Cardiologists with experience in Heart Triplex in Agia Paraskevi

Dr. Gkekopoulou Anastasia, MD, MSc, is an Interventional Cardiologist. She graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and subsequently completed her specialty training in Cardiology at the University Hospital of Cologne, Germany. She specializes in interventional cardiology as well as cardiac ultrasound (triplex, transesophageal echocardiography, stress echo). She served as Attending Physician at Maria Hilf Hospital Bergheim, where she gained extensive experience in the full spectrum of emergency cardiology, ranging from acute myocardial infarction to heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and life-threatening arrhythmias. She holds an Executive Master of Science in the Economics of Cardiovascular Sciences from the London School of Economics. Since 2022, she has been a Treating Physician – Collaborator in the 3rd Cardiology Department of Hygeia Hospital.

Elena Xairetaki - Premedicare is a Cardiologist and a member of the medical team at the Premedicare Polyclinic. She is a graduate of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and provides her services as a Cardiologist while also serving as the Scientific Director of the BIOIATRIKI Group. She specialized in Cardiology at Evangelismos Hospital and has served as an Assistant Consultant at Pammakaristos Hospital. Combining her experience and recognized scientific expertise, she manages a wide range of cases encompassing the full spectrum of her specialty.

Fountas Epameinondas is a Specialist Cardiologist who maintains a private practice in Agia Paraskevi equipped with all modern cardiological devices in a pleasant and warm environment for the patient. In recent years, he has been working as a Consultant in the Cardiology Department of the Euroclinic of Athens. He began his specialization in 2016 at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, where he gained experience in complex and rare cardiological diseases, enabling him to manage any cardiological issue, no matter how complicated it may appear. He has obtained a special certification in transthoracic echocardiography from the European Society of Cardiology and certification in stress echocardiography.

Kotilis Dimitrios is a Specialist Cardiologist, President, and CEO of the Diagnostic Polyclinic "Vioiassi" in Cholargos. He holds a PhD from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and has received further training in the United States at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado. He is a graduate of the Medical School of the Military Officers Corps Academy and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Dr. Kotilis is an Honorary Director of the General Staff of National Defense and has served as the Director General of Health Services of the Armed Forces. Additionally, he has been the Director General of Health Services at the Naval Hospital of Athens and Director of the Cardiology Clinic and Hemodynamics Laboratory of the Naval Hospital of Athens, as well as the Cardiology Clinic of the Naval Hospital of Crete. With extensive experience, he approaches cases with responsibility and immediacy. His diagnostic center aims to provide high-quality primary healthcare services, combining highly trained medical and paramedical staff and modern technological equipment that maximally ensure the quality and reliability of diagnostic results.

Ο Κυριάκου Λουκάς MD, PhD, Dr., ΕΠΙΜ.Α' ΕΣΥ είναι Ιατρός Καρδιολόγος – Εντατικολόγος, πτυχιούχος της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στην Παλλήνη. Είναι Διδάκτωρ της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, με ενεργή επιστημονική δραστηριότητα και συμμετοχή σε ιατρικά συνέδρια. Διαθέτει τον επίσημο τίτλο του Εντατικολόγου κατόπιν επιτυχών εξετάσεων. Κατέχει πολυετή κλινική εμπειρία στη διάγνωση και αντιμετώπιση καρδιαγγειακών νοσημάτων. Διατελεί Επιμελητής Α΄ στο Εθνικό Σύστημα Υγείας και συγκεκριμένα στη Μονάδα Εμφραγμάτων του Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Νέας Ιωνίας Κωνσταντοπούλειο - Αγία Όλγα, με καθημερινή ενασχόληση τόσο με επείγοντα όσο και με χρόνια καρδιολογικά περιστατικά.Επίσης διετέλεσε Διοικητικά και Επιστημονικά Υπεύθυνος για το Τμήμα Επειγόντων Περιστατικών του Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Νέας Ιωνίας Κωνσταντοπούλειο - Αγία Όλγα για 2 έτη καθώς και Υπεύθυνος τμήματος ΜΕΘ COVID-19(Πρώην ΜΕΘ-Κ) για το διάστημα του COVID-19. Διατηρεί ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον στην κλινική και επείγουσα καρδιολογία, την καρδιακή ανεπάρκεια, τις αρρυθμίες και την προληπτική καρδιολογία. Στόχος του είναι η εξατομικευμένη προσέγγιση κάθε ασθενούς, σύμφωνα με τις σύγχρονες κατευθυντήριες οδηγίες.

