{"id":87,"date":"2021-08-07T09:38:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T09:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drgiatrakou.gr\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2026-08-03T00:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T00:44:50","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drgiatrakou.gr\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"87\" class=\"elementor elementor-87\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-00664d2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"00664d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76009db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"76009db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64dbd42 aux-appear-watch-animation aux-fade-in-up-1 elementor-widget 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She is a dermatologist and venereologist, and a consultant at the General State Hospital of Athens \u2018G. Gennimatas\u2019, holds a PhD from the University of Athens, is a researcher and scientific associate at the \u2018Attikon\u2019 University Hospital, and is a member of the medical associations of the USA and the UK.<\/p><p>Following her graduation from medical school, she had her medical degree and postgraduate qualification recognised in the USA. She worked as a researcher in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA (certificate), as well as in Florida, USA (Department of Emergency Medicine, Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital, Tarpon Springs, Florida \u2013 USA).<\/p><p>On her return to Greece, she worked at the \u2018Evangelismos\u2019 Hospital and completed her specialisation in Dermatology and Venereology at the \u2018Attikon\u2019 General University Hospital.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0c995e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c0c995e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4665f9 aux-appear-watch-animation aux-fade-in-up-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4665f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0Latter, she completed her PhD, specialising in skin infections, and worked as a researcher whilst collaborating with the clinical and research team led by E. 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