Ophthalmologists

Kaltsos Konstantinos is an Ophthalmologist with a private practice in Thessaloniki. He holds a PhD from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and specializes in ophthalmic surgery and myopia laser treatment. Dr. Kaltsos has worked in several hospitals in Greece and abroad, including AHEPA Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. He has extensive experience in cataract and glaucoma surgery, laser vision correction, and diseases of the macula and retina. Furthermore, Ophthalmologist Kaltsos Konstantinos is a member of prominent medical associations and actively participates in seminars and conferences to remain continuously updated on advancements in his field and to provide the most modern services to his patients.

Antoniadou Xristina is an Ophthalmologist who maintains her private practice in Thessaloniki. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Medicine from Comenius University in Bratislava and has completed her Master's degree (Ophthalmic Surgery) at the Medical Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th). The physician has received additional training in Refractive Surgery at the Laboratory of Optics and Vision of the University of Crete and specialized at Agios Dimitrios Hospital in Thessaloniki. She holds a European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO) certification.

Georgopoulos Minas Md Pgdip Febo Frcophth Febos-Glaucoma is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, maintaining private clinics in Piraeus and Athens. He is a diplomate of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists of Great Britain (FRCOphth), having passed the requisite examinations. He holds the position of Director of the Glaucoma and Cataract departments at the Surrey and Sussex hospitals in the United Kingdom, specializing in Cataract surgery, myopia LASER treatments, Glaucoma, and anterior segment diseases. He is among the few ophthalmologists across Europe to have obtained the FEBOS-Gl title from the European Glaucoma Society (EUGS) and the European Board of Ophthalmology (EBO). He graduated from the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace (2009) and specialized in ophthalmology at hospitals in Great Britain, acquiring the Specialist Ophthalmologist title (2016). In 2016, he became a diplomate of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO), excelling in examinations held in Paris, followed by subspecialty training in glaucoma surgery at Buckinghamshire hospitals (2016-17) and the world-renowned Queen Victoria Hospital (2017-18) as a Fellow in Glaucoma and anterior segment diseases. Since April 2018, he has served as the director of the Glaucoma and Cataract departments at Surrey and Sussex hospitals in Great Britain. Additionally, he was a Visiting Consultant at Spire Gatwick Park Hospital in London. In 2020, he graduated with distinction from his postgraduate studies in Refractive Surgery and Cataract under Professor Dan Reinstein, University of Ulster. He regularly attends and lectures at international conferences and symposia. With experience from thousands of surgeries, he has permanently returned to Greece, where he maintains a clinic in Piraeus and provides his expertise at affiliated clinics in Athens.

Kardara Eugenia MD is an Ophthalmologist who maintains a private practice in Vrilissia. She holds a degree from the University of Debrecen in Hungary and is specialized in ophthalmic surgery at the Athens Anti-Cancer Oncology Hospital "Agios Savvas." The doctor has worked in hospitals in Greece and abroad, such as "Erythros Stavros" and Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital clinic in India. She has extensive experience in the treatment of myopia, astigmatism, presbyopia, glaucoma, hypermetropia, chalazion, color blindness, strabismus, macular degeneration, pterygium, and cataract. Ophthalmologist Kardara Eugenia provides services including blepharoplasty, myopia laser treatment, fundoscopy, refractive error assessment, glaucoma screening, cataract evaluation, visual field testing, macular examination, retinoscopy for pediatric refractive errors, and tonometry. Finally, she has participated in numerous Greek and international ophthalmology conferences with papers and presentations on the lacrimal system, thyroid eye disease and its management, as well as the surgical reconstruction of eyelid tumors.

Dimitrios Zikos is an ophthalmologist specialized in cataract microsurgery and refractive surgery. After completing his residency at "A. Fleming" Hospital, he began working pro bono at the social clinic of the Municipality of Helliniko - Argyroupoli and in his private practice located in the Glyfada area. Throughout his career, Dr. Zikos has managed numerous conditions, including myopia, astigmatism, glaucoma, keratoconus, cataract, hypermetropia, and chalazion. He provides specialized services such as fundoscopy, refractive assessment, optical coherence tomography, corneal pachymetry, and laser treatments for myopia, hypermetropia, and astigmatism.

