2 hospital accreditations of quality
European Interbalkan Medical Center is a multidisciplinary hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece.
The specialties are the following: robotic surgery, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, oncology and complete examination (check-up).
The hospital cooperates with the world’s leading medical institutions — Massachusetts General Hospital (USA) and Harvard University (USA).
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The hospital staff members were very kind and helpful, all the scheduled tasks were done on time and there was no waiting. Katia, the patient liaison clerk did a wonderful job, I am so very thankful to her.
Updated 14.09.2020
European Interbalkan Medical Center was established in 2000. It belongs to Athens Medical Group, the largest hospital network in Greece.
The hospital consists of 36 departments and specialized centers.
The center is located in Thessaloniki, and 5 minutes by car from the International Airport.
Interbalkan Medical Center is certified by ISO (International Organization for Standardization). It means doctors apply the advanced treatment options, qualitative medical equipment. The working processes are well-established.
Interbalkan was awarded by International Medical Organization Temos for quality of diagnostics and treatment of international patients.
The first Da Vinci system unit in South Greece has been installed at Interbalkan.
Surgeries applying Da Vinci robot are minimally invasive through small 1 cm punctures. A surgeon manages the robotic instruments with 100% accuracy of movements. It allows removing the neoplasm completely without damaging healthy tissues.
Due to a low injury rate of tissues during the surgery, a patient recovers faster, severe pain is absent, scarring is barely noticeable.
Doctors carry out such interventions applying Da Vinci robot:
Da Vinci surgery
Doctors of the Department specialize in medicamentous, surgical, and minimally invasive treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
Such operations are conducted here:
Specialists conduct heart diagnosis and treatment using a fine needle — a catheter. Procedures are performed under X-ray control, and a doctor watches for the intervention process on the monitor.
With this catheter, doctors place stents and balloons in the constricted vessels, carry out a correction and heart valve replacement.
After such sparing intervention, a patient recovers faster than after open surgery.
Doctors of the Department specialize in:
Doctors use the innovative treatment options: deep brain stimulation, pump implantation.
Deep brain stimulation is an installation of a special chip, which stimulates the adequate brain lobes work. The technique is applied in neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, Tourette’s syndrome.
Pump implantation is a method of treating muscle spasms, which is used in cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury and after a stroke.
Doctors of the Department cooperate with MD Anderson Cancer Center in the USA. Specialists regularly intershare the experience with the foreign colleagues.
Treatment methods applied at Interbalkan:
Check-up at Interbalkan is a screening of a health condition for 1 day. There are different programs available in the hospital — general, gynecologic, urological, and cardiac check-ups.
A patient does not require admission to undergo the diagnostics. All procedures take 3-8 hours. After morning testing, patients have breakfast — tea, coffee, croissants.
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