Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Pain Medicine Specialist
Dr Triantafyllia Dimou is a Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Pain Medicine Specialist, Founder and Medical Director of Therapia Specialists, as well as Medical Director of the Pain Clinic at Mediterraneo Hospital. She has extensive clinical experience gained at leading healthcare institutions in Greece and the United Kingdom.
Her clinical and scientific work focuses on advanced anaesthetic support for specialised surgical procedures, the comprehensive and interventional management of acute and chronic pain, and the implementation of international Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols to promote faster and safer patient recovery.
Areas of Clinical Expertise & Services
Specialist Anaesthesia & Regional Nerve Blocks
Dr Dimou applies modern regional anaesthesia techniques and image-guided peripheral nerve blocks. This approach significantly reduces postoperative pain, minimises side effects and facilitates early patient mobilisation—key factors in day surgery, as well as orthopaedic, gynaecological and plastic surgery procedures.
Comprehensive Pain Management & Pain Clinics in Athens and London
She provides personalised treatment for all forms of pain, including acute pain, chronic non-cancer pain and cancer-related pain.
Individual treatment plans may combine interventional pain management techniques, targeted pharmacological therapy and complementary medical approaches, such as Medical Acupuncture, with the primary objective of achieving a meaningful improvement in each patient’s quality of life.
Preoperative Assessment & Patient Safety Planning
A comprehensive pre-anaesthetic assessment is performed to identify potential risk factors at an early stage.
A carefully designed anaesthetic plan is then developed to ensure maximum intraoperative stability, patient safety and a smooth perioperative course.
Advanced Monitoring Protocols & Certified Quality Standards
State-of-the-art anaesthetic equipment is used alongside the rigorous implementation of internationally recognised safety checklists.
All services are supported by certified quality management procedures, including ISO standards, ensuring the highest level of safety from the operating theatre through to the completion of postoperative recovery.
Scientific & Educational Activity
Continuing Medical Education & Seminars
Dr Dimou organises and delivers educational programmes for doctors and nurses, covering the latest developments in anaesthesiology, resuscitation and pain management.
Teaching Experience
She has many years of experience as an instructor in specialised resuscitation seminars organised by the Hellenic Society of Anaesthesiology.
International Scientific Work
Her academic activity includes the preparation, presentation and publication of scientific papers at Greek and international medical conferences.
Education & Hospital Experience
Medical Degree: School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Specialist Qualification: Anaesthesiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens.
Hospital Experience Abroad: Nottingham University Hospitals, United Kingdom.
Clinical Experience & Hospital Appointments: Asklepieio Voulas General Hospital, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Mediterraneo Hospital, as well as collaborations with private hospitals and healthcare institutions.
Additional Specialist Training: Pain Management at pain clinics in Athens and London, Medical Acupuncture certification in Greece and the United Kingdom, Bioregulatory Medicine, and certified Advanced Life Support (ALS UK) provider.
Medical Expert Witness: Registered medical expert witness in Greece and the United Kingdom.
Membership of Scientific Organisations
- General Medical Council – GMC, United Kingdom, active registration
- British Pain Society
- International Association for the Study of Pain – IASP
- Hellenic Society of Anaesthesiology
- Hellenic Pain Society
- International Society of Bioregulatory Medicine
How we measure pain?
Pain intensity is difficult to measure, due to the subjective nature of the emotion, as such on each individual case, different scales are used for its assessment.
Numerical assessment scales: Measuring pain from 0 to 10, 0 being the complete absence of pain and 10 being the strongest pain anyone can imagine. These specific scales are useful for measuring changing levels of pain in response to ongoing treatment or for accurately describing a worsening condition.
Verbal descriptive scale: It is mainly used for assessing pain in children, the elderly, or in individuals with autism or dyslexia.
Pain assessment scale with faces: This consists of a series of different faces representing increasing levels of pain intensity, ranging from “no pain” to “very severe pain.” This scale is primarily used for children and individuals with autism.
Brief questionnaire for pain assessment: This is a more detailed questionnaire that measures the impact of pain on mood, daily activities, sleep quality, and how pain affects the patient’s interpersonal relationships.
McGill Pain Questionnaire: This is a widely used multidimensional scale that simultaneously assesses pain intensity, quality, location in the body, and the factors that exacerbate or relieve it.
The importance of pain
Pain is the first in frequency cause of search for medical help, is the basic symptom for a lot of conditions and its presence affects, on a big scale, the quality of life, every day activities but also the psychological state of the patient and his family.
It’s significant that patients with chronic pain often also exhibit psychological disorders, such as depression, and when the patient is relieved of the pain through therapeutic pharmaceutical treatment or interventional treatment, the psychological factor retreats and the patient’s self-esteem grows.