Doctors
Prof Evagoras Nicolaides, BSc(Hons) Physiology (University of Birmingham), BA, MB BCH BAO (Hons), MA (Trinity College, University of Dublin), MRCP (UK), FRCP (London), FESC
Dr Evagoras Nicolaides is a Professor of Postgraduate Medicine at the University of Nicosia Medical School. A Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, he formerly served as Director of the Cardiology Department and Medical Director of Nicosia General Hospital. He has also served as the first Chairman of the Cyprus Medical Education Council.
Dr George Athanasiou, MD (Charles University Prague), MSc (Open University Cyprus), AvME (King’s College London)
Dr George Athanasiou is a Clinical Assistant Professor of General Practice at the University of Nicosia Medical School. He served for eight years in the A&E Department of the Larnaca General Hospital. His research focuses on primary healthcare management and quality improvement. He is interested in Aviation Medicine, where he is active in the medical certification of flying personnel. His interests also include Emergency and Major Disaster Management.
Dr Nicolas Pipis, MBChB Hons (University of Manchester), BSc Hons Pathology (University of Manchester), MRCGP
Dr Pipis is a Clinical Assistant Professor of General Practice and the Physician responsible for Student Health Services at the University of Nicosia Medical School. He has completed his medical degree at the University of Manchester and has been working in the UK’s NHS since 2018. He completed his foundation and specialty MRCGP training in the Greater Manchester area. His previous research and quality improvement projects have focused mainly on rheumatoid conditions and the care of the elderly.
Dr Sotiris Dimosthenous, MBBS, BS Biology (University of North Carolina), MRCGP
Sotiris Dimosthenous is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Nicosia (UNIC) Medical School and a General Practitioner at UNIC Medical Centre. Dr Dimosthenous is a graduate of the St George’s University of London MBBS programme. He also holds a BS in Biology from the University of North Carolina. He completed his foundation training in London (North West Thames) and his specialty training within the Oxford Deanery, MRCGP. He is a Member of the UK Royal College of General Practitioners. His research interests include medical education and primary health care.
Dr Ilias Koutsogeorgis, MD
Consultant Cardiologist with special interest in Arrhythmias, Heart Failure and Cardiac Devices (Cardiac Device Specialist- Certified by the European Heart Rhythm Association)
Cardiology
Dr Ilias Koutsogeorgis, Lead for Cardiology Services at the Medical Centre, is a Consultant Cardiologist specialising in Electrophysiology, Heart Failure and Cardiac Devices. He particularly focuses on the management of arrhythmias, heart failure and cardiomyopathies and he is certified by the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) for implantation and follow- up of all types of Cardiac Devices (pacemakers, defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapy, subcutaneous ICDs). He is also performing highly complex cases of transvenous lead extraction.
Dr Koutsogeorgis qualified with an MD from the University of Athens in 2005. Following junior medical training in Greece he began specialist cardiology training in Athens in 2009. He was the youngest cardiologist in Greece to get Cardiac Device Certification Level 1, in Nice, France in 2014 and received a scholarship from the Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, as a fellow in cardiac devices. After finishing his training in Cardiology he was appointed as a Research Fellow in cardiac devices at Barts Heart Center in London, the largest unit in Europe. In 2018 he was appointed as an Honorary Consultant at Barts Heart Center in cardiac devices and arrhythmias and in 2019 he was appointed as a Consultant Cardiologist with Special Interest in cardiac devices at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. In 2020 he got a Consultant Post in London at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. In Cyprus he is leading the cardiac care at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics in patients with rare diseases and performs all type of device implantations (pacemaker, defibrillators (ICDs), Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRTs), Subcutaneous defibrillators (ICDs) ) at Ygia Polyclinic Private Hospital in Limassol. He has participated as an investigator in several Multi- Center Trials in Heart Failure and Cardiac Device therapy (PRAETORIAN, UNTOUCHED, STRIVE- HF, MINERVA)
His areas of expertise include implantable loop recorders (ILRs,) pacemakers, implantable cardioverter- defibrillators (ICDs,) subcutaneous defibrillators (S- ICDs,) cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRTs,) syncope, echocardiography, stress test, holter ECG recordings, holter blood pressure recordings, stroke prevention, whereas some of the conditions he commonly treats include arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, palpitations, loss of consciousness episodes, heart failure, hypertension, coronary artery disease.
Dr Panayiotis Avraamides, MBBS Lon, BSc, FRCP Lon, FRCP Edin, FESC, FEACVI, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FHRS, Clinical Professor of Cardiology at the University of Nicosia Medical School
Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Panayiotis Avraamides is Clinical Professor of Cardiology at the University of Nicosia Medical School and Consultant Cardiologist at the University of Nicosia Medical Centre.
Dr Avraamides trained in medicine and cardiology in the UK. He graduated from University College London with MBBS and BSc(Hons) Physiology.
Dr Avraamides is former Director of the Cardiology Department and former Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at Nicosia General Hospital. He is highly experienced in all cardiac interventions, having performed tens of thousands of cardiac catheterisations/coronary angiography/angioplasties/stenting/TAVI/mitral and tricuspid valve repairs/LAA occlusion and thousands of device/pacemaker/ICD/CRT implantations, atrial fibrillation ablation and electrophysiological studies. He has pioneered many such interventions, having been the first to perform them in Cyprus.
Dr Avraamides was, notably, the first cardiologist in Cyprus to introduce and perform the now routine procedure of percutaneous aortic valve replacement TAVI. Years before, with another colleague, he was the first to introduce and perform coronary stenting, which is now the default therapy for coronary disease.
