Orthopaedic - Orthopaedic Surgeons in Peloponnese

Iliopoulou-Kosmadaki Styliani is an Orthopedic Surgeon and maintains a private practice in Patras. She holds a Ph.D. from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and completed her medical studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Subsequently, she completed postgraduate studies at the University of Crete and the University of Thessaly. She possesses extensive clinical experience, having worked in major hospitals in Greece, and currently serves as a Scientific Collaborator at the Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic of the Private Hospital MITERA. Finally, she has significant research experience, consisting of numerous scientific publications and participation in medical conferences and seminars.

Xaralampidis Eustathios is an Orthopedic Surgeon with private practices in Pallini and Nemea. He graduated from the Medical School of the "OVIDIUS" University and specialized in Orthopedic Surgery at the General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos" and other major hospitals in Athens and Piraeus. Additionally, he is specialized in Hand Surgery and Microsurgery, Pediatric Orthopedics, as well as Orthopedic Oncology. Furthermore, he has extensive experience in conditions such as sports injuries and fractures, having served as a Consultant in the Sports Injuries Clinic at Mediterraneo Hospital in Glyfada, as well as a physician for the football teams PAE Panathinaikos and O.F. Cholargos. To date, he serves as a Consultant in the Orthopedics and Sports Orthopedics Clinic at Metropolitan Hospital. Finally, Dr. Xaralampidis has participated in numerous conferences and educational seminars both in Greece and abroad and is a member of the Hellenic Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, the Hellenic Arthroscopic Society, and Osteosynthesis and Trauma Care Hellas.

Ο Δημόπουλος Λεωνίδας MD, MSc είναι Ορθοπαιδικός Χειρουργός και διατηρεί ιδιωτικά ιατρεία στο Κολωνάκι και στην Τρίπολη. Αποφοίτησε από την Ιατρική Σχολή του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών το 2012. Ειδικεύτηκε σε όλο το φάσμα της Ορθοπαιδικής Χειρουργικής και Τραυματολογίας στην Α’ Ορθοπαιδική Κλινική του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, στο Πανεπιστημιακό Γενικό Νοσοκομείο "Αττικόν". Στα πλαίσια της εκπαίδευσής του, διετέλεσε επίσης ειδικευόμενος στην Ορθοπαιδική Παίδων στην Α' Παιδοορθοπαιδική Κλινική του Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Παίδων "Π. & Α. Κυριακού", καθώς επίσης και ειδικευόμενος στην Κλινική Χεριού, Άνω Άκρου και Μικροχειρουργικής του Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Αττικής ΚΑΤ. Ταυτόχρονα με την ειδικότητα της Ορθοπαιδικής παρακολούθησε και το Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών με τίτλο "Άθληση και Υγεία", με εξειδίκευση στη διάγνωση και θεραπεία των αθλητικών κακώσεων. Μετά το τέλος της ειδίκευσης του, βρέθηκε στη Νέα Υόρκη στο επί σειρά ετών Νο 1 Νοσοκομείο των ΗΠΑ για ορθοπαιδικές παθήσεις, το Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), New York, USA, όπου και εξειδικεύτηκε στη επανορθωτική χειρουργική ισχίου και γόνατος ως Academic Visitor to 2019, συμμετέχοντας σε πολυάριθμα ερευνητικά πρωτόκολλα και στην αντιμετώπιση πολύπλοκων περιστατικών του τμήματος SNF Complex Joint Reconstruction Center. Έπειτα έλαβε την επίσημη έμμισθη θέση εξειδίκευσης της Μ. Βρετανίας στη χειρουργική ώμου και αγκώνα (post C.C.T. Clinical Fellowship) στα διεθνώς αναγνωρισμένα κέντρα Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham 2020-2021 και Royal Orthopaedic Hospital 2021-2022 όπου εκπαιδεύτηκε στις πλέον σύγχρονες τεχνικές αρθροσκόπησης και αρθροπλαστικής ώμου και αγκώνα, πραγματοποιώντας πολυάριθμες επεμβάσεις τόσο στο γενικό πληθυσμό όσο και σε επαγγελματίες αθλητές. Έχει συμμετάσχει ενεργά σε πληθώρα εγχώριων και διεθνών επιστημονικών συναντήσεων ενώ έχει λάβει πολλαπλές υποτροφίες από εγχώριες και διεθνείς επιστημονικές εταιρείες, έχει πολυάριθμες δημοσιεύσεις επιστημονικών άρθρων σε διεθνή περιοδικά ενώ έχει συμμετάσχει στην εκπαίδευση φοιτητών Ιατρικής στο Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, καθώς και στο University of Birmingham, MBChB. Ιδιαίτερο επιστημονικό ενδιαφέρον του αποτελούν η αρθροσκοπική χειρουργική ώμου και γόνατος, η ελάχιστης επεμβατικότητας επανορθωτική χειρουργική μεγάλων αρθρώσεων (γόνατος/ισχίου/ώμου) καθώς και η ορθοπαιδική έρευνα. Από το 2022 έχει επιστρέψει στην Ελλάδα, διατηρεί ιατρείο στην Αθήνα και στην Τρίπολη, χειρουργεί στα Νοσοκομεία του Ομίλου Υγεία HHG και έχει σαν στόχο την παροχή υπηρεσιών υψηλού επιπέδου για τους ασθενείς του.

