Pediatric endocrinologists in the Southern suburbs of Athens

Fafoula Olga MRCPCH is a Pediatric Endocrinologist - Chief Consultant and maintains a private practice in Ilioupoli. She graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She completed full Pediatric specialty training and worked as a Registrar in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2005. She specialized in Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology at leading reference centers in England, including Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Hospital London, and Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. She is a Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH). She holds the rank of Chief Consultant and since 2011 has been Head of the Pediatric Endocrinology Department at Penteli General Children’s Hospital. She possesses fully and officially recognized subspecialties in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (recognized by the National Organization for Healthcare Services Provision - KESY) and participates as an examiner in the respective specialization examinations. She has served as a board member of the Hellenic Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology. She has extensive and active participation in numerous Greek and international conferences, frequently contributing as a speaker and moderator. Concurrently, she carries out ongoing educational work with pediatric trainees and medical students. She is responsible for and coordinator of the Greek arm of a European multicenter study on childhood obesity.

Mpakopoulou Ioanna is a Pediatrician specializing in Pediatric Endocrinology and maintains a private practice in Kaisariani. She graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and initially specialized in Pediatrics at the General Hospital of Heraklion, Crete “Venizeleio” and subsequently at the University Clinic of Democritus University of Thrace. Additionally, she trained in Pediatric Endocrinology in a salaried Medical Officer position at Archbishop Makarios III Hospital in Nicosia, Cyprus from 2003 to 2005. Since 2005, she has been a member, following evaluation, of the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and an associate member of the Hellenic Endocrine Society. She has worked as Registrar at the General Hospital of Xanthi, where she established the first pediatric endocrinology clinic in Thrace. Later, she worked in the Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes at the 1st Pediatric Clinic of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens at the General Children’s Hospital “Agia Sophia,” under Professor G. Chrousos, where she participated in the training program for medical students and pediatric and adult endocrinology residents. In 2014, she retired as an NHS Director and from 2015 worked as a Pediatric Endocrinologist at the Commission International Accredited Dr. Sulaiman al Habib Hospital, with a capacity of 360 beds. She actively participated in resident training programs in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia, delivering numerous lectures and seminars. Since 2020, she has been a scientific collaborator at IIBEAA, in the Pediatric and Adolescent Overweight Clinic, within the Unit of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes of the 1st Pediatric Clinic of the University of Athens at the General Children’s Hospital “Agia Sophia,” as a member of Professor E. Harmandari’s team.

Masouras Xaralampos MD is an Endocrinologist with private practices in Peristeri and Kallithea. He graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and specialized in Internal Medicine at the 4th Internal Medicine Clinic of the University General Hospital of Athens "Attikon" and in Endocrinology at the 2nd Propaedeutic Internal Medicine Clinic of the same hospital. He completed an internship at the Endocrinology Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens "Korgialeneio - Benakeio" - Hellenic Red Cross. He is a member of the Hellenic Endocrine Society, the European Society of Endocrinology, the Medical Association of Athens, the Association for the Protection of Greek Hemophiliacs, the Hellenic Sepsis Society, and the Skeletal Health Association "Petalouda". Finally, the doctor participates in numerous conferences in Greece and abroad as part of his continuous professional development.