About Us

Athens Medical Group (AMG) was established in 1984. Its goal: to provide high quality, integrated healthcare services, based on a patient – centered approach. From the first years of its operation, it became a “catalyst” of progress in Healthcare, being the first Greek medical institution to introduce state-of-the-art medical equipment and secure collaborations with distinguished scientists, thus providing services equal to those of internationally acclaimed hospitals.

Through continuous investments, both in Greece and abroad, AMG is among the most dynamic Healthcare organizations and the most reliable providers of diagnostic and hospitalization services, worldwide.

Since 2007, Asklepios Kliniken GmbH has been a key strategic shareholder of Athens Medical Group, both sides collaborating on scientific and business matters and promoting the exchange of medical knowledge and management expertise.

In Greece, AMG runs 7 hospital units with a total number of 1,200 hospital beds, 2,800 highly qualified associate physicians, and 3,000 highly specialized full-time employees.

Additionally, being present in the Balkans, AMG owns 4 diagnostic centers in Romania, through the subsidiary company «Medsana».

Moreover, AMG has ongoing partnerships in North Africa, the Balkans, the broader SE Mediterranean area, Russia and the CIS Countries.

To ensure the best treatment results, AMG focuses on 3 main categories: critical illness, lifestyle medicine and continuing education.

Critical Illness: Patient-centered multidisciplinary services for life-threatening conditions focusing on individual patient needs and patient groups, rather than clinical specialties.

Lifestyle Medicine: Preventive lifestyle-related and chronic diseases’ services, to effectively improve quality of life and enhance longevity.

Continuing Education:  Educational programs directly related to top medical practices performed in the AMG clinics, both in Greece and internationally.

1984

Dr. George Apostolopoulos establishes Athens Medical Center in Marousi, Athens with three goals:

1. “No Greek patient abroad”
2. “Athens Medical Center’s doors are to replace the airplanes’ doors”
3. “The big rendez-vous of science with technology” – A meeting between high-caliber scientific personnel and cutting-edge technology

1985

Greece’s 1^st angiographer with digital angiography and angioscintigraphy begins operations in Athens Medical Center.

1987

• The 1^st “Nursing Care” lab for hospital studies is set-up under the scientific direction of the late Professor and Academic, George Merikas.
• A new, innovative department, Pain Center, is founded in order to relieve the pain of critically ill patients.

1989

Dr. George Apostolopoulos, loyal to his vision to reverse the outflow of Greek patients abroad, goes “one step ahead”, operating a Private Clinic and Emergency Ambulatory Service, with fully owned ambulances, inside the largest state hospital in Moscow.

1990

Medical Center Moscow is inaugurated. Among others, the Ministers of Health from Greece, Russia and the European Union of Private Hospitals attended the event.

1991    

• Paleo Faliro Clinic is established.
• Athens Medical Group is listed on the Athens Stock Exchange.
• The 1^st production of surgical equipment factory in Greece is established, in Corinth, which constitutes the 5^th in Europe.

1992   

• Athens Medical Center successfully treats, for the first time in Greece, brain and spinal cord vascular malformations.
• Athens Medical Center establishes a full Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Department, a specialized Laser Clinic, and the Reference Center for Allergic Diseases.
• In cooperation with the National Technical University of Athens and the Technological Institute of Crete, research on early cancer diagnosis and robotic interventional systems is launched.

1993

• For the 1^st time in Greece, an aortic valve replacement takes place using human valve (allograft) methods, instead of artificial or biological material.
• A team of Athens Medical Center’s cardiac surgeons begins a research collaboration with the Institute of Heart and Lungs of University of London (Harefield), led by Sir Magdi Yacoub.

1994

• Agreement signed between Athens Medical Group and renowned Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.
• Athens Medical Group collaborates with Paris-Sud University Hospital Bicêtre, led by Professor Pierre Lasjaunias.
• As part of the European Association of Applied Research in Pediatric Surgery, Athens Medical Center participates in applied research and retraining programs.
• 1^st 3-D magnetic resonance angiography is performed.
• Pioneering method of corneal transplantation is performed for the 1^st time in Greece.
• Greece’s 1^st Mobile Preventive Medicine Unit is set to operate.

