Doctors for Σπιρομέτρηση

Koutzoglou Despoina is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and operates a private practice in Chania. She studied at the Medical School of the University of Bologna in Italy (ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA). Furthermore, she specialized at the Pulmonary Clinic of the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases of Athens "Sotiria" and is a member of the Hellenic Respiratory Society and the European Respiratory Society. She also has clinical experience and training, and at her practice she manages pulmonary diseases such as respiratory infections, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, smoking cessation, chronic cough, dyspnea, preoperative evaluation, among others.

Tseliou Eleni is a Pulmonologist - Phthisiologist and maintains a private practice in Cholargos. She holds a PhD from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and completed her doctoral thesis on severe asthma and smokers with asthma. She is also a graduate of the same institution. She specialized in Pulmonology - Phthisiology at the General Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens "Sotiria." She is an external associate of the Euroclinic of Athens and a collaborator of the Oncology team at the "Metropolitan" Hospital. Finally, Dr. Tseliou is a member of the Athens Medical Association, the European Respiratory Society, the Hellenic Pulmonologists Association, the Hellenic Society of Homeopathic Medicine, the Asthma Group, and the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Group.

Spyropoulos Georgios is a Specialist Pulmonologist - Phthisiologist, Military Physician, and maintains private clinics in Thessaloniki and Koufalia. He holds a degree from the Medical Department of the Military Officers School and the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He serves as a Consultant at the Pulmonology Clinic of the 424 General Military Training Hospital and is a PhD candidate at the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as well as a member of the Thessaloniki Medical Association. In his private practice, he manages a wide range of cases, combining his scientific expertise with extensive experience, always focusing on the safest advisor: Love for the patient.

Dimitra Giannopoulou is a Pulmonologist - Phthisiologist and maintains a private pulmonology clinic in Peristeri. She holds a medical degree from the Institute of Pharmacy and Medicine in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with an international medical acupuncture diploma. The physician specializes in medical acupuncture for smoking cessation, asthma, COPD, pain, chemotherapy side effects, weight loss, allergies, and electroacupuncture. Additionally, her research interests include small cell and non-small cell lung cancer, bronchial asthma - COPD, and chemotherapy regimens in lung cancer. Alongside her private practice, Dimitra Giannopoulou is a First Consultant at the 1st Oncology Clinic of "Hygeia" Hospital. Finally, she is a member of the Hellenic Medical Acupuncture Society, the European Oncology Society, the European Respiratory Society, the Delphic Society, and the Hellenic Respiratory Society.

Ksypolytos Antonis is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and maintains a private practice in Neos Kosmos. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Patras and specialized in Pulmonology at the 1st Pulmonology Clinic of the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases "Sotiria," including rotations at the 1st Internal Medicine Clinic - Special Infectious Diseases Unit at the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas" and the ICU of the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases "Sotiria." Furthermore, he serves as a Pulmonologist Consultant at the Pulmonology Clinic of the Athens Medical Center. Additionally, he has worked as a Pulmonology Consultant at the Hygeia Hospital and as an associate at the Mitera Hospital from 2010 to 2021. He has also worked at the 9th Pulmonology Clinic of the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases of Athens "SOTIRIA" and as a B Consultant in 2022, and subsequently in 2023 at Iaso Hospital, as a Consultant in the Pulmonology Clinic. He has attended numerous postgraduate seminars and has participated in similar scientific conferences in Greece and abroad. He is a member of the Hellenic Respiratory Society. Finally, his expertise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Respiratory Infections, and Asthma should not be overlooked.