Amongst more recent firsts, Dr Avraamides was the first cardiologist in Cyprus to introduce and perform AF ablation with the latest revolutionary technology of Pulsed Field Ablation. He was also the first to introduce and perform the implantation of leadless pacemakers, a new technological revolution in cardiac pacing.
Dr Avraamides is President of the Cyprus Working Group on Cardiac Arrhythmias, Pacing and Electrophysiology, past President of the Cyprus Working Group on Interventional Cardiology, and past President of the Cyprus Society of Cardiology.
Dr Avraamides has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP Lon) and to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP Edin). He has also been honoured by election to the Fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (FEACVI), the American College of Cardiology (FACC), the American Heart Association (FAHA), the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (USA, FSCAI) and the Heart Rhythm Society (USA, FHRS).
Dr Avraamides’ current clinical and research interests are:
- AF ablation
- Cardiac implantable electronic devices
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Inherited cardiac conditions
- Cardiomyopathies
- Structural heart interventions
- Interventional imaging
- Cardiovascular effects of air pollution
Dr Danagra Georgia Ikossi, MD with distinction (The George Washington University), General Surgery Internship and Residency (Stanford University Medical Center), NIH/NRSA Trauma Training Grant Research Fellow (University of California), Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery (Stanford University Medical Center & The Veterans Administration Hospital), Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Minimally Invasive General Surgeon
Danagra Georgia Ikossi, MD, FACS is a General Surgeon, certified by the American Board of Surgery, and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She has fellowship training and extensive experience in Advanced Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery. Dr. Ikossi is licensed to practice as a surgeon in California, USA and the Republic of Cyprus. She participates in GESY and accepts international insurance.
After her surgical training and 13 years in practice as a surgeon in Northern California, Dr. Ikossi moved to Cyprus in 2022. She offers patients state of the art surgical treatment with less pain, a shorter recovery time, and a more aesthetically acceptable scar. Dr. Ikossi believes that the care of the surgical patient begins with compassion for the patient and their family. She has a passion for medicine, surgery and education, and is committed to excellence in the care of her patients.
Dr. Ikossi sees patients for skin lesions, soft tissue tumors, thyroid and parathyroid conditions, lymph node biopsy, surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, paraesophageal hernia, diseases of the stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum and anus, as well as adrenal, distal pancreas and spleen.
Dr Dionysios Vaidakis, MD (Semmelweis Univ. of Budapest Medical School), Master in Public Health (National School of Public Health in Athens), PhD in Gynaecological Oncology (National and Kapodistrian Univ. of Athens, Medical School)
Gynaecologist
Dr Dionysios Vaidakis is a Visiting Specialist in Gynaecology at the UNIC Medical Centre and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Nicosia Medical School. His research interests include subfertility, fertility preservation in oncological patients and application of modern technologies in primary health care.
Dr Elias Moustakis, MD, MSc, FEBOPRAS
Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeon
Dr Moustakis graduated from Aristotle University School of Medicine and completed his specialisation certified by the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS). His training includes work at Jerusalem’s Hadassah University Hospital, a Mediterranean trauma centre, followed by work at the Latsio Burn Centre and Thriassio Plastic Surgery Clinic, where he developed expertise in burn reconstruction.
In Athens, Dr Moustakis directs MD Clinics, one of Greece’s leading aesthetic surgery centres. He has developed advanced applications of VASER® 4D Hi-Def Liposculpture, focusing on natural-looking body contouring (#vaser4dnaturaldefinition). His low-volume BBL technique demonstrates his approach to creating subtle results that complement each patient’s anatomy.
Board-certified by EBOPRAS, Dr Moustakis is a member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS), Hellenic Society of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (HESPRAS), Panhellenic Medical Association (PIS), and Pan-Cypriot Medical Association. As an international lecturer, he promotes surgical approaches that focus on proportional outcomes.
At MD Clinics in Athens and the University of Nicosia Medical Centre, Dr Moustakis combines reconstructive expertise from his burn centre experience with aesthetic techniques to deliver results that enhance natural features.
Dr Michael Toumbis, MD, PhD, FCCP (Medical School, University of Athens, PhD in Lung Cancer and HLA)
Pneumonologist
Dr Michael Toumbis is a specialist in Pneumonology. He previously served as the Director of the Respiratory Department and President of the Scientific Board at the General Hospital of Chest Diseases in Athens. Additionally, he was President of the Hellenic Thoracic Society. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians.
Dr Sakis Lambrianides, MD (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Board Certified Neurologist Germany
Neurologist
Dr Lambrianides is a Visiting Specialist in Neurology at the UNIC Medical Centre and a Clinical Instructor at the UNIC Medical School. He is also a Consultant Neurologist at Apollonion Hospital and worked as a Consultant (Oberarzt) in Oberhausen, Germany and at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics. His research interests are in Multiple Sclerosis and Stroke.
Dr Varnavas C. Constantinou, MD (University of Thessaloniki), BSc in Molecular and Cell Biology (University of Maine)
Consultant Haematologist and Transplant Physician
Dr Varnavas C. Constantinou is a Consultant Haematologist and Transplant Physician, who previously served as Head of Haematology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation at the German Oncology Centre in Limassol, Cyprus. He holds an MD from the University of Thessaloniki and a BSc in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Maine. His postgraduate training includes internal medicine and haematology at G. Papanicolaou Hospital in Thessaloniki, where he also conducted extensive clinical research in gene therapy and β-thalassemia. He has held visiting scientist roles in the USA and Cyprus and is a trained JACIE Inspector. Dr Constantinou is a member of several international haematology and gene therapy societies, and has published widely in the fields of hematologic malignancies, stem cell transplantation, and gene therapy.
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