1995

• Agreement signed between Athens Medical Group, Methodist Hospitals and General Electric.
• Athens Medical Group’s Chairman, along with a specialized medical team of 20 experts, visits Gaza strip to provide care to patients education.
• Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, assigns a study on the organization of Palestinian National Health System in Gaza strip and West Bank to Athens Medical Group.

1996

• The European Interbalkan Medical Center’s Foundations are laid, representing the most modern hospital in the country – covering an area of 90,000 m², with an operational space of 40,000 m².
• Network of Diagnostic Centers in Sofia, Bucharest, Belgrade, and Skopje undergoes development.
• The Cardiac Surgery team introduces, for the 1^st time in Greece, the revolutionary myocardial bypass with Laser.

1997

• Psychiko Clinic inaugurated (acquisition of former “Apollonio Therapeytirio”).
• Athens Medical Group further expands its operations in the Balkans by establishing MEDSANA, its Romanian subsidiary.
• Intracranial bypass for rare aneurysm performed for the 1^st time in the world.

1998

• Forbes magazine includes Athens Medical Group in the global “300 Best Small Companies” list.
• Reattachment of hand is performed in the Upper End Surgery – Microsurgery Department of Athens Medical Center.

1999

• 1^st multi-slice CT in Greece, and one of the first in the world, installed in Athens Medical Center.
• Athens Medical Center’s Maxillo-facial Surgery team succeeds in first cancer removal in maxillofacial area.

2000

• European Interbalkan Medical Center inaugurated – an ultramodern hospital which becomes a reference point in the Balkans and SE Europe for treatment and medical education. Imperial College of London declares it as the “most modern and comprehensive hospital in Europe”.
• European Association of Businesses and Entrepreneurs bestows the award of “high quality of products and services”.
• Athens Medical Group included, for the second time, in the “300 Best Small Companies” global list by Forbes magazine.
• Laparoscopic surgery treatments, aided by voice responsive robotic endoscopy system, performed for the 1^st time in Greece.
• Athens Medical Group becomes the 1^st Greek company to participate in the DOW Jones Substantial 200 index.  

2001

• Athens Medical Group included, for the third time, in the “300 Best Small Companies” global list by Forbes magazine.
• Paleo Faliro Clinic’s second building established.
• Romania’s Industrial and Commerce Chamber includes MEDSANA among the 10 best foreign companies in Romania.
• Innovative operations for the treatment of abdominal aorta aneurysm performed.
• London – Dr. Vassili Apostolopoulos signs an agreement between Athens Medical Group and British Operations Abroad Ltd. for the treatment of British patients.

2002

• Dafne Clinic established, representing the only specialized and modernly equipped nephrology center in Greece.
• b included in the “200 Best Small Companies” in the world by Forbes magazine.
• Innovative transplant of human vessel.
• Innovative bloodless spinal fusion method performed.

2003

• Spleen and bladder removal with endoscopic laparoscopic method, performed for the 1^st time in Greece to a 10-year-old child, takes place in at the European Interbalkan Medical Center.
• RF-assisted hepatectomy performed for the 1^st time in Greece.
• The Ministry of Health selects the Department of Cardiac Arrhythmia Pacing and Electrophysiology of Athens Medical Center as the 1^st private organization able to implant cardiac pacemakers.
• “DOR operation”, an innovative treatment for patients suffering from severe ischemic cardiomyopathy, is performed for the 1^st time in Greece.
• Medical equipment donated via by the Princess Katherine Foundation; Athens Medical Group’s surgeons demonstrate new surgical techniques in the Clinical Center of Serbia.
• “Excimer laser” technique, a new treatment for occluded peripheral vessels, performed exclusively at the Athens Medical Center.

2004

Athens Medical Group judged by the Organizing Committee of the 2004 Olympic Games as “most appropriate Medical Organization in Greece for the provision of medical services to the athletes that will take part in the games”.

2005

• Second MEDSANA diagnostic center of Athens Medical Group inaugurated in Bucharest, Romania.
• Athens Medical Group included in the “Hot 100” listed companies on the European stock exchanges by European Business Magazine.
• Athens Medical Group included in the “Superbrands” list, indicating its exceptional brand awareness in products and services.

