{"id":90353,"date":"2026-11-12T13:19:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karpathiaki.gr\/?p=90353"},"modified":"2026-11-12T13:19:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:19:52","slug":"dr-konstantinos-m-konstantinidis-20-years-of-pioneering-da-vinci-robotic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karpathiaki.gr\/?p=90353","title":{"rendered":"Dr Konstantinos M. Konstantinidis: 20 Years of Pioneering da Vinci Robotic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thank you, SOFMEDICA, for this thoughtful tribute to a journey that has defined my professional life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karpathiaki.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dd92cd13-af0d-47bd-b292-da81c372b8d2.jpg\" class=\"themewich-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"normal alignnone size-full wp-image-90354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karpathiaki.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dd92cd13-af0d-47bd-b292-da81c372b8d2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karpathiaki.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dd92cd13-af0d-47bd-b292-da81c372b8d2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.karpathiaki.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dd92cd13-af0d-47bd-b292-da81c372b8d2-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karpathiaki.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dd92cd13-af0d-47bd-b292-da81c372b8d2-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.karpathiaki.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dd92cd13-af0d-47bd-b292-da81c372b8d2-740x395.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I introduced da Vinci robotic surgery at Athens Medical Center on September 26, 2006, my vision was to bring the possibilities of this technology to patients in Greece. Twenty years and more than 5,000 robotic procedures later, I feel immense gratitude to our patients for their trust, my surgical team for their dedication, and the leadership of Athens Medical Group for believing in that vision and investing in its future.<\/p>\n<p>My sincere appreciation also goes to SOFMEDICA for its longstanding collaboration and support throughout this journey.<\/p>\n<p>For me, the greatest legacy lies in the patients we have helped and the surgeons we have inspired and trained. These remain my motivation as we look toward the next chapter of robotic surgery.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>#RoboticSurgery #20YearsOfInnovation #daVinci #AthensMedicalCenter #SOFMEDICA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thank you, SOFMEDICA, for this thoughtful tribute to a journey that has defined my professional life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>When I introduced da Vinci robotic surgery at Athens Medical Center on September &#8230; <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karpathiaki.gr\/?p=90353\" class=\"more-link\">\u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03b2\u03ac\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5 \u03a0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":90355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-koinwnika","category-ygeia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr Konstantinos M. 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