Orthopaedic - Orthopaedic Surgeons

Myriokefalitakis Emmanouil is an Orthopedic Surgeon - Sports Medicine Specialist with a private practice in Peristeri since 2011. He graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and has completed the postgraduate program "Health Unit Management" at the School of Social Sciences of the Hellenic Open University. He specialized in Orthopedic Surgery at the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas" and in Pediatric Orthopedics at the General Children's Hospital of Athens "P. & A. Kyriakou". He has served as a collaborating physician for the Women's Basketball Team Esperides, as well as the Men's Basketball Team of Olympiacos for 4 years. Additionally, he is the Head of the medical team of G.S. Peristeri and responsible for all the club’s academies, and he is a Lecturer in paramedical courses at IEK Peristeri, Haidari, Acharnes, and Korydallos. He has numerous participations in Greek and international conferences, seminars, and workshops with many presentations, as well as publications in Greek and international journals. Finally, he is a member of the Hellenic Society of Orthopedic Surgery & Traumatology, the Hellenic Arthroscopy Society, and the Hellenic Society for the Study of Bone Metabolism.

Ο Δρ Παναγιώτης Διαρεμές είναι Ορθοπαιδικός Χειρουργός MD, PhD με εξειδίκευση στη χειρουργική της σπονδυλικής στήλης και με σημαντική κλινική, ακαδημαϊκή και ερευνητική πορεία στη Γερμανία και την Ελλάδα. Κατέχει τη θέση του Αναπληρωτή Διευθυντή και Συντονιστή του Κέντρου Αριστείας Σπονδυλικής Στήλης στην Κλινική Τραυματολογίας και Ορθοπαιδικής του Πανεπιστημιακού Νοσοκομείου Goethe στη Φρανκφούρτη. Διαθέτει εκτενή εμπειρία στη διάγνωση και αντιμετώπιση σύνθετων παθήσεων της σπονδυλικής στήλης, όπως εκφυλιστικές αλλοιώσεις, σκολίωση, κύφωση, σπονδυλοδισκίτιδα, αυχενική ριζοπάθεια και μυελοπάθεια, καθώς και οστεοπορωτικά κατάγματα. Παράλληλα περιθάλπτει σε συστηματική βάση και ογκολογικούς ασθενείς με πρωτοπαθη και μεταστατική νόσο των οστών. Το επιστημονικό του ενδιαφέρον επικεντρώνεται στην ασφάλεια της χειρουργικής της σπονδυλικής στήλης, στην πρόληψη επιπλοκών και λοιμώξεων, στη χειρουργική εκπαίδευση, καθώς και στην αξιοποίηση καινοτόμων τεχνολογιών, όπως η τρισδιάστατη εκτύπωση και οι τεχνικές μείωσης της ακτινοβολίας στη χειρουργική της σκολίωσης και της κύφωσης σε συνδυασμό με ελάχιστα επεμβατικές τεχνικες. Είναι διδάκτωρ της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Goethe University Frankfurt και διαθέτει πρόσθετες πιστοποιήσεις στην Ειδική Ορθοπαιδική Χειρουργική, στη Χειροθεραπεία / Χειροπρακτική, καθώς και στην Οστεολογία για την αντιμετώπιση της οστεοπόρωσης και των μεταβολικών παθήσεων των οστών. Παράλληλα, συμμετέχει ενεργά στην εκπαίδευση νέων ιατρών και φοιτητών και έχει έντονη διεθνή επιστημονική παρουσία μέσα από δημοσιεύσεις και ομιλίες σε κορυφαία συνέδρια. Η ιατρική του προσέγγιση βασίζεται στην επιστημονική ακρίβεια, στην εξατομικευμένη αξιολόγηση και στη διαμόρφωση της πλέον κατάλληλης θεραπευτικής στρατηγικής για κάθε ασθενή, με στόχο την αποκατάσταση της λειτουργικότητας, τη βελτίωση της ποιότητας ζωής και την παροχή φροντίδας υψηλού επιπέδου.

Dr. Perpirakis Konstantinos is an Orthopedic Surgeon and maintains a private practice in Piraeus. He holds an MSc in Metabolic Bone Diseases from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and has been trained in Orthopedics at KAT Hospital, Pediatric Orthopedics at Aghia Kyriaki Children’s Hospital, and is specialized in the United Kingdom. He currently serves as an Orthopedic Surgeon at IATRIKO Palaiou Faliro.

