After receiving his specialty certification he undertook a paid position in a large private clinic in London, the “London Clinic”, where he gathered significant experience mainly in the field of Cosmetic Surgery, working with renowned plastic surgeons of London.
He continued his training in California, USA, where he co-operated with long-standing professors at New Port Beach and Beverly Hills thus creating a strong relation of co-operation and ongoing exchange of opinions and techniques, hence the name of the Plastic Surgery Centre he founded in 2008 in Kolonaki (center of Athens), the “Athens Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery”, specializing in the field of Plastic Surgery and Cosmetic Dermatology.Following the successful course of Athens Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery in Kolonaki, Dr. Athanasios Athanasiou was given the fuel to expand and build an upscale medical center, offering medical services across a wide range of specialties and covering various health and beauty needs. Thus ABH Medical Group was inaugurated in October 2011.Famous colleagues from around the world pay regular visits to these Centers and participate in an exchange of knowledge and surgical techniques in the field of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery in general, providing vertical and integrated plastic and cosmetic surgery services.Dr. Athanasiou has published papers in several established international and Greek scientific journals and has given many lectures in national and international medical conferences.He greatly believes in the co-operation between doctors of different specialties while his core philosophy is that aesthetics and beauty in general are an organized combination of mental and body characteristics, not separate elements of a person’s appearance.