessary examinations. Its objective is to cover the health needs of every family, insured or uninsured, of any age, with comprehensive solutions. Their philosophy includes three core principles: friendly service, high-quality examinations, and affordable prices. Finally, always prioritizing patient safety, they take responsibility for the patient's health from start to finish, that is, from diagnosis through treatment.

Ioannis Siafakas, Urologist, is a graduate of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and has completed further training at the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas" and at Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard Medical School. He is the Deputy Director of the Urology Department at the 251 Air Force General Hospital and handles cases covering the full spectrum of urology. Having specialized in neuro-urology and urodynamics, he is highly qualified to inform patients of all ages on issues related to the pathology of the genitourinary system. Urologist Ioannis Siafakas provides comprehensive services to patients suffering from prostate hypertrophy, urinary incontinence, and lithiasis. Additionally, through continuous training in recent years, he undertakes surgical cases such as kidney, bladder, and prostate tumors. In a state-of-the-art clinic, using the latest technology equipment, he offers the best possible diagnosis, treatment, and management for patients suffering from varicocele, employing laparoscopic and robotic repair, as well as phimosis treatment using radiofrequency or laser for improved healing.

Theofilou Theodoros is a Urologist - Andrologist and maintains a private practice in Kypseli. He holds a Medical Degree from Moscow University and specialized in Urology at the General Hospital of Heraklion Crete "Venizeleio" and the General Hospital of Athens "Hippokration". The physician has served as an external collaborator at the "Errikos Dynan" Hospital and specializes in Oncologic Urology, Endoscopic Urology, Andrology, and Infertility. In his private practice, he offers a wide range of services, tailored to the individual needs of each patient.

Η Δρ. Γεωργακοπούλου Αλεξάνδρα είναι Μαιευτήρας Γυναικολόγος με 20ετή εμπειρία και εξειδίκευση στον Προγεννητικό Έλεγχο, την Ιατρική Εμβρύου, την προηγμένη Μαιευτική και Γυναικολογική Υπερηχογραφία και την παρακολούθηση κυήσεων υψηλού κινδύνου. Σπούδασε στην Ιατρική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου της Βόννης στη Γερμανία από όπου αποφοίτησε το 1993. Στη συνέχεια μετέβη στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο και ειδικεύθηκε εξ ολοκλήρου στη Μαιευτική - Γυναικολογία. To 2001 απέκτησε τον Ευρωπαϊκό τίτλο ειδικότητας στην Μαιευτική και Γυναικολογία. Στη συνέχεια εξειδικεύτηκε για πολλά έτη στον τομέα του Προγεννητικού Ελέγχου και της Ιατρικής εμβρύου στα μεγάλα Πανεπιστημιακά Νοσοκομεία St George’s University Hospital, και King’s College University Hospital στο Λονδίνο. Η εξειδίκευσή της αφορά την προγεννητική διάγνωση συγγενών ανωμαλιών εμβρύου, την εκτέλεση των υπερηχογραφημάτων κύησης αυχενικής διαφάνειας και Β’ επιπέδου καθώς και τις επεμβάσεις αμνιοκέντησης και λήψης τροφοβλάστης. Το 1999 απέκτησε μεταπτυχιακό τίτλο στους προηγμένους Μαιευτικούς Υπερήχους από το Βασιλικό Κολλέγιο Μαιευτήρων - Γυναικολόγων του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου. Το 2000 πιστοποιήθηκε από το Fetal Medicine Foundation της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας και το όνομά της έκτοτε συμπεριλαμβάνεται στην παγκόσμια λίστα ιατρών που αξιολογούνται κάθε χρόνο και έχουν το δικαίωμα να χρησιμοποιούν το πρόγραμμα της Αυχενικής Διαφάνειας διεθνώς. Το 2005, με την επιστροφή της στην Ελλάδα εντάσσεται στο Νοσοκομείο ΜΗΤΕΡΑ στην Αθήνα, ως Μαιευτήρας Γυναικολόγος με εξειδίκευση στην Ιατρική Εμβρύου, όπου και συνεχίζει να εργάζεται αδιαλείπτως έως σήμερα στο τμήμα Εμβυομητρικής Ιατρικής. Το 2005 ιδρύει στο Κολωνάκι το προηγμένο Μαιευτικό Γυναικολογικό Κέντρο gonimotis όπου και συνεχίζει να εργάζεται έως σήμερα. Στο κέντρο gonimotis διενεργούνται όλες οι εξειδικευμένες εξετάσεις Εμβρυομητρικής Ιατρικής, όπως η αυχενική διαφάνεια, τα υπερηχογραφήματα Β’ επιπέδου και Doppler, οι επεμβάσεις αμνιοπαρακέντησης και λήψης τροφοβλάστης, το μη-επεμβατικό γενετικό τεστ καθώς και η πλήρης παρακολούθηση των κυήσεων. Κατέχει την υπ’ αριθμ Υ7α/ΓΠ10373 άδεια εκτέλεσης Μαιευτικών και Γυναικολογικών Υπερηχογραφημάτων από το ΚΕΣΥ, κατόπιν επιτυχίας στις σχετικές εξετάσεις που διοργανώνει το Υπουργείο Υγείας.