Georgios Sxinas MD, MSc, PhD is an Orthopedic Surgeon with a private practice in Pefki. He holds a doctorate from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, specializing in Surgical Orthopedics, and completed advanced training in total joint arthroplasties at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York, supported by a scholarship from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. As a scholar, he also trained in the sports injuries department of the KAT General Hospital, where he gained extensive surgical experience in sports injuries in both diagnosis and treatment. He serves as a Consultant at Ygeia Hospital and is a former Consultant at the Second Orthopedic Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas," where he acquired significant experience in Emergency Orthopedics, actively participating in the clinic's on-call program. Previously, he worked as a physician in the Orthopedic Clinic at James Paget University Hospital in the United Kingdom. To date, he has authored presentations and publications in renowned scientific and medical journals and has been awarded for the best paper entitled: "Experience and Observations from Bone Lengthening with Unilateral External Fixation Devices."

Ο Αλέξανδρος Κωνσταντινόπουλος είναι Ορθοπεδικός - Χειρουργός - Τραυματιολόγος και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στη Θεσσαλονίκη. Σε ένα σύγχρονο χώρο, εύκολα προσβάσιμο για όλες τις ηλικίες, προσφέρει ολοκληρωμένες ιατρικές υπηρεσίες από την διάγνωση, τη θεραπεία και τη μετεγχειρητική παρακολούθηση των ασθενών. Συγκεκριμένα ασχολείται με ολική αρθροπλαστική γόνατος και ισχίου, αρθροσκόπιση γόνατος και ώμου, επανορθωτική χειρουργική, αθλητικές κακώσεις, παθήσεις ώμου, οστέοπορωση, οστεορθρίτιδα, αυτόλογη μεσοθεραπεία, παθήσεις και τραύμα άκρας χειρός και εγχύσεις. Ειδικεύτηκε στην Ελλάδα ολοκληρώνοντας την ειδικότητά του στην Α' Πανεπιστημιακή Κλινική του Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Παπανικολάου όπου και εκπαιδεύτηκε σε υψηλό επίπεδο στην Ορθοπαιδική Χειρουργική, χειρουργική άκρας χειρός (κέντρο χεργιού). Διαθέτει εμπειρία στη χειρουργική και συντηριτική αντιμετώπιση τραυματισμών και παθήσεων του μυοσκελετικού συστήματος, με έμφαση στη λειτουργική αποκατάσταση και τη βελτίωση της ποιότητας ζωής των ασθενών. Είναι υπεύθυνος της Ορθοπεδικής πτέρυγας στο Κέντρο Αποκατάστασης ΕΥΕΞΙΑ και οργανώνει τον σχεδιασμό και την παρακολούθηση εξατομικευμένων προγραμμάτων αποκατάστασης, σε στενή συνεργασία με διεπιστημονική ομάδα υγείας. Στόχος του είναι η ασφαλής και αποτελεσματική επάνοδος των ασθενών στις καθημερινές και επαγγελματικές τους δραστηριότητες. Διατηρεί επαγγελματική συνεργασία με τη Γενική Κλινική Θεσσαλονίκης «Κυανός Σταυρός» και το Διαβαλκανικό Ιατρικό Κέντρο Θεσσαλονίκης.Προσεγγίζει κάθε περιστατικό με υπευθυνότητα, επιστημονική τεκμηρίωση και σεβασμό στις ανάγκες του ασθενούς, δίνοντας έμφαση στη σωστή διάγνωση, την αναλυτική ενημέρωση και τη μακροχρόνια αποκατάσταση.

Tsoumas Xristos is an Orthopedic Surgeon who operates a private practice in Nea Ionia. He is a graduate of the Military School of Corps Officers (S.S.A.S) and holds a Master's degree in "Metabolic Bone Diseases" from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He serves as a Consultant Physician in the 1st Orthopedic Clinic of the 251 General Hospital of Athens and as an External Collaborator at the Errikos Dynan Hospital Center. The doctor has an extensive record of presentations at Greek and international scientific conferences. In his private practice, he manages a wide range of cases, leveraging his scientific expertise while always prioritizing the best possible care for each patient’s needs.

