
Internal Medicine · Diabetes · Sitia, Crete
Dr. Maria Stamatelatou
Internal Medicine Specialist and Diabetologist, PhD, Medical School, University of Athens. Diagnosis and specialist management of diabetes mellitus and its complications, and of cardio-renal-hepatic-metabolic syndrome more broadly.
The Physician
Dr. Maria Stamatelatou

Dr. Maria Stamatelatou is a specialist in Internal Medicine and Diabetology, and holds a PhD, graded «Excellent», from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague with the grade «Excellent», was board-certified in Internal Medicine in 2007, and trained at the Diabetes Centre of the 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, ATTIKON University General Hospital, receiving the formal sub-specialty title in Diabetes Mellitus in 2019.
She currently serves as NHS Director and Scientific Lead of the Internal Medicine Clinic at the General Hospital – Health Centre of Sitia and, since 2014, as Scientific Lead of the Diabetes Clinic at the General Hospital of Lasithi.
From 2007 to 2011 she worked alongside Professor Sotirios Raptis at the Internal Medicine Clinic of the Athens Medical Centre, while also taking part in a University of Athens research programme on internal medicine, diabetes mellitus and infection. She has taught dentistry students at the University of Athens and is responsible for training the nutrition and dietetics students who undertake placements at the Diabetes Clinic.
She is a member of the Hellenic Diabetes Association, the Hellenic Society of Internal Medicine, the Hellenic Society for Strategic Studies in Diabetes and the Hellenic Society for Obesity, and represented Greece at the European Young Internists meeting in Lucerne in 2010. She has contributed as first author to more than 100 papers presented at Greek and international congresses and to publications in medical journals, and has written chapters in medical books. She also sits on NHS physician assessment panels and has served as co-investigator on four national and four global multicentre phase 2 and phase 3 studies.
- Internal Medicine Specialist – Diabetologist
- PhD, Medical School, University of Athens
- NHS Director, Internal Medicine Clinic, General Hospital – Health Centre of Sitia
- Scientific Lead, Diabetes Clinic, General Hospital of Lasithi
- Certified sub-specialty in Diabetes Mellitus (2019)
- MD (Excellent), Charles University, Prague
Services
An individualised, person-centred and holistic approach and care for internal medicine and diabetes cases
Adult internal medicine
Investigation and management of acute and chronic internal medicine problems in adults, with full clinical assessment and examination, as well as targeted laboratory testing.
Diabetes Mellitus
Diagnosis and individualised management of prediabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes; prevention and treatment of complications. Control of every cardiometabolic risk factor (hypertension, dyslipidaemia, obesity and so on).
Chronic conditions
Cases of hypertension, dyslipidaemia, obesity, chronic kidney disease and a range of other conditions, with the ultimate aim of reducing cardiovascular events and improving patients' quality of life.
Preventive check-up
A check-up tailored to age, personal and family history and risk factors, with targeted laboratory testing.
The Office
In the heart of Sitia
The practice runs by appointment, so that every visit has the time it needs. Easy to reach, with discretion and respect for each patient's privacy.

Updates
News & Articles
Updates on diabetes and internal medicine — articles, studies and notes from conferences.

Doctor's article
Diabetes Mellitus
Epidemiology, classification, risk factors and the modern, individualised management of diabetes mellitus — and why achieving control early, from the moment of diagnosis, matters.

Doctor's article
Prevention of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Can diabetes mellitus be prevented? Who is at risk, when they should be screened, and what lifestyle and dietary intervention actually achieves.
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