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Dimitrios Minotakis - Scientific Director

Dimitrios Minotakis
    • He studied Medicine at the University of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy.
    • As a doctor, he worked from 2009 to 2012 at the Naval Hospital of Crete, the General Hospital of Chania, the Health Centre of Kissamos, the rural clinic of Kolimbari, the private “Vittorakis Polyclinic” in Platanias, and the “Revival” Rehabilitation Centre in Drama.
    • He specialized in Pathological Anatomy at the “Theagenio” Cancer Hospital of Thessaloniki from 2012 to 2017.
    • As a pathologist, he worked from 2017 to 2023 at the “Medical Inter-Balkan Hospital of Thessaloniki” and for almost one year at the private Pathology Laboratory “Istotypos”.

Pathology team

Natalia Vladika Pathologist, MD

Natalia Vladika received her Doctor of Medicine from the School of Medicine at the University of Tashkent and completed her residency training in Pathology at the Department of Pathology and the Department of Cytology at “Theagenio” Cancer Hospital of Thessaloniki.

She served for sixteen years as a Pathologist at the same hospital. During that time, she participated with abstracts in Greek and international seminars and conferences.

She is a member of the Hellenic Society of Pathology, the European Society of Pathology and the Hellenic Cancer Research Society.

 

Persefoni Xirou Pathologist, MD

Persefoni Xirou studied Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, graduating with honors. She received the title of Specialist in Pathology in 1996, after completing 4 years of residency training in Surgical Pathology and 1 year in Cytology.

She worked as a Surgical Pathologist for almost 25 years in different public Greek hospitals, including the General Hospital of Volos, Agios Savvas Cancer Hospital, Papageorgiou General Hospital and Theagenio Cancer Hospital, as well as for 8 months in private practice.

Persefoni Xirou was appointed as an international observer from November 11 to December 6, 2019, in the subspecialties of Gastrointestinal and Thoracic Pathology at the Department of Pathology of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, under the supervision of Dr. Jinru Shia and Dr. William Travis, Program Director.

She has participated in a large number of national and international congresses and seminars, both as an attendant and with abstracts, and has given 87 presentations as an invited speaker in national meetings.

She is a member of the Hellenic and European Societies of Pathology, the Hellenic Cancer Research Society and the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, USCAP.

 

Dimitrios Tsioltas Pathologist, MD

Dimitrios Tsioltas studied at the Department of Medical Laboratories of the Technical University of Larissa and then passed qualifying exams and entered the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

After graduation, he worked as a rural doctor at the Health Center of Farsala. Subsequently, he started and completed his specialty training in Pathological Anatomy at “Theagenio” Cancer Hospital.

He worked for 5 years at the Histopathology Department, specializing exclusively in the Macroscopic Department.