Doctors for Heart Triplex

Makris Georgios is a Cardiologist who maintains a private practice in Patras. He holds a medical degree from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara in Romania and specialized in Cardiology at the General University Hospital of Patras. He is a PhD candidate at the General University Hospital of Patras and has specialized in Advanced Ultrasound Techniques at the same hospital. He is responsible for the Cardiology Department at Asklippeion Vita and has served as a cardiologist for one year at the General University Hospital of Patras. He has attended 50 conferences in Greece and abroad as part of his continuous professional development and has published 7 articles in international scientific journals. Finally, it is worth mentioning that he has been awarded 1st Prize in a Cardiovascular Research Competition and is a member of the Medical Association of Patras.

Karali Maria - Dionysia is a Cardiologist and maintains a private practice in Kallithea. She is a PhD candidate at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and graduated from the medical department of the same institution. She completed her Cardiology specialty training working as a resident physician at the Athens General Hospital "Laiko," Metropolitan Hospital, and Piraeus General Hospital "Tzaneio." Among these, she served as a Scientific Collaborator at the Athens General Hospital "Hippokration." To date, she has authored numerous medical papers, both undergraduate and postgraduate, and simultaneously ensures her continuous professional development through attendance and participation in a large number of medical conferences, seminars, and workshops.

Osanlou Sarzant - Sofia is a Cardiologist who has maintained a private cardiology clinic in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki since 1998. She holds a degree from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and has obtained the cardiology specialty title. She has received further training in techniques of separation and substance identification using chromatography, applied to chemical analysis, research, and environmental studies. Additionally, she has undergone advanced training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency pre-hospital medicine. It is also worth mentioning her advanced training in echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography at the 1st Cardiology Clinic of the University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA. In her cardiology clinic, a modern and fully technologically equipped facility, she offers services such as electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, cardiac triplex, stress test, Holter rhythm and blood pressure monitoring, and conducts preschool screening, preoperative evaluation, fitness examinations for sports activities, blood pressure management, and lipid regulation.

Floros Sotiris is a Cardiologist Specialist, graduate of Democritus University of Thrace, and specialized in cardiology at the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens. He received further training in Interventional Cardiology and specialized in the latest ultrasound techniques, stress echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography. He is an External Collaborator of the Athens Bioclinic and the Scientific Head of the Nuclear Medicine department (D-SPECT) at Iatropolis. He maintains a private practice in Ilisia, in the center of Athens (Megaron Music Hall). He manages a wide range of cases, covering the entire spectrum of cardiology, providing personalized services for each patient. There is the capability for hospitalization, investigation, and treatment of all cardiac conditions in an affiliated private clinic.

Koumoulidis Anastasios MD, MSc, PhDc is a Cardiologist with private practices in Nikaia and Kallithea. He is a PhD candidate at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, specializing in Cardiology from the General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos." He holds a postgraduate diploma in Interventional Cardiology from the University of Paris and has worked for two years in the same field at the University Hospital "LARIBOISIERE" in Paris. There, he performed a large number of coronary interventions, covering the full spectrum of coronary cases (primary angioplasties, bifurcation and left main lesions, CTOs, ECMO) using all modern techniques and materials (rotablator, OCT, IVUS). Additionally, he is certified for transcatheter implantation of bioprosthetic aortic valves (TAVI). Concurrently, he holds the European diploma in echocardiography. Finally, he consistently participates in major Greek and international cardiology conferences, maintaining excellent expertise in his specialization.

Mparmperis Dimitrios is a Cardiologist and maintains a private practice in Zografou. He holds a postgraduate degree in Cardiorespiratory Resuscitation from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a medical degree from the Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMFT). In addition to his private practice, he is a Scientific Collaborator at Bioclinic and Euroclinic in Athens as well as the Scientific Director of the Cardiology Department in ALPHABANK's polyclinics. Finally, he is a member of the Athens Medical Association and the Hellenic Cardiological Society.

