Doctors for Sleep Study

Η Δρ. Aλεξάνδρα Κάββαλου είναι Παιδοπνευμονολόγος – Παιδίατρος με πλήρη ειδικότητα και εξειδίκευση στη Γερμανία. Είναι απόφοιτος της Ιατρικής Σχολής Αθηνών, όπου εισήλθε με πανελλαδικές εξετάσεις στη δεύτερη θέση, και κατά τη διάρκεια των σπουδών της υπήρξε ακαδημαϊκός υπότροφος του Εθνικού Ιδρύματος Κρατικών Υποτροφιών καθώς και του Ιδρύματος Παπαδάκη. Μετά την αποφοίτησή της με βαθμό 8.3/10 μετέβη στη Γερμανία, όπου και πραγματοποίησε την ειδικότητά της στην Παιδιατρική στην Παιδιατρική Κλινική του Πανεπιστημίου του Έσσεν. 

Στη συνέχεια απέκτησε την ειδικότητα της Παιδιατρικής ενώ το ίδιο έτος απέκτησε το Δίπλωμα Υπερήχων στα παιδιά από την Γερμανική Εταιρεία Υπερήχων. Μετεκπαιδεύτηκε στην Παιδοπνευμονολογία στο Τμήμα Παιδοπνευμονολογίας, Κυστικής Ίνωσης και Ιατρικής Ύπνου στην Πανεπιστημιακή Παιδιατρική κλινική του Έσσεν η οποία αποτελεί παγκόσμιο κέντρο αναφοράς στην Παιδοπνευμονολογία. Απέκτησε την εξειδίκευση της Παιδοπνευμονολογίας μετά από εξετάσεις στον Ιατρικό Σύλλογο Βόρειας Ρηνανίας- Βεστφαλίας και εργάστηκε στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Έσσεν ως εξειδικευμένη Παιδοπνευμονολόγος έως και το 2024. Καθ´ όλη την σταδιοδρομία της στο Πανεπιστημιακό Νοσοκομείο του Έσσεν έχει συμμετάσχει ενεργά στην εκπαίδευση φοιτητών Ιατρικής Σχολής και ειδικευόμενων στην Παιδιατρική πάνω στο αντικείμενο της Παιδοπνευμονολογίας.

Το 2023 απέκτησε το διδακτορικό της δίπλωμα από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Έσσεν πάνω στην Κυστική Ίνωση.

Έχει εργαστεί σε όλα τα αντικείμενα φροντίδας παιδοπνευμονολογικών ασθενών με επιπλέον εξειδίκευση στην κυστική ίνωση, το αλλεργικό άσθμα, την βρογχοπνευμονική δυσπλασία, τις διαταραχές της προωρότητας, στο μακροχρόνιο επεμβατικό και μη επεμβατικό αερισμό, στην ιατρική ύπνου, στις συγγενείς ανωμαλίες των αεροφόρων οδών και σε νευρομυϊκούς/ νευρολογικούς ασθενείς.

Έχει πραγματοποιήσει μεγάλο αριθμό βρογχοσκοπήσεων και έχει πλούσιο συγγραφικό και ερευνητικό έργο με δημοσιεύσεις στα μεγαλύτερα διεθνή περιοδικά Παιδοπνευμονολογίας και Λοιμωξιολογίας (Pediatric Pulmonology, Infectious Diaseases και άλλα). Ακόμη έχει σημαντικές διακρίσεις και πολλές συμμετοχές σε διεθνή συνέδρια σε Ευρώπη και Αμερική. Παράλληλα έχει συμμετάσχει ως sub-investigator σε πληθώρα κλινικών μελετών πάνω στο αντικείμενο της παιδοπνευμονολογίας και της κυστικής ίνωσης.

Τέλος, είναι μέλος διεθνών ιατρικών εταιρειών, μεταξύ των οποίων της Ευρωπαϊκής Πνευμονολογικής Εταιρείας (ΕRS), της Γερμανικής Παιδοπνευμονολογικής Εταιρείας (GPP) καθώς και της Ελληνικής Παιδοπνευμονολογικής Εταιρείας.