2006

• Greece’s first state-of-the-art robotic, laparoscopic surgical Da Vinci system is installed; 1^st robotic cholecystectomy operation takes place.
• The Siemens 1,5T Avanto Tim MRI is installed.

2007

• Peristeri Clinic established.
• Top European Healthcare Group, Asklepios Kliniken GmbH, becomes a shareholder of Athens Medical Group.
• Nuclear Medicine (radioisotopes) Lab of Athens Medical Center equipped with latest PET/CT Camera.
• Athens Medical Group included for the second time in the “Superbrands” list, reaffirming its extraordinary brand awareness in products and services.
• Siemens SOMATOM Definition CT installed in the European Interbalkan Medical Center.

2008

• Athens Medical Group’s subsidiary company MEDSANA inaugurates its third Diagnostic Center in Romania.
• 1^st laparoscopic hepatectomy takes place in the European Interbalkan Medical Center.
• Scientists of Athens Medical Center create new bladder.
• Greece’s 1^st transvaginal laparoscopic cholecystectomy takes place with the use of non-flexible tools.

2009

• GAIA Maternity Clinic established.
• Athens Medical Group recognized as leader in Healthcare services in Greece and 5th globally, according to independent research GLOBAL PULSE 2009.
• Surgical intervertebral disc removal at the base of the cervical spine on 27-month old infant takes place at Pediatrics Center of Athens.
• Hand & Upper Extremity Reconstructive Microsurgery unit successfully applies innovative method of treating an extensive tumor on the hand of a young patient.
• General, Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Clinic provides groundbreaking robotic surgery operations for children.

2010

• Collaboration between GAIA Maternity Clinic and Fetal Medicine Foundation (London), the world’s leading research and training institute in fetal medicine, begins.
• New Da Vinci Si HD installed allowing the 1^st transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in Greece.
• 1^strobotic nephrectomy in Greece, successfully carried out on 7-year-old child.

2011

• Athens Medical Center’s Hand Trauma Center accredited as Official European Hand Trauma Center by the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH).
• More than 3,500 severely wounded patients from Libya transferred and hospitalized to Athens Medical Group’s hospitals.
• Global first: Athens Medical Center participates in single-site robotic surgery across three international centers (Other single-site global firsts include: hysterectomy procedure, removal of endometriosis ovarian cysts and removal of pericardial cyst).

2012

• Collaboration begins between Massachusetts General Hospital (M.G.H.) of Harvard Medical School and Athens Medical Group.
• GAIA Maternity Clinic relocated to Athens Medical Center’s premises.

2013

• Athens Medical Center and the European Interbalkan Medical Center receive TEMOS “Quality in International Patient Care” certification.
• Global first: Robotic cholecystectomy performed on 6-month pregnant woman at Athens Medical Center.
• General, Laparoscopic, Bariatric and Robotic Surgery Clinic of Athens Medical Center recognized as Center of Excellence for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery by the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO).

2014

• Athens Medical Center, GAIA Maternity Clinic, Pediatrics Center of Athens, and the European Interbalkan Medical Center rated among the “Best Hospitals Worldwide”.
• Athens Medical Group receives upgraded TEMOS “Excellence in Medical Tourism” certification.
• Intensive expansion of the Athens Medical Group’s Associating Diagnostic Centers and Doctors Network which becomes the largest of its size in Greece including 390 Diagnostic Centers and 2,500 doctors.
• Athens Medical Group, in cooperation with leading medical education bodies, inaugurates a yearly Continuing Medical Education Program, with first-class credit-approval score (66 credits EACCME – Continuing Medical Education by the Greek Medical Association).
• Global first: Single-site robotic right colectomy and takes place at Athens Medical Center.