Dr. Georgios Tsakotos MD, MSc, PhD Orthopedic Surgeon - Assistant Professor, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Georgios Tsakotos was born in Tripoli, Arcadia. After completing secondary education in Tripoli, he was admitted to the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. From 2006 to 2012, he trained as an Orthopedic Surgeon at the 4th Orthopedic Clinic of "KAT" Hospital. He has received further training abroad in sports medicine, arthroscopic and reconstructive orthopedic surgery. He has participated, presenting papers and lectures, in numerous medical scientific conferences in Greece and abroad. He has authored and published over 100 research scientific articles in peer-reviewed international medical journals. He holds a distinction as Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the Medical School of Athens, a Master's degree (MSc) in metabolic bone diseases – osteoporosis from the Medical School of Athens, is a member of the Hellenic Osteoporosis Foundation (EL.I.OS.), the Hellenic Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (E.E.CH.O.T.), the Hellenic Arthroscopy Society, the Hellenic Society of Anatomy and Surgical Anatomy, is a Full Member of the European Hip Society, a Member of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy (ESSKA), Member of European Knee Associates (EKA), and an Associate Member of ISAKOS (International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine). He serves as Assistant Director and Orthopedic Surgeon at the "METROPOLITAN" Hospital, in the Sports Injuries and Reconstructive Orthopedic Surgery department. He is Assistant Professor at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Katsougkrakis Ilias is an Orthopedic Surgeon, serving as Deputy Director of the Robotic Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatric Orthopedics Clinic at Metropolitan Hospital. He maintains private practices in Ilioupoli and Sparta, Laconia. After completing his specialty training, he went to the United Kingdom where he completed a postgraduate specialization program, a Fellowship, in Arthroscopic Surgery and Knee and Shoulder Arthroplasty at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, England. From 2012 to 2017, he worked as an Orthopedic Consultant in Adult and Pediatric Traumatology and Hip, Knee, and Shoulder Arthroplasty at Ealing Hospital in London and East Surrey Hospital in Redhill. He holds a degree from the Medical School of the University of Novi Sad in Serbia and obtained his medical specialty title from the 6th Orthopedic Clinic of the General Hospital "Asklipieio Voulas." After completing his specialty, he worked as the coordinating physician of the Parnassos Ski Center. Finally, he completed a postgraduate program in Health Units Management and Crisis Management at the University of Peloponnese. He maintains private practices in Ilioupoli and Sparta, Laconia.

Maragkou Aggeliki - Aikaterini is an Orthopedic Surgeon for adults and children. She studied with honors scholarships and graduated with "Excellent" from the Medical University of Debrecen, Hungary. She also trained in General Surgery at Charing Cross Hospital in London. She specialized in Orthopedics - Traumatology at the General Hospital of Attica KAT and further specialized in Microsurgery as well as Pediatric Orthopedics, obtaining a "Diploma in Children’s Orthopaedics" from EPOS - EFORT IC in Vienna. She has been trained in Neonatal Hip Ultrasound and in the diagnosis and management of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip by the distinguished Professor Reinhard Graf. She holds the title of "Rescuer" in Advanced Pediatric Life Support from the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) in Athens. She serves as a physician for the National Youth and Girls Football Teams on international missions and, as a member of the Hellenic Sports Medicine Society, she is appointed as a match physician for Superleague and Greek Cup championship games.

