Health professionals for Οστεοαρθρίτιδα near Palaio Faliro

Kyrou Georgios is an Orthopedic Surgeon Consultant at the 3rd Orthopedic Clinic of the private hospital Iaso in Marousi, while maintaining a private practice in Kallithea. He has previously served as a specialist and resident physician in some of the most prominent public hospitals in the country, including the General Hospital of Attica “Sismanoglio - Amalia Fleming,” the University General Hospital "Attikon," the General Oncology Hospital of Kifisia (G.O.N.K.), and the General Children's Hospital of Athens "Panagiotis and Aglaia Kyriakou," covering a wide range of pathology and surgical cases. A graduate of the Medical School of the University of Patras, he has actively participated in national and international conferences and possesses experience in a variety of interventional techniques and musculoskeletal system disorders. He has also received additional training through seminars in areas such as upper limb surgery, reconstructive surgery, sports injuries, and traumatology. His clinical and scientific focus is on the optimal, evidence-based, and individualized management of orthopedic conditions, emphasizing functional rehabilitation and the minimization of postoperative complications.

Elena Thomaidi is a Rheumatologist and maintains a private practice in Agios Dimitrios. She studied at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Subsequently, she specialized in Sweden, where she served as a Registrar in the rheumatology clinic of the Karolinska University Hospital. She possesses significant clinical experience and is a collaborator at "Hygeia" Hospital.

Ο Ορθοπαιδικός Χειρουργός Δημήτριος Α. Φλέβας, MD, MSc, PhD δέχεται ασθενείς στην Κηφισιά, στο χώρο του πολυιατρείου Healthspot, και στο ιδιωτικό του ιατρείο στη Χαλκίδα, από όπου και κατάγεται. Είναι απόφοιτος της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων, Διδάκτωρ της Ιατρικής Σχολής του ίδιου Πανεπιστημίου ενώ έχει ολοκληρώσει τις σπουδές του στο Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών “Μεταβολικά Νοσήματα των Οστών” της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών. Επιπλέον, το 2023 ολοκλήρωσε κύκλο μαθημάτων του Harvard Business School σχετικά με τη στρατηγική στο χώρο της υγείας και έλαβε το αντίστοιχο Certificate in Healthcare Strategy. Ο κ. Φλέβας ολοκλήρωσε την ειδίκευσή του στην Ορθοπαιδική Χειρουργική και Τραυματολογία το Μάρτιο του 2019 στην Α΄ Ορθοπαιδική Κλινική του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, στο Π.Γ.Ν. ΑΤΤΙΚΟΝ. Ο ιατρός εκπαιδεύτηκε στην αρθροσκόπηση και στις αθλητικές κακώσεις στο HKF International Center for Hip, Foot and Knee Surgery, ATOS Clinic Heidelberg, στη Χαιδελβέργη της Γερμανίας για 6 μήνες, καθώς και στη Χειρουργική Χεριού και τη Μικροχειρουργική στην κλινική Άκρας Χείρας και Μικροχειρουργικής του ΓΝ ΚΑΤ. Επίσης το Φεβρουάριο του 2022 βρέθηκε στη Νέα Υόρκη στο Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA, το Νο1 ορθοπαιδικό νοσοκομείο των ΗΠΑ, ως υπότροφος (Fellow) του SNF Complex Joint Reconstruction Center. Εκεί για περισσότερους από 12 μήνες συμμετείχε σε πολυάριθμες πρωτοποριακές ερευνητικές μελέτες και εκπαιδεύτηκε στην αντιμετώπιση πολύπλοκων περιστατικών αρθροπλαστικών ισχίου και γόνατος καθώς και αναθεωρήσεων. Στο ίδιο νοσοκομείο των ΗΠΑ ο κ. Φλέβας είχε μεταβεί ως επισκέπτης Ιατρός σε διάφορες περιόδους της εκπαίδευσής του. Το συγγραφικό του έργο περιλαμβάνει πολυάριθμα άρθρα σε διεθνή και εγχώρια περιοδικά καθώς και κεφάλαια σε βιβλία, ενώ είναι και κριτής άρθρων σε διεθνή περιοδικά Ορθοπαιδικής. Έχει συμμετάσχει ενεργά σε πληθώρα εγχώριων και διεθνών επιστημονικών συναντήσεων ενώ έχει λάβει πολλαπλές υποτροφίες από εγχώριες και διεθνείς επιστημονικές εταιρείες. Ιδιαίτερο επιστημονικό ενδιαφέρον του αποτελούν η αρθροσκοπική χειρουργική, η ελάχιστης επεμβατικότητας επανορθωτική χειρουργική καθώς και η ορθοπαιδική έρευνα. Τέλος, ο ιατρός διατελεί, παράλληλα με το ιδιωτικό του ιατρείο και Επιμελητής Ορθοπαιδικός Χειρουργός στο Τμήμα Αθλητικών Κακώσεων του Θεραπευτηρίου Metropolitan Hospital.