2015

• Athens Medical Group clinics rated amongst the “Best Hospitals Worldwide 2015” by the United Nations Diplomatic Council (DC).
• A Memorandum of Cooperation is signed between the prestigious MD Anderson Cancer Center and Athens Medical Group.
• The Department of Preventive Medicine, Wellness and Longevity is launched in Paleo Faliro Clinic.
• The 1st Rare Diseases Department is launched.
• Operations for the treatment of atrial fibrillation with the newest 3^rd generation cryotherapy system are performed in Athens Medical Center for the 1^st time in Greece.
• The specialized Department of Arthroscopic Hip Surgery is launched in European Interbalkan Medical Center.
• Athens Heart Center is inaugurated.
• National first: Pelvic Floor Lab in Greece is launched, together with the new specialized Department of Colorectal Surgery.
• Global first: robotic treatment of sportsman’s hernia.
• Regional first: first robotic single-site urology operation in SE Europe takes place in Athens Medical Center.
• Global first: trans-anal total mesorectal excision operations for the treatment of rectal cancer is carried out.
• Global first: complete pelvic floor repair performed.
• National first: implantation of subcutaneous defibrillation system to patients with inherited disease performed at Athens Medical Center.

2016

• Athens Medical Group clinics included in the United Nations Diplomatic Council (DC) “Preferred Partner Hospital 2016” list.
• Athens Medical Group receives the highest number of distinctions at Healthcare Business Awards – 5 golden awards, highlighting its prestige and business excellence, namely: Investment Activity, Contribution to Employment, Quality of Service, Environmentally Friendly Hospital, Action for Prevention / Early Diagnosis.
• Athens Medical Group and GENESIS Athens introduce new, state-of-the-art Clinic Medsana – Genesis Athens, in Bucharest, Romania. The new clinic is a partnership between Medsana, a Romanian subsidiary of Athens Medical Group, and Athens Genesis Clinic; marking a new era in the provision of gynecological & IVF health services in Romania.
• National first: Athens Medical Group presents the 1^st Corporate Responsibility Report for 2015, reaffirming its commitment to operate responsibly; raising the bar of health services in Greece. The report is a first for a private health services provider in Greece, as well as the first on an international level, to proceed with the Corporate Responsibility Report in line with the new G4 version of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
• National first: Athens Medical Group introduces innovative NeuroSAFE technique to robotic prostatectomy surgery.
• Breast Clinic of Athens Medical Center becomes full member of “Breast Centers Network”.
• National first: first Unit of Pulmonary Hypertension -in the private sector- begins operations at the Athens Heart Center, at Athens Medical Center.
• National first: robotic thoracic lobectomy performed at the European Interbalkan Medical Center.
• National first: Paleo Faliro Clinic introduces pioneering blood-free way to measure sugar levels.
• 10 years since the first robotic surgery in Greece performed at Athens Medical Center.
• Athens Medical Group organizes the International Congress of Medical Leadership and Innovation – “Athens Medical Leadership and Innovation Conference (AMLI)”, on the occasion of its 32-year anniversary. Led by a 34-member scientific committee, more than 150 leading speakers highlight a range of medical innovations taking place in Athens Medical Group’s clinics in Athens and Thessaloniki; latest developments discussed in important medical areas, including: Oncology, Robotic Surgery, Orthopedics, Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Pathology, Cosmetic Medicine, Gynecology and Pediatrics; and an overview of the scientific collaboration between Athens Medical Group and Yale was made.
• National first: Athens Medical Group introduces intersphincteric resection with pull through delayed anastomosis surgical method.
• The European Interbalkan Medical Center selected by FIMS as a collaborating FIMS Sports Center, providing medical services to athletes.
• Laboratory of Flow Cytometry of Medical Psychic is certified for quality of service by the Euro Flow Group of the leading European Foundation of Hematology – Oncology (ESLHO).
• Athens Medical Group happily welcomes Fournoi Ikarias to the “Medical Adoption Program”.

