Pulmonologists - Tuberculosis specialists near Ampelokipoi

Karydi Panagiota is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist, Director of the 4th Pulmonology Clinic at "Errikos Dynan" Hospital, while simultaneously maintaining a private practice in Cholargos since 2008. She holds a degree from the Medical School of the University of Patras and completed her specialization in Pulmonology at the University Pulmonology Clinic of the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases of Athens "Sotiria". For many years, she worked as a Pulmonology Department Consultant at IASO General Clinic and, within her duties, was active in the Respiratory Function Testing Laboratory, the Smoking Cessation Clinic, and the Bronchology Laboratory, while also serving as the head of the clinic's Sleep Study Laboratory. In 2006, she assumed the directorship of the 2nd Pulmonology Clinic at IASO General, later "Metropolitan General," continuing her engagement with the full spectrum of pulmonology, as previously mentioned, until March 2022. From 2017 to 2022, she held the scientific responsibility of the Pulmonology Department at the "Metropolitan General" clinic. Dr. Karydi has participated in pharmaceutical research protocols and research teams and is a member of the European Respiratory Society. Additionally, she has participated as a speaker in the clinic’s educational program, at workshops, local and national conferences, and has delivered oral presentations at international conferences. Finally, she contributes to informative television programs on health topics and authors informative articles on issues related to her specialty in daily newspapers, magazines, and electronic media. Emphasizing personalized and individual care for each patient, always based on contemporary bibliographical data, her goal is to provide high-level services to all patients.

Kokkolis Ioannis is a Pulmonologist - Phthisiologist and maintains a private practice in Kolonaki. He holds a medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa" in Iași, Romania, and specialized in Pulmonology - Phthisiology at the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases of Athens "Sotiria". He is an external associate of the Euromedica General Clinic and the Athens Therapy Center, and has served as the scientific director of the Pulmonology Department at the Private General Clinic Euromedica as well as Second Consultant at the 12th Pulmonology Clinic of the General Hospital for Thoracic Diseases of Athens "Sotiria". Finally, the doctor regularly attends numerous conferences as part of his continuing medical education.

Kartsiouni Elpiniki is a Pediatrician with postgraduate training in Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology, PhD holder from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds postgraduate degrees in "Pediatric Pulmonology" and "Clinical Pediatrics and Nursing Research" from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The doctor initially specialized in hospitals in Germany and subsequently returned to Greece where she trained in major hospitals in Athens such as the University General Hospital "Attikon," the General Children's Hospital "Agia Sofia," and the General Hospital of Piraeus "Tzaneio." From 2017, she worked as an external collaborator at the "Mitera" Hospital; from 2018 as an Assistant Pediatrician in the Pediatric High Dependency Unit at the University General Hospital "Attikon"; and from 2021 as a Registrar B' in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the same hospital. Since 2018, she has been a Scientific Collaborator at the Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology Clinic of the 3rd University Pediatric Clinic of the University General Hospital "Attikon," and from 2023 to 2025 served as Registrar B' at the 3rd University Pediatric Clinic of the same hospital. Finally, the doctor has participated in numerous conferences and seminars in Greece and abroad and is an active member of the Hellenic and European Pediatric Pulmonology Society as well as the Hellenic and European Pediatric Allergology Society.

