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Doctor Surgeon Despina Nikolaou specializes in Bariatric Surgery - an effective treatment for obesity and diabetes, indicated for people with a BMI of 40 and above, in the absence of a result from conservative therapy. Weight loss is achieved by decreasing the size of the stomach (and the amount of food the stomach can hold - a restriction effect) . All bariatric weight loss surgeries today are performed using minimally invasive techniques (laparoscopic surgery).
Education
Doctor Despoina Nikolaou was graduated from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and received her M.D. in 1993. Doctor Despoina confirmed her specialization in general surgery at the State Medical University in Thessaloniki, Greece. From 2004 to 2020, Doctor Surgeon Despoina Nikolaou worked at the State's General Hospital in the city of Limassol, Cyprus, where she acquired an extensive practice in the field of laparoscopy and bariatric surgery. Doctor Despoina is currently seeing patients at her own clinic in Limassol, Cyprus.