2017

• Athens Medical Group clinics included in the prestigious United Nations Diplomatic Council (DC) “Preferred Partner Hospital 2017”.
• Athens Medical Group sole Greek participant in the 7th HTI Conference held in Rovinj, Croatia. Greece acknowledged with the prize – “Greece: Emerging Destination of Medical Tourism” in recognition of Athens Medical Group’s excellence in infrastructure, organization and overall experience in medical tourism.
• Highest number of Medical Distinctions in Healthcare Business Awards awarded to Athens Medical Group, with 6 golden awards highlighting its accomplishments and business excellence in Investment Activity, Contribution to Employment, Medical Tourism Services, Quality of Services, Environmentally Friendly Hospital, and Communication awards.
• Athens Medical Association announces sponsorship of new integrated structure – the Depression Control Center (KEKA), filling a significant gap in the treatment of depression; aimin to the prevention, treatment, and challenging the stigma of mental illnesses.
• Official premiere of Iatriko TV, the new communication strategy venture of Athens Medical Group. The initiative brings together innovative, informative, multidisciplinary two-hour programs with first-class production and continuous content renewal. Programs are broadcast to waiting and ward rooms across all Athens Medical Group clinics simultaneously, including all digital media.
• The CEO of Athens Medical Group, Dr. Vassili Apostolopoulos, presents “Health in the Country” to the New York City diaspora; a new initiative of Athens Medical Group that addresses the members of the Greek community that visit the homeland. The program provides all members of the Greek community access to a wide range of free and discounted benefits to the Athens Medical Group’s clinics in Athens and Thessaloniki, ensuring direct access to high quality medical services.
• Athens Medical Group awarded the highest distinction for organizing Corporate Superbrands Greece 2016, emerging as the country’s leading and most recognizable Health Service Group for 2016.
• Athens Medical Group celebrates 10-year anniversary of Peristeri Clinic.
• Athens Medical Group becomes sole private healthcare provider amongst eight European countries to participate with 12 university departments, companies and institutions in the European Union’s research program “EVOTION”; additionally, the only private healthcare provider in Greece participating in Horizon 2020. Benefiting from the contribution of healthcare professionals, the Program deals with hearing loss and its consequences in the lives of thousands of people.
• Athens Medical Group, via AHEPA (American Hellenic Educational Progressive Union), participates in the Atlantis Program. The three-week, pioneering seminar forms part of the program offering involving both hospital and medical surveillance activities by US pre-med students, as well as collaboration and mutual communication between American Universities, US medical professionals and healthcare systems around the world.
• Athens Medical Center’s Gastroenterological Department equipped with ELUXEO ™, the new ultramodern endoscopic equipment of Fujifilm, providing new possibilities for early diagnosis of digestive pathology and its analysis.
• National first: robotic hepatectomy successfully carried out at Athens Medical Center.
• National first: Athens Medical Center carries out first intraoperative Cryoballon ablation (CBA) for pulmonary vein (PV) isolation.

2018

• Athens Medical Group clinics rated amongst the “Preferred Partner Hospital 2018” by the United Nations Diplomatic Council (DC) for the third consecutive year.
• The European Interbalkan Medical Center achieves a distinguished three-year “Global Healthcare Accreditation for Medical Travel Services” term by the Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) Program.

Solidarity and community reinvestment are indispensable parts of Athens Medical Group’s culture as social contribution constitutes a main strategic pillar, since the first day of its operation in 1984.

As a top healthcare services provider, Athens Medical Group consistently executes a multi-dimensional “Corporate Responsibility Program”, through which it offers complete medical services in favor of patients and vulnerable members of society.

The Corporate Responsibility Program includes organized individual programs, delivered consistently every year. These programs are adjusted, on an ongoing basis to address pressing social needs.

International Medical Support

Since its establishment, Athens Medical Group has remained committed to supporting those in need, especially in times of humanitarian crises, on an international level.

Athens Medical Group and its people, throughout the years, have organized and participated in humanitarian aid missions across a number of hotspots, including Armenia, Yugoslavia, Palestine, Kosovo and Pristina.

We actively and consistently support those in need who lack the financial resources, offering appropriate medical services free of charge throughout all of our hospitals, to adults and children from countries that are hit hard by natural disasters or war.

Vodafone Telemedicine Program

In 2008, Athens Medical Group and Vodafone joined forces to develop a comprehensive telemedicine program, leveraging cutting edge technology to provide free access to high quality medical services to more than 500,000 residents of 100 remote areas.

As a result, residents of border areas, included in the program, are linked directly to specialized doctors of Athens Medical Center to receive real-time medical opinions – rapidly and in the convenience of their hometown. Since the program’s launch, a significant number of tests have been successfully executed and, in many cases, further needs for surgery or further tests have been detected.

