Plastic surgeons in Macedonia

Pantelidis Manos is a Military Physician and the Director of Plastic Surgery at the 251 Air Force General Hospital. He possesses extensive experience in the field and has performed over 8,000 plastic and reconstructive surgical procedures. He maintains a private practice in Ampelokipoi. He holds a medical degree from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received further training in Reconstructive Surgery at Royal Preston Hospital. He specialized in Plastic Surgery at the Attikon General Hospital KAT, Royal Preston Hospital, and West Norwich Hospital in England, as well as at the Athens General State Hospital. In the past, he served as Deputy Director at Whiston Hospital Liverpool in England. Additionally, he has worked as a physician at the 251 Air Force General Hospital and has been head of the Military Airport of Heraklion and the Military Airport of Elefsina. Finally, the doctor is a member of the European Academy of Plastic Surgery, the British Association of Plastic Surgeons, and the General Medical Council.

Dr Xrelias Theodoros is a Plastic Surgeon who maintains a private practice in Nea Ionia. He graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He began his surgical specialty training in Paris, where he gained experience in General Surgery with a focus on various areas such as vascular surgery, urological, and ENT surgery. He then pursued further specialization in Belgium, at the Saint Luc University Hospital of Brussels, under the guidance of Professor Benoit Lengele, renowned for the world’s first face transplant. There, he specialized in Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, concentrating on mastoplasty and dermatosurgery. Subsequently, he worked at the Geneva University Hospital, participating in humanitarian missions for the facial reconstruction of children with deformities caused by NOMA disease. After 12 months in Geneva, he returned to France and joined the Rennes University Hospital, where he worked as an attending physician and specialized in innovative methods for skin defect reconstruction. His collaboration with the world-famous surgeon J.P. Hong inspired him to establish a team for the surgical management of lymphedema using supermicrosurgical techniques. His interests extend to demanding fields such as gender reassignment surgery and aesthetic facial interventions. Currently, he contributes to clinical research and holds the position of Scientific Collaborator at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens / "Attikon" University Hospital. Concurrently, he offers his services at private clinics in Athens and Paris.

Drmoustakis Ilias is a Plastic Surgeon with private practices in Kolonaki and Nea Makri. He is a graduate of the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) and specializes in Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. He is a member of the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS). He completed his residency and gained extensive experience at the Hadassah University Hospital Trauma Center in Jerusalem, Israel, which is recognized as the leading tertiary trauma medical institution of its kind throughout the Mediterranean. Subsequently, he worked at the Plastic Surgery Clinic of Thriasio Hospital and the Latsio Burn Center. He continued his postgraduate training in Therapeutic and Cosmetic Medicine in Italy. He has extensive professional experience as a plastic surgeon and scientific consultant in public and private clinics in Greece and abroad (Cyprus and Israel). He is among the first plastic surgeons in Greece to implement the innovative VASER 4D Hi-Def Liposculpture technique. He is also an instructor of this method, both in Greece and internationally. Moreover, he has participated in significant international medical conferences and continuously updates himself on the advancements in his specialty, applying the most modern techniques and pioneering methods in plastic surgery. He has been involved in numerous research programs, with his studies presented at Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery conferences in Greece and abroad.

Dr. Hatzipanayis Ektoras, MD PD PhD is a Plastic Surgeon and Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Munich, with a private practice in Voula and Kolonaki. He obtained a medical degree at the University of Cambridge (UK) and completed his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of London College (UCL, UK). He specialized in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Bogenhausen Hospital in Munich, under the guidance of the world-renound Professor Milomir Ninkovicm and then went on to train in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, under the famous Munich Aesthetic-Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Constance Neuhann-Lorenz, before further developing his skills in the aesthetic and cosmetic surgery by attending the training schools of top plastic surgeons, including G. Botti, MP. Ceravolo, W. Gubisch, DF. Richter and P. Heden. He has worked in many countries around the world, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden and China. In recent years, the doctor successfully collaborates with Dr. U. Dornseifer, Director of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in ISAR clinic in Munich. Since 2018, Doctor Hatzipanagis in an exclusive collaboration with the Toulouse University Hospital is able to provide an innovative treatment for pectus excavatum.

Dr. Papas Thanasis is a Plastic Surgeon and Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, maintaining a private practice in Thessaloniki. He holds a PhD from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with a doctoral thesis on Malignant Melanoma of the skin, and is a graduate of the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace. He trained at the University Plastic Surgery Clinic of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, which is the only Plastic Surgery Clinic in Greece certified as a recognized training center by the European Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Additionally, he completed further training initially at St George’s University Hospital in London, followed by Aesthetic Surgery at Akademikliniken in Stockholm, one of the world’s leading clinics, and finally at the Coupure Centre of Plastic Surgery in Belgium, under the guidance of distinguished Plastic Surgeons. However, his educational journey does not end there. To enrich his knowledge, he visited the Sydney Melanoma Unit, the largest melanoma research and treatment center in the world, while also attending specialty-related seminars in the USA and the United Kingdom. He is the Treasurer of the Hellenic Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery and has presented numerous papers at Greek and international scientific conferences.