Xousos Dimitrios is a Neurologist and maintains his private practice in Glyfada. He holds a medical degree from the Universita Degli Studi di Bari Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia in Italy and a postgraduate degree (MSc) in Mental Health Promotion and Prevention of Psychiatric Disorders from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Notable is his specialization in dementia, vascular brain diseases, memory disorders, epilepsy, sleep disorders, headaches, and movement disorders.

Daglas Grigorios is a Pulmonologist – Tuberculosis Specialist, graduate of the University of Patras, with further training in Sleep Disorders and Sleep Apnea. The physician has extensive experience in thoracentesis, bronchoscopy, and smoking cessation following many years of collaboration with the Sotiria General Chest Hospital. He is trained in Biomedical Acupuncture with 300 hours of theoretical and practical training from the International Acupuncture Center. In his private clinics located in Ilisia and Galatsi, Attica, he provides specialized services for the diagnosis and management of all respiratory diseases, including acute upper and lower respiratory infections and chronic respiratory conditions such as bronchial asthma, allergic cough, allergic rhinitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and smoker's bronchitis. The physician also performs preventive respiratory function assessments using dynamic spirometry and imaging studies when necessary, and monitors patients undergoing specialized treatment for smoking cessation. Additionally, he has extensive experience in the assessment of sleep apnea, which can cause serious health problems and requires specialized management.

Parisis Dimitrios is a Neurologist with a private practice in Thessaloniki. He graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a PhD from the 2nd University Neurology Clinic of the same university. Additionally, he obtained a specialty title in Neurology and completed further training in Clinical Neurophysiology at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery in London. Specifically, he has extensively worked with electroencephalography, evoked potentials (visual, somatosensory, brainstem), transcranial magnetic stimulation, and Electromyography. Currently, in his practice, he performs and interprets Electroneurophysiological studies covering the diagnosis of all peripheral nervous system disorders, such as root disorders in cervical and lumbosacral spine diseases, neuropathies, myopathies, and neuromuscular junction disorders. Furthermore, the single-fiber Electromyography technique is available, contributing to the reliable diagnosis of myasthenic syndromes. Finally, the physician has a scientific body of work comprising approximately 120 publications, many of which have been published in reputable international medical scientific journals.

Makrina Mpouliou-Patrinou is a Neurologist who maintains her private practice in Eretria. She graduated from the Medical School of the Corps Officers Academy (SSAS) Thessaloniki in 2006, with particular clinical interest and participation in medical conferences. She obtained her Neurology specialty in 2019, with a special clinical and scientific focus on neurodegenerative diseases, Parkinson's disease, and parkinsonian syndromes.

Holder of a postgraduate degree in Clinical Psychopathology from the Research University Institute of Mental Health in 2013.

Scientific collaborator at the Medical Pisti Polyclinic in Nea Ionia.

She maintains a private practice in Kypseli and works as the Head Physician at the KAAU Agios Andreas Center in Nea Makri.

Pazionis Odysseus is a Neurologist with a private practice in Neo Irakleio. He holds a medical degree from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and specialized in Neurology at the General State Hospital of Athens. He completed a postgraduate program in Medical Acupuncture and Neurological Rehabilitation and was trained in "Advanced Life Support in Adults and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation" by the European Resuscitation Council. Additionally, he specializes in acute and chronic pain and smoking cessation. He is an associate of the Medisalus Diagnostic Center, a neurologist collaborator at the "G. Karavis" Acupuncture Application and Research Center, and has served as a neurologist at Hygeia Hospital and as an external collaborator in the Demyelinating Diseases Department and the General Neurology Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas." He is a lecturer in Medical Acupuncture in the Physiotherapy Department of the University of West Attica, as well as at the international postgraduate center Acuscience for physicians treating headaches and sleep disorders. He applies acupuncture, especially in the treatment of migraines/headaches, smoking cessation, and the management of chronic or acute pain. Finally, he is a member of the Hellenic Neurological Society, the Hellenic Medical Acupuncture Society, the Hellenic Headache Society, and the Panhellenic Association Against Epilepsy.

