Health professionals for Οστεοαρθρίτιδα in Athens

Ο Ασλανίδης Ηλίας MD,MSc,FEBOT είναι Στρατιωτικός Ιατρός, Ορθοπαιδικός και Διευθυντής Τμήματος Κάτω Άκρου και Επανορθωτικής Χειρουργικής Ποδός στη Ευρωκλινική Αθηνών. Διατηρεί Ιατρείο στους Αμπελόκηπους, Λουίζης Ριανκούρ 65-67 και στο Λαγονήσι. Είναι απόφοιτος της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Αριστοτέλειου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης και Αριστούχος απόφοιτος της Στρατιωτικής Σχολής Αξιωματικών Σωμάτων (ΣΣΑΣ) (Υπαρχηγός Τάξης). Ειδικεύτηκε στην Ορθοπαιδική και Τραυματολογία για 1,5 χρόνο στο 401 Γενικό Στρατιωτικό Νοσοκομείο Αθηνών, 6 μήνες στην Γ΄ Ορθοπαιδική Κλινική του ΚΑΤ Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Αττικής και 3 χρόνια στο Great Western Hospital του Σουίντον στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, όπου και ολοκλήρωσε την εκπαίδευση του. Είναι κάτοχος και αριστούχος του μεταπτυχιακού διπλώματος Μεταβολικών Νοσημάτων των Οστών του Εθνικού & Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών. Κατά τη διάρκεια της ειδικότητας του στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο εκπαιδεύτηκε για 6 μήνες στην άκρα χείρας και μικροχειρουργική, 6 μήνες στις παθήσεις ώμου και αγκώνος, 6 μήνες στις παθήσεις ισχίου, 6 μήνες στις παθήσεις σπονδυλικής στήλης και 1 χρόνο στις παθήσεις γόνατος και αθλητικών κακώσεων. Συνέχισε την εξειδίκευση του στο κάτω άκρο και στις αθλητικές κακώσεις (συμπεριλαμβανομένου παιδιών και εφήβων) για 1 χρόνο στο Σουίντον του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου (Senior Fellow) με διενέργεια μεγάλου αριθμού εξειδικευμένων επεμβάσεων υπ’ ευθύνη του. Eργάζεται ως επιμελητής της Β' Ορθοπαιδικής του 401 Γενικού Στρατιωτικού Νοσοκομείου Αθηνών και είναι Διευθυντής του Υγειονομικού Τμήματος της Ζ' Μοίρας Αμφιβίων Καταδρομών. Είναι Διευθυντής Τμήματος Κάτω Άκρου και Επανορθωτικής Χειρουργικής Ποδός στη Ευρωκλινική Αθηνών ενώ επιπλέον είναι Sports Medicine Consultant της Tangram Sports Management, εταιρείας που διαχειρίζεται μεγάλο αριθμό επαγγελματιών παικτών μπάσκετ σε όλη την Ευρώπη. Παρέχει ιατρικές συμβουλές για την αντιμετώπιση αθλητικών κακώσεων σε επαγγελματικές ομάδες μπάσκετ τόσο της Ευρώπης (Euroleague, Eurocup, Liga ACB, BBL, LNB Pro A κ.α.) όσο και της Ασίας. Στο παρελθόν έχει διατελέσει ιατρός και σε άλλες μονάδες των ειδικών δυνάμεων με συμμετοχή σε διάφορα σχολεία του Ελληνικού Στρατού (Ελεύθερης Πτώσης, Καταδυτικής Ιατρικής), καθώς και ιατρός αγώνων ποδοσφαίρου (ΕΠΣΑ,ΕΠΣΑΝΑ,ΕΠΣΔΑ,ΕΠΣΠ, Football Leaue,Football League 2, Superleague Νέων) και πολεμικών τεχνών (πανελλήνιο πρωτάθλημα παγκρατίου, καράτε κ.α.). Είναι μέλος του Ιατρικού Συλλόγου του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου (GMC Specialty Registry) και της Βρετανικής Ορθοπαιδικής Εταιρείας Ποδός και Ποδοκνημικής (BOFAS). Έχει συμμετάσχει στο παρελθόν σε πληθώρα συνεδρίων ελληνικών και διεθνών. Έχει εξειδικευτεί στο κάτω άκρο και στις αθλητικές κακώσεις με ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον το γόνατο , την ποδοκνημική και τον άκρο πόδα. Είναι ένας από τους λίγους χειρουργούς στην Ελλάδα με επίσημη εξειδίκευση στο πόδι και την ποδοκνημική στο εξωτερικό ( Foot and Αnkle Fellow). Είναι υπότροφος της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής Ορθοπαιδικής και Τραυματολογίας κατόπιν ειδικών εξετάσεων και αυτήν την περίοδο είναι συνεργάτης της Ευρωκλινικής Αθηνών, της Βιοκλινικής Αθηνών, του Θεραπευτηρίου ΥΓΕΙΑ, ΜΗΤΕΡΑ και του Ιατρικού Κέντρου Αθηνών. Λόγω της ενασχόλησης του για χρόνια με τον αθλητισμό-έχοντας υπάρξει ο ίδιος ποδοσφαιριστής - και γνωρίζοντας πλέον και τις δύο όψεις αθλητή και ιατρού διαθέτει μεγάλη εμπειρία στις αθλητικές κακώσεις και στην ταχεία επιστροφή των αθλητών στις επαγγελματικές τους δραστηριότητες. Υπηρετώντας επιπλέον για περισσότερο από 6 χρόνια σε μονάδες Ειδικών Δυνάμεων έχει αναλάβει μεγάλο αριθμό δύσκολων περιπτώσεων που έχει φέρει εις πέρας με μεγάλη επιτυχία, βασιζόμενος στις ιδιαιτερότητες των υψηλών απαιτήσεων ασθενών με στόχο την ταχεία αποκατάσταση και την πλήρη επιστροφή στην υπηρεσία.

