Endocrine Surgeons near Bechtsinar

Ioannis Koutelidakis is a General Surgeon who maintains his private practice in Thessaloniki. He graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and completed his rural service in his hometown, Rethymno, Crete. He began his specialization in General Surgery at the Air Force Hospital and completed it in April 2004 at the 2nd Surgical Clinic of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, after which he obtained the title of General Surgeon following examinations. Dr. Koutelidakis has been awarded a doctorate from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Subsequently, he was appointed Lecturer at the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and assigned to the 2nd Surgical Clinic at the "G. Gennimatas" Hospital. He has received further training at centers both domestically and abroad (Scotland, Belgium, France) in laparoscopic surgery. Additionally, he attended the Endocrine Surgery Department at Hammersmith Hospital in London for one month, followed by the one-year training program in endocrine surgery at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where he received a Master’s diploma in endocrine surgery. During this program, he trained in thyroid and parathyroid surgery, both conventional and minimally invasive, as well as open and laparoscopic adrenal surgery. He also received training in cervical lymph node dissection for cases of thyroid cancer. Concurrently, he trained in cervical and thyroid ultrasonography and in ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid. Since his appointment as Lecturer, Dr. Koutelidakis actively participates in the surgical training of medical students and the education of General Surgery residents at the Medical School, while contributing to Greek and international publications in the Greek and international medical literature.

Nikolaidis Georgios is an Endocrine Surgeon with a private practice in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Université de Médecine et Pharmacie in France and obtained his General Surgery specialty title at the General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Papageorgiou." He trained in Oncologic Surgery, Breast Surgery, and Laparoscopic Surgery as an assistant surgeon at the same hospital. He continued his training at the General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA as a scientific associate, where he continues to deliver numerous lectures and train medical students who have completed their third year of studies. He has extensive experience in the diagnostic and interventional use of breast ultrasound and is among the few surgeons in Greece certified in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery by the Surgical Society of Northern Greece in collaboration with the 4th Surgical Clinic of Aristotle University. He has attended numerous seminars on the diagnostic approach and surgical treatment of breast diseases throughout Greece and abroad. He has served in the Surgical Department of the Military Hospital of Xanthi, the Surgical Clinic of the General Hospital of Ptolemaida "Bodosakeio," the General Hospital of Kozani "Mamatsio," the Health Center of Siatista, and in the emergency surgery, minor surgery, and vascular surgery department of "Papageorgiou" Hospital. Currently, he serves as a scientific associate at the University Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA and leads numerous oncological and other surgeries, with emphasis on breast-related cases, at Euromedica General Clinic of Thessaloniki, the Private Clinic of Thessaloniki "Agios Loukas," and Genesis Clinic Thessaloniki, where he is involved in the full spectrum of activities.