Oncologist with experience in Kidney Cancer

Ο Πανόπουλος Χρήστος, MD, PhD, είναι Ογκολόγος και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στην οδό Ξενίας 3, έναντι Πλατείας Μαβίλης. Είναι Διευθυντής Ογκολογικού Τμήματος της Ευρωκλινικής Αθηνών. Είναι Διδάκτωρ του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών με Διδακτορική Διατριβή με θέμα: "Χορήγηση από του στόματος ετοποσίδης και εστραμουστίνης σε ασθενείς με ορμονοάντοχο καρκίνο του προστάτη". Έλαβε το πτυχίο της Ιατρικής από την Ιατρική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου της Genova στην Ιταλία, με βαθμό Άριστα. Εργάσθηκε σαν Ερευνητής στο ίδιο Πανεπιστήμιο. Ακολούθως, μετά την υποχρεωτική υπηρεσία υπαίθρου στην Μεσσηνιακή Μάνη, ειδικεύθηκε στην Παθολογία στο Γ’ Νοσοκομείο ΙΚΑ. Μετά την λήψη της ειδικότητας εργάσθηκε στο Ογκολογικό Νοσοκομείο "Άγιοι Ανάργυροι", όπου του απονεμήθηκε η ειδικότητα της Παθολογικής Ογκολογίας το 1998, όταν θεσπίσθηκε η ειδικότητα στην Ελλάδα. Υπηρέτησε διαδοχικά σαν Επιμελητής στα Ογκολογικά Νοσοκομεία "Άγιοι Ανάργυροι" και "Άγιος Σάββας", όπου εξελίχθηκε στον βαθμό του Διευθυντή της Β’ Ογκολογικής Κλινικής. Το 2015 αποφάσισε να συνεχίσει στον ιδιωτικό τομέα, οπότε υπέβαλλε την παραίτηση του και έκτοτε εργάζεται στην Ευρωκλινική Αθηνών σαν Διευθυντής Ογκολογικού Τμήματος. Έχει συμμετάσχει, σαν ερευνητής και υπεύθυνος επιδοτούμενου ερευνητικού προγράμματος για την κληρονομικότητα του καρκίνου του μαστού και των ωοθηκών και σαν υπεύθυνος του κληρονομικού καρκίνου και γενετικής συμβουλευτικής στο Νοσοκομείο "Άγιος Σάββας". Διετέλεσε Διευθυντής Σπουδών της Ελληνικής Ακαδημίας Ογκολογίας. Έχει λάβει μέρος σε πολυάριθμα Ελληνικά και Διεθνή Συνέδρια και Σεμινάρια και έχει δώσει εκατοντάδες διαλέξεις και ομιλίες σε στρογγυλά τραπέζια, δραστηριότητες, που συνεχίζονται και με την συμμετοχή σε ερευνητικά πρωτόκολλα. Έχει συμμετάσχει στην συγγραφή επιστημονικών συγγραμμάτων και μελετών σε επιστημονικά περιοδικά. Είναι κριτής (Reviewer) εργασιών διεθνών επιστημονικών περιοδικών. Τέλος, είναι ενεργό μέλος πολλών ελληνικών και διεθνών επιστημονικών εταιρειών και μέλος του ΔΣ της Αντικαρκινικής Εταιρείας. Έχει εκπαιδεύσει μεγάλο αριθμό ειδικευομένων στην Παθολογία και την Παθολογική Ογκολογία για περισσότερες από 2 δεκαετίες και συνεργάζεται με την "Επιστημονική Εταιρεία Φοιτητών Ιατρικής Ελλάδος" στην οργάνωση επιστημονικών εκδηλώσεων και την συγγραφή επιστημονικών άρθρων.

Stelios Xintzoglou MD, FEBU is a Urologist - DaVinci Robotic Surgeon specializing in prostate, bladder, and kidney surgery. He is fellowship trained at the largest Uro-Oncology centers in the United Kingdom over a decade. For the past 4 years, he worked as an NHS Consultant (Director level) before returning to Greece. He has performed and participated in more than one thousand robotic surgeries with a concurrent specialized clinical interest in General Urology, Prostate Hyperplasia, and Lithiasis. He has served as a Robotic Surgery trainer for fellow urologists as well as nursing staff. 

Specifically, he specialized at the University College London Hospital (UCLH), ranked 7th among the Best Specialized Urology Hospitals worldwide for 2023 and 2024 according to Newsweek magazine. He also trained at Royal Surrey Hospital, one of the leading robotic pelvic urology centers with the highest case volume in the UK, where he also worked as a Consultant. Additional clinical experience was acquired in Cambridge, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh, and Lincoln. 