Dr. Mamali Margarita is a Neurologist and Attending Physician at the 1st Neurology Clinic of Metropolitan General Hospital (Cholargos) and maintains a private practice in the Zografou area. She holds a medical degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a postgraduate degree from the same institution. She completed her specialization at the Neurology Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos" and, as a scholarship recipient of the Hellenic Neurological Society, pursued further training in electroneurophysiology at the 1st University Neurology Clinic of Athens at "Aeginiteio" Hospital. She was a founding member of the Stroke Unit at the private medical center "IASO General" and collaborated with the "Henry Dunant" Hospital. Furthermore, she worked for two years as an Attending Physician at the Neurology Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens "Korgialeneio-Benakio E.E.S." She has participated as a co-investigator in clinical studies on multiple sclerosis, dementia, and cerebrovascular accidents. Dr. Mamali possesses a significant body of published work and regularly participates in Greek and international neurology conferences. Finally, her clinical experience gained from the largest public hospitals in Athens enables her to manage cases involving various neurological fields and to recognize neurological manifestations arising from diseases of other systems, such as cardiovascular diseases, connective tissue disorders, hematological conditions, inflammatory bowel diseases, endocrine disorders, and malignancies.

Mariza Makrygianni is a Neurologist and maintains a private clinic for neurometabolic disorders in Ampelokipoi. She has gained extensive experience in University Hospitals in Switzerland and France, with a specialization in adult neurometabolic diseases. She graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and completed her Neurology residency at the University Hospital of Geneva (HUG), obtaining her specialty certification in 2024. Her specialization in neurometabolic disorders led her to the Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital in Paris, where she worked as a research fellow in the Department of Inherited Neurometabolic Disorders, with particular interest in lysosomal diseases, mitochondrial disorders, and rare intermediate metabolism disorders. Concurrently, she is clinically involved in epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, and other movement disorders, providing comprehensive and personalized neurological care to the adult population.

Dr. Med. Papaspyrou Konstantinos is an Otolaryngologist maintaining his private practice in Pangrati. He holds a degree from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and completed his Doctoral Thesis at the Medical School of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany. He specialized in Otolaryngology at the University ENT Clinic Mainz, Germany, where he also worked as a Specialist Otolaryngologist-Registrar (Facharzt) after obtaining his specialty certification. During his military service, he served as a Unit Physician at the Special Forces Training Center in Nea Peramos, Attica, and as a Unit Physician at the 124 Combat Wing in Tripoli. It would be remiss not to mention the physician’s extensive educational experience: He participated in the undergraduate teaching of medical students at the Medical School of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, for five years in the course of Otolaryngology and also served as an examiner for students in the final oral examinations of the same course. Additionally, he took part in internal post-graduate training courses at the University ENT Clinic Mainz, Germany, delivering lectures and has participated as an instructor in the Mainzer Ultrasound Courses for ENT Doctors and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2012/13 Grundkurs der Kopf- Halssonographie (Postgraduate Ultrasound Seminar for ENT and Maxillofacial Surgeons – Basic Level), University ENT Clinic Mainz, Germany. Finally, the physician has an extensive record of scientific presentations at Greek and international conferences, as well as numerous scientific publications in Greek and foreign-language scientific journals.

Gkizopoulou Euaggelia MD, MSc is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist - Sleep Medicine Specialist and maintains a private practice in Alimos, while also serving as the Director of the 1st Pulmonology Clinic at IASO General Clinic in Marousi. She holds a doctoral degree and a medical degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and has specialized in sleep-related breathing disorders, bronchoscopy, and interventional pulmonology. She completed her Pulmonology specialization at the General University Hospital of Athens Sismanoglio. She has served as the Director of the Pulmonology Clinic at Metropolitan Hospital. In her fully equipped private practice, she provides services covering the entire spectrum of pulmonary cases. She has participated in numerous conferences and has authored many original research articles published in scientific journals. Finally, the doctor is a member of the Athens Medical Association, the Hellenic Thoracic Society, and the European Respiratory Society.

Iatrokosmos is a comprehensive primary healthcare unit located in the Ambelokipi area. The Iatrokosmos Pneumonology Department has excellent scientific staff, advanced machinery, and state-of-the-art equipment in order to provide high-level services to the patients who trust us. The goal of the specialized physicians is the most accurate approach, diagnosis, and treatment of individuals with respiratory infections or respiratory diseases, with asthma being the most prominent. In the pneumonology clinic, there is the capability for thorough examination of asthmatic patients with specialized tests such as preoperative pneumonological assessment and pulmonary function testing (spirometry). Finally, it provides the possibility of conducting specialized tests for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and the pulmonologists are always available to patients to recommend the best possible way to quit smoking and improve the quality of life for you and your loved ones.