Ο Ζαχαράτος Παναγιώτης MD, PhD είναι Πνευμονολόγος - Φυματιολόγος. Ξεκίνησε την επαγγελματική του πορεία αποκτώντας βασικές γνώσεις αρχικά Βιολογίας (πτυχίο Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών) και στη συνέχεια Ιατρικής (πτυχίο Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών). Ειδικεύτηκε στην Πνευμονολογία - Φυματιολογία στο Πνευμονολογικό Τμήμα της Α Πανεπιστημιακής Κλινικής Εντατικής Θεραπείας στο Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Αθηνών "Ευαγγελισμός". Κατά τη διάρκεια της ειδίκευσης του, πέρα από την εμπειρία στη ΜΕΘ, συμμετείχε στα εξωτερικά ιατρεία "ΧΑΠ" και "Διακοπής Καπνίσματος" του παραπάνω Νοσοκομείου, ενώ αργότερα παρακολούθησε τις εργασίες του Ιατρείου Διαμέσων Νοσημάτων του Νοσοκομείου Νοσημάτων Θώρακος Αθηνών "Σωτηρία". Έχει μεγάλη εμπειρία και στην Εργαστηριακή Ιατρική, ξεκινώντας με την επιτυχημένη ολοκλήρωση της διδακτορικής του διατριβής στη Μοριακή Διαγνωστική του Καρκίνου του Πνεύμονα (PhD in MolMed)(Ιατρική Σχολή Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών), συμμετέχοντας ως Επιστημονικός συνεργάτης σε Πανεπιστημιακές Κλινικές - Εργαστήρια (Εργαστήριο Ιστολογίας, Κλινική Παθολογικής Φυσιολογίας, Α’ Κλινική Εντατικής Θεραπείας, Α’ Πανεπιστημιακή Πνευμονολογική Κλινική) και του εξωτερικού (Department of Molecular Oncology "The Wistar Institute" Philadelphia USA, "Roy Castle Institute for Lung Cancer Research" Liverpool UK), με αντικείμενο μηχανισμούς καρκινογένεσης, μικροβιακή μοριακή διαγνωστική ιών και μυκοβακτηριδίων, και πειραματικών μοντέλων αποφρακτικών νόσων πνεύμονα. Στην Εργαστηριακή Ιατρική Διαγνωστική εργάστηκε ως Μοριακός Βιολόγος στο Κ.ΕΛ.ΑΝ.Ι.Η. του 1ου Νοσοκομείου ΙΚΑ Αθηνών και στη συνέχεια ως Βιολόγος - Κλινικός Χημικός στο Βιοχημικό Εργαστήριο του Νοσοκομείου Νοσημάτων Θώρακος Αθηνών "Η Σωτηρία", όπου και βρίσκεται στον παρόντα χρόνο ως Αναπληρωτής Διεύθυνσης με τον Τίτλο Εξειδίκευσης Ειδικού στη Εργαστηριακή Ιατρική (EuSpLM). Έχει λάβει πολλές τιμητικές επιστημονικές και ακαδημαϊκές διακρίσεις (υπότροφος του ΕΚΠΑ, της ΓΓΕΤ και του ΙΚΥ, πάνω από 15 βραβεία συνεδρίων). Έχει σημαντικό επιστημονικό και εκπαιδευτικό έργο με περισσότερες από 50 δημοσιεύσεις σε διεθνή ιατρικά περιοδικά, συνεχή ενεργό συμμετοχή σε εθνικά και διεθνή συνέδρια, ενώ το διδακτικό του έργο συνίσταται ως επισκέπτης Επίκουρος Καθηγητής στο Τμήμα Ιατρικών Εργαστηρίων ΤΕΙ Αθηνών και Λέκτορας στο Τμήμα BioMedical Sciences του Μητροπολιτικού Κολλεγίου Αθηνών. Τέλος, ο γιατρός συμμετέχει ενεργά σε Επαγγελματικές Ενώσεις/Εταιρείες του Ιατρικού χώρου όπως η Ελληνική Εταιρεία Κλινικής Χημείας και η Ένωση Πνευμονολόγων Ελλάδος, ενώ συμμετέχει και στις δραστηριότητες της Ελληνικής Πνευμονολογικής Εταιρείας.

Karagiannis Giannis is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist with private practices in Artemida and Korydallos. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Thessaly and specialized in Pulmonology at the General Hospital of Thoracic Diseases "Sotiria." Additionally, the doctor specializes in asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cough, and dyspnea.