He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Patras and completed his specialty training at Hippokration Hospital of Thessaloniki in 2014 before relocating to the United Kingdom. In the same year, he obtained the European Board of Urology certification (Fellow of the European Board of Urology, FEBU). 

Maroulis Stergios is a Urological Surgeon and has maintained a private practice in Thessaloniki since 2005. He is an outstanding Doctor of Philosophy and a graduate of the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He completed his specialty in Urology at the Surgical Department of the Prefectural First General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Agios Pavlos" and in the Urological Clinics of the Prefectural General Hospital of Kavala and the B’ IKA Hospital of Thessaloniki "Panagia." His extensive training and experience in the field of Urology - Andrology have equipped him with the necessary knowledge to effectively and efficiently manage a wide range of cases in his private practice today. Finally, he is a member of the Hellenic Urological Association and the Urological Association of Northern Greece.

Kapetanellis Eustratios is a Urologist - Andrologist with private practices in Elliniko and Ambelokipi. He holds a postgraduate degree in minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, and telesurgery and is a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bologna in Italy. Additionally, he holds the FEBU (Fellow of the European Board of Urology) title from the European Urological Association and has specialized in Urology at major hospitals in the country. He is specialized in oncological urology and has extensive experience in diseases of the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, prostate, and andrological conditions. Moreover, he has numerous participations in conferences in Greece and abroad, with various presentations at many of them. Finally, the doctor is a member of the Hellenic Urological Association, the European Urological Association, and the Endourological Society.

Volonakis Ioannis MD, FEBU is a Urologist - Andrologist who maintains a private practice in Heraklion, Crete. He holds a medical degree from the "La Sapienza" University in Rome and is specialized in Urology, having trained at Venizeleio Hospital of Heraklion and the University Hospital of Heraklion. During his career, he has served as an Assistant Consultant at the General Hospital of Chania. Currently, in his private practice, he manages conditions and provides services covering the entire spectrum of his specialty, including prostate diseases, erectile dysfunction, and prostate cancer. Additionally, he is a member of the European Board of Urology in Brussels, the Hellenic Urological Association, and the European Association of Urology. He continuously updates his knowledge on the latest advancements in his field by participating in national and international conferences.

Komninos Xristos MD, MSc, PhD, FEBU is a Urologist - Andrologist, Director of the Department of Reconstructive and Advanced Urological Surgery at the Athens Medical Center, and holds a PhD in Urology from the Medical School of the University of Athens. He has specialized in robotic and laparoscopic surgery, endourology, and the management of urological oncological diseases at Severance Hospitals in Seoul and the Cleveland Clinic in the USA. At the clinic, in a modern and fully equipped facility, a range of medical services are provided, including transrectal ultrasound, fertility assessment, prostate examination, cystoscopy, circumcision, ultrasound of the kidneys, bladder, and prostate, as well as scrotal and penile triplex ultrasound, respectively. Komninos Xristos has performed and participated in over 1,000 robotic and laparoscopic surgeries covering the entire spectrum of urology. Additionally, he was involved in the world's first robotic partial nephrectomy using the new single-port platform of the Da Vinci robot. His focus lies in the modern, minimally invasive treatment of the full range of urological and genital disorders in both genders.

Dr. Nikolaos Koliakos MD, PhD, FEBU is a Urologist - Andrologist Surgeon with a private practice in Thessaloniki. He holds a PhD from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a thesis titled: "Evaluation of techniques for ligation of the internal spermatic veins in infertile men with varicocele and their impact on testicular blood flow and function." Additionally, he graduated from the Medical School of the aforementioned institution and completed further training with a scholarship from the European Urological Association in robotic and laparoscopic urology at the Urology Clinic of OLV Aalst Hospital in Belgium. Dr. Koliakos is a specialized urologist and a Fellow of the European Board of Urology and has worked in numerous hospitals and clinics, such as the "Saint Luke" Clinic and the Second Urological Clinic of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Finally, he is a member of several Greek and European medical associations and scientific societies, and his private practice offers services covering the full spectrum of urology.

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.

