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My training

Graduate in

  • 2013-2017: Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (B.Sc. Biology)
  • 2019-2020: Medical Department, Master’s degree in “Human Reproduction”, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh) (M.Sc. Human Reproduction)
  • 2021-2022: Certificate of specialized training: “Clinical Embryology and Physiology of the Preimplantation Embryo” (Advanced Courses in Clinical Embryology), National University of Athens

Επαγγελματική Δραστηριότητα

Επιστημονικός συνεργάτης FIVI

  • Φεβρουάριος 2017-Μάρτιος 2017: Πρακτική Άσκηση  στο Κέντρο Γονιμότητας Και Εξωσωματικής Γονιμοποίησης, Ιατρικό Διαβαλκανικό Κέντρο Θεσσαλονίκης
  • 2020-2025: Μ.Ι.Υ.Α “ASSISTING NATURE” Κλινικός Εμβρυολόγος
  • 2025- σήμερα : FIVI Μονάδα Ιατρικώς Υποβοηθούμενης Αναπαραγωγής, Ιατρικό Διαβαλκανικό Θεσσαλονίκης
    Κλινικός Εμβρυολόγος

Care activity

  • February 2017-March 2017: Internship at Thessaloniki IVF And Infertility Center, European Interbalkan Medical Center
  • 2020-2025:  “ASSISTING NATURE”
    Clinical Embryologist
  • 2025 – present: FIVI Fertility & IVF Center, European Interbalkan Medical Center
    Clinical Embryologist

Laboratory skills

  • Andrology laboratory techniques (sperm analysis and processing, sperm cryopreservation and thawing, sperm DNA fragmentation test, Mioxsys oxidative stress test)
  • Embryology laboratory techniques such as oocyte retrieval, embryo and oocyte cryopreservation and thawing, embryo transfer
  • ICSI microfertilization techniques
  • Knowledge of the ISO quality system

Awards & Merits

Member of

  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)

Research

Conferences

ABSTRACT: NEONATAL HEALTH OUTCOME OF OFFSPRING BORN AFTER
PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC TESTING FOR ANEUPLOIDIES (PGT-A) IN IVF, TIMOTHEOU E., CHARTOMATSIDOU T., KOSTOGLOU K., KAKANI O., GALIOTOU M., CHOULIARA F., NAJDECKI R., PAPANIKOLAOU EG., CHRISTOPIKOU D. 15TH CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF GYNECOLOGY, NOV29-DEC2 2023, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS,

ABSTRACT: IMPLANTATION FAILURE WITH EGG DONATION AFTER MULTIPLE FAILED IVF CYCLES WITH OWN OOCYTES; IS IT NECESSARY TO PERFORM PGT-A?, TIMOTHEOU E, CHARTOMATSIDOU T, KOSTOGLOU K, KATOUNA A, CHRISTOPIKOU D, NAJDECKI R, PAPANIKOLAOU E. 19TH IAHR WORLD CONGRESS 15-18 MARCH 2023, VENICE, ITALY.

ESHRE CONFERENCE : POSTER P245, “CUMULATIVE LIVE BIRTH RATES IN EGG DONATION REGARDING THE ORIGIN OF OOCYTES (FRESH OR CRYOPRESERVED OOCYTES) IN UNSYNCHRONIZED CYCLES” KOSTOGLOU K., CHARTOMATSIDOU T., PAPA E., CHOULIARA F., KALLINTZI M., TIMOLOGOU A., PAPANIKOLAOU E., NAJDECKI R., TIMOTHEOU E. JULY 2022

ESHRE CONFERENCE : POSTER P252, “THE CORRELATION OF FIRST CLEAVAGE AND BLASTULATION TIMING TO THE EUPLOID STATUS OF EMBRYOS AFTER PGT-A” , TIMOTHEOU E., CHARTOMATSIDOU T., KOSTOGLOU K., PAPA, E., IOAKEIMIDOU C., NAJDECKI R., PAPANIKOLAOU E., ASSISTING NATURE, CENTER OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS, THESSALONIKI GREECE.

Publications

KOSTOGLOU K, MICHOS G, NAJDECKI R, ET AL. (APRIL 19, 2025) COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE LIVE BIRTH RATES BETWEEN FRESH AND VITRIFIED DONOR OOCYTES. CUREUS 17(4): E82589. DOI:10.7759/CUREUS.82589

Contact me

Phone number: 6945451153

Email: kyparissiakostoglou@gmail.com

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Ioannis Tzafetas

MD, FRCOG, PhD, FPA

Em. Professor Obstetrics - Gynaecology, AUTH Scientific...

Nonika (Theoni) Tarlatzi

MD, MSc

Obstetrician - Gynecologist, Associate Scientific Officer...

Basil Tarlatzis

MD, PhD, FRCOG (hon)

Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology and...

Stratis Kolibianakis

MD, MSc(Res), MSc (HCM), PhD

Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology and...

Christos Venetis

MD, FRANZCOG, CCSST ReproMed (ESHRE& EBCOG), MSc (Res), MSc (HCM), PhD

Assist. Professor of Obstetrics-Gynaecology AUTH, Subspecialised...