Nikolopoulos Aleksandros MD is an Orthopedic Surgeon - Traumatologist - Sports Medicine Specialist with a private practice in Daphne. He holds a degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Thessaly. He specialized at the General Surgery Clinic of the General Hospital of Karditsa and subsequently moved to Germany, where he continued his specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology at one of the largest orthopedic clinics in the country, St. Anna Hospital, Herne. For two football seasons, he served as the Sports Medicine Physician for the youth football academies of Schalke 04 e.V., accompanying the teams to home and away matches, gaining significant experience in the management of sports injuries. He worked at the distinguished University Hospital of Bochum, St Josef Hospital - Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr Universität Bochum, where he obtained the Medical Specialty title in Orthopedics and Traumatology and continued his career there as a Consultant. Throughout his career, he has participated in numerous international scientific conferences and seminars, including key topics such as: ultrasonographic neonatal diagnostics according to Graf for early detection of hip dysplasia, specialized traumatology under the auspices of AO Trauma, endoscopic spinal surgery, emergency pre-hospital medicine (Notarzt), pediatric orthopedics, arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery, microsurgery and arthroscopic surgery of the hand, reconstructive knee and hip surgery, among others. Overall, he has acquired substantial experience across the full spectrum of orthopedics and traumatology as well as significant surgical expertise, performing numerous complex surgical procedures in both adults and children. Finally, the physician is a member of the International Traumatology Society AO Trauma (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen) and the Hellenic Osteoporosis Foundation.

Dr. Tsoutsanis Athanasios holds a PhD from the University of Athens and is the Director of the 6th Orthopedic Clinic at HYGEIA Hospital. He maintains a private practice at HYGEIA Hospital as well as in Kifisia (opposite KAT Hospital). His initial postgraduate training was completed at the University Orthopedic Clinic of the renowned Rizzoli Hospital in Bologna, Italy, specializing in arthroplasty surgery. Subsequently, he trained in Paris in the innovative minimally invasive AMIS technique for hip arthroplasty and is a certified instructor of this technique. After performing thousands of hip arthroplasty surgeries, he was designated as one of the official reference centers in Europe for training orthopedic surgeons in the AMIS technique. He performed the first live surgery using the AMIS technique in Greece as part of an educational seminar on hip arthroplasty.

He specialized in knee arthroplasty using the minimally invasive MIK technique.

He trained in the United Kingdom and Luxembourg and is a certified user of the MAKO and NAVIO robotic systems for total knee arthroplasty.