Η Κολτσίδα Γεωργία MD, FAAP είναι Παιδοπνευμονολόγος, με πλήρη ειδίκευση και εξειδίκευση στην Παιδιατρική και Παιδιατρική Πνευμονολογία αντίστοιχα στις ΗΠΑ, και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στο Νέο Ψυχικό. Τον Μαίο 2025, εκλέκτηκε Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Παιδιατρικής Πνευμονολογίας στην Β'Πανεπιστημιακή Κλινική του Νοσοκομείου Παίδων 'Π&Α Κυριακού'. Είναι απόφοιτη της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης με βαθμό "Λίαν Καλώς ". Ολοκλήρωσε την θητεία της ως Αγροτικός Ιατρός στη Ζάκυνθο και κατόπιν ασχολήθηκε με την κλινική έρευνα στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών. Μετά από την επιτυχή ολοκλήρωση των USMLE εξετάσεων, μετέβη στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής το 2011, όπου και πραγματοποίησε την ειδικότητα της Γενικής Παιδιατρικής στο Maimonides Medical Center, στην Νέα Υόρκη. Συμμετείχε επιτυχώς στις εξετάσεις ειδικότητας του Αμερικανικού Παιδιατρικού Συμβουλίου και έλαβε τον τίτλο της Διαπιστευμένης από τον Παιδιατρικό Συμβούλιο Ειδικευμένης της Γενικής Παιδιατρικής (Board Certified Pediatrician) το 2015. Στη συνέχεια, ολοκλήρωσε την υποειδικότητα της Παιδιατρικής Πνευμονολογίας στο Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Top #2 Children’s Hospital in USA), στην Πενσυλβάνια και παράλληλα συμμετείχε με υποτροφία στο Master in Epidemiology and Biostatistics του University of Pennsylvania. Στα πλαίσια της εκπαίδευσης της, αντιμετώπισε πληθώρα συνήθων αλλά σπάνιων και περίπλοκων παιδοπνευμονολογικών περιστατικών. Επιπρόσθετα συμμετείχε στο Τμήμα για τα Νοσήματα των Αεραγωγών, πραγματοποιώντας σημαντικό αριθμό βρογχοσκοπήσεων ενώ στα ιδιαίτερα ενδιαφέροντά της, ήταν και είναι η φροντίδα παιδιών με νευρομυικα νοσήματα. Η εξειδίκευση της περιελάμβανε επίσης το αντικείμενο της Ιατρικής του Ύπνου και εργάστηκε δίπλα στην Dr. Carole Marcus. Ακολούθως συμμετείχε επιτυχώς στις εξετάσεις ειδικότητας του Αμερικανικού Παιδιατρικού Συμβουλίου και έλαβε τον τίτλο της Διαπιστευμένης από τον Παιδιατρικό Συμβούλιο Ειδικευμένης στην Παιδιατρική Πνευμονολογία (Board Certified Pediatric Pulmonologist ) το 2018. Τέλος, έχει συμμετάσχει και παρουσιάσει σε διεθνή συνέδρια, κυρίως στις ΗΠΑ, καθώς και στην Αγγλία και Ελλάδα και έχει συγγράψει επιστημονικά βιβλία.

Nikolakopoulou Anastasia is a Neurologist, PhD holder from the Medical School of the University of Patras, with private practices in Pangrati and Aigio. She graduated from the Medical School of the University of Patras. She specialized at the Neurology Clinic of the University General Hospital of Patras "Panagia i Voitheia." She has worked in various institutions in Patras, as well as serving as an instructor in the Nursing - Traumatology department of the IEK Aigio. Additionally, she has worked as a Neurologist at the IATRO Medical Center and acts as a technical consultant in forensic expertise related to road traffic accidents with traumatic brain injuries, will disputes due to dementia, etc.

Mitropoulou Eustathia is a Neurologist who operates a private practice in Glyka Nera. She is a member of the Hellenic Headache Society and has acquired specialized experience in headache disorders, having worked at the Headache Specialty Clinic of the University Hospital of Athens "Aeginiteio" and the Naval Hospital of Athens. In her private practice, she offers a wide range of services, tailored to the individual needs of each patient.