Ο Δρανίδης Γεώργιος είναι Οφθαλμίατρος και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στη Θεσσαλονίκη. Είναι Διδάκτωρ και απόφοιτος της Ιατρικής σχολής του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης και μέλος του Ιατρικού Συλλόγου Θεσσαλονίκης. Ξεκίνησε την ειδικότητα του στην Οφθαλμολογία στο Γενικό Νοσοκομείο του Κιλκίς στη συνέχεια στην πανεπιστημιακη κλινική του Γενικού νοσοκομείου "Παπαγεωργίου "και την ολοκλήρωσε στο Γενικό Νοσοκομείο «Θριάσειο» της Ελευσίνας.

Στη συνέχεια, μετεκπαιδεύτηκε στο τμήμα Κερατοειδούς - Διαθλαστικής Χειρουργικής και Οφθαλμοπλαστικής Χειρουργικής και Τράπεζας Οφθαλμών του Queen Victoria Hospital στο East Grinstead στη Μεγάλη Βρετανία.

Κατόπιν εκπαιδεύτηκε στο Βαρδινογιάννειο Εργαστήριο Μεταμοσχεύσεων και Μικροχειρουργικής του Οφθαλμού (Β.Ε.Μ.Μ.Ο) του Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης, υπό τον καθηγητή

Ι. Παλλήκαρη, εμπνευστή της μεθόδου LASIK για την διόρθωση των διαθλαστικών σφαλμάτων- μυωπία,αστιγματισμος,υπερμετρωπία και στην διορθωση της πρεσβυωπίας, καθώς και του κερατοκωνου.

Επίσης, εκπαιδεύτηκε στη Μ. Βρετανία στη χρήση βοτουλινικής τοξίνης για την εξάλειψη των ρυτίδων του προσώπου και τη θεραπεία του βλεφαρόσπασμου καθώς και στην εφαρμογή ενέσιμων σκευασμάτων υαλουρονικού οξέος για την εξάλειψη των ρυτίδων και ουλών του προσώπου.

Ο ιατρός ασχολείται με την αντιμετώπιση παθήσεων της ωχράς κηλίδας (ωχροπάθειες υγρού και ξηρού τύπου και διαβητικό οίδημα της ωχράς ή μετά από θρομβώσεις), με την χορήγηση των νέων αντιαγγειογενετικών παραγόντων (αντι - VEGF) και lasers. Στο πλήρως εξοπλισμένο οφθαλμολογικό ιατρείο του, δραστηριοποιείται σε όλο το φάσμα της Οφθαλμολογίας. Διαθέτει ειδικό εξοπλισμό για τη διάγνωση και παρακολούθηση όλου του φάσματος των Οφθαλμολογικών παθήσεων.΄Εχει πολυετή εμπειρία( σε Ελλάδα και Ηνωμένο βασίλειο) στην διόρθωση μυωπίας, υπερμετρωπίας και αστιγματισμού με Laser (LASIK - PRK), καθώς και στην αντιμετώπιση παθήσεων του κερατοειδούς - όπως του κερατόκωνου- με την επέμβαση Cross - Linking. Έχει εκπαιδευτεί στην χειρουργική αφαίρεση του καταρράκτη με φακοθρυψία και στην ένθεση ειδικών ενδοφακών (τωρικών) για την διόρθωση υψηλών αμετρωπιών (πολύ μεγάλης μυωπίας και αστιγματισμού).Διαθέτει αξιόλογη ερευνητική εμπειρία αποτελούμενη από συμμετοχές σε σε συνέδρια και workshops στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό και συγγραφή πολλών επιστημονικών εργασιών.Διαθέτει αξιόλογη ερευνητική εμπειρία αποτελούμενη από συμμετοχές σε σε συνέδρια και workshops στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό και συγγραφή πολλών επιστημονικών εργασιών.

