Cardiologists

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. 

Sykiotis Aleksandros is a Cardiologist with a private practice in Gerakas. He studied at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and specialized at the General State Hospital of Athens. He has extensive clinical experience, having worked in major clinics, and currently serves as Deputy Director of Electrophysiology and Pacemakers at Errikos Dynan Hospital.

Tsoukalas Dionysios is a Cardiologist who maintains a private practice in Pallini. He is a graduate of the Medical School of the University of Patras. He specialized at the General Hospital of Nikaia - Piraeus and obtained the Cardiology specialty title in 2018. Since then, he has worked as a Specialist Cardiologist at the General Hospital of Nikaia Piraeus "Agios Panteleimon," the General Hospital of Trikala, the General Hospital Asklipieio Voula, as well as at the Metropolitan General Hospital, where he currently serves as Consultant of the 2nd Cardiology Clinic. He is also a PhD candidate at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Throughout his career, he has acquired significant experience across the full spectrum of clinical and interventional cardiology, having performed numerous coronary angiographies and angioplasties, both in emergency and routine settings. Additionally, he holds expertise in the latest echocardiographic techniques (Stress Echo - Transesophageal Echocardiography) from the General Hospital Asklipieio Voula. Finally, he is a member of the Hellenic Cardiological Society and the Hellenic College of Cardiology, the Scientific Association of Interventional Cardiology, the Working Groups on Echocardiography, Hypertension and Interventional Cardiology, and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.

Ο Ξηρογιάννης Ιωάννης είναι Καρδιολόγος και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στην Καλαμάτα στην οδό Σιδηροδρομικού Σταθμού 14. Είναι απόφοιτος της Ιατρικής σχολής του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστήμιου Αθηνών. Ειδικεύτηκε στην Καρδιολογία στο Πανεπιστημιακό Γενικό Νοσοκομείο ¨Αττικόν¨. Επιπλέον είναι εξωτερικός συνεργάτης της Ή Καρδιολογικής κλινικής του νοσοκομείου ¨Υγεία¨. Στο ιδιωτικό ιατρείο πραγματοποιείται πλήρης Καρδιολογικός έλεγχος και αντιμετώπιση καρδιολογικών παθήσεων.

Simitsis Stylianos is a Cardiologist with a private practice in Mavili Square. He holds a PhD in Cardiology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and is a graduate of the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Military Officers School of Corps. Additionally, he has completed further training in the United States as a Fellow in Cardiology at Mount Sinai Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Center - Joint Diseases. He has served as Consultant - Director in various military hospitals, primarily at the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, and has been involved in cardiology for over 40 years, treating tens of thousands of patients with valvular diseases, coronary artery disease, and hyperlipidemia. Furthermore, he is an Associate Physician at Metropolitan General and the Nursing Foundation of the Army Shareholders Fund (NIMTS). His practice offers all necessary medical and preventive examinations, such as cardiac and thoracic aorta Triplex ultrasound, electrocardiogram, and stress testing.

Marinakos Athanasios is a Specialist Cardiologist with a private practice in the Ampelokipi area. He possesses significant experience in Clinical Cardiology as well as specialized knowledge in Interventional Cardiology and Advanced Echocardiography. The clinic offers Electrocardiograms, Cardiac and Thoracic Aorta Triplex Ultrasound, 24-hour Blood Pressure Holter, 24-48 hour/7-day Rhythm Holter monitoring, utilizing state-of-the-art equipment, and issues health certificates and attestations. For the diagnosis and treatment of complex cardiological cases, he collaborates with the H.H.G group, reputable diagnostic centers, and public healthcare facilities. He holds a medical degree from the Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine in Budapest. He specialized in Cardiology at the General Regional Hospital of Tripoli and the Konstadopouleio New Ionia "Agia Olga" Hospital. At the Hemodynamic Laboratory of the latter, he received further training in Interventional Cardiology, and at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, he trained in Latest Ultrasound Techniques. He has worked as a Consultant Cardiologist B at the Cardiology Clinic and Hemodynamic Laboratory of the General Hospital of Athens "Laiko," where he gained experience managing cardiology patients with significant comorbidities (pathological, rheumatological, surgical, nephrological, and oncological cases). He has also worked as a Consultant Cardiologist in the interventional cardiology team at the private Metropolitan Hospital, acquiring extensive experience managing cardiology patients undergoing complex angioplasties and transcatheter valve replacement procedures. He is a certified Basic and Advanced Life Support Resuscitator, an area in which he has substantial authorship and educational work. He actively participates in numerous conferences in Greece and abroad.