Igglezos Nikolaos is an Orthopedic Surgeon, graduate of the Medical School of Comenius University of Bratislava, and in 2024 he graduated from the Master's Program (MSc) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, specializing in Metabolic Bone Diseases. He maintains an active private collaboration with Metropolitan Hospital, where he also serves as an Attending Physician. Previously, he has worked in the Third Orthopedic Clinic of Athens General Hospital KAT, in the Microsurgery and Hand Surgery Department of KAT, as well as in the Sports Injuries Department of the same hospital, gaining extensive experience in trauma and total knee and hip arthroplasty. He has also worked in the Second Orthopedic Clinic of "Agia Sofia" Children's Hospital as an orthopedic surgeon, at Livadeia General Hospital, and earlier served as a surgical resident in General Surgery at the same hospital. With experience in contemporary orthopedics and an active scientific interest in metabolic bone diseases, he undertakes cases and provides individualized patient care. With a focus on sports injuries and reconstructive orthopedic surgery, he manages conservative treatment using biological therapies with platelet-rich plasma (PRP), as well as surgical repair when conservative treatment is not indicated. Finally, he accepts emergency cases on weekdays and holidays by telephone appointment.

Gerasimos Kavvadias is a Physiotherapist and the scientific director of the Model Physiotherapy Center “Anelixis Physio Clinic” in Kallithea. He graduated from the Physiotherapy department of the Technological Educational Institute of Central Greece and completed his internship at the Asklepieio Hospital of Voula. Concurrently, he is attending the postgraduate training program for Physiotherapists of the Hellenic OMT Diploma. Additionally, he has worked as a Physiotherapist in private physiotherapy clinics in Athens, focusing on musculoskeletal issues, sports injuries, and postoperative rehabilitation. He has also collaborated with a private physiatry medical practice and a sports club. At Anelixis Physio Clinic, musculoskeletal problems are approached by applying specialized techniques, such as the Mulligan therapeutic approach and the McKenzie method.

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.

Karapatakis Konstantinos is an Orthopedic Surgeon - Sports Medicine Specialist, maintaining a private practice in Nea Smyrni, while also serving as Deputy Director at Metropolitan General. He completed his studies at the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace and holds a BLS (Basic Life Support) diploma. Additionally, he specialized in the 4th Orthopedic Clinic, the Microsurgery and Upper Limb Surgery Clinic, and the Sports Injuries Clinic at the General Hospital of Attica "KAT," and has received training in fracture management from the AO Foundation. Currently, aside from his private practice, he is the Deputy Director of the IB' Orthopedic Clinic and Shoulder and Sports Injuries Department at Metropolitan General and a Collaborator at the Athens Clinic "Mediclinic." Furthermore, he is a member of the Athens Medical Association, the Panhellenic Medical Association, and the Hellenic Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, while also attending seminars focused on arthroscopic surgery and reconstructive surgery and participating in conferences both in Greece and abroad.

Dr. Mpantentzki Xousein is a Rheumatologist with a private practice at Micro Lab center in Kallithea. He completed his medical studies at the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace and subsequently obtained an additional Rheumatology degree from the University of Bochum in Germany. He specialized in Rheumatology at the Rheumatology Hospital in Herne, Germany. Finally, he served as an Assistant Consultant B at the General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos," managing a wide range of cases and gaining extensive experience in his field.