Dr. Xatzianesti Fryni Cardiofocus, MD, MSc, is a Specialist Cardiologist at HYGEIA Hospital and maintains a private practice in Kolonaki. She has specialized at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in cardiovascular imaging (stress echo, strain echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiogram) and is clinically and scientifically engaged in heart failure. She holds certification from the Hellenic Cardiological Society in smoking cessation, operating one of the few certified cardiology clinics in this field. She graduated from the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace and holds a master's degree (MSc) from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, specializing in International Medicine - Infectious Diseases and Disaster Medicine. She has an extensive educational and research background, participating in numerous research studies with a focus on heart failure, and also has numerous contributions in conferences with lectures and presentations. 

Vraxatis Antonios Kai Synergates are based in Kallithea. Vraxatis Antonios is a graduate of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. From 1982 to 2011, he served as a Cardiologist at the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas" of the National Health System (E.S.Y.) and advanced to the position of Director. Alongside his clinical cardiology practice, he focused his interest on the emerging field of interventional cardiology. He initially trained at Hippocrates Hospital (1982) and subsequently at the London Chest Hospital in London and the Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven, the Netherlands (1988). He worked across the full spectrum of modern diagnostic and interventional cardiology, performed the first stent placement in a myocardial bridge in Greece and the second worldwide (1990), and was particularly involved in angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction, organizing its systematic implementation at the Hemodynamics Laboratory of the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas" since 1996. As President of the Working Group on Hemodynamics & Interventional Cardiology of the Hellenic Cardiological Society, he coordinated and participated in the editorial committee that, for the first time in the Greek language, authored guidelines for interventional techniques, published in a special issue of approximately 100 pages of the Hellenic Cardiological Review.

Ο Σέρβος Γιώργος είναι Καρδιολόγος - Παιδοκαρδιολόγος και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στην Αθήνα. Είναι απόφοιτος της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών. Το 2012 ολοκλήρωσε την ειδικότητά του στην Καρδιολογία στο Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Πατρών. Από το 2013, επικεντρώθηκε αμιγώς στην εκπαίδευση και άσκηση της Παιδοκαρδιολογίας, εντασσόμενος στο ιατρικό δυναμικό του Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Παίδων Αθηνών Παναγιώτη και Αγλαΐας Κυριακού αρχικά ως επικουρικός επιμελητής, ενώ σήμερα κατέχει το βαθμό του επιμελητή Α. Μέσα από τη μακρόχρονη νοσοκομειακή του θητεία, διαθέτει εκτεταμένη κλινική εμπειρία στην καρδιολογική νεογνών - βρεφών, παιδιών και εφήβων, καθώς και ενηλίκων με συγγενείς καρδιοπάθειες. Η εξειδίκευσή του καλύπτει όλο το φάσμα της παιδοκαρδιολογίας, από τον προληπτικό έλεγχο σε παιδιά με φυσιολογική δομικά καρδιά, έως την έγκαιρη διάγνωση και διαχείριση σύμπλοκων συγγενών καρδιοπαθειών από τη νεογνική ηλικία. Παράλληλα, διαθέτει σημαντική εμπειρία στη διερεύνηση περιστατικών μυοκαρδίτιδας, κληρονομικών μυοκαρδιοπαθειών, αορτοπαθειών και παιδιατρικών αρρυθμιών. Στα κλινικά του ενδιαφέροντά του επίσης περιλαμβάνονται η διερεύνηση των γενετικών καρδιολογικών νοσημάτων και οι νεότερες απεικονιστικές μέθοδοι, όπως η μαγνητική τομογραφία καρδιάς (cMRI), ενώ διαθέτει πιστοποίηση στη γενετική συμβουλευτική. Η εκπαίδευση των νέων ειδικευόμενων παιδιάτρων και καρδιολόγων αποτελεί από τις σημαντικότερες προτεραιότητές του στο πλαίσιο άσκησης της ιατρικής. Έχει συμμετάσχει ενεργά σε δεκάδες εγχώρια και διεθνή καρδιολογικά συνέδρια παίδων και ενηλίκων με προφορικές παρουσιάσεις και αναρτήσεις. Τέλος, ο ιατρός διατελεί Γενικός Γραμματέας της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Παιδιατρικής Καρδιολογίας.