Dr. Sarma Niki is a Pulmonologist - Sleep Medicine Specialist and maintains a private practice in Melissia. She holds a PhD from the University of Kiel in Germany and graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Dr. Sarma specialized in Pulmonology at major hospitals in Greece and Germany, such as the Athens Chest Diseases General Hospital "Sotiria," the "Fachkrankenhaus Kloster Grafschaft GmbH," and the "Lungenclinic Großhansdorf" in Hamburg. Additionally, she specialized in Sleep Medicine at the Sleep Clinic of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf "UKE" and has worked as a Pulmonologist in the private practice "Alsterpneumologie." To date, she continues as an external collaborator of the 4th Pulmonology Clinic at the "Errikos Dynan" Hospital Center.

Dr. Xristopoulos Antonios is a Specialist Pulmonologist, PhD holder from the Medical School of the University of Patras and former Assistant Professor of Pathology at the Higher Technological Educational Institute of Patras. He has worked as a registrar in the ICU and pulmonary laboratory of the ONASSIO Cardiac Surgery Center as well as a Clinical Chest Physician at King’s College Hospital in London. He has also completed postgraduate studies (Master’s degree) in “Thoracic Oncology” at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is a Scientific Collaborator at the University Pulmonology Clinic of the University General Hospital of Patras. The physician is certified by Harvard Medical School (accreditation 2014), the United Kingdom’s General Medical Council (RN 7523439), and the Global Health Network {ICH GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE E6 (R2) 94%}. He has undertaken a series of further training programs at specialized centers abroad with practical training, certified by the European Respiratory Society (ERS), of which he is a Golden Member. Dr. Xristopoulos is the Director of the Bronchial Asthma Department at the Medical Center of Athens in Marousi and is the scientific head of the ASTHMA CLINICS, where he oversees a fully equipped modern laboratory for respiratory function testing, sleep studies, and respiratory allergy assessments. The ASTHMA CLINICS feature specialized allergy and asthma departments and a severe bronchial asthma unit, where patients with difficult-to-treat asthma are evaluated for the initiation of new injectable biological therapies and the monitoring of asthma during pregnancy, as physiological changes during gestation may exacerbate asthma.

Petalas Konstantinos is an Allergist, Military Physician, and Director of the Allergy Department at the 251 General Air Force Hospital, with a private practice in Glyfada. He holds a PhD from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a medical degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, obtained during his studies in the Medical Department of the Military Officers Corps School (Military Medicine). Furthermore, he has received additional training at Royal Brompton and St. Thomas Hospitals in London. He has participated as a researcher at Imperial College University in London. Finally, the physician is a member of several scientific societies and has numerous presentations at conferences and workshops, publications in Greek and international journals, announcements at international and national conferences, as well as several awards for scientific work.

Vassalos Dimitrios PhD is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and maintains a private practice in Cholargos. He holds a doctorate from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The physician collaborates with Metropolitan General Hospital and Errikos Dynan Hospital and is a member of the Athens Medical Association. His practice offers a wide range of services, personalized and designed based on the needs of each patient.

Maria Gaggadi is a specialized Pulmonologist with over 20 years of experience as a Consultant in major public and university hospitals in Athens (Sotiria, Laiko, Evangelismos, Sismanogleio) and maintains a private practice in Piraeus. She currently holds a permanent position as Senior Consultant A’ at the General Hospital of Athens “SOTIRIA.” Throughout her extensive career in the National Health System, she has gained comprehensive experience in the diagnosis and management of the entire spectrum of respiratory diseases, such as bronchial asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), interstitial lung diseases, lung cancer, as well as smoking cessation. She has particular expertise in bronchial asthma, as since 2021 she has been responsible for the Severe Bronchial Asthma Clinic in the Outpatient Department. Additionally, she possesses significant experience in interventional pulmonology procedures, including bronchoscopy and EBUS, certified by the European Respiratory Society (ERS).

She graduated from the Medical School of the University of Bologna and completed her Pulmonology specialty at the General Hospital of Athens “SOTIRIA.” In addition to the Greek specialty title, she holds the European Diploma in Pulmonology from the ERS. She has completed postgraduate studies in Pulmonary Hypertension at the University of Bologna and in Occupational and Environmental Health at the National School of Public Health. She holds a PhD from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) focusing on obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD and bronchial asthma). Recently, she was further trained at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London in the field of interstitial lung diseases, such as pulmonary fibrosis.

