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The Doctor
Dr Grigoriou is a UK qualified Rheumatology Consultant and General Physician with 17 years of experience in hospitals in London (including King’s College Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, St George’s University Hospitals, Kingston Hospital where she was appointed and worked as a Consultant Rheumatologist and General Physician). She has extensive experience in the diagnosis and management of a wide range of conditions and has become an expert on several types of arthritis and diseases.
She has been awarded the MRCP (UK) and MRCP (Rheumatology) from the Royal College of Physicians. As a result of her standout contribution to medicine, working as a Consultant Rheumatologist in London, she has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians.
Experience as Rheumatologist and General Physician
Dr Grigoriou graduated from high school with ‘Excellent’. She studied in Athens Medical School with a full scholarship due to ‘excellence performance’. She then moved to UK where she succeeded in obtaining a very competitive training number in Rheumatology and General Internal Medicine from London Deanery. She has worked in world renowned Hospitals in London where she received an extensive training and has worked in all aspects of Rheumatology and General Internal Medicine which she successfully completed and was awarded the CCT UK in both Rheumatology and General Internal Medicine.
Due to her dedication and willingness to achieve excellence she proceeded to postgraduate qualifications and she gained an MSc degree in Rheumatology from King’s College London and a Post graduate certificate in Musculoskeletal ultrasound which has accredited her for musculoskeletal scanning. She had a regular musculoskeletal ultrasound clinic performed in her hospital on a regular basis.
Teaching & Research
Dr Grigoriou is also passionate about research and medical education. She has been actively involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and assessment at King’s College London as well as St George’s University of London. She has acted as a trainee supervisor and examiner, and has been a capable mentor. Furthermore, she acted as a member in recruitment interview panels for Rheumatology and General Medicine Trainees organized by London Deanery for trainees across the whole United Kingdom.
She has been an active recruiter to NIHR/CRN studies and participated in regional and national audits. She has acted as the Principal Investigator of several research studies. She has an active role in national and international meetings where she has presented a number of scientific abstracts in a broad international audience, such as the American College of Rheumatology, in Boston, San Francisco and San Diego, European League Against Rheumatism in Madrid and British Society of Rheumatology in London and Liverpool, and others and she also published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Teaching & Research
Dr Grigoriou is also passionate about research and medical education. She has been actively involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and assessment at King’s College London as well as St George’s University of London. She has acted as a trainee supervisor and examiner, and has been a capable mentor. Furthermore, she acted as a member in recruitment interview panels for Rheumatology and General Medicine Trainees organized by London Deanery for trainees across the whole United Kingdom.
She has been an active recruiter to NIHR/CRN studies and participated in regional and national audits. She has acted as the Principal Investigator of several research studies. She has an active role in national and international meetings where she has presented a number of scientific abstracts in a broad international audience, such as the American College of Rheumatology, in Boston, San Francisco and San Diego, European League Against Rheumatism in Madrid and British Society of Rheumatology in London and Liverpool, and others and she also published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
- FRCP (London, UK)
- CCT (London, UK) Rheumatology and General Internal Medicine
- MRCP SCE Rheumatology (London, UK)
- MRCP (London, UK)
- MSc Sciences in Rheumatology, King’s College London
- PgC (MSK Ultrasound), Canterbury and Christ Church University UK
- Ptychion Iatrikes, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Advanced Life Support Instructor
- Advanced Life Support