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My training

  • 2015

Democritus University of Thrace

Initiation of PhD diploma

 

  • 2006

University of Nottingham, UK

Master of Medical Sciences in Assisted Reproduction Technology

 

  • 2001

University of Essex, UK

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry

 

  • 2019

Senior Clinical Embryologist Certification by ESHRE

 

  • 2013

Clinical Embryologist Certification by ESHRE

Care activity

  • 2020

FIVI Fertility & IVF Center, European Interbalkan Medical Center

Senior Clinical Embryologist

 

  • 2016-2020

Biogenesis IVF Center, Thessaloniki

Deputy Lab Manager – Senior Clinical Embryologist

 

  • 2012-2016

Embryokosmogenesis, Assisted Reproduction Unit of Thrace, Alexandroupolis

Lab Manager – Clinical Embryologist

 

  • 2009-2012

Embryokosmogenesis, Assisted Reproduction Unit of Thrace, Alexandroupolis

Clinical Embryologist

 

  • 2008-2009

Thessaloniki IVF And Infertility Center, European Interbalkan Medical Center Trainee Clinical Embryologist

 

  • 2007-2008

Cryogenomics SA, Advanced Biotechnology Services – Cord Blood Bank

Biochemist

 

  • 2001-2005

G.Gennimatas, General Hospital of Athens

Biochemist at the Laboratory for the Control of Immunosuppressed Patients

Laboratory skills

  • In vitro fertilization.
  • ICSI
  • Evaluation of oocytes and embryos.
  • Cryopreservation – vitrification.
  • Semen analysis and preparation.
  • Updating the laboratory protocols according to international standards and legislation.
  • Involved in the quality assurance and quality control of laboratory procedures as described in ISO 9001 and ISO 15224.

Teaching activity

  • 2014-2015

Faculty of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace

Participation in the postgraduate course, Master’s Degree Program “Human Reproduction”.

 

  • Lecture presentation with topic “Transport of spermatozoa, capacitation and acrosomal reaction-transport of oocyte, fertilization, implantation, early stages of embryo development”.

 

  • Practical laboratory sessions demonstrator “Basic Semen analysis and sperm morphology, Gamete micromanipulation – ICSI, Gamete and embryo cryopreservation and vitrification”

Memberships

  • Member of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.
  • Member of Panhellenic Union of Clinical Embryologist.

Research

  • 2012

The effects of benzoylecgonine, oxytocin, ritodrine and atosiban on the contractility of myometrium. An experimental study.”, Journal of Clinical and Experimantal Obstetrics & Gynecology, Vol.XXXIX, no1, Nikolettos N, Triantafilidis I, Karachaliou V, Koutsougeras G, Vakopoulos I.

FIVI’s Team

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Ioannis Tzafetas

MD, FRCOG, PhD, FPA

Em. Professor Obstetrics - Gynaecology, AUTH Scientific...

Nonika (Theoni) Tarlatzi

MD, MSc

Obstetrician - Gynecologist, Associate Scientific Officer...

Basil Tarlatzis

MD, PhD, FRCOG (hon)

Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology and...

Stratis Kolibianakis

MD, MSc(Res), MSc (HCM), PhD

Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology and...

Christos Venetis

MD, FRANZCOG, CCSST ReproMed (ESHRE& EBCOG), MSc (Res), MSc (HCM), PhD

Assist. Professor of Obstetrics-Gynaecology AUTH, Subspecialised...

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My training

2017 – Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace

Master of Science, <Human Reproduction>

 

2010 – University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Master of Research (ΜRes) in Medical and Molecular Biosciences (Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine)

 

2009 – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Graduate Degree in Biology, School of BIology

Care activity

2022 – FIVI Fertility & IVF Center, European Interbalkan Medical Center
Clinical Embryologist

2017 – 2022 – Embryolab Fertility Clinic
Clinical Embryologist

2015 – 2016 – National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute of Chemical Biology
Scientific Personnel

2011 – 2013 – Liaison Stem Cell Banking
Biologis

Member

  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
  • Panhellenic Association of Bioscientists (PEV)

Laboratory skills

  • Andrology lab techniques
  • IVF techniques
  • Sperm, embryo, oocyte, tissue cryopreservation
  • Cell culture techniques
  • Molecular techniques (RNA isolation, protein isolation, q RT-PCR, immunocytochemistry)

Research

Oraiopoulou, A. Vorniotaki, E. Taki, A. Papatheodorou, N. Christoforidis, A. Chatziparasidou. The impact of fresh and frozen testicular tissue quality on embryological and clinical outcomes. Andrologia, Vol. 53, Issue 5 June 2021

“From triggering to ICSI: Optimal timing between triggering, OPU, denudation and ICSI”, 35th ESHRE Annual Meeting, June 2019, Vienna

“Wharton’s Jelly stem cells (WJ-MSCs) serve as anticancer and toxicity screening tools”, 66ο Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (HSBMB), December 2015, Athens

“Naïve and genetically-modified hMSCs exhibit anti-proliferative effects on human cancer cells”, 40th Congress of the Federation of the European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), July 2015, Berlin

“The role of storage time and temperature before processing and cryopreservation on the quality of cord blood units”, The 7th Athens Congress on Women’s Health and Disease, September 2008, Athens

FIVI’s Team

Meet our Specialists

Ioannis Tzafetas

MD, FRCOG, PhD, FPA

Em. Professor Obstetrics - Gynaecology, AUTH Scientific...

Nonika (Theoni) Tarlatzi

MD, MSc

Obstetrician - Gynecologist, Associate Scientific Officer...

Basil Tarlatzis

MD, PhD, FRCOG (hon)

Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology and...

Stratis Kolibianakis

MD, MSc(Res), MSc (HCM), PhD

Professor of Obstetrics - Gynaecology and...

Christos Venetis

MD, FRANZCOG, CCSST ReproMed (ESHRE& EBCOG), MSc (Res), MSc (HCM), PhD

Assist. Professor of Obstetrics-Gynaecology AUTH, Subspecialised...

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