Dr. Tsapakidis Giannis was born in Larissa in 1975 and graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2000. He completed his residency in Orthopedics at the Tzaneio General Hospital of Piraeus, with part of his training conducted at KAT and Charing Cross Hospital in London. He received a scholarship from AO and worked as a Fellow at the Sports Injuries and Trauma Center of Queens Medical Centre University Hospital in Nottingham. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Athens and a member of AO ALUMNI. Since 2006, he has been the team physician for the women's basketball team "ESPERIDES" Kallithea (Women's A1 Champions 2006-7 and 2008-9, and Greek Cup winners 2005-6, 2006-7, 2007-8, 2008-9). From 2015 to 2018, he was part of the medical team providing orthopedic coverage for athletes of KAE AEK, while since 2013, he has been the medical provider for the basketball team of PROTEAS VOULAS, and from 2015 to 2025, he provided medical coverage for the basketball athletes of KAE AMAROUSSIOU. From 2021 to 2023, he served as the physician for the WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM, and from 2022 to 2024 as the physician for the PANIONIOS B.C. team. Previously, he was part of the medical team covering the athletes of KAE PANELLINIOS (2008-2011) and the Cultural and Sports Center "DAIS." Subsequently, from 2018 to 2022, he provided medical coverage for the athletes of MELLISION, and since 2018 for the athletes of ESPEROS B.C. Finally, as of this year, he serves as the medical provider for the amateur team PANATHINAIKOS A.O. He has attended seminars/workshops specializing in Traumatology, Microsurgery, and Arthroscopic Surgery in Greece and abroad. He has contributed publications and presentations at Greek and International scientific conferences and journals.

Sakellariou Vasileios MD, MSc, PhD is an Orthopedic Surgeon and maintains a private practice, Athens Orthopedic Experts, in Nea Smyrni and Marousi. He holds a Doctorate from the Medical School of the University of Athens and a postdoctoral fellowship from the Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, USA. He also holds a Medical Degree and a postgraduate degree in "Metabolic Bone Diseases" from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has specialized in minimally invasive hip and knee surgeries, as well as robot-assisted hip and knee arthroplasty in the USA. He possesses extensive professional experience in the treatment of sports injuries, adult reconstructive surgery, and major joint surgery from Orthopedic Clinics in both the United States and Greece. In addition to his private practice, he is the Director of the Robotic Orthopedic Fast-Track Rehabilitation Clinic and the Musculoskeletal Oncology Clinic at the Athens Medical Center, while holding the academic position of University Fellow at the 1st Orthopedic Clinic of the University of Athens with a specialization in Hip and Knee Surgery.

Dr. Tsapakidis Giannis was born in Larisa in 1975 and graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2000. He completed his Orthopedic specialty residency at Tzaneio General Hospital of Piraeus, with part of his training conducted at KAT Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital in London. He received a scholarship from AO and worked as a Fellow at the Sports Injuries and Trauma Center of Queens Medical Centre University Hospital in Nottingham. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Athens and a member of AO ALUMNI. Since 2006, he has served as the team physician for the women's basketball team “ESPERIDES” Kallithea (Women’s A1 Basketball Champion for 2006-07 and 2008-09 and Greek Cup Winner for 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, and 2008-09). From 2015 to 2018, he was part of the medical team covering orthopedic concerns for the athletes of KAE AEK. Since 2013, he has provided medical coverage for the basketball team PROTEAS VOULAS and from 2015 to 2025 served as the medical provider for the athletes of the basketball team KAE AMAROUSIOU. From 2021 to 2023, he was the team physician for the WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM, and from 2022 to 2024 for the team of PANIONIOS B.C. Previously, he was part of the medical team covering orthopedic needs of the athletes of KAE PANELLINIOS from 2008 to 2011 and the Cultural and Sports Center “DAIS.” Subsequently, from 2018 to 2022, he provided medical coverage to the athletes of MELLISION and since 2018 to the athletes of ESPEROS B.C. Finally, starting this year, he has been the medical provider for the amateur club PANATHINAIKOS A.O. He has attended specialized seminars/workshops in Traumatology, Microsurgery, and Arthroscopic Surgery both in Greece and abroad. He has participated with publications/presentations in Greek and International scientific conferences and journals.