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Welcome to the Doctor's website Dr Athanasios D. Kleontas
BSc, MD, MSc(ET), MSc(MHSC), Dr(Med)Sc, BTS, Dedicated Thoracic Surgeon.
Cardiothoracic surgeon is a surgeon who is trained in both divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery:
the Thoracic Surgery and,
the Cardiac Surgery
Dr Athanasios Kleontas is an Dedicated Medical Director with a demonstrated history of working in the thoracic surgery field and the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Thoracic Surgery, Minimal Invasive Thoracic Surgery (VATS - Robotic), Medical Devices, Oncology, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Healthcare Information Technology (HIT). Strong research professional with a Doctorate of Medical Science, Dr(Med)Sc, focused in Lung Oncology from Faculty of Medicine of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th.).
In this sense, the thoracic surgeon Athanasios D. Kleontas has been methodically specialized in Thoracic Surgery and now deals mainly with the diagnostic approach, surgical treatment and perioperative care of chest disease and trauma, including diseases and trauma of lungs, mediastinum, pleural cavity, tracheobronchial tree, chest wall, diaphragm, esophagus and pericardium. This subject, in more detail, includes physiology, imaging techniques and functional assays of thoracic organs, surgical oncology, thoracic and especially surgical techniques applied for the treatment of chest diseases. Surgical techniques include, among others, and minimally invasive and thoracoscopic, diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, surgical and endoscopic techniques for staging of tumors of intrathoracic organs, diagnostic and interventional endoscopy of the tracheobronchial tree and the esophagus and the extracorporeal life support techniques.
In collaboration with the Cardiac surgeon of the Cardiothorasic team, the surgeon is able to offer all services related to the subject of Cardiovascular Surgery.
«Των δ’ ως λόγου μόνου ξυμπεραινομένων μη είη επαύρασθαι, των δε ως έργου ενδείξιος· σφαλερή γαρ και εύπταιστος η μετ‘ αδολεσχίης ισχύρισις»
"Do not rely on findings that emerge only from reasoning, but on the indications arising from the transaction, because frivolous claims are erroneous and can easily be broken"
"Orders" Hippocrates
The doctor has been specialized in minimally invasive surgery both in Greece and international oncology centers abroad. By technological achievements, which make safe the implementation of minimal invasive surgical techniques the surgeon now can introduce equally therapeutic effects and at the same time can achieve:
Thoracic surgeon manages medical data of his patients using Galen Office. Ergobyte provides a fully integrated, cloud-based Electronic Medical Record and practice management solution for private practices. An Electronic Medical Record is a digital version of a patient’s health records. Galen Office has been designed with three things in mind; ease of use, adaptability to every physician’s specific needs and overall convenience.
Recent scientific activities
Dr Athanasios Kleontas
12-01-2024Is there an ideal surgical approach for lobectomy in lung cancer?
Dr Athanasios Kleontas
29-12-2023Chest tube drainage placement
Dr Athanasios Kleontas
15-12-2023Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome
Dr Athanasios Kleontas
14-11-2023The meaning of radical resection in NSCLC
Dr Athanasios Kleontas
03-03-2023Pericardial diseases
Dr Athanasios Kleontas
20-09-2019Challenging Cases in Thoracic Surgery
Dr Athanasios Kleontas
13-09-2019Master Bronchoscopy (Indications - Contraindications of Bronchoscopy)
Dr Athanasios Kleontas
31-05-2019Sublobar resections in surgical treatment of NSCLC
Dr Athanasios Kleontas
31-05-2019Electromagnetic-guided bronchoscopy
Dr Athanasios Kleontas
16-11-2018Drug to Drug and Drug to Diseases Interactions
Dr Athanasios Kleontas
23-11-2018Malignant Pleural mesothelioma - Hyperthermic IntraTHOracic Chemotherapy (HITHOC)
Dr Athanasios Kleontas
22-09-2017Treatment of N2 disease in NSCLC
Interesting Cases
PUBLICATIONS
The incidence of metastatic malignant pleural effusion (MPE) correlates with the primary tissue malignancy. Based on a recent meta-analysis…Read more
Stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a heterogeneous group of patients, often requiring variable and individualized approaches…Read more
Cancer patients who require long-term chemotherapy and/or total parenteral nutrition need safe and reliable central venous access…Read more
Contact
Call +306936202500
Ermou 73, 3rd Floor, Thessaloniki
Visiting hours
Mon - Fri: 18:00 - 21:00
Scientific Events
Παρελθόντα Συνέδρια
Eπερχόμενα Συνέδρια
ΣΕΜΙΝΑΡΙΟ ΕΞΕΙΔΙΚΕΥΜΕΝΗΣ ΘΩΡΑΚΟΧΕΙΡΟΥΡΓΙΚΗΣ, 2023
"COMPLICATIONS IN THORACIC SURGERY: PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT"
You can arrange an appointment with the doctor
In the morning the Thoracic Surgeon, Dr Athanasios Kleontas MD is at the Interbalkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki, while in the evening he is at his private office (73, Ermou St).
+30 2310 - 400000
Office 11, 2nd floor. Dec 1742
ATHANASIOS D. KLEONTAS
PATIENT VISITATION HOURS
Doctor is available (by mobile) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You meet him only by appointment at his private office:
Monday to Friday : 18.00 - 21.00