Vodafone Telemedicine Program in numbers:

• 12 years
• 100 remote areas throughout Greece
• Since 2008, more than 16,000 residents of remote areas have been examined.
• Since 2008, more than 49,000 tests have been executed.
• Access to specialized medical services for 500,000 residents.

Medical Adoption Programs

“SOS Children’s Villages”

Since 1984, Athens Medical Group has offered medical care to “SOS Children’s Villages”, in the contex of its Social Responsibility Program. This ‘commitment’ has endowed Athens Medical Group’s Chairman, Dr. George Apostolopoulos, with the title of Honorary Member and Great Benefactor.

Specifically, Athens Medical Groupoffers free of charge treatment, throughout its hospitals in Athens and Thessaloniki, to infants, children and teenagers, as well as SOS Mothers, for any health issues that may occur.

“The Smile of the Child”

Additionally, Athens Medical Group’s medical adoption program includes medical service provision free of charge to “The Smile of the Child”, an organization that supports children that are victims of any form of violence, missing children, children with health problems, children living in poverty or threatened by poverty.

On the side of the Border Areas 

Athens Medical Group remains committed to offering medical care to the residents of the border areas of Greece, such as Ai Stratis island, Kiprinos municipality in Evros, Fournoi Ikarias, Samothrace, Orestiada. The benefits include, among a host of services, free of charge hospitalization  at Athens Medical Group’s hospitals, for all children and teenagers, as well as free of charge births  in the Athens Medical Group’s Obstetrics Clinics. In recognition of this commitment, Athens Medical Group’s Chairman, Dr. George Apostolopoulos, has been declared as Honorary Citizen of these areas.

On the side of local municipalities

Peristeri Clinic, focused on serving local municipalities, is proud to offer free cataract surgical treatments to residents in need. In 2014, Peristeri Clinic offered free visits in the Emergency Care Department for all Peristeri residents who had suffered from the devastating floods of October 2018.

Additionally, Paleo Faliro Clinic organizes 1-day conferences with the participation of leading physicians that concentrate on numerous medical issues such as prevention and breast cancer treatment, asthma, urology, and many others. Furthermore, Paleo Faliro Clinic offers unlimited free medical examinations at the hospital’s Emergency Care Department for all residents on the southern outskirts (i.e. the Municipality of Paleo Faliro, Vari, Voula and Vouliagmeni).

The European Interbalkan Medical Center participates in medical and educational missions to the islands of the North Aegean. Residents are tested free of charge, while many of them are welcomed to medical information sessions. In parallel, it offers free examinations to children and adults in need, in cooperation with NGOs and various stakeholders, such as the Rotary Club of Thessaloniki and the House of Culture and Social Solidarity “Aristotelis”. Additionally, personnel from Athens Medical Center and the European Interbalkan Medical Center participate in annual blood donations.

Moreover, Athens Medical Group is proud to lend its support to associations and non-governmental organizations throughout the year, such as ELEPAP and the Greek Society for the Protection of Autistic Persons.

Global Health Days

Athens Medical Group, as part of its “Corporate Responsibility Program”, offers organized prevention examinations programs, as part of Global Health Days, either free of charge or at extremely reduced prices. The core aim of this essential program is the promotion of timely and valid diagnosis which everyone should be aware of and have access to. To date, thousands of patients have availed themselves of this program, taking this opportunity to undertake essential yearly screening tests.

Close to Security Forces

Driven by an impetus for continuous support, Athens Medical Group is a proud supporter of the men and women of law enforcement, the Coast Guard and others, through various activities, benefits, and other offerings.

Supporting Sports

Always by the side of Athletes, Athens Medical Group is proud to be the sponsor of top sports clubs and organizations, offering complete medical services to their members throughout Greece and encouraging younger people to actively participate in sports activities.

The Sports sector has been, and remains, an inspiration for Athens Medical Group and a pillar of its sponsorship activity.

Among the top sports clubs supported by Athens Medical Group, are:

Olympiacos, AEK, PAOK, Aris, Panionios, Atromitos Athinon, Ionikos Nikaias, Paleo Faliro Athletic Club, Ethnikos Pireos, Kimi Gymnastics Club, and popular federations, such as the Judo Federation, Volleyball Federation, Greek Tae Kwon Do Federation, and the Greek Riding Federation.