Tsaggaris Adamantios is an Interventional Cardiologist, maintains a private practice in Marousi, and serves as a Cardiologist Consultant at the Red Cross (Korgialeneio - Benakeio EES). He graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He specialized in Pathology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in the USA. He specialized in Cardiology at the University of Minnesota in the USA. He completed subspecialty training in interventional cardiology and structural cardiology (TAVI, MitraClip, Watchman) at the University of Minnesota in the USA (worked at VA MPLS, Fairview Hospital, Southdale Hospital). He is a Diplomate of the American College of Cardiology. He has been awarded, following examinations, the American Subspecialty Certificates in Cardiology (ABIM-Cardiology) and Interventional Cardiology (ABIM-Interventional Cardiology). He is board certified in echocardiography (National Board of Echocardiography). He has published papers in international scientific journals and has presented at Greek, American, and European conferences. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology as well as the Hellenic Cardiological Society. In his practice, he manages cases covering the entire spectrum of cardiology and specializes in coronary artery disease and valvular heart diseases (interventional and structural cardiology).

Xourzamanis Aleksandros is a Cardiologist with a private practice in Thessaloniki. He holds a PhD from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he also earned his medical degree. He specialized in Cardiology and Pathology and subsequently pursued further specialization in Echocardiography at Middlesex University in London. He has served as a Scientific Collaborator in the Echocardiography Laboratory at the 1st University Pulmonology Clinic of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and as a Senior Registrar (Eπιμελητής Α’) in the National Health System (ESY). In his practice, he provides high-level services for the diagnosis and management of the full spectrum of cardiovascular diseases, while also offering specialized examinations such as electrocardiograms, cardiac triplex, stress testing, and issuing certificates and attestations for preschool and pre-athletic assessments. Finally, he is the General Secretary of the Administrative Board of the Cardiology Society of Northern Greece and has multiple publications in Greek and international scientific journals.

Karampekos Dimitrios is a Specialist Cardiologist and maintains a private practice in Palaio Faliro. He is a member of the Hellenic and European Society of Cardiology, a scientific collaborator at the Athens Medical Center – Palaio Faliro Clinic, and the scientific director of the Cardiology Department at the Biomedical Korydallos. He completed his specialty in Cardiology at one of the largest hospitals in Athens, the General State Hospital of Nikaia, thus acquiring significant clinical experience in managing acute and chronic cardiology cases. His private practice provides high-level services using modern diagnostic tools (echocardiography, cardiac rhythm Holter, blood pressure Holter). Additionally, he has substantial experience in various therapeutic areas, including arterial hypertension, hyperlipidemia, arrhythmia management, coronary artery disease, heart failure, preschool and pre-athletic screening.

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.

Kalfoglou Theodoros is a Cardiologist with a private practice in Kallithea. He holds a PhD from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, has received advanced training at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, and obtained his cardiology specialty title from the University Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens "Hippokration." The doctor has extensive hospital experience across the full spectrum of modern clinical and non-invasive cardiology and 35 years of experience as a specialist cardiologist, with particular expertise in arterial hypertension, dyslipidemias, and clinical cardiology. Additionally, he actively participates in ultrasound conferences and has publications in reputable Greek and international cardiology scientific journals. Finally, he is a member of the Athens Medical Association, the Adult Echocardiography Working Group of the Cardiological Society, the Congenital Heart Disease Echocardiography Working Group of the Cardiological Society, and the Arterial Hypertension Working Group.

Andrikopoulos Vlasios is a Cardiologist and maintains his private practice in Patras. The physician manages a wide range of cases covering the entire spectrum of his specialty, utilizing his scientific expertise and many years of experience.

Patialiakas Athanasios is a Cardiologist who maintains a private practice in Chania. He graduated from the Military Officers School of Corps (SSAS) and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a specialization in Cardiology, and has completed a two-year fellowship in interventional cardiology at the University Hospital of Ferrara in Italy. In his private practice, he manages all types of cardiology cases (coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmia problems, hypertension, dyslipidemias). Additionally, at the hemodynamic laboratory of the IASIS - Gavrilakis clinic, he performs interventions, coronary angiographies, and angioplasties (balloon dilations) with stent placement. As a military physician, he participates in numerous conferences in Greece and abroad, often as a speaker, maintaining his thorough expertise in his field of specialization, and has several publications in internationally recognized journals. Finally, he is a member of numerous medical associations and scientific societies.

Military physician Dimou Smaro is a Cardiologist who maintains a private practice in Thessaloniki. She was admitted to the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki through the nationwide entrance examinations as a student of the Military School of Corps Officers (S.S.A.S.). She obtained her Medical Degree (MD), simultaneously being appointed Second Lieutenant (Medical Corps). She specialized for a total of 2 years in the Pathology Department of the 424 General Military Hospital of Thessaloniki (424 GSNE) and for a total of 4 years in the Cardiology Department of the General Hospital of Thessaloniki Papageorgiou, where she completed her specialization in Cardiology. Subsequently, she completed her postgraduate studies in "Clinical Pharmacology." She serves as Registrar of the Cardiology Department of the 424 GSNE Thessaloniki, holding the rank of Chief Physician, and since September 2018 she has been a scientific collaborator of the 1st Cardiology Department of the General University Hospital AHEPA. Finally, the physician is a member of the Hellenic Cardiological Society (HCS), the European Society of Cardiology, and the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), and she has numerous presentations at Greek and international cardiology conferences to her credit.

