Dr Olga Kapellou
MD, FRCPCH, DCHPaediatrics (Children's Doctor)
Recommended by
2 specialists
24 years of experience
11 years as a specialist
Practices worked at
234 Great Portland Street, London, United Kingdom, W1W 5QT788 reviews
35 Weymouth Street, london, United Kingdom, W1G438 reviews
About
Dr Olga Kapellou is a Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist. She specialised in a number of major London teaching hospitals including Great Ormond Street, Hammersmith, St Mary's Paddington, Queen Charlotte’s, Chelsea & Westminster and University College London. She holds a Doctor of Medicine postgraduate degree from Imperial College. Her publications on effects of prematurity on brain growth and development have been cited extensively. She is an expert on preterm and term neonatal brain injury and follow-up of babies after complicated pregnancies and deliveries. She uses Griffiths Neurodevelopmental Scales to track infant development in outpatients’ clinics. She is a Neonatal Life Support instructor and Unicef trained breast feeding specialist. Her NHS base is the Homerton Hospital. She was appointed as NHS Consultant at the Homerton Hospital in 2009. She joined the Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth in 2010 and the Portland Hospital for Women and Children in 2012. Dr Olga Kapellou does General Paediatrics and baby follow up clinics.
Expertise: General Paediatrics, baby follow-up clinics and neurodevelopmental assessments using Griffiths Scales for children up to 5 years of age.
Expertise: General Paediatrics, baby follow-up clinics and neurodevelopmental assessments using Griffiths Scales for children up to 5 years of age.
Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments
Vaccinations
Use of Griffiths Mental Development Scales to track development in children up to 5 years of age
Gastroesophageal reflux and colics in infants
Baby follow up after complicated pregnancies and deliveries
Medical procedures
- Video Consultation
Education
Athens University Medical School (1995)
Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) , Diploma in Child Health (DCH) (2000)
Greek Board Paediatric accreditation (2002)
Greek Board Neonatal Medicine accreditation (2005)
Certificate of completion of training UK (CCT) Paediatrics/Neonatal Medicine (2009)
Doctor of Medicine (MD thesis, Effects of prematurity on brain growth and development) University of London, Imperial College London (2010)
Neonatology accreditation, Athens University (2005),
Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, FRCPCH (2010)
Reviews
4.9 Overall Patient Trust rating
Baby Check
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4/75
Neonatal Medicine
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3/75
Paediatrics (children's doctor)
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2/75
Reflux
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2/75
Acid Reflux
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1/75
Allergies
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1/75
Bronchiolitis
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1/75
Bronchiolitis
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1/75
Child Development
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1/75
Paediatric Consultation
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1/75
Tongue tie
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1/75
Trauma
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1/75
Video Consultation
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1/75
well child visit
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1/75
Patient seen for:
Paediatric Consultation
Very professional and helpful, we are so happy we found Dr Olga
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Neonatal Medicine Tongue tie Reflux
I have been seeing Dr Kappellou with my 6 months old son since he was only few weeks old. My son had feeding problems but GP, midwives, health visitors all were saying that my baby is fine but I was sure that something was wrong. After thorough examination Dr Kapellou has identified the tongue tie and silent reflux straight away. She referred us to the brilliant surgeon. It was indeed the tongue tie and I personally regret for not seeing Dr Kapellou earlier... Since then Dr Kappelou has helped my son with the skin problem and also helping us on the weaning journey introducing allergens. I would definitely recommend Dr Kappellou. She is knowledgeable, caring, personable and my son always smiles when he sees Dr Kappelou.
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Neonatal Medicine Acid Reflux
Dr Kapellou has helped me a lot with my preterm baby who had issues with reflux and overall development. Dr Kapellou is knowledgeable, caring and a really nice person. I can't thank her enough for giving the right treatment to my son and providing guidance to myself.