Deligeorgis Anastasios MD, MSc, Orthopaedic Surgeon - Sports Medicine Specialist, is Associate Director of the 3 rd Department of Orthopaedics, HYGEIA Private Hospital (Athens) and Scientific - Clinical Associate to the Centre of Shoulder Arthroscopy and Surgery (Athens). He treats the entire spectrum of orthopaedic diseases and sports injuries and holds a MSc in Sports Medicine (International Olympic Committee’s Diploma in Sports Medicine). Primary areas of specialization: advanced arthroscopy; minimally invasive techniques-MIS combined with fast- track protocols; robot-assisted arthroplasty using the MAKO Robotic-Arm Assisted Technology or navigators or digital systems; and biological therapies (platelet-rich plasma-PRP, stem cells). He received postgraduate training and worked in leading medical centres, both in Greece and abroad and next to pioneers in the field. Dr. Deligeorgis runs two offices—one in Ampelokipoi and one in Maroussi. Also, he is a highly educated native speaker of English.

Pentazos Panagiotis - Nektarios is an Orthopedic Surgeon who maintains a private practice in Kolonaki. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Timișoara in Romania and specialized in Pediatric Orthopedics at the General Children’s Hospital "Panagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou" and in Vascular Surgery at the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas." Additionally, he specialized in Plastic Surgery at the Attica General Hospital KAT, Orthopedics at the General Hospital "Asklipieio" Voula, and General Surgery at the General Hospital of Pyrgos "Andreas Papandreou." Since 2018, Dr. Pentazos has been a Scientific Collaborator at the Osteoporosis Clinic of the General Hospital "Asklipieio" Voula. Finally, he is a member of the Athens Medical Association, the Hellenic Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, and the Hellenic Osteoporosis Foundation.

Aggelakos Mixail MD is a Rheumatologist with a private practice in Ambelokipi. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Patras and specialized in Rheumatology at the Athens General Hospital "Evangelismos". He is a Scientific Collaborator at the 4th University Department of Internal Medicine of the University General Hospital "Attikon". Furthermore, he has attended numerous conferences and seminars in Greece and abroad, many of which he has also participated in as a speaker. Finally, he is a member of the Athens Medical Association and is proficient in English and French.

Ksomeritaki Eleni is an Orthopedic Surgeon and maintains a private practice in Pangrati. She studied at the Medical School of the University of Crete in Heraklion. She served her mandatory Rural Service at the Vamou Health Center in Chania. In 1998, she obtained her specialty title in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology. She specialized in Orthopedics at the Asklipieio Hospital of Voula and at KAT Hospital in specialized departments of hand surgery, microsurgery, and pediatric orthopedics. Additionally, she completed postgraduate studies in the organization and management of health services. She has completed three years of training in medical acupuncture (2 years at the Northern Greece Institute of Acupuncture and 1 year at the Medical Acupuncture Training Center) and holds certification according to the standards of ICMART - International Council of Medical Acupuncture Related Techniques. Furthermore, she has been trained in homeopathy. Alongside Orthopedics, she has been practicing acupuncture since 2010, primarily addressing musculoskeletal pain by administering homeopathic medicines in combination.

Georgoudis Mixalis is an Orthopedic Surgeon – Spine Surgeon and maintains private practices in Chalkida, as well as within Metropolitan Hospital in Faliro.