Η Κολτσίδα Γεωργία MD, FAAP είναι Παιδοπνευμονολόγος, με πλήρη ειδίκευση και εξειδίκευση στην Παιδιατρική και Παιδιατρική Πνευμονολογία αντίστοιχα στις ΗΠΑ, και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στο Νέο Ψυχικό. Τον Μαίο 2025, εκλέκτηκε Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Παιδιατρικής Πνευμονολογίας στην Β'Πανεπιστημιακή Κλινική του Νοσοκομείου Παίδων 'Π&Α Κυριακού'. Είναι απόφοιτη της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης με βαθμό "Λίαν Καλώς ". Ολοκλήρωσε την θητεία της ως Αγροτικός Ιατρός στη Ζάκυνθο και κατόπιν ασχολήθηκε με την κλινική έρευνα στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών. Μετά από την επιτυχή ολοκλήρωση των USMLE εξετάσεων, μετέβη στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής το 2011, όπου και πραγματοποίησε την ειδικότητα της Γενικής Παιδιατρικής στο Maimonides Medical Center, στην Νέα Υόρκη. Συμμετείχε επιτυχώς στις εξετάσεις ειδικότητας του Αμερικανικού Παιδιατρικού Συμβουλίου και έλαβε τον τίτλο της Διαπιστευμένης από τον Παιδιατρικό Συμβούλιο Ειδικευμένης της Γενικής Παιδιατρικής (Board Certified Pediatrician) το 2015. Στη συνέχεια, ολοκλήρωσε την υποειδικότητα της Παιδιατρικής Πνευμονολογίας στο Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Top #2 Children’s Hospital in USA), στην Πενσυλβάνια και παράλληλα συμμετείχε με υποτροφία στο Master in Epidemiology and Biostatistics του University of Pennsylvania. Στα πλαίσια της εκπαίδευσης της, αντιμετώπισε πληθώρα συνήθων αλλά σπάνιων και περίπλοκων παιδοπνευμονολογικών περιστατικών. Επιπρόσθετα συμμετείχε στο Τμήμα για τα Νοσήματα των Αεραγωγών, πραγματοποιώντας σημαντικό αριθμό βρογχοσκοπήσεων ενώ στα ιδιαίτερα ενδιαφέροντά της, ήταν και είναι η φροντίδα παιδιών με νευρομυικα νοσήματα. Η εξειδίκευση της περιελάμβανε επίσης το αντικείμενο της Ιατρικής του Ύπνου και εργάστηκε δίπλα στην Dr. Carole Marcus. Ακολούθως συμμετείχε επιτυχώς στις εξετάσεις ειδικότητας του Αμερικανικού Παιδιατρικού Συμβουλίου και έλαβε τον τίτλο της Διαπιστευμένης από τον Παιδιατρικό Συμβούλιο Ειδικευμένης στην Παιδιατρική Πνευμονολογία (Board Certified Pediatric Pulmonologist ) το 2018. Τέλος, έχει συμμετάσχει και παρουσιάσει σε διεθνή συνέδρια, κυρίως στις ΗΠΑ, καθώς και στην Αγγλία και Ελλάδα και έχει συγγράψει επιστημονικά βιβλία.

Elena Xrysikopoulou is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and Pediatric Pulmonology Specialist with private practices in Exarchia, Metamorfosi, and Ano Liosia. She graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and has extensive experience in Pulmonology. Dr. Xrysikopoulou possesses significant expertise in the Intensive Care Unit and specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of all respiratory diseases (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, respiratory infections, pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, sleep apnea syndrome). Additionally, the practice offers a wide range of examinations, including sleep studies, smoking cessation, spirometry, oximetry, blood gases analysis, and bronchoscopy.

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.

Dr. Zagkla Styliani Elina, MD, PhDc, is a Pediatric Pulmonologist - Pediatrician who maintains a private practice in Neo Psychiko. Dr. Zagkla is a physician specialized in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, with further specialization in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology. She graduated from the Medical School of the University of Patras. She has extensive clinical experience in Germany, in an academic setting, at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, with particular focus on respiratory and allergic diseases in children and adolescents.

She possesses specialized experience in the care of patients with cystic fibrosis and ciliary dyskinesia, having worked at a specialized center, as well as active participation in research protocols and clinical studies. Concurrently, she has teaching experience as a lecturer for undergraduate medical students, emphasizing Pediatric Pulmonology, Cystic Fibrosis, and Pediatric Allergology.

Her goal is to provide modern, evidence-based, and individualized medical care, emphasizing effective communication with the child and family, detailed information, and the establishment of a trusting relationship.

Tsipilis Dimosthenis is a Pulmonologist - Phthisiologist and maintains a private practice in Kypseli. He holds a Doctorate from the Medical School of the University of Rome and a degree from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The doctor has specialized in thoracic diseases at the General Thoracic Diseases Hospital of Athens "Sotiria," as well as in hypertension and diabetes mellitus. He possesses extensive professional experience, having served as a physician at IKA for 30 consecutive years. In his private practice, he offers services tailored to the specific needs of each patient.