Kratiras Zisis is an Assistant Professor of Urology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He works at the University General Hospital "Attikon" and maintains a private practice in Glyfada. He has served as a scientific collaborator at the Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Center of the Medical Center of Athens. He studied at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he completed his doctoral thesis with distinction. He specialized in Urology at the Urology Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens "Hippokration," and during his specialty training, he was trained in Plastic Surgery and Gynecology at the Oncology Hospital of Athens "Agios Savvas." Furthermore, following Pan-European examinations, he obtained the title of Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU). Subsequently, he completed advanced training in Laparoscopy and Endourology/Lithiasis Management at Monklands University Hospital in Glasgow, as well as in Robotic Surgery of the Upper Urinary Tract (kidney and ureter surgeries) at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. In 2019, he worked for one year as an assistant consultant B at the "Achillopouleio" General Hospital of Volos. In 2020, he returned to the United Kingdom and undertook further training at Bradford University Hospital, completing a robotic fellowship in Robotic Surgery of the Lower Urinary Tract/Pelvis (prostate and bladder surgeries). In June 2022, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Urology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has participated in numerous Greek and international conferences, both as an invited speaker and as a presenter of posters and oral presentations, and has published numerous foreign-language articles in reputable journals in the scientific field. Finally, he has contributed as an author to the international English-language book on Robotic Urology "Robotics in Genitourinary Surgery," edition 2, Springer.

Aristeidis Zarogiannos is a Urologist - Andrologist and maintains a private practice in Kolonaki. He is a graduate of the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Military Officers School of Corps (S.S.A.S). He has many years of clinical experience, having worked in several military hospitals in Attica, and serves as a Military Physician in the Urology Clinic of the 417 NIMTS.

Aggelou Nikolaos is a Urologist - Andrologist and operates a private practice in Chalandri. Additionally, he is a Urological Surgeon in the Urology Department of the Athens Medical Center. He has also worked for many years at the General Hospital of Piraeus "Tzaneio." He studied Medicine at the Universita degli Studi di Bologna and specializes in endoscopic urology, transurethral resection of the prostate (TURis), as well as oncology.

Oncologist Karagiannis Athanasios, at the Athens Bioclinic, is responsible for the complete design and administration of systemic (intravenous or oral) therapy such as classic chemotherapy and primarily immunotherapy and targeted molecular therapy, based on the results of molecular testing conducted on the tumor of each specific patient, aiming for individualized therapeutic selection in accordance with global guidelines, thus providing patients suffering from cancer access to the latest therapeutic options in immunotherapy and targeted therapy.

He also actively participates in the oncology board, through which decisions are made that determine the overall therapeutic approach to managing a malignant disease. This includes, besides systemic therapy, radiotherapy, surgical removal, and various local treatments (thermal ablation, embolization). The medical team of the oncology board includes physicians from all specialties involved in treating a malignant disease, such as surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, internists, and pathologists, offering a comprehensive assessment of the disease, its treatment, and potential complications during the overall therapeutic course.

In our Oncology Department, numerous patients with lung cancer, stomach and intestinal cancer, pancreatic, liver, and biliary tract cancer, bladder and kidney cancer, and breast cancer are monitored.

Additionally, emphasis is placed on the complex therapeutic management of metastatic and advanced cancers through the simultaneous application of systemic and local therapies (directly to the metastatic site) in collaboration with the specialized interventional radiology department of the Athens Bioclinic. 

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.