Research / Publications
- What factors predict good patient experiences of switching from reference Etanercept (Enbrel TM) to an Etanercept biosimialr (Benepali TM) in a South West London General Hospital, Attipoe L, Patel S, Birt R, Crooks J, Grigoriou A, Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017; 69 (suppl 10)
- Rheumatologists and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Discrepancy between attitudes, desire and reality in routine practice in South East England, Grigoriou A, Kiely P, Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015; 67 (suppl 10)
- Cardiovascular risk with NSAIDs in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An analysis using routinely collected data, Grigoriou A, Ibrahim F, Chaboo K, Steer S, Scott D, Galloway J, Rheumatology (Oxford, England) 24 Nov 2015, 55(4): 763-764
- B cell depletion therapy and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis with hepatic involvement, Grigoriou A, Endean A, Sangle S, D’Cruz D, Rheumatology (2014) doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu290
- A retrospective analysis on low dose cyclophosphamide therapy in systemic vasculitides, Grigoriou A, Ling C, Sangle S, D;cruz D, Rheumatology (2014) 53 (suppl 1): i185-i186 journal
- Is childhood exposure to smoking a contributing factor of poor outcome in Rheumatoid Arhtritis?, Grigoriou A, Jones H, Scott D, Ann Rheum dis 2013; 72: suppl 3 A204 doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.653
- Nephrotic and Antiphospholipid Syndromes: Multisystem Conditions associated with Acute myocardial Infarction in young patients, Javaid MM, Grigoriou A, Katsianos D, Kon SP, Journal of Renal care, Volume 38, page 9-14, March 2012
- Ankylosing Spondylitis manifested as unexplained lekocytosis, Aristodimou A, Rubinsohn C, Kizi A, Chimonidou V, Grigoriou A, Arch Hellen Med, 38(5), September-October 2021, 664-666
Publications for patients
- Μια από τις τελευταίες ανακαλύψεις στη Ρευματολογία: Υπέρηχοι και ο ρόλος τους!, Αντιγόνη Γρηγορίου, Ρευματολογική Εταιρεία Κύπρου, Μάρτιος 2017 –> https://rheumatology.org.cy/2017/03/03/yperixos-dr-antigoni-grigoriou/
- Σκληρόδερμα, Αντιγόνη Γρηγορίου, Ygeia News, Ιούνιος 2019 –> https://ygeia-news.com/paroysiaseis/skliroderma/
Dr Grigoriou has had an excellent performance since a student. She graduated with ‘Excellent and Distinction’ in High School Leaving Certificate and she was awarded a six year full scholarship in Athens medical school, awarded by the Ministry of Finance in Cyprus.
Furthermore, since the beginning of her career as a doctor, she has made every effort to improve the quality of care provided to her patients. During her General Medicine training she created an innovative care pathway for general internal patients and chronic renal failure patients for which she received the Best Practice Award from the British Society of Nephrology. Recently, she acted as the Principal Investigator for IMBRABIOME CRN study in Kingston Hospital which was awarded the first prize from King’s College London for ‘targets met’.
- MSK ultrasound teaching course organizer and tutor, London Deanery
- OSCE’s examiner, St George’s University of London and Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine
- Teaching of St George’s medical students on a daily basis
- Situational PACES teaching and also teaching juniors and nursing staff on a regular basis
- Teacing on a daily basis medical students from Imperial University and King’s College London
- London Deanery panel team member, interviewing and recruiting trainees for Rheumatology and internal Medicine across UK
Dr. Grigoriou has a special interest in musculoskeletal ultrasound which she performs for diagnostic purposes but also for ultrasound guided injections. She holds a Post graduate certificate in Musculoskeletal ultrasound which has accredited her for musculoskeletal scanning. She is experienced on musculoskeletal ultrasound and has also taught rheumatology trainees on scanning. She has organized the Rheumatology Trainee Regional Musculoskeletal Ultra-Sound Scan course in London which was proved to be very popular and beneficial to trainees. She characterizes musculoskeletal ultrasound as ‘the stethoscope of the future in rheumatology’. She has done several studies on musculoskeletal ultrasound which she has presented in several meetings including the American College of Rheumatology, the European Leage against Rheumatism as well as meetings in London and has also published in peer reviewed journals.