In conjunction to this, the Emergency Medical Services units of Athens Medical Group stand at the ready-for-professional and amateur athletes, offering medical coverage across various sports events.

Medical Tourism

Medical Tourism is a strategic priority for Athens Medical Group, with 11% of its turnover derived from international patients. Treating more than 8,000 international in-patients per year, from 53 countries, the International Patients Center remains the most efficient and organized service of its kind in Greece; staffed by trained, multi-lingual personnel, offering 24/7 VIP support to patients and their families. Highlighting the Group’s dedication to exceptional medical tourism services, the European Interbalkan Medical Center received, in 2018, a three-year-term “Global Healthcare Accreditation for Medical Travel Services” by the Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) Program.

The International Patient Center coordinates all medical, administrative and translation services, manages patient and family airport transfers and accommodation, as well as ambulance services.

For international patients, Athens Medical Group provides a special 5-digit number for emergency calls -11155- and collaborates with international insurance companies to ensure seamless delivery of services.

Strategic and International Cooperations

Since 2007, Asklepios Kliniken GmbH has been a key strategic shareholder of Athens Medical Group. Athens Medical Group and Asklepios collaborate on both scientific and business matters, promoting the exchange of medical knowledge and management expertise.

Characteristic of its scientific leadership, Athens Medical Group has collaborated, since its establishment with numerous leading organizations across the world:

Athens Medical Group cooperates with Massachusetts General Hospital (M.G.H.) of Harvard University Medical School (USA), IRCAD/EITS of the Medical School of Strasbourg (France) and the Robotic and Laparoscopic Center of the Saint Augustin Clinique (France).

The Group enjoys an academic collaboration with internationally renowned MD Anderson Cancer Center (USA), as well as with the Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) (UK) – the world’s leading pioneer research, education and training institute, established and chaired by Professor Kypros Nikolaides.

Additionally, AMG maintains educational collaborations with the Mass General Hospital for Children (USA) and Yale University School of Medicine (USA).

Further bolstering its capacity, Athens Medical Group has signed a Cooperation Agreement with the internationally renowned Methodist Hospital of Houston (USA).

Asklepios Kliniken GmbH is a shareholder of AMG, since 2007. Asklepios Kliniken GmbH is one of the largest Health Care Groups in Europe, operating more than 140 Medical Units of 26,500 beds, employing more than 45,000 employees and producing a turnover of 3 Billion Euros.

Athens Medical Center is an established by the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists, and Oncologists (IASGO) Continuing Medical Education Center for postgraduate studies.

Athens Medical Center’s Department of Hand and Upper Extremety Surgery, Recostructive Orthopaedic Microsurgery is an accredited Hand Trauma Center by the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH).

Athens Medical Group has an academic collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Athens Medical Center’s Department of General, Laparoscopic, Bariatric and Robotic Surgery has been recognized as a Center of Excellence for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery by the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO).

European Interbalkan Medical Center is a Collaborating Center of Sports Medicine Worldwide accredited by the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)

Athens Medical Group has an academic collaboration with the Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF), UK.

Athens Medical Group has an educational collaboration with Mass General Hospital for Children.

Athens Medical Center cooperates with IRCAD/EITS of the Medical School of Strasbourg, France

The Breast Clinic of Athens Medical Center is a full member of the international Breast Centers Network.

The Paediatric Radiology Department of the Paediatric Center of Athens is a “Center for the Assessment of Medical Technology”, according to GE Healthcare.

Athens Medical Group has an educational collaboration with Yale University School of Medicine.

Athens Medical Center cooperates with the Robotic and Laparoscopic Center of the Saint Augustin Clinique, in France

European Interbalkan Medical Center is an official MRCOG Examination and Education Center, by the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG).

The Clinic of General, Laparoscopic, Bariatric and Robotic Surgery of Athens Medical Center is a Center of Excellence according to the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO).

European Interbalkan Medical Center is, according to Joimax GmbH (Germany), a Reference Center in SE Europe for training doctors in the method of transforaminal endoscopic discectomy for the treatment of herniated intervertebral disc.