Christina Rogakou is a Cardiologist specialized in congenital heart disease in both children and adults, as well as in interventional cardiology. She has extensive clinical experience in specialized cardiology centers in Germany and Greece and holds a PhD from Heidelberg University, with her research focusing on out-of-hospital resuscitation by laypersons.

She graduated from the Medical School of the University of Patras and obtained her cardiology specialization in 2017, having completed her residency at the Duisburg Cardiology Center in Germany. She then worked there as a Senior Registrar and, from 2020 to 2023, served as Head of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit. She has also received additional training in pediatric cardiology and structural heart diseases through postgraduate programs at the University of Münster.

Since 2023, she has been collaborating with the Pediatric Cardiology Department of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens, while also working with Hygeia Hospital and Euroclinic Athens. She is a member of the Hellenic Society of Cardiology, the German Society of Cardiology, the German Society for Pediatric Cardiology, and the German Resuscitation Council. She speaks fluent Greek, German, and English.

Dr. Tzerefos Stauros is a Cardiologist and maintains a private practice in Neo Psychiko. He holds a Medical Degree from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and is a doctoral candidate at the Medical School of the University of Ioannina. He specializes in the management of emergency cases, as well as patients with coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, pregnancy-related cardiopathies, and has extensive experience in echocardiography. His clinic offers 24-hour blood pressure monitoring (Holter), 24-48 hour rhythm Holter monitoring, heart and thoracic aorta triplex ultrasound, and issues health certificates and attestations. He completed his Cardiology specialization at the Cardiology Clinic of the General Regional Hospital of Tripoli and the Cardiology Clinic of the General Hospital of Piraeus "Tzaneio." Additionally, he specialized in Intensive Care Medicine and holds certification in performing transthoracic echocardiography from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. He has also been trained in the latest techniques in echocardiography. He currently serves as Deputy Director at IASO Hospital and is affiliated with YGEIA and MITERA Hospitals. Until November 2020, he held the position of Scientific Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit at MITERA Hospital. He has participated in numerous conferences in Greece and abroad and, as part of his ongoing education and training, delivers lectures and publishes in Greek and international journals. He is a member of the Hellenic Cardiological Society, the Hellenic Society of Intensive Care Medicine, and the Medical Association of Athens. Finally, the doctor holds contracts with the Armed Forces and the Hellenic Coast Guard.

