The Athens Medical Group presented the future of health at the 7th Delphi Forum
Athens Medical Group
Athens, April 14, 2022 – The future of health is here. The solutions, specialized know-how, innovative treatments and the new model of health promotion that Athens Medical Group applies in its ecosystem of clinics were presented by three leading doctors of Athens Medical Group and the General Manager of the Group, Mr. George Zerdilas. The latter focused on the role of investments as a lever for developing capabilities and a necessary ally in Brain Gain. With an investment plan that has exceeded 40 million euros in the last three years, the Group is dynamically moving towards Healthcare 4.0, catalyzed by multi-level digital transformation, hybrid robotic surgeries, digital surgeries, leading-edge know-how, rare specialization and continuous ‘Brain Gain’ and R&D. It invests, co-shapes and develops the medicine of the future, here in Greece, for the direct benefit of Greek Health and society, of the Greek patient. Indicatively, in the last year alone, the Athens Medical Group attracted more than 50 leading scientists from the most advanced health ecosystems in the world – strategic allies for the leap into the future.
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| The Athens Medical Group, Medical Partner of Delphi Economic Forum VII | From left to right, Ms. Anastasia Parentzoglou, Brand Manager, Fortune Greece, Mr. Theodoros Fessas, President of Quest Holdings S.A, Ms. Alexandra Papalexopoulou, Vice President of the Executive Committee of TITAN Group, Dr. Vasilis G. Apostolopoulos, CEO of Athens Medical Group, President of the Hellenic Association of Entrepreneurs. |
The distinguished and internationally recognized physicians who participated in the discussion, all with leading international studies and brilliant professional careers in leading clinics, were:
– Konstantinos Konstantinidis, Scientific Director, Director of the Department of General, Laparoscopic, Bariatric and Robotic Surgery of the Athens Medical Center. – Theodosios Bisdas, Vascular Surgeon, Director of the 3rd Vascular Surgery Clinic of the Athens Medical Center.
– Antonis Pitsis, Cardiologist, Director of the 1st Cardiosurgery Clinic of the Inter-Balkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki.
The renowned medical scientists focused on innovative practices, minimally invasive methods and international best practices that each one applies in their field, ensuring the fastest possible recovery, with the best outlook for the patient. Focusing on the entire spectrum of Medicine and Health, emphasizing both prevention and treatment, the speakers developed the possibilities that unlock the technological leaps that are taking place in the field of health. In particular, they highlighted the catalytic role of digital transformation and robotic allies in modern medicine, analyzing the key contribution of the Iatriko Group both in the introduction of methods and tools to the Greek Health Ecosystem, and in the Group’s contribution to the development of global know-how here in Greece. In fact, they also mentioned a series of international firsts of the Group that have established it in recent years among the clinics with reference centers and excellence on the global map of pioneering clinics that exchange know-how and co-shape the future of health.
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| From left to right, Mr. Georgios Zerdilas, General Manager of the Athens Medical Center, Dr. Theodosios Bisdas, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Director of the 3rd Vascular Surgery Clinic, Athens Medical Center, Dr. Konstantinos Konstantinidis MD, PhD, FACS, MAMSE, Scientific Director and Director of the General, Oncology, Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Clinic of the Athens Medical Center, Dr. Vasilis G. Apostolopoulos, CEO of the Athens Medical Group, Dr. Antonios Pitsis, PhD, FETCS, FESC, Cardiac Surgeon, Director of the 1st Cardiac Surgery Clinic, Inter-Balkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki, Ms. Fotini Georgiou, Health Journalist. | From left to right ia, Mr. George Zerdilas, General Manager of Athens Medical Group, Dr. Antonios Pitsis, PhD, FETCS, FESC, Cardiac Surgeon, Director of the 1st Cardiac Surgery Clinic, Inter-Balkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki, Dr. Konstantinos Konstantinidis MD, PhD, FACS, MAMSE, Scientific Director and Director of the General, Oncology, Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Clinic of the Athens Medical Center, Ms. Fotini Georgiou, Health Journalist, Dr. Theodosios Bisdas, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Director of the 3rd Vascular Surgery Clinic, Athens Medical Center, Ms. Theodora Psaltopoulou-Dimopoulou, Pathologist, Professor of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National University of Athens. |
The discussion was moderated by journalist Fotini Georgiou, while the Professor of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National University of Athens, Ms. Theodora Psaltopoulou – Dimopoulou participated.
A separate panel was attended by Dr. Vasilis Apostolopoulos – in his dual capacity as CEO of the Athens Medical Group and President of the Hellenic Entrepreneurs’ Association (E.ENE) – where he analyzed the critical role of private initiative in both rapid and inclusive growth, drawing examples for the Athens Medical Group.
Dr. Apostolopoulos focused on the critical parameter of inclusion, combining it with the social contribution of businesses, referring to the strategy followed by the Medical Group in the two recent crises, the economic one – where it invested with vision despite the deep recession – and the pandemic, where it focused on social and national contribution, in order to keep the National Health System afloat, setting an example in the field of private health.
The Medical Sector emerged as a growth driver for the 2010-2020 decade, and the Group’s CEO pledged at the Delphi Forum to maintain and further strengthen its footprint in Greek health and Greek entrepreneurship. By multiplying investments, strengthening the Group’s development by utilizing all tools in this direction, and with even stronger extroversion moves, strategic partnerships and additional interaction with the medical innovation and technology ecosystems.
“The future of health is here, it is in our hands, we bring it and we co-shape it here in Greece, in our Group’s clinics, with vision, consistency and continuity,” said Dr. V. Apostolopoulos, among others, speaking at the panel. “With an eye on the future, and drawing from the experience of the pandemic crisis, we must reflect and redefine the level of health offered in the Greek Health Ecosystem, with strict quality criteria, standards and best practices that all providers, both in the private and public sectors, must adopt.”
On the sidelines of the Forum, a series of meetings were held at the highest level to promote the Group’s strategy, with leading technology and digital transformation providers. who presented the future of health at the 7th Delphi Forum
