Health professionals for Οστεοαρθρίτιδα

Lasithiotakis Ioannis is a Specialist Rheumatologist, awarded a PhD from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He maintains a private practice in Heraklion, Crete, where he manages the treatment of diseases such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, cervical pain, low back pain, sciatica, degenerative spondyloarthropathy, herniated intervertebral discs, and various tendinitis conditions. He specializes in epicondylitis, periarthritis, collagen diseases, lupus, vasculitis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and all autoimmune diseases. He has participated in numerous therapeutic protocols and international conferences. His work and studies have been published in several worldwide and Pan-European conferences, as well as reputable Greek and international medical journals and reviews. He is a member of multiple scientific societies and has specialized in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. Finally, he serves as the Director of the Rheumatology Department at Creta InterClinic.

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.

Georgios Xatzimarkakis MD, MSc is an Orthopedic Surgeon with private practices in Patras and Ilisia. He holds a medical degree from the University of Florence, Italy, and specialized in General Surgery at the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases “Sotiria” and in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology at the 1st Orthopedic Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens KAT. He subsequently completed a Clinical Fellowship in Orthopaedics at Lewisham University Hospital of the National Health Service Trust in London. Additionally, he pursued a postgraduate program focused on Metabolic Bone Diseases - Osteoporosis at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is a scientific collaborator with the Athens Medical Group, the General Clinic of Olympio Therapeutirion, Mediterraneo Boutique Hospital, Henry Durant Hospital Center, and serves as the scientific director at the Medical Polyclinic of Patras. Furthermore, he has published articles and research papers both in Greece and internationally.

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.

Avramidis Grigorios P. is an Orthopedic Surgeon – Sports Medicine Specialist and Deputy Director of the 3rd Orthopedic Clinic at HYGEIA. He maintains private practices in Chalkida and Marousi, Attica, and also conducts examinations and performs surgical procedures in Cyprus. He was born and raised in Chalkida and originates from Nafplio. He is a graduate of the Medical School of the University of Patras and holds a Master's Degree in "Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases" from the Medical School of the University of Athens. He specializes in Arthroscopy, Robotic Arthroplasty, Hand Surgery, as well as Sports Injuries. He is officially certified in Robotic Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. He has received multiple scholarships and actively participates in scientific conferences in Greece and abroad, as well as in the authorship of scientific papers.

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.

Anagnostis Theodoros MSc is a Specialist Rheumatologist maintaining a private practice in Rhodes. He has completed postgraduate studies in osteoporosis and metabolic bone diseases at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is specialized in the diagnosis and management of autoimmune musculoskeletal diseases. His practice offers a wide range of services, tailored to the individual needs of each patient.

Andreas Kanellidis is a Physiotherapist and operates his private Physiotherapy clinic in Kypseli. He manages a wide range of cases, responding to the individualized needs of each patient, while it would be remiss not to mention his specialization in Physiotherapeutic assessment and Rehabilitation, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, as well as Acupuncture.

Stathellis Apostolos MD, PhD is an Orthopedic Surgeon - Sports Medicine Specialist with expertise in arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, knee, elbow, and ankle, as well as sports injuries. He graduated with honors from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and holds a PhD from the University of Ulm in Germany. After eight years of training in Germany (2009 - 2016) at one of the leading centers for arthroscopic surgery (Sportklinik - Stuttgart), he now maintains private clinics in Vrilissia and Marousi and concurrently serves as an Attending Physician at the Third Orthopedic Clinic of Hygeia Hospital. In 2016, he obtained the sports medicine specialization title in Germany, as well as certification in arthroscopic surgery. Additionally, the physician is trained and certified in musculoskeletal ultrasound.

Loukogiannaki Souzana - Human Kinetics is a Physiotherapist and acupuncture specialist, operating a private physiotherapy and biomedical acupuncture center in Pefki. She holds a degree in Physiotherapy from the Technological Educational Institute of Athens and completed a research postgraduate program in Exercise and Quality of Life at the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Democritus University of Thrace. Additionally, she trained in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy using the McKenzie method at the Hellenic McKenzie Institute and obtained certification in the Scenar - Cosmodic method from LET Medical Research Lab in the United Kingdom. Subsequently, she specialized in Biomedical Acupuncture at the Laboratory of Musculoskeletal and Respiratory Physiotherapy at the University of West Attica. She also pursued further training in Traditional Chinese Acupuncture at the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China. Moreover, she holds certification in Therapeutic Exercise Health Qigong Ba Duan Jin and Taiji Eight Routines & Five Steps from the training program conducted at the Tai Ji Health Center of the Laboratory of Musculoskeletal and Respiratory Physiotherapy at the University of West Attica in cooperation with the Shanghai Qigong Research Institute of the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as in the Humantecar - Synergistic Healthcare Methodology. Finally, she is a member of the Panhellenic Association of Physiotherapists, the Hellenic Physiotherapy Society of Algology, and the "Physiotherapy in Women" section of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Tzavellas Anastasios is an Orthopedic Surgeon who maintains a private practice in the center of Thessaloniki. He collaborates with private clinics in the city to perform surgical procedures and is currently working as a Consultant in the First Orthopedic Clinic of the 424 General Military Hospital.

