Doctors for Kidney Cancer

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.

Spiliopoulos Panagiotis is a Urological Surgeon and currently serves as the Deputy Director of the 7th Urology Clinic at Hygeia Hospital and as the Scientific Director at the HealtSpot Peristeri multidisciplinary clinic (HHG group). He possesses extensive, twenty-year clinical experience (National Health System, Nikaia State Hospital, Hygeia, Mitera) and has performed hundreds of successful surgical procedures. He has significant expertise and specialization in the most advanced treatments as well as minimally invasive techniques, including endourological surgeries, laser (HoLEP) prostatectomy, Rezum prostatectomy, and laser lithotripsy. As a member of the Hellenic Urological Association (HUA), the European Association of Urology, and the Endourological Society, he remains continuously updated on the latest advancements in his specialty. He is committed to supporting patients by carefully listening to their needs and concerns both during diagnosis and throughout their treatment period. The physician conducts the full spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions using the most modern, innovative, and minimally invasive methods, always prioritizing patient safety and care.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dr. Stournaras Periklis MD is a Surgeon Urologist - Andrologist with a private practice in Ilioupoli. He has specialized in the Surgical Clinic and the Urological Clinic of the General Hospital "Polyclinic of Athens." He has been trained and has performed numerous surgical procedures concerning general and specialized urological issues, as well as in modern urology covering all contemporary therapeutic and surgical methods (endourology, laser, andrology, urinary incontinence, urolithiasis, oncology, laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery). Since 2002, he has maintained a private practice in Ilioupoli, offering his patients the most advanced therapeutic methods and techniques in the field of urology. In the past, he served as Consultant of the Urological Clinic at the "Metropolitan" Hospital. Currently, he collaborates with REA Obstetrics - Gynecology Clinic, Metropolitan Hospital, and West Athens Clinic. Finally, Dr. Stournaras has participated in numerous seminars, presentations, and lectures both in Greece and abroad and has a comprehensive portfolio of publications in foreign languages.

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. 

Ο Αριστείδης Γογάδης,MD, MSc, PhDc είναι Ειδικός Παθολόγος – Ογκολόγος και Στρατιωτικός Ιατρός. Σήμερα υπηρετεί ως Επιμελητής στην Ογκολογική Κλινική του 424 Γενικού Στρατιωτικού Νοσοκομείου Εκπαιδεύσεως (424 ΓΣΝΕ) στη Θεσσαλονίκη, ενώ παράλληλα διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στην Καλαμαριά, παρέχοντας εξειδικευμένες υπηρεσίες ογκολογικής εκτίμησης, θεραπευτικού σχεδιασμού και παρακολούθησης ασθενών με κακοήθη νοσήματα.

Αποφοίτησε από την Ιατρική Σχολή του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης και τη Στρατιωτική Σχολή Αξιωματικών Σωμάτων (ΣΣΑΣ). Είναι κάτοχος Μεταπτυχιακού Διπλώματος Ειδίκευσης (MSc) στην «Κλινική και Βιομηχανική Φαρμακολογία» από το Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης και υποψήφιος Διδάκτωρ της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων, με ερευνητικό αντικείμενο την ιστολογικά ανεξάρτητη ογκολογία (Tumor-Agnostic Oncology) και τις σύγχρονες εξατομικευμένες θεραπευτικές προσεγγίσεις.

Πραγματοποίησε την εκπαίδευσή του στην Παθολογία στο 424 ΓΣΝΕ Θεσσαλονίκης και στην Αιματολογία στο Πανεπιστημιακό Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Ιωαννίνων, ενώ ολοκλήρωσε την ειδίκευσή του στην Παθολογική Ογκολογία στην Ογκολογική Κλινική του Πανεπιστημιακού Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Ιωαννίνων.

Είναι απόφοιτος της Ελληνικής Ακαδημίας Ογκολογίας και έχει ολοκληρώσει επιτυχώς τις Ευρωπαϊκές Εξετάσεις Ιατρικής Ογκολογίας (ESMO Examination).