Dimitrios Papadopoulos, MD is a Pulmonologist and military physician, with subspecialty training in Sleep Medicine at the University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, and certification by the Greek Ministry of Health. He holds a Master’s degree in Occupational and Environmental Health from the National School of Public Health, as well as a postgraduate degree in Lung Cancer from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.He serves as an attending physician in the Department of Pulmonology at the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens and is an external consultant at Errikos Ntynan Hospital Center and the Athens Medical Center. He has extensive clinical experience in the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic respiratory diseases and sleep disorders, pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopy, polysomnography (sleep studies), invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation, thoracic oncology, smoking cessation, preoperative assessment, and occupational risk evaluation.He actively participates in national and international scientific conferences, and his research work has been published in international peer-reviewed medical journals.

Franses Iosif is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and maintains a private practice in Galatsi. He successfully completed his studies at the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and specialized in Pulmonology - Tuberculosis at the 2nd Pulmonology Clinic of the General Hospital of Thessaloniki "G. Papanikolaou", and subsequently completed a specialization in Intensive Care at the 1st Intensive Care Unit of the same hospital. Currently, in his private practice, he manages patients with all diseases within his expertise, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, respiratory infections, and smoking cessation. Alongside his private practice, he works in the field of Rehabilitation and Recovery as a treating physician for critically ill patients, specifically those who have been hospitalized in Intensive Care Units with tracheostomy and mechanical respiratory support. Finally, he is a member of the Hellenic Thoracic Society, the European Respiratory Society, and the Hellenic Society of Chest Diseases.

Papanastasiou Nikolaos is a Pulmonologist - Phthisiologist and maintains a private practice in Sepolia. Simultaneously, he is a permanent staff physician at the General Secretariat and at the Municipal Clinics of the City of Athens. Initially, he studied Physiotherapy at the Higher School of Physiotherapists of Athens and subsequently at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. During his studies, he worked as a Physiotherapist at SEGAS while concurrently attending lectures, laboratories, and clinical sessions at the Medical School. Upon completion of his studies, he began his specialty in Pulmonology - Phthisiology at the Pulmonology Clinic of the GNA "Amalia Fleming" Hospital. Finally, he possesses extensive experience and training in Pulmonology - Phthisiology, specializing in COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respiratory infections, and the investigation of cough and dyspnea, and has numerous scientific publications.

Aggeliki Athanasopoulou is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist and maintains a private practice in Cholargos. She holds a medical degree from the School of Health Sciences at the University of Patras and specialized in Pulmonology - Tuberculosis at the Athens Chest Diseases Hospital "Sotiria". She completed a postgraduate program in Thoracic Oncology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and specialized in Lung Cancer. Finally, she is a consultant at the 2nd Pulmonology Clinic of Metropolitan General.

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.

Kontopyrgias Georgios MD, MSc, FCCP is a Pulmonologist - Tuberculosis Specialist with a private practice in Glyfada. He works as an Associate Director at Metropolitan Hospital. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Crete and specialized in pulmonology in the Intensive Care Unit - Respiratory Failure Center at the Athens Chest Diseases Hospital "Sotiria." Additionally, he completed postgraduate studies in thoracic oncology and received further training with a scholarship from the Hellenic Respiratory Society in diagnostic and interventional bronchoscopy, rigid bronchoscopy, and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) (Thoraklinik am Universitatsklinikum Heidelberg). Through continuous attendance at conferences, he stays informed on diseases in which he has particular expertise, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchial asthma, lung cancer, sleep apnea, COPD and chronic cough, and he has numerous publications in Greek and international journals. Finally, the doctor is a member of the World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, the European Respiratory Society, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Hellenic Respiratory Society.

Dr. Archontoula Antonoglou is a Pulmonologist and Phthisiologist specializing in respiratory diseases. She practices at "YGEIA" Hospital and is a PhD Candidate at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where her research focuses on Long COVID syndrome.

Her expertise includes managing chronic respiratory conditions like asthma and COPD, honed during her tenure at the Pulmonary Clinic of "Evangelismos" General Hospital, where she completed her specialization.

She holds certification in smoking cessation therapy and has applied this expertise in clinical practice, including her role overseeing smoking cessation services for the Athens Municipal Health Clinics, where she delivered evidence-based tobacco dependence treatment.

Additionally, she is a certified ALS (Advanced Life Support) instructor, training medical professionals in emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Her approach combines clinical excellence with personalized, patient-centered care.