He graduated from the Medical Department of Democritus University of Thrace. He has worked as an Orthopedic Surgeon in the 2nd Orthopedic Clinic and as a Resident Orthopedic Surgeon in the Scoliosis and Spine Department and in the Pediatric Orthopedics Clinic of the G.N.A KAT General Hospital. He is specialized in hip and knee arthroplasty, arthroscopic surgery, and spinal surgery.

He serves as an External Associate of Metropolitan Hospital in Faliro and the Athens Medical Center – Psychiko Clinic. He has served as Director of the 2nd Orthopedic Department at Euroclinic Athens, as well as Consultant of the Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Department (MISS) at the Athens Medical Center. Additionally, as a resident, he worked at the General Prefectural Hospital of Chalkida and the General Hospital of Chios "Skylitseio".

He has participated in numerous national and international scientific conferences and seminars, with his scientific work published and presented in medical journals and conferences respectively. Particularly noteworthy is the Travel Fellowship he received from the E.E.X.O.T. for his participation in the FORTE Summer School held in 2018 in Milan.

Finally, the doctor is a member of the Medical Associations of Athens and Evia, the Hellenic Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, and the Hellenic Osteoporosis Foundation.

Dr. Mpesiris Georgios is an Orthopedic Surgeon who maintains private practices in Ano Liosia, Kypseli, Corfu, and Ierapetra. He studied at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and specialized in Orthopedic Surgery at the General Hospital of Elefsina "Thriasio" and the General Children’s Hospital "Panagiotis and Aglaia Kyriakou." He holds a PhD from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with a thesis titled "Comparative study of the local use of tranexamic acid in total knee arthroplasty (intra-articular – periarticular injection)." He has extensive experience working in clinics and hospitals, as well as participation in numerous conferences related to the field of Orthopedic Surgery. Additionally, from 2020 to 2022, he received medical recognition awards and consistently stays up-to-date with all scientific advancements in his specialty, treating medical science as a vocation. Finally, he provides high-quality orthopedic services and comprehensive therapeutic interventions for every orthopedic issue.

Maxairas Stylianos MD, MSc is a Sports Medicine Specialist with a private practice in Pangrati. He graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and obtained his specialty from the University Orthopedic Clinic of Athens. He specialized in sports medicine, trauma surgery, and total knee and hip arthroplasty at recognized centers in Greece (KAT Hospital), Europe (University Orthopedic Clinic in Homburg Saar, Germany), and the USA (Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, and Cornell University Hospital for Special Surgery, New York). He worked as an orthopedic surgeon in the sports injuries department of the General Attica Hospital KAT for more than 8 years, and to date has served as a team physician for football, volleyball, and basketball teams. Additionally, he served as Director of the Sports Injuries Department at Metropolitan Hospital and the Euromedica Group, as well as Director of the Orthopedic Clinic of Neon Athinaion. He is currently a member of the Headquarters of the Olympic Medical Committee and the World Stem Cell Organization. Finally, with 20 years of experience, he has performed a large number of arthroscopic procedures on the knee, hip, elbows, shoulders, and ankle.

Mr. Nikolaos Kalos is an Orthopedic Surgeon and Deputy Director of the 4th Orthopedic Clinic at Metropolitan General in Cholargos. He maintains a private practice in Neo Psychiko.

He is a graduate of the Medical School of the University of Ioannina and completed his specialization at the University Orthopedic Clinic of Ioannina.

He specialized at the Osteoarthritis and Knee Deformities Treatment Center, LKH Stolzalpe - Murau in Austria. In his private practice, he provides a wide range of services, tailored to the individual needs of each patient.

Alifierakis Giannis is a Specialist Rheumatologist and maintains two clinics, one in Nea Smyrni (within the Top Meds multi-clinic) and one in Daphne (within the Alpha Prolipsis multi-clinic). He completed his medical studies at the "La Sapienza" University Medical School in Rome. He has experience as a trainee in rheumatology clinics in Germany, at the Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet in Herne, a teaching center of Bochum University, as well as at the rheumatology clinic of Immanuel Krankenhaus, a teaching center of the Charité Medical School in Berlin. The final part of his training took place at the rheumatology clinic of the Athens hospital "Georgios Gennimatas," and in 2024 he obtained his specialty title. Previously, he served as a trainee in internal medicine at the 1st Internal Medicine Clinic of the General Hospital of Chania "Agios Georgios." He is currently attending the postgraduate program "Leadership, Innovation and Value Policies in Health" at the University of West Attica.