Eukarpidis Euaggelos MD, MSc is a Specialist Cardiologist who has maintained a private practice in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki since 2017. He graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a postgraduate degree in Medical Research from the same university. He trained in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the General Hospital of Xanthi, completed his Cardiology specialty at the General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Papanikolaou," and was a fellow of the Hellenic Cardiological Society. In his private clinic, located in a modern, tasteful, and welcoming space in the center of Kalamaria, he offers a wide range of services tailored to the individual needs of each patient.

Kapatsolos Xaralampos is a Cardiologist who has maintained a private practice in Koropi since 2016. He holds a medical degree from the "Gr. T. Popa" University of Iasi, where he was admitted with a scholarship from the Ministry of Education. He completed his Cardiology specialty while working in several Greek hospitals, gaining experience in various cardiology departments. Specifically, at the General Hospital "Amalia Fleming," he worked in clinical cardiology, myocardial infarctions, stress testing, Holter blood pressure and rhythm analysis, as well as pacemaker implantation and monitoring. Additionally, at the General Hospital "Sismanogleio," he was involved in the hemodynamic unit, electrophysiology laboratory, and ultrasound imaging; at the General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos," he worked with nuclear medicine; and finally, he specialized in Pediatric Cardiology at the General Children’s Hospital "P. & A. Kyriakou." Since early 2016, he has been attending to cardiology patients at his private clinic, providing immediate cardiological evaluations at home around the clock and comprehensive cardiological assessments using the most advanced equipment. Furthermore, Dr. Kapatsolos actively participates in national cardiology conferences to ensure continuous education in his field of specialization and is a member of the Hellenic Cardiological Society.

Fokas Xaris is a Cardiologist who maintains a private practice in Ano Toumpa, Thessaloniki. He holds a medical degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School and has completed advanced training with the National Emergency Aid Center (EKAB) in emergency pre-hospital medicine. He has served as a cardiologist at the Elderly Care Unit "Frontizo," as a Scientific Associate in the Cardiology Clinic of the General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Papageorgiou," as well as a Scientific Associate at the "Genesis" Clinic in Thessaloniki. He is specialized in echocardiography and clinical cardiology and has significant experience in the treatment of hypertension, arrhythmias, and heart failure. Finally, in his private practice, he diagnoses and treats conditions and provides services covering the full spectrum of cardiology.

Agrios Ioannis is a Cardiologist with a private practice in Corfu. He completed his military service as a unit physician in the Naval Forces Medical Service of the Hellenic Navy, his rural service at the Plomari Health Center in Lesvos, his specialty training in Internal Medicine at the General Hospital "ASKLIPIEIO" of Voula, and his Cardiology specialty at the "Nursing Foundation of the Army Share Fund" (N.I.M.T.S.). He has served as Consultant at the 2nd Cardiology Clinic of the "ERRIKOS DYNAN Hospital Center." He has also worked as an external associate at "MEDITERRANEO Hospital" and at "Rea Maternity Hospital." Additionally, he served for several years as a Scientific Collaborator in the Echocardiography Department and the Hemodynamics Laboratory at the General Hospital of Athens "ALEXANDRA," actively participating in the National Model Emergency Angioplasty Program "ATHENS PCI." Notably, he was responsible for the Pan-European EUROASPIRE IV Study concerning the entire Attica region, focusing on Coronary Artery Disease prevention in patients with Diabetes Mellitus. The doctor specializes in Clinical and Interventional Cardiology, as well as Echocardiography, and his clinic is equipped with the most advanced portable devices. Furthermore, in collaboration with the leading medical centers of Corfu and Athens, cardiological interventions are performed, including coronary angiography - angioplasty, pacemaker - defibrillator implantation, ablation, and others, as well as specialized cardiological examinations such as stress-echo, transesophageal echocardiography, myocardial scintigraphy (thallium), and coronary computed tomography angiography. He is fluent in English, French, Italian, and Chinese.

Gkeka Marina is a Cardiologist and maintains a private practice in Nea Filadelfeia. She is a graduate of the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She initially specialized in Internal Medicine at the General Hospital of Attica "Sismanogleio - Amalia Fleming" and subsequently in Cardiology at the General Hospital of Nea Ionia "Konstantopouleio." She has served as a Cardiologist in the Infarction Unit of the General Hospital of Nea Ionia "Konstantopouleio," as well as a consulting Cardiologist at the private hospital MITERA. Additionally, she has held the position of Registrar B' - Cardiologist at the General Hospital of Thira. In her private practice, she offers a wide range of services, respecting the unique needs of each patient.