Ο Δρ. Γιαννακόπουλος Ιωάννης MD, PhD, MSc, είναι Ορθοπεδικός Χειρουργός - Αθλητίατρος, Διδάκτωρ Πανεπιστημίου Κολωνίας με ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στο Μαρούσι. Παράλληλα διατελεί Διευθυντής της Ορθοπεδικής Κλινικής Χειρουργικής Κάτω Ακρων και Ρομποτικής Χειρουργικής στο Ιατρικό Κέντρο Αθηνών στο Μαρούσι. Μετά από 15 χρόνια καριέρας στη Γερμανία, απέκτησε μεγάλη χειρουργική εμπειρία, υπηρετώντας ως Διευθυντής τμήματος Χειρουργικής Ποδοκνημικής και Ακρου Ποδός, αν. Διευθυντής Ορθοπεδικής Κλινικής και Συντονιστής Πιστοποιημένου Κέντρου Αρθροπλαστικής Ισχίου & Γόνατος πραγματοποιώντας εξαιρετικά μεγαλο αριθμό χειρουργείων (πιστοποιημένο logbook χειρουργείων). Είναι πιστοποιημένος ως Expert από την Γερμανική Εταιρεία Χειρουργικής Ποδοκνημικής και Ακρου Ποδός (Expert Certification / German Foot and Ankle Society – GFFC). Ειδικεύεται σε όλο το φάσμα της Χειρουργικής Ποδοκνημικής και Ακρου Ποδός με μεγάλη χειρουργική εμπειρία και όγκο περιστατικών. Έχει ειδικό χειρουργικό ενδιαφέρον στις Αρθροσκοπικές & Διαδερμικές Οστεοτομίες του ποδιού (MIS Foot&Ankle Surgery) όπως επίσης στη διαδερμική τεχνική θεραπείας του βλαισού μεγάλου δαχτύλου. Από το 2016 είναι πιστοποιημένος Χειρουργός (certified Senior Hip&Knee Arthroplasty Surgeon) σε Γερμανικά Κέντρα Αρθροπλαστικών, πραγματοποιώντας πάνω από 1200 Αρθροπλαστικές Ισχίου και Γόνατος. Είναι πιστοποιημένος χειρουργός Ρομποτικής Χειρουργικής Γόνατος εφαρμόζοντας εξατομικευμένες τεχνικές ευθυγράμισσης (Functional Alignment, Kinematic Alignment). Ο Δρ. Ιωάννης Γιαννακόπουλος είναι επίσης πιστοποιημένος από την Γερμανική Εταιρεία Χειρουργικής Γόνατος (certified Knee Surgeon / German Knee Society – DKG). Είναι απόφοιτος της Ιατρικής Σχολής Πατρών και Διδάκτωρ της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου της Κολωνίας με ειδικό ενδιαφέρον της Διατριβής του στην αρθροπλαστική του γόνατος. Είναι επίσης κάτοχος Μεταπτυχιακού τίτλου σπουδών του Ανοιχτού Πανεπιστημίου της Κύπρου στον τομέα της Διοίκησης Μονάδων Υγείας. Επιπροσθέτως, είναι κάτοχος του Τίτλου Ειδικότητας της Αθλητιατρικής (Sports Medicine Specialty) από την Γερμανική Ιατρική Εταιρεία. Επίσης, ο Δρ. Ιωάννης Γιαννακόπουλος υπήρξε εκπαιδευτής πολλών νέων συναδέλφων στη Γερμανία και προσκεκλημένος ομιλητής σε πολλά επιστημονικά συνέδρια στην Ευρώπη και την Ελλάδα. Παράλληλα είχε τον ρόλο εκπαιδευτή για την εταιρεία Microport Orthopedics, στην πρωτοποριακή ελάχιστα επεμβατική τεχνική αρθροπλαστικής ισχίου (PATH® HIP Arthroplasty) και στην ρομποτική αρθροπλαστική γόνατος. Τέλος, ο Δρ. Ιωάννης Γιαννακόπουλος επιστρέφοντας στην Ελλάδα εφαρμόζει την ίδια ακριβώς αξιόπιστη γερμανική νοοτροπία και τεχνογνωσία στον τόπο του, παρέχοντας στους ασθενείς του τις πιο σύγχρονες θεραπευτικές τεχνικές.

Fragkopoulos Konstantinos is an Orthopedic Surgeon who maintains private practices in Korydallos and Keratsini. Additionally, he serves as an Orthopedic Surgeon in the Pediatric Orthopedic Department at Metropolitan Hospital. Furthermore, he has worked at the Orthopedic Clinic of the General Hospital of Nikaia - Piraeus "Agios Panteleimon," in the 2nd Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic of the General Children's Hospital of Athens "Agia Sophia," and in the Microsurgery Clinic of the Upper Limb & Shoulder at the General Hospital of Attica KAT. Finally, the doctor specializes in pediatric orthopedics, sports injuries, and hip and knee arthroplasty.

Mr. Siopis Xristos is an Orthopedic Surgeon with private practices in Thessaloniki (28 Agias Sofias, 2nd Floor) and Veria (32 El. Venizelou, 3rd Floor). He is a graduate of the Medical School of the University of Thessaly. Since 2021, he has been a Collaborating Surgeon at the A’ Orthopedic Clinic of the Interbalkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki and a direct collaborator of Dr. Stylianos Kapetanakis in the Spine & Deformities Department. Simultaneously, he serves as a Collaborating Physician at the Athens Medical Center in Marousi and Psychiko. He specializes in knee and hip arthroplasties with customized implants, spinal surgery, knee and shoulder arthroscopies, as well as pediatric orthopedics. In his private practices, he provides a wide range of services tailored to the individual needs of each patient, always with respect to the patient himself.

Mpaltopoulos Ioannis is an Orthopedic Surgeon and maintains a private practice in Agia Paraskevi. He completed his medical studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and postgraduate studies in Health Services Management and Crisis Management. He obtained his specialty title from the 1st Orthopedic Clinic of KAT General Hospital. He possesses significant clinical experience and serves as an Orthopedic Surgeon and Traumatologist at the Athens Bioclinic.