Dr. Sarantis Mixalis, MD, MSc, PhDc, is an Orthopedic Surgeon with a private practice in Psychiko. Concurrently, he serves as an Orthopedic Consultant specializing in Sports Injuries at Metropolitan Hospital. He has extensive experience, having completed his specialization at the General Children's Hospital "Agia Sofia" and the 4th Orthopedic Clinic of G.N.A. KAT, while also specializing at the same hospital in the Hand-Upper Limb-Microsurgery Clinic, the Sports Injuries Department, and the Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic. In 2018, he successfully completed advanced training in pediatric orthopedic trauma and pediatric skeletal deformities at the Orthopedic Hospital Speising (Vienna, Austria). Since 2019, he holds a Master's degree in "Metabolic Bone Diseases - Osteoporosis" from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. In 2020, he was appointed as a doctoral candidate by the Medical School of Athens, and since then he has been pursuing his doctoral thesis at the 2nd Orthopedic University Clinic of the University of Athens (Konstantopouleio Hospital – Agia Olga). He is an active member of the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS), the European Society for Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), the Hellenic Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (EEHOT), and the Athens Medical Association. Finally, he has a rich academic portfolio, authoring numerous publications in peer-reviewed international journals (PUBMED) and actively participating in presentations at Greek and international conferences.

Dr Spiliotopoulos Georgios is a graduate of Medical School and a PhD candidate in Orthopedics at the University of Patras. He specialized at the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens and further specialized in Orthopedic Sports Medicine and modern minimally invasive surgical corrective techniques (MIS). Since 2018, he has been a Forensic Orthopedic Expert (technical consultant) for major insurance companies. He maintains a clinic in Neo Psychiko and is the head of the surgical team OrthoSoma (Ortho-Body).

Kakavas Pindaros is an Orthopedic Surgeon at the Athens Medical Center, Chief Physician of the AEK F.C. Football Academy, and maintains a private practice in Neo Psychiko. He holds a Diploma in Sports Injuries from the International Olympic Committee based in Lausanne. He graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and specialized in Orthopedics at the General Hospital "Evangelismos." Concurrently, he specialized in Upper Limb Microsurgery and Pediatric Orthopedics at the General Hospital of Attica "KAT." He has served as a consultant at the 2nd Sports Injuries Clinic of Euroclinic Athens, Team Doctor for AEK FC (A' Team), Football Academy Doctor for Panathinaikos F.C., and as a member of the medical staff for AEK BC and Panellinios BC. Throughout his career, he has accumulated surgical experience in sports injuries, arthroscopic surgery, total knee and hip arthroplasties, and orthopedic trauma.

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.

Ntisios Ilias is an Orthopedic Surgeon - Sports Medicine Specialist, maintaining private practices in Kalyvia Attica and Psychiko (Medical Psychiko). During his postgraduate training, he worked at the Instituto Clinico Humanitas in Milan, Italy, alongside the world-renowned shoulder surgeon, Alex Castagna. He specializes in arthroscopic surgery and the treatment of sports injuries, with a particular focus and interest in the surgical management of shoulder and knee disorders. For nine years, he served as an Attending Physician - Associate in the sports medicine department at the Athens Medical Center and concurrently was responsible for the medical departments of basketball (A1 league) and football (first division) teams until 2011. Additionally, he is a member of the Hellenic Society of Arthroscopic Knee Surgery and Sports Injuries and has served as the society’s secretary for two years, as well as being responsible for organizing and scientific programming of the 4th arthroscopic society congress with international participation in 2011. Finally, for two years, he was an elected member of the board of directors of the Arthroscopic Surgery Society of Greece.

Nikolopoulos Aleksandros MD is an Orthopedic Surgeon - Traumatologist - Sports Medicine Specialist with a private practice in Daphne. He holds a degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Thessaly. He specialized at the General Surgery Clinic of the General Hospital of Karditsa and subsequently moved to Germany, where he continued his specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology at one of the largest orthopedic clinics in the country, St. Anna Hospital, Herne. For two football seasons, he served as the Sports Medicine Physician for the youth football academies of Schalke 04 e.V., accompanying the teams to home and away matches, gaining significant experience in the management of sports injuries. He worked at the distinguished University Hospital of Bochum, St Josef Hospital - Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr Universität Bochum, where he obtained the Medical Specialty title in Orthopedics and Traumatology and continued his career there as a Consultant. Throughout his career, he has participated in numerous international scientific conferences and seminars, including key topics such as: ultrasonographic neonatal diagnostics according to Graf for early detection of hip dysplasia, specialized traumatology under the auspices of AO Trauma, endoscopic spinal surgery, emergency pre-hospital medicine (Notarzt), pediatric orthopedics, arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery, microsurgery and arthroscopic surgery of the hand, reconstructive knee and hip surgery, among others. Overall, he has acquired substantial experience across the full spectrum of orthopedics and traumatology as well as significant surgical expertise, performing numerous complex surgical procedures in both adults and children. Finally, the physician is a member of the International Traumatology Society AO Trauma (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen) and the Hellenic Osteoporosis Foundation.