Η Καμινιώτη Αναστασία,MD,MSc είναι Ιατρός Νευρολόγος ειδικευθείσα στη Νευρολογική Κλινική του Νοσοκομείου του Ερυθρού Σταυρού Κοργιαλένειο-Μπενάκειο και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στους Αμπελόκηπους Αττικής.Είναι κάτοχος Μεταπτυχιακών διπλωμάτων στην “Κλινική Νευροφυσιολογία” και στα “Αγγειακά Εγκεφαλικά Επεισόδια”. Από το έτος 2011 έως και το 2023 εργαζόταν στο Νοσοκομείο Ερρίκος Ντυνάν Hospital Center. Έκτοτε έως και σήμερα εργάζεται στο Νοσοκομείο Metropolitan General ως αναπληρώτρια Διευθύντρια της Γ' Νευρολογικής Κλινικής.

Dr. Kousoulis Panagiotis MD, DAvSpMed (USAF), DO-HNS, FEBORL-HNS is a Military Physician (retired) - Otolaryngologist - Head and Neck Surgeon with private practices in Athens and Kalamata. He specializes in Aviation Medicine, Sleep Medicine (diagnosis and treatment of snoring and sleep apnea), Pediatric Otolaryngology, and thyroid gland surgery. Following written and oral examinations, he has been certified to practice Otolaryngology by the Royal College of Surgeons of England and holds the Diploma in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. Additionally, he has been certified after examinations by the European ENT Society as a Fellow of the European Board in Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. He holds a pan-European professional license. He has extensive experience working at numerous hospitals in England, including Brighton and Sussex University Hospital, the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital (Brighton), Lewisham University Hospital (London), and Carlisle University Hospital. At his private practice, he provides specialized services for the diagnosis and treatment of all otolaryngological conditions.

Xatziapostolou Panagiotis is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and has maintained a private practice in Thessaloniki since 1999. He began his medical studies at Kent State University Ohio and continued at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, from which he graduated, and he was also a PhD candidate at the same institution. He specialized in pulmonology - tuberculosis at the University Clinic of G. Papanikolaou. He served as a clinical observer at Yale University Hospital in N.Haven, C.T., and simultaneously worked at Orpington-Bromley Hospital in London and later at Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut, where he focused almost exclusively on sleep apnea syndrome. Additionally, he was a Scientific Collaborator for four years at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in G. Papanikolaou Hospital, while he served as the Scientific Director of the pulmonology department at Euromedica General Clinic for 21 years. He served for six years as vice president of the Association of Private Practitioners of Northern Greece and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for the Study of Pulmonary Diseases and Occupational Thoracic Diseases. The pulmonology center he maintains is equipped with a spirometer, oximeter, nocturnal recorder, exhaled carbon monoxide monitor, inspiratory and expiratory pressure meter, nebulizer, oxygen supply, electrocardiograph, and a set of forty skin allergy tests. Finally, the practice performs all modern anti-allergic injectable therapies for asthma and other allergic respiratory conditions, as well as diagnostic tests for respiratory diseases. Since 2018, lung ultrasound has been performed at the practice for immediate and radiation-free diagnosis (such as post-COVID-19 lesions, etc.).

Koropouli Maria - Dimitra is an Adult and Pediatric Otolaryngology Surgeon and maintains a private practice in Nea Smyrni. She holds a degree from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and is a member of the Athens Medical Association. She is a scientific collaborator and performs surgical procedures in major private clinics.

She specialized in general surgery and Pediatric Otolaryngology at the General Children's Hospital of Penteli and completed her Otolaryngology training at the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas". She obtained her Otolaryngology specialty title in June 2018.

She has extensive experience in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of the entire spectrum of otolaryngology in adults and children and is proficient in the use of the most advanced diagnostic tools to ensure painless and thorough examination of patients. She has been trained and has extensive surgical experience in all head and neck surgeries in adults and children. In her clinic, she manages cases covering the entire range of Otolaryngology and Pediatric Otolaryngology. It is noteworthy that she specializes in neuro-otology, audiology, and allergology, as well as functional rhinoplasty (nasal septum surgery) and tonsillectomy.