In 2008, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (Physician), having concurrently graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he enrolled in 2002.

In 2012, he began his specialty training at the 424 General Military Training Hospital, which he completed in 2018 at the Third University Orthopedic Clinic of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki at the General Hospital "Papageorgiou," receiving the title of Orthopedic Surgeon.

He completed the Master's program in "Medical Research Methodology" at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2014 – Grade: Excellent) and obtained his PhD from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2024, presenting his dissertation on the osteoinductive capacity of a novel peptide derived from Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 combined with a de novo collagen sponge as a bone graft substitute.

During the period 2021-2024, he worked in the United Kingdom, specifically at Frimley Park Hospital, as a Clinical Fellow in the Hip-Knee Surgery Department, gaining significant experience by performing and participating in a substantial number of surgical procedures (hip and knee arthroplasty, revisions, unicompartmental (partial) knee arthroplasty, arthroscopic surgery, osteotomies).

Roussis Ksenofon MD, PhD is an Orthopedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Specialist with a private practice in Agia Paraskevi. He holds a medical degree from the Medical and Surgical School of the University of Bologna in Italy and completed his doctoral thesis in Sports Medicine. He specialized in Orthopedic Surgery at the Attikon General Hospital KAT and the 1st IKA Therapeutic Center (Papadimitriou). Furthermore, his expertise in the conservative and surgical treatment of sports injuries, particularly those involving the knee, along with extensive professional experience in reputable hospitals and sports clubs, enables him to manage a wide range of cases. More specifically, he has valuable professional experience as a Sports Medicine Physician for numerous football teams and as a Lecturer in football coaching schools, teaching courses in Sports Medicine, Anatomy, and Dietetics. Additionally, it is noteworthy that he served as an official physician at the Athens and South Korea Olympic Games and at the Australian Pre-Olympic Games. Finally, the doctor is the President of the Sports Medicine Society of Competition Physicians, a member of the Hellenic Society of Sports Medicine, and the European College of Sports Medicine, and actively participates in conferences held both in Greece and abroad.

Tryfonidi - Zaxari Amalia is a Rheumatology Specialist maintaining a private practice in Kifisia, while also serving as a Scientific Collaborator at Metropolitan General (General Clinic of Cholargos). She is a graduate of the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has experience in ultrasound-guided intra-articular injections (hyaluronic acid - corticosteroids - collagen) and is specialized in paraspinal injections for spinal conditions (low back pain - sciatica - thoracic pain - neck pain). In her private practice, she manages a wide range of conditions such as osteoporosis, knee osteoarthritis, tendinitis, low back pain, neck pain, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, among others, providing comprehensive treatment. Finally, the physician is a member of the Athens Medical Association.

Ioannis Mamais is an Orthopedic Surgeon with a private practice in Ano Patissia. He holds a medical degree from the University of Belgrade and specialized in Orthopedics. He has extensive and significant clinical experience, having worked as an Orthopedic Surgeon – Consultant in the Reconstructive Surgery Clinic at the Athens Medical Group (P. Faliro Clinic), at the General Hospital "Red Cross," and at the Pediatric Hospital "P. & A. Kyriakou." Furthermore, he specializes in arthroscopy, traumatology, and hip and knee arthroplasty.

Spyrantis Manolis is an Orthopedic Surgeon practicing privately in Heraklion, Crete. He studied at the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and is currently pursuing postgraduate studies in Surgical Sciences at the University of Crete. He began his specialization in Orthopedics at the Venizeleio-Paneio General Hospital, where he participated in numerous surgeries addressing trauma, sports injuries, and joint arthroplasties. He continued his training at the Attikon General Hospital "KAT," specializing in upper limb disorders and minor surgeries, as well as at the Paediatric Hospital "Panagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou." He possesses significant clinical experience, having served as Assistant Consultant B' in Orthopedics at Venizeleio-Paneio General Hospital and Assistant Consultant B' in Orthopedics at the University General Hospital of Heraklion, focusing on arthroscopic surgery, reconstructive surgery of major joints, and trauma management. Furthermore, he has participated in numerous medical conferences, and his scientific contributions include oral presentations, research papers, and contributions to medical textbook authorship.