Παράλληλα, διαθέτει ενεργή επιστημονική και ερευνητική δραστηριότητα, με συμμετοχή σε δημοσιεύσεις σε διεθνή επιστημονικά περιοδικά. Συμμετέχει ενεργά σε ελληνικά και διεθνή ιατρικά συνέδρια, τόσο με την παρουσίαση επιστημονικών ανακοινώσεων όσο και ως προσκεκλημένος ομιλητής.

Τέλος, ο ιατρός είναι μέλος της Εταιρείας Ογκολόγων Παθολόγων Ελλάδος (ΕΟΠΕ), της Ομάδας Νέων Ελλήνων Ογκολόγων (ΟΝΕΟ), της Ευρωπαϊκής Εταιρείας Παθολογικής Ογκολογίας (ESMO) καθώς και της American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

Mpotsolis Konstantinos is an Oncologist who maintains private practices in Serres and Pylea, Thessaloniki. He graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a degree in Radiology from his previous studies at the University of West Attica. Upon completion of his studies, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he specialized in oncology. He possesses the experience and training necessary to provide oncological diagnosis and clinical assessment, as well as genetic counseling to patients.

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.

Dr. Petsas Konstantinos is a Surgeon Urologist - Andrologist with a private practice in Athens. He holds a medical degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (grade: Very Good) and graduated from the Military Officers School of Corps in 2007. The doctor has many years of experience and offers a wide range of services, including fertility assessment, prostate examination, urethrocystoscopy, uroflowmetry, comprehensive urological evaluation, kidney ultrasound, bladder ultrasound, and transrectal ultrasound for prostate biopsy, covering the entire spectrum of urological conditions, both oncological and non-oncological. Additionally, he is an affiliated physician at hospitals and clinics in Athens and is a member of the Athens Medical Association, the Hellenic Urological Association, and a fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU - Fellow of European Board of Urology - Brussels).

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.

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).

Ο Κουτσοκώστας Ευάγγελος είναι Χειρουργός Ουρολόγος - Ανδρολόγος και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στην οδό Ευελπίδων 59 στην Κυψέλη. Είναι απόφοιτος της Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης και κάτοχος Ευρωπαϊκού Τίτλου Πιστοποίησης Ουρολογίας (FEBU). Ειδικεύθηκε στην Ουρολογία στο Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Νέας Ιωνίας Κωνσταντοπούλειο – Αγία Όλγα, με εκπαίδευση σε πληθώρα ανοικτών και ενδοσκοπικών ουρολογικών επεμβάσεων (TURis - TURB). Είναι κάτοχος Μεταπτυχιακού Τίτλου Σπουδών (MSc) από την Ιατρική Σχολή Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών στο αντικείμενο «Νεοπλασματική Νόσος στον Άνθρωπο: Διάγνωση, Σύγχρονη Θεραπεία και Έρευνα», με διπλωματική εργασία στο νεφροκυτταρικό καρκίνωμα, καθώς και κάτοχος πιστοποιητικού επιμόρφωσης του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστήμιου Αθηνών στην «Ανδρική Υπογονιμότητα: Εργαστηριακή Διερεύνηση και Θεραπευτική Αντιμετώπιση». Έχει εξειδικευθεί στη νόσο von Hippel-Lindau στο University Medical Center Freiburg, έχει εκπαιδευτεί στο Σχολείο Ουροδυναμικής της Μονάδας Ουροδυναμικής του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών, ενώ έχει λάβει πιστοποίηση στην υπερηχογραφία του ουροποιογεννητικού συστήματος στο Γενικό Αντικαρκινικό - Ογκολογικό Νοσοκομείο «Άγιος Σάββας». Σήμερα είναι Επιμελητής Α’ στη Δ’ Ουρολογική Κλινική του Ερρίκος Ντυνάν Hospital Center, ενώ συνεργάζεται και με το Metropolitan General, το LUMEDICA Clinic και το Doctors' General Clinic.

Sopilidis Odysseas is a Urologist - Andrologist and maintains a private practice in Nea Filadelfeia. He holds a degree from the State Medical School of Almaty, Kazakhstan, specialized in Urology at the 2nd University Clinic of the General Hospital of Attica "Sismanoglio," and completed his postgraduate training in London. His research interests focus on Laparoscopic Surgery, Endourology, and Urological Oncology. Finally, the physician is a member of the Hellenic Urological Association.