Certifications and International Distinctions

Athens Medical Group’s hospitals provide premier, innovative healthcare services, under the strictest international certifications and accreditations.

• Athens Medical Group’s hospitals are certified according to ISO 9001:2015 for the total of their services, ISO 22000:2005 for their catering services, and ISO 14001 for their environmental management.
• In 2018, the European Interbalkan Medical Center achieved a three-year-term “Global Healthcare Accreditation for Medical Travel Services” by the Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) Program.
• Furthermore, the European Interbalkan Medical Center is considered to be “The Most Modern and Comprehensive Medical Center in Europe,” as reported by Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London, UK.
• In 2015, Athens Medical Group was awarded 5 golden awards in the Healthcare Business Awards for: “Investments”, “Contribution to Employment”, “Quality of Services”, “Hospital Friendly to the Environment”, “Action to Prevention / Early Diagnosis”.
• In 2009, Athens Medical Group was recognized for excellence in reputation in healthcare services in Greece, and as the 5th best reputation globally, according to independent, international research GLOBAL PULSE 2009.
• In 2006 and 2007, it was included in the “Superbrands” list, while in 2005 it was included in the “Hot 100” list of the European Business Magazine.
• In 2001, the Romanian Chamber of Commerce included MEDSANA diagnostic centers among the 10 top foreign companies operating in Romania.
• In 1998, 2000 and 2001, Athens Medical Group was included in the “300 best companies” globally by Forbes magazine while in 2000, it was the first Greek company to be included in the DOW JONES Substantial 200 index.

The world’s top international media and scientific journals have repeatedly recognized Athens Medical Group’s activities and accomplishments, including the Financial Times, the Sunday Times, the Guardian, the Independent, the Times, and the Mail on Sunday newspapers as well as TV networks such as Bloomberg TV and the BBC.

Centers of Reference

Athens Medical Group’s Departments are considered European and Global Centers of Reference and Excellence.

Specifically:

Athens Medical Center’s Department of General, Laparoscopic, Bariatric and Robotic Surgery has been recognized as a “Center of Excellence for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery” by the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO).

Athens Medical Center’s Department of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Reconstructive Orthopedic Microsurgery is an accredited “Hand Trauma Center” by the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH).

Athens Medical Center is accredited by the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists, and Oncologists (IASGO) “Continuing Medical Education Center for postgraduate studies”.

The Pediatric Radiology Department of the Pediatrics Center of Athens is a “Center for the Assessment of Medical Technology”, according to GE Healthcare.

Athens Medical Center applies the innovative Interstitial Brachytherapy method under CT or Ultrasound based 3D planning.

Breast Clinic of Athens Medical Center is a full member of the international Breast Centers Network.

The European Interbalkan Medical Center is an official “MRCOG Examination and Education Center”, by the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (RCOG).

The European Interbalkan Medical Center is a “Collaborating Center of Sports Medicine Worldwide” accredited by the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS).

The European Interbalkan Medical Center is, according to Joimax GmbH (Germany), a Reference Center in SE Europe for training doctors in the method of transforaminal endoscopic discectomy for the treatment of herniated intervertebral disc.

Athens Medical Group Patient Safety Ethical Committees are interdisciplinary committees charged with the coordination and implementation of programs for ensuring patient safety within the Group, directing and overseeing proactive risk reduction. Specifically, these include the following committees:

• Medical Executive Activities
• Ethics
• Infection Control
• Oncology
• Pharmacy & Therapeutics
• Surgery
• Blood Transfusion
• Management
• Tumor Board
• Hospital Waste Management
• Food Safety
• Exclusive Nurses Allocation

Patients’ Bill of Rights and Obligations

Overview

The management, scientific and general staff of Athens Medical Group – in respect to the Group’s commitments to patients; in compliance with health laws and regulations and, in particular, with the principles of the World Health Organization as set out in the “Declaration on the Promotion of Patients’ Rights”; in order to ensure quality accommodation in Athens Medical Group’s Clinics, to shorten hospitalization time and generally aiming to provide excellent health services – invites you and your family members to actively participate fully in the treatment and hospitalization process, knowing your rights and obligations:

Patients’ Rights

Patients’ Obligations