Spanos Nikolaos is a Urologist - Andrologist based in Ilisia. He studied at the Military Officers School of Corps (SSAS) and at the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and obtained his specialty in Urology from the 1st University Urological Clinic of G.N.A. “Laiko”. He has completed postgraduate studies (MSc) in Healthcare Unit Management and is an accredited Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU). He has significant clinical experience, maintaining collaborations with private clinics within Attica, and serves as Consultant at the Urological Clinic of the 251 General Hospital of Athens. Finally, he has participated in numerous Greek and international conferences and specialized programs in Urology – Andrology, has a substantial body of publications in scientific journals, and has been nationally recognized for his scientific contributions.

Dr. Mertziotis Nikolaos is a Urologist - Andrologist with private practices in Ampelokipoi, Cholargos, and Neo Psychiko. He holds a PhD from the University of Athens on the topic "Investigation of Urological and Sexual Disorders in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis." He earned his Medical Degree from the Medical School of the University of Modena, Italy, and specialized in Urology as a fellow of the Hellenic Urological Association, training at various hospitals in the United Kingdom with a focus on urinary incontinence urodynamics, urethroplasty, and reconstruction of the lower urinary tract. Additionally, he specialized in laparoscopic and robotic surgery in Strasbourg, France. He has been awarded by the Urological Association for an innovative urethroplasty technique and has presented his work on innovative laser focal therapy for prostate cancer in the Netherlands, Japan, Washington, and Los Angeles. Concurrently, he has been the Director of the Urology Clinic at Metropolitan General since 2014, possessing extensive clinical experience from his work at "Errikos Dynan" Hospital, the Athens Bioclinic, "Mitera" Hospital, among others, having successfully performed over 8,000 surgical procedures. He has introduced new techniques both in Greece and internationally. Lastly, he has presented and participated in 80 international and Greek studies and numerous conferences as a speaker and is a member of the European Association of Urology, the Hellenic Urological Association, the British Association of Urology, the Board of the Urodynamics, Incontinence and Female Urology Committee of the Hellenic Urological Association. He is the President of the Hellenic Society of Focal Therapy as well as the President of the Society of Preventive Medicine and Primary Care.

Andreas Petrolekas is a Urologist - Andrologist who maintains a private practice in Ampelokipoi. He holds certification from the European Board of Urology and is specialized in internationally recognized clinics and in vitro fertilization centers in Paris, focusing on minimally invasive techniques for managing prostate hyperplasia (prostate vaporization with TURis and laser), malignancies of the urinary system (laparoscopic treatment of kidney, bladder, and prostate tumors), lithiasis (flexible ureteroscopy, laser lithotripsy, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy), as well as the diagnosis and treatment of urinary incontinence. He possesses remarkable experience, having worked in numerous clinics and hospitals such as Errikos Dynan Hospital, the Medical Center Group, Euroclinic Athens, as well as hospitals in Paris where he completed advanced training in internationally recognized clinics.

Fragkoulis Gerasimos is a Urologist-Andrologist who maintains practices in Athens and London. He is a graduate of the Medical School of the University of Patras and holds a Master's Degree in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic Surgery and Telesurgery from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is also a PhD candidate at the Medical School of the University of Athens on the immunobiology of kidney cancer. He completed his specialization in Urology at the Athens General Hospital "Elpis" and then worked for three years as a Consultant at the “Ippokrateion” General Hospital of Athens. He has specialized in Robotic Urinary Surgery and Uro-Oncology in the United Kingdom having completed two fellowships at the Royal Surrey County Hospital and the Bradford Royal Infirmary and is the only Urologist in Greece who has received the Certificate of Excellence in performing robotic radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer from the Robotic Surgery section of the European Association of Urology. On the subject of Robotic, Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery he has further trained in Belgium and France and has received the Diplome d' Universite de Chirurgie Laparoscopique from the University of Strasbourg. He has taught medical students at the Universities of Leeds and Surrey in General Urology and Uro-Oncology while supervising young interns at the hospitals he worked in Britain. The doctor is also specialized in Aesthetic Andrology having been trained in Milan in the techniques of cosmetic surgery of the external genital organs.During the last 5 years, he is among the surgeons with the highest volume of Aesthetic Andrology cases in the United Kingdom, including phalloplasty, scrotoplasty and filler applications for non-surgical penis enlargement.He has received scholarships from the Hellenic Urological Association after written exams and from the Robotic Surgery section of the European Association of Urology. He has also received the certifications of Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU) and Fellow of the European Committee of Sexual Medicine (FECSM) and is a reviewer for the world-renowned journals Journal of Robotic Surgery and Journal of Clinical Urology. He has extensive surgical experience in the fields of prostate cancer (robotic radical prostatectomy, transperineal fusion biopsy of the prostate), bladder cancer (robotic radical cystectomy, TUR-BT), prostate enlargement (TURiS, HOLEP, robotic simple prostatectomy), urolithiasis (flexible laser ureteroscopy), Uro-Gynecology (incontinence tape, bladder BOTOX, robotic sacrocolpopexy) and Andrology (phalloplasty, scrotoplasty, penile fillers, scrotox, penile straightening for Peyronie's disease, partial and radical circumcision, preputioplasty, hydrocele, epididymal cysts, etc.). Finally, he undertakes cases of chronic pelvic pain (chronic prostatitis, interstitial cystitis, etc.) and erectile dysfunction, offering all the newest treatments such as PRP, Bocox and shock wave treatment.