Anagnostou Antonios is an Orthopedic Surgeon who maintains a private practice in Thessaloniki. In a modern facility, easily accessible for all ages, he provides comprehensive medical services including diagnosis, treatment, and postoperative follow-up of patients. Specifically, his expertise includes total knee and hip arthroplasty, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of the knee, reconstructive surgery, sports injuries, shoulder disorders, autologous mesotherapy, carpal tunnel syndrome, De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, pediatric orthopedics, and injections. He graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2009. He specialized in Greece, completing his residency at the 2nd University Clinic of the General Hospital "G. Gennimatas," where he received advanced training in both adult and pediatric orthopedics.

Ioannis Xliavoras is an Orthopedic Surgeon with a private practice in Thessaloniki. He is a former consultant and chief surgeon at the center for comprehensive total joint replacements at Klinikum Hochsauerland in Arnsberg, Germany. Since 2019, he has been responsible for the cartilage surgery and arthroscopic surgery department of the orthopedic clinic at Klinikum Hochsauerland. Since 2017, he is a certified Surgeon-Arthroscopist of the German Society for Arthroscopic Surgery and Joint Surgery (AGA). He is a certified Sports Medicine physician by the Medical Association of Westphalia, Germany. He is a collaborator of the private clinic "Kyaneus Stavros-Euromedica." He specializes in arthroscopic procedures of the knee and shoulder, as well as total knee and hip arthroplasties, with extensive experience in modern minimally invasive techniques and rapid recovery, having performed numerous surgeries.

Dr. Papathanasiou Athanasios is an Orthopedic Surgeon, Sports Medicine Specialist, and Pediatric Orthopedist, maintaining private clinics in the center of Thessaloniki and in Evosmos. He graduated from the School of Medicine at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a postgraduate degree in Sports Medicine. Dr. Papathanasiou specialized in General Surgery and subsequently in Orthopedic Surgery & Traumatology and Pediatric Orthopedics at the hospitals of Florina, Serres, and the General Hospital of Thessaloniki “Hippokration.” He is a member of O.T.E.MA.TH (Orthopedic & Traumatology Society of Macedonia-Thrace) as well as the H.S.O.T. (Hellenic Society of Orthopedic Surgery & Traumatology). Beyond his private clinics, he served as a scientific collaborator in the Orthopedic Department of Naousa Hospital and is the official Orthopedic physician for the Thessaloniki sports clubs “Aias Evosmos,” “Deka,” “Gefyra,” “Dimokritos,” and “Odysseas Kordeliou.” He manages a wide range of cases across the full spectrum of his specialty and has performed a significant number of surgical procedures.

Karmali Aikaterini is an Orthopedic Surgeon and maintains a private practice in Ilion. She graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She specialized in the Orthopedic department of the General Children's Hospital of Athens "P. & A. Kyriakou," the 3rd Orthopedic department of the Attica General Hospital KAT, and the Orthopedic department of the Anti-Cancer - Oncology Hospital of Athens "Agios Savvas." Additionally, she served as a physician at IKA in Ilion, and at her private practice, she offers a wide range of services, tailored to the individual needs of each patient.

Tsiavos Konstantinos is an Orthopedic Surgeon and maintains a private practice in the Acharnes area. In recent years, he has worked as a Consultant in the Spine Surgery Department at "Hygeia" Hospital, specializing in Spine Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Surgery, and Trauma Management. He holds a degree from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and completed his postgraduate studies focusing on metabolic bone diseases and Osteoporosis at the same university. He began his specialization in Orthopedic Surgery as an assistant physician to Professor Mr. Soukakos at the Athens Bioclinic. Subsequently, for approximately six years, he worked as an Orthopedic Surgeon at some of the largest hospitals in Athens, specifically at the University General Hospital "Attikon" and the General Children's Hospital "P. & A. Kyriakou" (1 year). He has accumulated more than 10 years of experience in Orthopedic Surgery and successfully performs a large number of surgeries daily, focusing on conditions related to the Spine. His clinical interest centers on adult spinal disorders and congenital spinal conditions in children (scoliosis). He continuously pursues further education and attends seminars and specialized training courses in Greece and Europe and has obtained certification from the AO Course Advance In Operative Fracture Management. Finally, he has authored five academic publications, the latest of which was published in 2016 with the participation of academic colleagues and peers.