An Athens orthopaedic surgeon in Voula treating joint and soft tissue degeneration with stem cells prepared from the patient's own fat, alongside platelet rich plasma.
Dr George Spagakos is an orthopaedic surgeon and sports physician practising in Athens. His site gives a consulting address at Vasileos Pavlou 39 in Voula, a coastal suburb in the south of the city close to Glyfada, and publishes a landline, a mobile number and an email address. His biography page adds that he practises at Voula and at Markopoulo Mesogaias, and that he also works at Hygeia Hospital in Athens.
The site states he graduated in medicine from the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, specialised in orthopaedic trauma, microsurgery and hand surgery, trained at the European School in Marseille, and has been affiliated with the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York since 2007. It describes more than fifteen years in sports medicine and orthopaedic surgery, and presents his current focus as orthobiologics and regenerative medicine.
This is a genuine cell therapy practice rather than a platelet rich plasma clinic alone, although it offers both. The site states that a small amount of fat is taken from the patient's abdomen by mini-liposuction, that this fat contains a high concentration of mesenchymal stem cells, and that these adipose-derived cells are used to treat degeneration and tissue damage. It says the cells are autologous — from the patient's own body — and presents that as reducing risk. It also describes combining stem cell treatment with platelet rich plasma to strengthen the effect.
The conditions listed are orthopaedic throughout: rotator cuff injury, osteoarthritis of the knee, hip, shoulder and spine, meniscus tears, damage to the anterior cruciate ligament, tennis elbow, Achilles tendonitis, osteonecrosis and carpal tunnel syndrome. The site positions the practice as applying standards comparable to the United States and the United Kingdom at costs closer to those of Mexico or India — a marketing comparison rather than a clinical statement — and does not publish any prices.
The conditions named are orthopaedic throughout, which is consistent with the surgeon's stated specialty.
The site states that mesenchymal stem cells are obtained from a small quantity of the patient's own abdominal fat taken by mini-liposuction, and used to treat joint and soft tissue damage.
This is a single-surgeon practice and the site names only its principal.
The practice consults from an address at Vasileos Pavlou 39 in Voula, in the southern suburbs of Athens, and the biography page states that the surgeon also practises at Markopoulo Mesogaias and at Hygeia Hospital in Athens. It is a consultant orthopaedic practice rather than a dedicated cell therapy centre, and the site does not describe a laboratory of its own, name an accrediting body, or say where the fat tissue is processed. Anyone considering treatment would want to establish where the procedure itself takes place.
No prices are published. The site makes a general comparison, saying it aims to work to standards comparable to those of the United States and the United Kingdom while charging closer to what clinics in Mexico or India charge, but gives no figure for any treatment.
Profile compiled from information published on the clinic's own website and from the StemCell Registry directory record. Details may change; confirm directly with the clinic before making decisions.