Η Μητσάκου Ματίνα είναι Ορθοπαιδικός Χειρουργός και διατηρεί ιδιωτικά ιατρεία σε Μαρούσι και Κόρινθο , ενώ είναι επιμελήτρια της Γ Ορθοπαιδικής Κλινικής του ΙΑΣΩ Γενική Κλινική . Αποφοίτησε με βαθμό ¨ Άριστα ¨από την Ιατρική Σχολή Αθηνών του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών και κατέχει τον Τίτλο Ειδικότητας Ορθοπαιδικής και Τραυματολογίας από τον Ιανουάριο 2023 (ΠΙΣ). Το 2023 απέκτησε επίσης τον διεθνώς αναγνωρισμένο τίτλο FEBOT (Fellow of the European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology - Ακόλουθος της Ευρωπαϊκής Εταιρείας Ορθοπαιδικής και Τραυματιολογίας) κατόπιν ειδικών εξέτασεων . Έχει ολοκληρώσει τον κύκλο μαθημάτων του Μεταπτυχιακού Προγράμματος Σπουδών με θέμα " Μεταβολικά Νοσήματα των Οστών ". Η κλινική της εμπειρία περιλαμβάνει πολυετή εκπαίδευση και υπηρεσία σε Ορθοπαιδικές Κλινικές μεγάλων νοσoκομείων , όπως του Ναυτικού Νοσοκομείου Αθηνών και του Γ.Ν.Α ΚΑΤ, καθώς και η Παιδοορθοπαιδική Κλινική του Γεν.Νοσοκομείου Παίδων Πεντέλης. Είναι μέλος του Ιατρικού Συλλόγου Αθηνών και Κορινθίας . Το επιστημονικό της έργο περιλαμβάνει δημοσιεύσεις, παρουσιάσεις και συμμετοχή σε ελληνικά και διεθνή συνέδρια.

Η ιατρός ασχολείται εξατομικευμένα με κάθε ασθενή επιδεικνυοντας ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στη λήψη ιστορικού και την αναλυτική κλινική εξέταση . Εστιάζοντας στη λεπτομέρεια και βασιζόμενη σε βαθειά και εμπεριστατωμένη γνώση της Ορθοπαιδικής ,στοχεύει πάντα στην σωστή διάγνωση. Διαπνέεται από βαθειά ενσυναίσθηση και έχει ως βασική προτεραιότητα της τη βελτίωση της ποιότητας της ζωής του ασθενούς και την ολιστική προσέγγιση των προβλημάτων του. Δινει πάντα προτεραιότητα στις μη χειρουργικές θεραπευτικές επιλογές , σε συνεργασία και με άλλες ειδικότητες όπως φυσικοθεραπευτές , ακτινολόγους και ιατρούς άλλων ειδικοτήτων. Γνώμονας είναι η πιο ασφαλής και αποτελεσματική λύση για τον ασθενή, ο οποίος συμμετέχει ενεργά στη λήψη των αποφάσεων με πλήρη ενημέρωση και σεβασμό στις ανάγκες και στις ανησυχίες του.Οταν οι συντηρητικές επιλογές εξαντλούνται και απαιτείται χειρουργική παρέμβαση, η κ.Μητσάκου παρέχει σε κάθε περίπτωση μια εξαιρετικά εξατομικευμένη,πλήρως καταρτισμένη και υπεύθυνη προσέγγιση, χρησιμοποιώντας τις νεότερες και πληρέστερες χειρουργικές τεχνικές και παρέχει στενή περιεγχειρητική και μετεγχειρητική παρακολούθηση και φροντίδα του ασθενή.

Mixailidou - Xristopoulou Melia is an Orthopedic Surgeon and maintains a private practice in Kalamata. She graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a grade of "very good." In 2004, she began her specialty in General Surgery at the 1st Surgical Department of the General Hospital of Serres, which she completed in 2005, and continued as an Orthopedic resident at the General Hospital of Serres. She obtained her specialty title in Orthopedics at the University Hospital of Rio Patras and at the Karamanadaneio Children’s Hospital in 2012. During this period, she traveled to SLK Klinikum in Heilbronn, Germany, where she specialized in the Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic, particularly in neonatal ultrasound. She participated in a large number of conferences, presenting papers at several of them, as well as attended numerous seminars of the AO Foundation, whose official representative in Greece is the Orthopedic Clinic of the University Hospital of Rio. Finally, in 2014, she attended courses and received certification for the application of ultrasound in the musculoskeletal system with a specialization in neonatal ultrasound.