Vavouranakis Ioannis is a Cardiologist who maintains a private clinic in Heraklion, Crete. He holds a PhD from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and has completed further training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard University in Boston (as a Research and Clinical fellow) and at Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven, Netherlands, specializing in Interventional Cardiology. The doctor has a significant number of publications in international and Greek medical journals, and it would be remiss not to mention his expertise in Interventional Cardiology, Echocardiography, as well as Clinical Cardiology. In his clinic, he manages a wide range of cases utilizing his scientific excellence and extensive experience.

Karanikas Stauros is a Cardiologist who maintains a private practice in Ilisia. After completing his medical studies, he specialized in Cardiology at Konstadopouleio General Hospital (Agia Olga). Additionally, he pursued postgraduate studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He specialized in cardiac pacing and heart failure at Lewisham University Hospital, Lewisham & Greenwich Trust in London, where he also worked as a Consultant Cardiologist. He has extensive clinical experience and served as a Consultant Cardiologist in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit of the Onassis Cardiothoracic Surgery Center. He currently works as a Consultant in the Electrophysiology - Pacemaker Implantation Laboratory and the Adult Cardiology Clinic at Mitera Hospital (Hygeia Group).

Tsartsalis Dimitris - Id Polyiatreio Kardiakaiaggeia is a Cardiologist MD, MSc, PhD, specialized in Echocardiography, Stress Echo (Dynamic Echocardiography), and Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE). He maintains a private practice in Chalandri and holds a PhD from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. At the same university, he earned his medical degree as well as a postgraduate degree in Medical Biology. His specialty in Cardiology was completed at the General Hospital of Athens "Hippokratio," where he gained valuable clinical experience in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases, acute coronary syndromes, echocardiography, as well as care for patients with heart failure and arrhythmias. During his professional career, he served as Deputy Director of the Echocardiography Unit at Linköping University Hospital in Sweden and also worked as Consultant at the General Hospital of Athens "Hippokratio." He is a member of the Hellenic Cardiological Society (HCS) and a distinguished Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC). He is a scientific collaborator of the 1st University Cardiology Clinic and an instructor for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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.

Katranas Sotirios is a Specialist Cardiologist and Doctor of Cardiology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a private practice in Thessaloniki. He serves as a Scientific Collaborator in Cardiomyopathies (1st Cardiology Clinic) and Cardiopathies in patients with Neuromuscular Diseases (2nd Pediatric Clinic - MDA Hellas) at the AHEPA University Hospital of Thessaloniki. He is a Consultant Cardiologist in the National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom and a former Scientific Collaborator at the Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinic of Papageorgiou Hospital. He studied Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, specialized in Cardiology at the AHEPA University Hospital of Thessaloniki, in Cardiomyopathies at London hospitals Saint Bartholomew's and Royal Brompton, and in Cardiopathies related to Neuromuscular Diseases at the Neuromuscular Complex Care Centre of the National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. Additionally, he is an expert in Advanced Ultrasound Techniques (transesophageal echocardiography and stress echo - specialization at the London hospitals Saint Bartholomew's, Royal Brompton, and North Middlesex) and holds a license from the Ministry of Health. Finally, he specializes in Lipidology and Arterial Hypertension and manages the full spectrum of cardiac diseases.

Kristi Magnisali is a specialist Cardiologist, graduate of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, with extensive and high-level scientific training in Internal Pathology and Cardiology. Her specialization was completed at leading tertiary care hospitals in Germany, including the University Hospital of Cologne (Uniklinik Köln) and the University Hospital of Düsseldorf (Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf), where she was trained in all modern diagnostic and therapeutic methods of Cardiology, with particular emphasis on Interventional Cardiology, Intensive Care, and Arrhythmology.

