Dr. Alexandra Kavvalou is a paediatrician – paediatric pulmonologist that has completed a full residency and fellowship in Germany. She is a graduate of the Medical School of Athens, where she entered with second place in the national examinations, and during her studies she was an academic scholar of the National State Scholarship Foundation and the Papadakis Foundation. After graduating with a grade of 8.3/10, she went to Germany, where she completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Pediatric Clinic of the University of Essen. She obtained her residency in Pediatrics and in the same year she obtained her Diploma in Ultrasound in Children from the German Ultrasound Society. She continued with her fellowship in Paediatric Pulmonology at the Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, Cystic Fibrosis and Sleep Medicine at the University Hospital for Paediatrics in Essen (a world reference centre in Paediatric Pulmonology). She obtained her specialization in Pediatric Pulmonology after passing the exams at the Medical Association of North Rhine-Westphalia and worked at the University of Essen as a specialized Pediatric Pulmonologist until 2024. Throughout her career at the University Hospital Essen she has been actively involved in the training of medical students and residents in Paediatrics on the subject of paediatric pulmonology.
Dr. Alexandra Kavvalou is a paediatrician – paediatric pulmonologist that has completed a full residency and fellowship in Germany. She is a graduate of the Medical School of Athens, where she entered with second place in the national examinations, and during her studies she was an academic scholar of the National State Scholarship Foundation and the Papadakis Foundation. After graduating with a grade of 8.3/10, she went to Germany, where she completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Pediatric Clinic of the University of Essen. She obtained her residency in Pediatrics and in the same year she obtained her Diploma in Ultrasound in Children from the German Ultrasound Society. She continued with her fellowship in Paediatric Pulmonology at the Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, Cystic Fibrosis and Sleep Medicine at the University Hospital for Paediatrics in Essen (a world reference centre in Paediatric Pulmonology). She obtained her specialization in Pediatric Pulmonology after passing the exams at the Medical Association of North Rhine-Westphalia and worked at the University of Essen as a specialized Pediatric Pulmonologist until 2024. Throughout her career at the University Hospital Essen she has been actively involved in the training of medical students and residents in Paediatrics on the subject of paediatric pulmonology.
In 2023 she obtained her PhD on Cystic Fibrosis from the University of Essen.
She has worked in all aspects of pediatric respiratory patient care with additional expertise in cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and prematurity disorders, long-term invasive and non-invasive ventilation, sleep medicine, congenital airway anomalies and neuromuscular/neurological patients. She has performed a large number of bronchoscopies and has a rich authorial and research work with publications in the major international journals of Pediatric Pulmonology and Infectious Diseases (Pediatric Pulmonology, Infectious Diaseases and more) and has important distinctions and many participations in international conferences (Europe and America). She has participated as a sub-investigator in numerous clinical studies on cystic fibrosis. Finally, she is a member of international medical societies, including the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the German Paediatric Pulmonology Society (GPP) and the Hellenic Paediatric Pulmonology Society.
She is married and mother of one child.
In 2023 she obtained her PhD on Cystic Fibrosis from the University of Essen.
She has worked in all aspects of pediatric respiratory patient care with additional expertise in cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and prematurity disorders, long-term invasive and non-invasive ventilation, sleep medicine, congenital airway anomalies and neuromuscular/neurological patients. She has performed a large number of bronchoscopies and has a rich authorial and research work with publications in the major international journals of Pediatric Pulmonology and Infectious Diseases (Pediatric Pulmonology, Infectious Diaseases and more) and has important distinctions and many participations in international conferences (Europe and America). She has participated as a sub-investigator in numerous clinical studies on cystic fibrosis. Finally, she is a member of international medical societies, including the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the German Paediatric Pulmonology Society (GPP) and the Hellenic Paediatric Pulmonology Society.
She is married and mother of one child.