Ioannis K. Raptis is an Obstetrician and Gynaecological Surgeon specialising in high-risk pregnancies, endoscopic surgery and assisted reproduction.

After completing the six-year medical programme at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, he graduated with a “Very Good” degree and moved to Germany, where he specialised in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

During the final six years of his time in Germany, he worked at Agaplesion Allgemeines Krankenhaus Hagen, an academic hospital affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum, where he attained the position of Senior Consultant (Oberarzt). Its Department of Gynaecology is a Level I perinatal centre—the highest level—as well as a centre for endometriosis, cervical dysplasia and colposcopy, and breast care.

There, he completed comprehensive training in Specialised Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine (Spezielle Geburtshilfe und Perinatalmedizin), specialising in high-risk pregnancies and complicated deliveries. He delivered more than 900 babies and was awarded the DEGUM Level I certification by the German Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM).

As Head of the Endometriosis Centre, he performed, among other procedures, more than 500 complex laparoscopic operations and was awarded the MIC II certification by the German Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (AGE). He subsequently completed further training at the World Laparoscopy Hospital in New Delhi, where he was certified in robotic gynaecological surgery and the da Vinci Si and Xi surgical systems.

He was among the first laparoscopic surgeons worldwide to perform laparoscopic treatment of uterine prolapse using Cooper’s ligaments—Laparoscopic Pectopexy—as well as mesh-free laparoscopic treatment of cystocele, achieving excellent results.

In November 2017, he performed the first Laparoscopic Pectopexy procedure in Greece and introduced the corresponding Greek medical term. In January 2018, he presented Laparoscopic Pectopexy to the Greek medical community.

As part of his specialisation in urogynaecology, he was awarded the AGUB Level I certification by the German Society of Urogynaecology and Pelvic Floor Reconstructive Surgery (AGUB).

At the Frankfurt School of Hormones (Frankfurter Hormonschule), he specialised and was certified in assisted reproduction techniques, with particular emphasis on personalised, evidence-based in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment. He is certified by the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology (ISGE) and is a member of the Hellenic Society of Assisted Reproduction Physicians.

As Head of the Cervical Dysplasia and Colposcopy Centre, he specialised in the colposcopic diagnosis and treatment of precancerous lesions associated with human papillomavirus (HPV), as well as sexually transmitted infections affecting the vulva, vagina and cervix.

He has lived and worked in Athens since 2017.