Ioannis K. Raptis is an obstetrician-gynecologic surgeon specializing in high-risk pregnancies, endoscopic surgery, and cervical dysplasia.
He graduated with distinction (“very good”) after six years of study at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Following his military service, he moved to Germany, where he specialized in obstetrics and gynecology.
During the last six years of his stay there, he worked at the academic hospital Agaplesion Allgemeines Krankenhaus Hagen, affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum, where he held the position of Senior Consultant (Oberarzt). The gynecologic clinic serves as a perinatal center of the highest level, an endometriosis center, a cervical dysplasia–colposcopy center, and a breast center.
He received full training in Specialized Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine (Spezielle Geburtshilfe und Perinatal Medizin) and focused on high-risk pregnancies and complicated deliveries, delivering over 900 newborns, while earning the DEGUM I certification from the German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM).
As head of the Endometriosis Center, he performed over 500 advanced laparoscopic procedures, earning the MIC II title from the German Society of Gynecologic Endoscopy (AGE).
He was among the first laparoscopic surgeons worldwide to perform laparoscopic treatment of uterine prolapse using Cooper ligaments (Laparoscopic Pectopexy – Laparoskopische Pektopexie) as well as laparoscopic treatment of cystocele without mesh (Laparoskopische vordere Plastik) with excellent outcomes.
In November 2017, he performed the first laparoscopic Pectopexy in Greece and introduced the corresponding Greek medical term. In January 2018, he presented the procedure to the Greek medical community.
Within the scope of his urogynecologic specialization, he earned the AGUB I title from the German Society of Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Plastic Reconstruction (AGUB).
As head of the Cervical Dysplasia–Colposcopy Center, he specialized in colposcopic diagnosis and treatment of precancerous lesions (HPV) as well as sexually transmitted infections of the vulva, vagina, and cervix.
At the “Hormonal School of Frankfurt,” he refined and certified assisted reproduction techniques, with an emphasis on personalized (non-standardized) in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment.
Upon returning to Greece, in pursuit of surgical innovation, he secured a fellowship at the World Laparoscopy Hospital in New Delhi, further expanding and certifying his skills in robotic gynecologic surgery and the da Vinci Si and Xi robotic systems.
Since 2017, he has been living and working in Athens.