Ο Λιακατσίδας Κωνσταντίνος είναι Καρδιολόγος - Αρρυθμιολόγος με ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στο Χαλάνδρι, από το Μάρτιο 2023. Είναι απόφοιτος της Ιατρικής σχολής του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών (2006). Έχει ειδικευθεί στην Εσωτερική Παθολογία (2014) και στην Καρδιολογία (2015) στη Σουηδία, ενώ από το 2014 έχει ασχοληθεί εκτενώς και εξειδικευθεί στην κλινική αρρυθμιολογία και διαχείριση εμφυτεύσιμων καρδιακών συσκευών στο Πανεπιστημιακό Νοσοκομείο του Γκέτεμποργκ στη Σουηδία. Στο πλαίσιο της καρδιολογικής ειδίκευσης, ασχολήθηκε επί πολλών ετών με επείγουσα καρδιολογία, διερεύνηση και αντιμετώπιση κοινών καρδιολογικών νοσημάτων όπως στεφανιαία νόσο, καρδιακή ανεπάρκεια, μυοκαρδιοπάθειες, βαλβιδοπάθειες, κολπική μαρμαρυγή, κα, αλλά και πιο σπάνιες παθήσεις όπως συγγενείς καρδιοπάθειες και κληρονομικές αρρυθμιογενείς παθήσεις (ARVC, Brugada, LQTS, CPVT). Μετά από περισσότερα από 8 χρόνια κλινικής απασχόλησης με το αντικείμενο της εξειδίκευσής του, σε ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα καρδιολογικά κέντρα της Σκανδιναβίας και πληθώρα διεθνών σεμιναρίων και εκπαιδευτικών sessions, κατέχει άρτια γνώση και μεγάλη εμπειρία στην εμφύτευση και παρακολούθηση όλων των μοντέρνων συστημάτων βηματοδότησης και απινίδωσης, με >1100 εμφυτεύσεις και >2500 παρακολουθήσεις ασθενών με καρδιακές συσκευές. Συνεργάζεται με όλες τις μεγάλες εταιρείες βηματοδοτών/απινιδωτών, όπως Medtronic, Abbott, Boston scientific και Biotronik, ενώ είναι πιστοποιημένος και στην εμφύτευση βηματοδότη χωρίς ηλεκτρόδιο - Medtronic Micra (>15 εμφυτεύσεων), His-bundle pacing (>30 εμφυτεύσεων) καθώς και υποδόριου απινιδωτή - S-ICD Emblem Boston Scientific (>10 εμφυτεύσεις). Μετά τη μετοικεσία του στην Ελλάδα, το Σεπτέμβριο του 2022, έχει γίνει συνεργάτης της Δ' Καρδιολογικής Κλινικής Επεμβατικής καρδιολογίας του Metropolitan General, καθώς και επιστημονικά υπεύθυνος του βηματοδοτικού τμήματος του ΙΑΣΩ Θεσσαλίας και της Κεντρικής Κλινικής Αθηνών. Από το Σεπτέμβριο του 2023 συνεργάζεται και με την Α' Καρδιολογική του ΙΑΣΩ Γενική Κλινική (Μαρούσι). Στο ιδιωτικό του ιατρείο αντιμετωπίζονται συνήθη καρδιολογικά νοσήματα και διενεργούνται οι περισσότερες εξετάσεις γενικής καρδιολογικής φύσεως, όπως ηλεκτροκαρδιογράφημα, triplex, Holter ρυθμού (εώς 7 ημέρες) και πίεσης (24 ωρών). Στα πλαίσια της εξειδίκευσής του διερευνούνται και αντιμετωπίζονται επίσης διαφόρων τύπων αρρυθμιολογικές παθήσεις και διενεργούνται πιο ειδικές πράξεις όπως έλεγχος και προγραμματισμός βηματοδοτών, loop recorders και απινιδωτών. Λοιποί έλεγχοι, όπως τεστ κοπώσεως, stress echo, σπινθηρογράφημα μυοκαρδίου, μαγνητική καρδιάς, κ.α. που απαιτούν ειδικό τεχνικό και ελεγχόμενο περιβάλλον και συνήθως χρησιμεύουν στη διερεύνηση αρρυθμιολογικών παθήσεων διενεργούνται στις προαναφερθείσες συνεργαζόμενες κλινικές, ή κατ' επιλογή του ασθενούς.

Dr. Sofia Alataki is a Cardiologist with a private practice in N. Psychiko. Concurrently, she works as a Cardiologist Consultant at Metropolitan General, providing personalized and comprehensive care with an emphasis on prevention, early diagnosis, and modern monitoring of patients with cardiovascular issues. She graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with extensive experience in Greece and Germany. She completed her specialty in General Pathology and Cardiology at Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe in Germany. During her professional career abroad, she gained extensive experience in managing acute and chronic cardiological cases. She also worked in the Infarction Unit and the Hemodynamic Laboratory, where she specialized in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes and interventional cardiology. Additionally, her work in the cardiothoracic surgery department contributed to her experience in the preoperative and postoperative care of cardiac surgery patients. She specializes in modern echocardiography techniques (transthoracic and transesophageal) and in pacemaker and defibrillator programming. Finally, she completed her doctoral thesis at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau on the topic "Comparison of valve durability and outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis and less than high-risk for surgery."

Xatzis Mixalis is a Specialist Cardiologist who also maintains a private cardiology clinic in Vrilissia. Simultaneously, he serves as a consultant cardiologist at the 3rd Cardiology Department of Metropolitan General Hospital and at the Praxis Ygeias Polyclinic. He graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. After completing rural service, he specialized in Cardiology at the General Hospital of Athens "Hippokration" and the General Hospital of Athens "Laiko," gaining significant experience across the full spectrum of cardiological cases and participating in the academic activities of the clinics. Furthermore, he holds a postgraduate diploma in "Interventional Cardiology" from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, as well as graduation from the four-month program "Rehabilitation of Cardiac Patients after Cardiac Surgery" from the same institution. Emphasizing the second component of the word "cardiology" (logos/logic), he strives to respond in the best possible way to the individualized needs of his patients.