Vamvatsikos Konstantinos is an Orthopedic Surgeon with private clinics in Agios Stefanos and Oropos. After completing his studies, he specialized in Orthopedics at the 5th Orthopedic Clinic of the General Hospital of Attica KAT, in the Spine and Scoliosis Unit. Subsequently, he received further training at Sheffield Hospital in England, focusing on specialized conditions primarily affecting the spine. In his private clinics, he manages all orthopedic conditions, with particular expertise over the past 10 years in the DRX 9000 technology, a digital decompression bed that successfully treats complex spinal disorders such as sciatica, herniated intervertebral discs, and discopathies with high success rates. More than 8,000 cases of complex spinal disorders have been treated using DRX 9000 technology, which is an FDA-certified American innovation also utilized by NASA. Additionally, he operates podology departments offering reflexology sessions, pedobarography, and the fabrication of custom digital technology insoles, as well as departments for acupuncture, ozone therapy, and osteoporosis. Bone density measurements for osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment of arthritis conditions in the knee, shoulder, or hip are also conducted, utilizing collagen infiltration, hyaluronic acid, autologous activated platelet-rich plasma, and stem cell therapies.

Sarantos Konstantinos MD, FRCS, is the Director of the 7th Orthopedic Clinic at YGEIA Hospital and maintains private practices in central Athens, Marousi, and Kranidi. He is an official trainer of the MAKO Robotic System and the minimally invasive technique “SuperPath” in Europe for Hip and Knee Arthroplasties and has trained over 450 surgeons from Europe and beyond in more than 45 educational courses. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Ioannina and is a Consultant - Head Orthopedic Surgeon at Coventry and Warwick University Hospital in the United Kingdom and a member of the British Royal College of Surgeons. He specialized and received further training in the United Kingdom in hip and knee surgeries. Additionally, he completed further training in the minimally invasive hip technique, "SuperPath®", in the United States and subsequently performed the first surgery in Europe and the United Kingdom of a total hip arthroplasty using the "SuperPath®" technique in 2014. Since then, he has performed an exceptionally large number of surgical procedures using this method and has contributed to its development and adaptation to European standards. In his private practices, he manages a wide range of cases and provides solutions to his patients' problems, while also being a member of numerous Greek and international scientific societies.

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.

Karinos Theodoros MD, MSc is an Orthopedic Surgeon - Traumatologist who maintains a private practice in Akrata, Achaia. He holds a master's degree in Metabolic Bone Diseases from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and graduated from the Medical School of Sofia University. He completed his specialty training at numerous hospitals including the General Hospital of Arta, the Anti-Cancer - Oncology Hospital of Athens "Agios Savvas," the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, the General Hospital of Athens KAT, and the First Orthopedic Clinic of the General Hospital of Tripoli. Additionally, he has extensive experience, accumulating 15 years of practice in Orthopedics and Traumatology to date. Finally, he actively participates in seminars, scientific conferences, and workshops aiming for comprehensive training and continuous education in his field of specialization, while also keeping up with new protocols to provide the most appropriate solution tailored to the patient's problem.

Vasilakakos Theofanis MD is an Orthopedic Surgeon - Sports Medicine Specialist with private practices in Kalamata, Sparta, and Kolonaki, and is also an Associate at the "Metropolitan" Hospital in Athens. He has specialized in Arthroscopic Surgery of the shoulder and knee at McGill University in Canada and in Reconstructive Surgery of the hip, shoulder, and knee at the Hospital for Special Surgery in the United States of America. He manages patients with sports injuries, osteoarthritis, spinal hemangioma, fractures, meniscal tears, anterior cruciate ligament tears, scoliosis-kyphosis, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, tendinitis, chondropathy, and other bone injuries.

Mantakos Dimitrios is an Orthopedic Surgeon who maintains private practices in Ilion and Skala Lakonias. Additionally, he serves as Consultant at the 3rd Orthopedic Clinic of the private hospital HYGEIA and as a Scientific Collaborator at the private hospital MITERA. He studied Medicine at the University of Patras and subsequently completed his postgraduate studies in "Metabolic Bone Diseases" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has many years of experience, having specialized at the Penteli General Children’s Hospital where he completed training in Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology, and at the 1st Orthopedic Clinic of the General Attica Hospital KAT. At the same hospital, he further specialized in the Hand - Upper Limb - Microsurgery Clinic, as well as in the Sports Injuries Department. He has also completed courses in Advanced Trauma Life Support, Basic Life Support (BLS), and Prehospital Trauma Life Support. He is a member of the European Pediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS), the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), the Hellenic Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (HSOST), and the Athens Medical Association. Furthermore, he has attended numerous national and European orthopedic and other specialty conferences and has participated in a significant number of seminars both as an instructor and as a trainee.