Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Haemostasis Unit

Director: PE MAKRIS, Professor of Haematology-Haemostasis

e-mail:pemakris@med.auth.gr

http://www.med.auth.gr/depts/haemostasis/gr

http://www.haematology-haemostasis.gr

http://users.auth.gr/~makris

Fax: +302310905960, Phone: +306972601976

 

·  The professor of Haematology-Haemostasis Pantelis E Makris is responsible of Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit (outpatients consultation and also of related laboratory). This Unit included in the different units of the A’ Medical Propedeutic Clinic of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 

·  An historical point of view: The laboratory of Haemostasis was seated in 1975 and get it’s perfection in 1981 with the return of Dr PE Makris after his postgraduate studies in the corresponding subject of Haemostasis in the Paris. In this laboratory a most 200 researching, clinical and laboratory studies were made, 5 doctoral thesis were worked out and 2 others are still being worked on. Since 1975, simultaneously with the creation of the laboratory the patients with serious bleeding problems who shoed very difficult situation are being hospitalized in our Medical Clinic, which is still going on without any discontinuation until now. So, by this the hemophiliacs had for the first time in Northern Greece a place were they could cover their hemorrhagic problems with affection. Outpatient’s consultation office anew work start from 1981 in frame of a perfection type and strict relationship between the laboratory of Haemostasis and his patients. So the laboratory practice connected with clinical picture of patients had bleeding or thrombotic problems. During the time of his function the Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit 6000 patients were registered in his files (data base). 2500 patients are being examined yearly (according to the Statistic office of the Hospital). In these number patients are included patients from Athens, Crete, Peloponnese, Thrace and Epirus. In the Laboratory of Haemostasis temporarily came patients for a systemic check-up. Also, there are even patients from other countries of Europe like Austrian, Italy and New Yugoslavia. From 1991, in the total number of our patients added patients from Albany (Greek from the North Epirus or Albanian from the rest of Albany. At present time a lot of these hemophiliacs are hospitalized. Times of working of the Outpatients’ consultation office: Monday and Thursday in the morning from 9 to 12pm. The patients are examined after a rendezvous’ which set-up by the services of the Hospital. The hemophiliacs mostly patients can also find the doctor in this phone number +302310905960 at working hours. For severe problems in the mobile number +306972601976 or +306944633331. Patients with bleeding problems can also refer at the Northern Greece Hemophilia Association at Thessaloniki, Kassandrou 20 Str., Phone number +302310223946. As it became sensible at the Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit Professor PE Makris doesn’t work on only with hemophiliacs but he also works on with thrombophiliacs.

 

 

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