Dr. Vaia Siapka

Medical registration number - 030314546

Dr Vaia Siapka is a specialist in Gynaecology and Obstetrics and an expert in Assisted Reproduction at IVF-Life Alicante. Her academic background combines Molecular Biology and Genetics, Medicine, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, and Human Reproduction.

She graduated in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Democritus University of Thrace and in Medicine from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She qualified as a specialist in Gynaecology and Obstetrics in 2018. Throughout her career, she has worked in primary care centres, public hospitals and private clinics in Greece. Since November 2021, she has also run her own private practice in Kavala, Greece.

Academic background

• Degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Democritus University of Thrace, 2000–2004.
• Degree in Medicine from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2004–2010.
• Specialist qualification in Gynaecology and Obstetrics, awarded in January 2018.
• Master’s Degree in Human Reproduction, 2020–2021.
• Languages of consultation: Spanish, English, German and Greek.

Selected professional experience

• Present: Consultant gynaecologist specialising in Assisted Reproduction at IVF-Life Alicante.
• Since November 2021: Director of her own private practice in Kavala, Greece.
• Between 2019 and 2021, she worked as an obstetrician and gynaecologist at a specialist gynaecology and fertility centre, initially full-time and subsequently part-time. In 2017, she worked as a specialist in Gynaecology and Obstetrics at a general hospital in Piraeus.

Areas of expertise

Her clinical expertise spans reproductive medicine, assisted human reproduction, gynaecology and obstetrics, with a particular focus on the diagnosis and treatment of infertility, in vitro fertilisation, gynaecological and obstetric follow-up and ultrasound. She also has experience in maternal–fetal medicine, gynaecological disorders and surgery, and the management of conditions such as postmenopausal uterine bleeding.

Professional appointments

• Director of a private medical practice in Kavala, Greece.

Scientific activity

Dr Vaia Siapka has participated in scientific congresses in obstetrics, gynaecology and maternal–fetal medicine through presentations and posters addressing different areas of women’s health. Her Master’s dissertation examined the relationship between adrenal hormone concentrations in follicular fluid and the outcomes of in vitro fertilisation treatment.

She has also completed academic work in molecular biology, haematology, virology and neurological disease.

Selected presentations and posters

• Postmenopausal uterine bleeding: a retrospective study. 9th Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2017.
• Adolescent pregnancy: a study covering the period 2006–2016. 9th Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2017.
• Genital warts during pregnancy: choosing between vaginal delivery and caesarean section. 8th Congress of the Hellenic Society of Maternal–Fetal Medicine, 2014.
• Pregnancy and breast cancer. 8th Congress of the Hellenic Society of Maternal–Fetal Medicine, 2014.
• Pregnancy and cardiomyopathies. 8th Congress of the Hellenic Society of Maternal–Fetal Medicine, 2014.
• Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome. 8th Congress of the Hellenic Society of Maternal–Fetal Medicine, 2014.

Selected academic work

• Follicular fluid adrenal hormone concentrations and IVF outcome.
• The molecular biology of the hepatitis B virus.
• Assessment of mitotic activity in lymphocytes from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in cell cultures.
• Prion diseases and Guillain–Barré syndrome.

Main research interests

Her research focuses on the biological and hormonal factors that may influence in vitro fertilisation outcomes, particularly the composition of follicular fluid, adrenal hormones and ovarian function. She has also completed academic work on adolescent pregnancy, pregnancy associated with breast cancer or heart disease, genetics, molecular biology, virology, haematology and cell culture.

Articles by the doctor

The role of androgen hormones in reproductive balance