Physicians Pediatric Surgery Athens Near Me

4worldlovers: Welcome to the web site of Dr. Anastasios D. Kanellopoulos, MD, who is a Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, practicing in Athens, Greece.


Dr Kanellopoulos is Fellowship trained in Pediatric Orthopedics and is an active member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America.

His main clinical interests include modern management of pediatric orthopedic trauma, limb lengthening and deformity correction, complex foot deformity correction, and management of patients with neuromuscular conditions, including cerebral palsy (SPML).

Over the last decade, Dr Kanellopoulos introduced a number of novel treatments for his patients for the Greek standard of care at that time, like closed reduction and percutaneous fixation of supracondylar humeral fractures, he was the first to introduce the Ponseti method for the treatment of clubfoot, he also was the pioneer for closed, both flexible and rigid, nailing for forearm and femur fractures respectively. The list continues with the first application of a fully implantable lengthening device in 2005, the first application of the Taylor Spatial Frame, the state of the art external fixator with three dimensional correction capabilities for fracture treatment and for correction of long bone deformities. He also introduced the selective percutaneous myofascial lengthenings for cerebral palsy patients (SPML), a revolutionary minimally invasive surgical intervention, that enables immediate rehabilitation without hospital stay. He performed the first implantation of the "growing rod", the Fassier - Duval nail and has been since a center for its application for patients with osteogenesis imperfecta.

As of August 2016 he performed the first in Greece implantation of a Precise nail for lengthening and deformity correction. This device is fully implantable and can be controlled externally.This device obviates the need for bulky external fixators, requires less hospital stay and carry less risk of complications as infection or poor bone formation.

He also taught in both undergraduate and postgraduate level, Pediatric Orthopedics, at the Medical School of the University of Athens as well as in a large number of young Orthopaedic residents during their training.