A retired General in the Hellenic Air Force, Dr. Odysseas Paxinos MD, PhD, FACS is an active orthopaedic surgeon with a Masters Degree in Sport and Exercise Medicine. He has been involved with sports medicine since 2008 as team physician of the Hellenic Gymnastics Federation and since 2015 as team doctor for the Hellenic national football team. He has been a member of the European Gymnastics Medical Commission since 2018 and the President of the Commission since 2023.

Dr. Paxinos has participated in all major Gymnastics Championships and at all Olympic Games since London 2012 as team physician, and was Chief Medical Doctor for the entire Hellenic delegation at the Paris 2024 Games. He served as President of the Sport Science Commission of the International Council of Military Sports until his retirement from the Armed Forces and is now a member of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Medical Commission.

Dr. Paxinos is currently director of the Orthopaedic Department of Dunant General Hospital in Athens. An active academician, he is on the faculty of two institutions and is an active author of medical research papers.

(Standing January 2026)

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