Ioannidou Iliana MD, MSc is a Pulmonologist - Phthisiologist and maintains a private practice in Ilioupoli. She graduated from the Medical School of the University of Crete and holds a postgraduate degree in "Lung Cancer: Contemporary Clinical and Laboratory Approach & Research" from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She began her specialization in Pulmonology - Phthisiology at the Lung Cancer Center of the Academic Hospital Clemenshospital in Münster, Germany, and completed it at the General Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens "Sotiria." She specialized in Intensive Care Medicine at the University Intensive Care Unit of the General Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens "Sotiria," where she served as Registrar for 2 years. Concurrently, the doctor has been trained in Medical Acupuncture at the International Advanced Training Center of Acupuncture AcuScience, under the auspices of the Hellenic Medical Acupuncture Society, as well as in Advanced Life Support and Immediate Life Support (ALS & ILS provider). She served as Registrar at the Intensive Care Unit of the Athens Medical Center and continues to serve as Registrar of the Pulmonology Team at the same hospital. In her private practice, she offers a wide range of services, tailored to the specific needs of each patient. Finally, the doctor is a member of both the Hellenic and European Respiratory Societies.

Vlaxou Athina is a Pulmonologist - Sleep Specialist and maintains a private practice in Agios Dimitrios. She is a graduate of the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and obtained her specialty in Pulmonology and Tuberculosis at the General Thoracic Diseases Hospital "Sotiria". Additionally, she completed a postgraduate diploma in "Sleep-related Breathing Disorders: Laboratory and Clinical Sleep Medicine" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, earning a specialization degree in Sleep Medicine. She is a member of the Hellenic Respiratory Society, the Association of Pulmonologists of Greece, the Hellenic Sleep Society, and the ERS (European Respiratory Society).

Marinos Stamatios is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculologist with a private practice in Glyfada (within the BIOCARE diagnostic center). He is a graduate of the Medical School and has completed postgraduate studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, specializing in Thoracic Oncology. After graduation and the completion of his mandatory rural service, he specialized in Internal Medicine at the General Hospital of Athens "Sismanoglio." Subsequently, he obtained the medical specialty title in Pulmonology - Tuberculosis from the General Hospital of Athens "Sismanoglio," acquiring extensive clinical experience in pulmonary diseases and tuberculosis. During his professional career, he served as a Registrar at the General Hospital of Athens "Sismanoglio," the General Hospital of Elefsina "Thriasio," and the General Hospital of Argolida. Additionally, he maintained private practices in Zurich, Switzerland, and in Kallithea, and continues to collaborate with public and private healthcare sectors. The doctor is a member of the Medical Association of Athens (ISA) and the Medical Association of Zurich and is committed to informing his patients through the articles he publishes. In his practice, in a friendly and warm environment, fully equipped, he offers a wide range of medical services in the field of Pulmonology and Tuberculology.

Aleurakis Emmanouil is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and maintains a private practice in Ampelokipoi. He holds a Medical Degree from the University of Crete and is a graduate of the postgraduate program "Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). He specialized in Pulmonology - Tuberculosis at the 4th Pulmonology Clinic of the General Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens "SOTIRIA," where he also worked for 2 years as an assistant registrar. Additionally, he deals with the full spectrum of pulmonary diseases, with a special interest in diagnostic bronchoscopy using EBUS. Finally, he is a collaborator of the 1st Pulmonology Clinic of Metropolitan General.

Maria Xarikiopoulou is a Pulmonologist - Phthisiologist with a private practice in Petralona, while also serving as a Scientific External Collaborator at the Asthma Center of the 7th Pulmonology Clinic of the General Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens "Sotiria".

She has many years of professional experience and manages patients presenting with symptoms across the full spectrum of respiratory diseases, providing diagnosis, treatment, and guidance. Her main areas of expertise include Bronchial Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Tsaramirsi Marianna is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and maintains a private practice in Keratsini. She has extensive experience and concurrently serves as Senior Registrar of the 1st Oncology Clinic at Metropolitan Hospital.