WHAT WE OFFER
Rheumatologist Dr Grigoriou has substantial experience to manage all the spectrum of rheumatological conditions.She is extensively skilled in inflammatory arthritides, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and all the other inflammatory arthritides, connective tissue diseases, including lupus, scleroderma, sjogrens, vasculitides, crystal arthropathies like gout, as well as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and soft tissue diseases including tendonitis. She is experienced in giving injections when needed under ultrasound guidance. She is also experienced in educating patients, giving advice and dealing with complex cases and cases with therapeutic challenges, use of biologics and also in advising and managing patients with rheumatological conditions preconceiving and through pregnancy.
We are dealing with more than 200 diseases and symptoms:
- Adult-onset Still’s disease
- Achilles tendonitis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Aches and pains
- Ankle pains
- Baker’s cyst
- Behçet’s disease (Adamantiade’s Behect’s Disease)
- Bursitis
- Bone pains
- Back pains
- Biologic treatment advise
- Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition (CPPD)
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cryopyrin-Associated Autoinflammatory Syndrome (CAPS)
- Crystal Arthropathies
- Dermatomyositis
- Degenerative Arththropathies
- De Quervain’s tenopsynovitis
- Enteropathic Arthritis
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Elbow pains/tenderness
- Familial Mediterranean Fever
- Fibromyalgia
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Finger pains and swelling
- Foot pain
- Ganglia
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis
- Gout
- Golfer’s elbow
- Granulomatosis with Polyangitis (Wegener’s)
- HCV & Rheumatic Diseases
- Henoch Schönlein Purpura
- HIV & Rheumatic Diseases
- Hyperimmunoglobulin D Syndrome Mevalonate kinase deficiency
- Hypermobility
- Hereditary periodic fever syndromes
- Hand pains
- Hip pains
- IgG4-Related Disease
- Inflammatory Myopathies
- Infectious Arthritis
- Juvenile Arthritis
- Juvenile Dermatomyositis
- Kawasaki Disease
- Knee pains
- Localized Scleroderma
- Lupus
- Lyme Disease
- Low back pain
- Morphoea
- Metabolic Myopathies
- Mixed connective tissue disease
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Microscopic polyangiitis
- Malaise or general feelings of being unwell
- Nerve entrapment
- Neck pains
- Olecranon bursitis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteonecrosis
- Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget’s Disease of Bone
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Polymyositis
- Pseudogout
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Plantar fasciopathy
- Pregnancy, preconceiving advice and through pregnancy
- Raynaud’s Phenomenon
- Reactive Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Relapsing Polychondritis
- Rotator cuff tendinopathy
- Redness in a joint area
- Septic Arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Sjögren’s Syndrome
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondyloarthritis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Stress fractures
- Swelling
- Stiffness or limited range of motion
- Shoulder pains
- Tennis Elbow
- Takayasu’s Arteritis
- Tendinitis
- Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome
- Tiredness
- Tenderness in a joint or joints or muscles
- Ulcers
- Unexplained weight loss
- Vascular lesions
- Vasculitis
- Weight loss
- Warmth in a joint area
- Xerostomia
- Xeropthalmia
- Z deformity of the hands
NOW
privately working in Cyprus
Rheumatologist Dr Grigoriou started working privately in Cyprus and she is regularly sought out for her proficiency in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatological conditions. She consults on all aspects of general rheumatology in adults as well as in diagnosis and management of children in rheumatological conditions. She has seen patients from all over the world. Her knowledge and abilities allow her to work with patients of all ages and a deep variety of medical problems.
Welcome message:
Professionalism and experience in treating my patients has always been a top priority to me. That is one of the main reasons I have been practicing evidence based medicine and have been involved in research and teaching in Rheumatology. However, I believe that along with good experience and expertise a doctor should also earn the trust of their patients by being a good listener, empathetic, respectful, honest and caring. Entrusting your health to someone it’s never easy! I believe in earning that trust as a professional but also as a loving human.
“Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity. ” ― Hippocrates
Rheumatologist Dr ANTIGONI GRIGORIOU CCT(UK), FRCP(Lon), MRCP(UK), MRCP(Rheumatology), MSc(King’s College London), PgC(Musculoskeletal Ultrasound)
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