Foundation – History
Τhe Greek Society for Pediatric Palliative Care is a scientific society founded in 2009 in Athens, Greece (registry # 2336/2009), with the basic aim to promote the development of pediatric palliative care for children and adolescents, facing life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses and their families, in our country.
A fundamental characteristic of our society is its multidisciplinary structure, which is consistent with the multidisciplinary nature of palliative care. The founding members are Greek experts in the field of medicine (pediatrics, pediatric hematology-oncology, pediatric neurology, pediatric intensive care, neonatology, pediatric psychiatry etc), nursing, psychology, sociology and social work, lawyers as well as parents of children with life-threatening conditions, who have contributed to the development of supportive services for these children, in Greece.
Founding Members
Danai Papadatou
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Maria Bouri
Pediatrician, Scientific Director of Pediatric Palliative Home Care Service, Merimna – Organization for the Care of Children and Families in Illness and Death
Helen Kosmidis
Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist, Head of the Oncology Department, “P. & A. Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital
Helen Skouteli
Pediatric Neurologist, ELEPAP Doctor
Thalia Bellali
Associate Professor, TEI of Nursing Thessaloniki
Elissavet Patiraki
Professor of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dora Pappa
Nurse
Evgenia Xenikaki
Nurse
Sotiris Giouroukos
Pediatric Neurologist, Research Fellow, “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital
Stella Tsitoura
Pediatrician– Doctor of Social Medicine – Head of the Social Medicine Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic of the University of Athens, “P & A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital
Stelios Grafakos
Pediatric Hematologist, Head of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
Dimitris Koliouskas
Pediatric Oncologist
Panagiota Tsougia
Head of Nursing Department, “P & A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital”
Anastasia Tsadila
Social Worker, “P & A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital”
Gerassimos Papanastassatos
Sociologist Criminologist, Head of Research KETHEA
Mary Papageorgiou
Anaesthesiologist
Giannis Maistros
Associate Professor of Computer Science, National Technical University of Athens
Ioanna Karastamati
Physiotherapist, ICU, “P & A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital
Grigoris Abatzoglou
Pediatric Psychiatrist
Petros Koukoutsakis
Pediatrician
Tina Garani
Lawyer, National School of Public Health
Dimitris Boukis
Lawyer
Marina Servitzoglou
Pediatric Oncologist, Oncology Department, “P & A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital
Andreas Iliadis
Pediatrician, Responsible of PICU, University General Hospital of Rio