Dr. Aikaterini Vakali
Specialist Radiologist
Specialist radiologist in breast imaging with over 25 years' experience, trained at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois in Lausanne.
LocationMediclinic City Hospital
Experience25-30
LanguagesEnglish, Greek, French
NationalityUnited Kingdom
About
Dr. Aikaterini provides the full range of breast imaging and image-guided diagnosis - mammography, tomosynthesis, contrast-enhanced spectral mammography, ultrasound, elastography, and breast MRI - performing core and vacuum-assisted biopsies, marker clip insertion, and the localisation of impalpable lesions ahead of surgery. She earned her PhD with honours at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, led a breast radiology department in Greece for nine years, and is a founding member of the Hellenic Society for Early Diagnosis & Therapy of Breast Cancer.
Specialty
Sub specialty
Qualifications
MD
PhD
Areas of expertise
MammographyDigital breast tomosynthesisContrast-enhanced spectral mammographyBreast and axillary ultrasoundShear-wave elastographyBreast mriImage-guided breast core biopsies (stereotacticUltrasoundMri)Fine needle aspirationsUltrasound-guided axillary biopsiesMarker clips insertionLocalization of impalpable breast lesions (hookwire/magseed)Image-guided large-volume vacuum-assisted biopsies and excisionsActive participation in multi-disciplinary breast oncology tumor board
Special interests
Mammography digital breast tomosynthesis contrast-enhanced spectral mammography, breast and axillary ultrasound, shear-wave elastography, breast mri, image-guided breast core biopsies (stereotactic, ultrasound, mri), fine needle aspirations ultrasound-guided axillary biopsies, marker clips insertion, localization of impalpable breast lesions (hookwire/magseed), image-guided large-volume vacuum-assisted biopsies and excisions active participation in multi-disciplinary breast oncology tumor board.