After completing her specialty, she served as a Specialist Cardiologist at the University Hospital of Düsseldorf, undertaking increased clinical and scientific responsibilities, including leadership of the Arrhythmia Clinic and supervision of the Echocardiography Laboratory. As part of her ongoing scientific development, she further specialized in the latest ultrasound techniques, such as dynamic echocardiography (stress echocardiography) with pharmacological stress and transesophageal echocardiography, significantly enhancing diagnostic accuracy in the investigation of complex cardiological diseases.

Possessing significant clinical and scientific work, she currently serves as an Attending Cardiologist at Metropolitan Hospital, integrated within the Clinic of Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology, and Pacemaker Therapy, while simultaneously acting as a Scientific Collaborator at the 2nd University Clinic of the Children's Hospital “Aghia Sophia Kyriakou,” where she is active in the specialized field of Pediatric Cardiology, focusing on the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of congenital and acquired pediatric heart diseases.

Dr. Syros Periklis is a Cardiologist - Arrhythmologist - Interventional Electrophysiologist and maintains a private practice in Kolonaki. Concurrently, he serves as a Military Physician with the position of Consultant in the Cardiology Department at the Hellenic Naval Hospital of Athens and is a Scientific Associate at the Euroclinic Athens. He studied Medicine at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and specialized in Cardiology at the General Hospital of Athens "Hippokration". He has completed a Fellowship in Electrophysiology - Arrhythmology in Turin, Italy, and is specialized in the interventional treatment of arrhythmias, such as atrial fibrillation ablation and others. Additionally, he holds a European Echocardiography Certification from the European Society of Cardiology. He possesses extensive experience and training, with a specialization in electrophysiology, echocardiography, and arterial hypertension.

Ο Τσιγαρίδας Νικόλαος είναι Kαρδιολόγος που διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στην περιοχή της Πανόρμου.

Διαθέτει πτυχίο Ιατρικής σχολής Ιωαννίνων. Ειδικεύτηκε στην Καρδιολογία στο Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Ιωαννίνων. Εκπαιδεύτηκε στην υπερηχοκαρδιογραφία- triplex καρδιάς στο Hammersmith Hospital στο Λονδίνο. Εξειδικεύθηκε σε νεότερες τεχνικές υπερήχων καρδιάς στο Ωνάσειο Καρδιοχειρουργικό κέντρο. Ολοκλήρωσε το μεταπτυχιακό "Αντιμετώπιση του Πόνου", με διπλωματική μελέτη πάνω στην ανθεκτική στηθάγχη. Εργάστηκε ως επιμελητής στο υπερηχογραφικό εργαστήριο του Metropolitan Hospital. Είναι συνεργάτης ιατρός στο Ωνάσειο Καρδιοχειρουργικό Κέντρο. Συνεργάζεται με διαγνωστικά κέντρα όπου και διενεργεί ο ίδιος stress echo και αξιολογεί τις μελέτες.

Oikonomou Konstantinos is a Cardiologist with a private practice in the Gkyzi area. He is a graduate of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He worked as an internal medicine resident at St Barbara Klinik Hamm-Heessen. He completed a two-year training in the specialty of Pathology at GNNA "Sotiria". He worked as a cardiology resident in the Cardiology Clinic of GNA Sismanoglio-Amalia Fleming from 2017 to 2018. He completed his cardiology specialty working at the Cardiology Clinic of GNA "I Elpis" from 2019 to 2022. He received his cardiology specialty title in 2022. He is currently an affiliated Cardiologist with the Bioiatriki group.

Velissariou Georgios is a Cardiologist and maintains a private practice in Acharnes. He specialized in cardiology at the 1st Cardiology Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos" and has attended numerous seminars aimed at continuous professional development in his field. To date, he is a Scientific Collaborator of the HYGEIA group and a member of the Athens Medical Association. In 2024, after six months of training at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, he obtained a license to perform stress echocardiography (stress echo).