Ο Παθολόγος-Ογκολόγος Κουτσούκος Κωνσταντίνος γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα το 1978 και φοίτησε στη Σχολή Μωραΐτη από την οποία και αποφοίτησε με Άριστα το 1996. Στη συνέχεια εισήχθη με πανελλαδικές εξετάσεις στην Ιατρική σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών από την οποία και αποφοίτησε με βαθμό Λίαν Kαλώς το 2003. Αφού υπηρέτησε στην Πολεμική Αεροπορία σαν σμηνίτης ιατρός σε διάφορες μονάδες μεταξύ των οποίων και το 251 Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Αεροπορίας το 2004-2005, ακολούθησε η υπηρεσία υπαίθρου (αγροτικό) στο Νοσοκομείο Βόλου και στο Πήλιο Μαγνησίας. Το 2005 παρακολούθησε επιτυχώς το μετεκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών με τίτλο: “Βασικές αρχές του καρκίνου από τη διάγνωση μέχρι τη θεραπεία”. Το 2007 ολοκλήρωσε το μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα «MSc in Molecular Medicine» στο Imperial College του Λονδίνου με εκπόνηση πτυχιακής εργασία με θέμα τον καρκίνο του προστάτη. Από το 2007 έως το 2010 εργάστηκε σαν ειδικευόμενος στην Παθολογία στα πλαίσια του γενικού μέρους της ειδικότητας στη Β Παθολογική κλινική του Σισμανογλείου Νοσοκομείου και στη συνέχεια σαν ειδικευόμενος στην Αιματολογία και επιστημονικός συνεργάτης στην Αιματολογική Κλινική του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών στο Λαϊκό Νοσοκομείο. Από το Μάιο του 2011 ειδικεύτηκε στην Παθολογική Ογκολογία στην Ογκολογική-Αιματολογική Μονάδα της Θεραπευτικής Κλινικής του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, στο Νοσοκομείο Αλεξάνδρα υπό τη διεύθυνση του Καθηγητή Μ.Α. Δημόπουλου. Τη διετία 2012-2014 παρακολούθησε επιτυχώς τον 2ο κύκλο σπουδών της Ελληνικής Ακαδημίας Ογκολογίας. Μετά την απόκτηση του τίτλου ειδικότητας της Παθολογικής Ογκολογίας το 2014, παρέμεινε ενεργό μέλος της κλινικής ως επιστημονικός συνεργάτης, συμμετέχοντας τόσο στο κλινικό, όσο και στο ερευνητικό έργο της κλινικής. Τη διετία 2012-2014 παρακολούθησε επιτυχώς τον 2ο κύκλο σπουδών της Ελληνικής Ακαδημίας Ογκολογίας. Παρουσιάζει ιδιαίτερο κλινικό και ερευνητικό ενδιαφέρον για τον γυναικολογικό και ουρογεννητικό καρκίνο, με συμμετοχή, ανακοινώσεις και δημοσιεύσεις σε ελληνικά και διεθνή συνέδρια. Συμμετέχει ως ερευνητής τόσο σε ελληνικές όσο και σε διεθνείς κλινικές μελέτες για την ανάπτυξη νέων φαρμάκων σε διάφορους τύπους καρκίνου, όπως ο καρκίνος του μαστού, των ωοθηκών, του νεφρού, της ουροδόχου κύστης κ.α. Είναι μέλος της Εταιρείας Ογκολόγων Παθολόγων Ελλάδος (ΕΟΠΕ) και της Ελληνικής Ερευνητικής Ομάδας Ουρο-Γεννητικού Καρκίνου (ΕΕΟΟΓΕΚ). Είναι πιστοποιημένο μέλος της European Society of Medical Oncology (ΕSMO) και μέλος της American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο και συνεργάζεται με Ιδιωτικές κλινικές και Νοσοκομεία.

Pisiotis Nikolaos is a Urological Surgeon - Andrologist with private clinics in Vyronas and Oropos. He holds a Doctorate from the "Otto von Guericke" University Magdeburg, Germany, and graduated from the Medical School of the same University. The physician specialized in oncological urology, endoscopic urology, and laparoscopic-robotic surgery. He is a former Senior Consultant at the General State Hospital Olvenstedt in Magdeburg, Germany, and a Collaborator of the "Athens Medical Center," the "White Cross Athens," and the "Doctors' Hospital" Clinic. His private clinics offer ultrasound, uroflowmetry, cystoscopy, and prostate biopsies. The physician addresses issues of male infertility and erectile dysfunction, as well as urinary tract lithiasis (extracorporeal lithotripsy / percutaneous lithotripsy / endoscopic removal / robot-assisted stone removal) and urinary incontinence (men - women).

Athanasios Rigopoulos is a Urologist - Andrologist with private practices in Patras and Nafpaktos. The doctor specialized in surgical urology at the University Regional Hospital of Ioannina and in surgical urology at the General State Hospital of Patras. In 2014, he completed his doctoral dissertation and obtained his PhD title. Additionally, he is the Scientific Director of the urology department as well as the urological surgeon at the privately-owned General Clinic Protoklitos in Patras. He also has extensive experience in transurethral prostate-bladder surgery using the TUR-is method. The doctor performs prostate biopsy procedures at the clinic using the most advanced BK Focus 400 urological ultrasound. Furthermore, he employs an innovative and pioneering treatment for Patras and Western Greece: a painless and effective shockwave therapy—Piezoelectric Shockwave Therapy—for erectile dysfunction, chronic pelvic pain—chronic prostatitis—and Peyronie's disease, using the latest PiezoWave 2 device from the German company Richard Wolf. Finally, the urological surgeon continuously updates himself on the latest and validated advancements and techniques from Greece and abroad, which he applies in daily medical practice.