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Paediatrics (children's doctor)
We recently saw Dr Kapellou with our daughter and we were super reassured. Dr Kapellou was thorough, listened to our concerns, did a full examination and although it was not a straight forward thing she excluded serious things and saw us again to make sure all was going in the right direction. Her PA was also amazing, fitting us in to be seen quickly, sending us all the information and results quickly to reassure us all was well. I feel thoroughly lucky to know that in the event of any medical problems with my children that I’ll be seen quickly by a great Paediatrician . Would not hesitate to recommend.
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Neonatal Medicine Paediatrics (children's doctor) Video Consultation
Dr Kapellou has been vital to the health, development and well-being of our now almost 7 months old son. We’ve been under her care from when he was just 4 weeks old and had dreadful diarrhoea, reflux, recurrent thrush, conjunctivitis and cradle cap. Dr Kapellou diagnosed him with cow’s protein milk intolerance, and has been superb in diagnosing and treating his symptoms and other conditions. This has been invaluable especially during the lockdown but also when several GPs were putting our baby’s symptoms to “oh it’s just baby things, he’ll grow out of it” even though our son was suffering. Dr Kapellou is very friendly, responsive, super-experienced and knowledgeable, and great with babies and parents alike. She understands anxieties of new parents and never patronised us; instead has been always approachable and reassuring. She always goes an extra mile to help us: I can’t count the number of panicked late night messages I’ve sent her or pictures of dirty nappies shared with her. Not even once she made us feel unwelcome. Thanks to Dr Kapellou our son is now a happy, active, fast-growing and developing boy. Can’t thank her enough.
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Trauma
We were In great hands with Olga. We were so worried about my son and she listened to our concerns and made sure we were always fully informed. She went out of her way for us to be seen on the same day by a neurologist and instructed different scans to be performed quickly. She gave us her personal contact details and when I did have a question she responded immediately, you really felt looked after! Couldn’t ask for a better doctor!
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Allergies Baby Check
We visited Olga with our 9 week old baby who we felt was suffering but the GP, health visitors etc. didn't seem to take seriously. Olga's diagnosis of our baby's dairy allergy was spot on. In the months that followed we noticed an improvement in all the parameters of our baby following the change in formula and medication. We continued to visit Olga where we always found her to be very helpful, approachable and a pleasure to engage with. Olga also replied to our emails promptly which was greatly appreciated.
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Baby Check Bronchiolitis
Olga is an amazing paediatrician. Aside from very knowledgable and thorough she is above all extremely responsive and caring. She helped us navigate a severe case of Bronchiolitis with our newborn son, supporting us throughout this period and giving us certainty that he is well taken care of. I cant reccomend her enough.
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Baby Check Bronchiolitis
Olga is an amazing paediatrician. Aside from very knowledgable and thorough she is above all extremely responsive and caring. She helped us navigate a severe case of Bronchiolitis with our newborn son, supporting us throughout this period and giving us certainty that he is well taken care of. I cant reccomend her enough.
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Baby Check
Dr Kapellou is an amazing pediatrician. She is knowledgeable, very thorough when she examines our son and she provides proper explanation to the parents. She follows all the recent guidelines and she is great with kids. Also I am so happy that she is very responsive when there is an emergency situation. We trust her and we are lucky that we found such a good doctor for our little boy. Thank you Olga. N. Tserpeli
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Peer recommendations
Recommended by 2 doctors for:
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Paediatrics (Children's Doctor)
Dr Nitha Naqvi
Paediatrics (Children's Doctor)
04-09-2018
Dr Kapellou is a very caring, clever, holistic doctor. She is dynamic and charismatic. Dr Kapellou is popular with patients and families and well respected by her peers. I am very happy to recommend her.
For specialty: Paediatrics (Children's Doctor)
Connection: Is a colleague
Olga is a fantastic paediatric consultant . She is a pleasure to work with and a valued clinical opinion. Our shared patients have only ever expressed delight.
For specialty: Paediatrics (Children's Doctor)
For procedures: Video Consultation
Connection: I have referred patients to them
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