Τέλος, ο ιατρός είναι μέλος της European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, της Ελληνικής Οφθαλμολογικής Εταιρείας, της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Ενδοφακών και Διαθλαστικής Χειρουργικής, του European Board of Ophthalmology, αλλά και του British Medical Council.

Το ιατρείο διαθέτει τον εξής εξοπλισμό:

OCT- Οπτική τομογραφία συνοχής

Oπτικά πεδία - Αυτόματο περίμετρο

Ψηφιακή φωτογραφία βυθού του οφθαλμού

Αυτόματο κερατοδιαθλασίμετρο

Τοπογραφία κερατοειδούς

Σχισμοειδής λυχνία

Αυτόματο φακόμετρο

Πίνακας οπτοτύπων

Παχυμετρία κερατοειδούς

Τονόμετρο Goldmann

Δοκιμαστικοί σκελετοί- ενηλίκων και παιδιών

Ειδικός εξοπλισμός για παιδοοφθαλμολογικό έλεγχο

Toulia Paraskeui MD, FEBO is an Ophthalmologist who maintains a private practice in Agia Paraskevi. She is a graduate of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, specializing in ophthalmology. In her private practice, every patient, regardless of age, can receive information regarding optic neuropathies and their management. She provides services such as refractive assessment, fundoscopy, tonometry, glaucoma screening, cataract and macular degeneration evaluation, retinoscopy for refractive errors in children, and contact lens fitting. Additionally, working at the Athens Eye Clinic, the ophthalmologist has gained clinical and surgical experience in surgical cases while also focusing on pediatric ophthalmology and the management of diabetic eye disease using new techniques. To date, she has participated in numerous seminars, conferences, and workshops, investing in the continuous education in her field of specialization. Finally, she was awarded first prize in the examinations for the trainee courses of the Hellenic Ophthalmological Society.

Gerakidis Mixalis is an ophthalmic surgeon who maintains a private practice in the Syntagma area. He completed medical studies at Comenius University as well as optics-optometry at the University of West Attica. He specialized at the Athens Eye Hospital. He successfully participated in the European Ophthalmology Board examinations and obtained the title of Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO). Since February 2024, he has been pursuing postgraduate studies entitled: "Management of Refractive Errors and Refractive Surgery," which addresses the latest advances in laser myopia procedures. During his specialization, he gained clinical experience in numerous ophthalmic conditions such as refractive abnormalities, glaucoma, macular diseases, diabetic retinopathy, cataract, keratoconus, as well as surgical experience in cataract, keratoconus, and laser myopia procedures. In his career as an optician-optometrist, he encountered a wide range of keratoconus cases involving the application of specialized contact lenses aimed at improving vision and acquired experience in alleviating symptoms in patients suffering from refractive errors and diplopia. His practice is equipped with the most advanced ophthalmological equipment for the diagnosis and monitoring of all eye diseases.

Triantafyllos Antonis is an Ophthalmologist who maintains private practices in Piraeus and Salamina. He is a graduate of the Military School of Officer Corps of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and specialized in Ophthalmology at the Naval Hospital of Athens. Subsequently, he further specialized at the Ophthalmology Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas," where he managed a wide range of cases and their treatment, obtaining his Ophthalmology specialty in 1999. Currently, he is the deputy director of the Ophthalmology Clinic at the Naval Hospital of Athens and collaborates with private ophthalmology clinics. Notably, he has ongoing participation in conferences. Furthermore, he is a member of the Hellenic Ophthalmological Society. He handles cases across the entire spectrum of ophthalmology and specializes in myopia and hyperopia Laser treatment, cataract surgery, and macular disorders.

Dr. Ragkousis Antonios is a Ophthalmic Surgeon and Doctor of Medicine from the Medical School of the University of Athens.

He concurrently serves as Consultant at the State Ophthalmology Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas," where he is responsible for the Department of Ocular Inflammations and Retina. He graduated with honors from the Medical School of the University of Athens, where he also completed his doctoral dissertation with distinction. He is also a top graduate holder of the postgraduate degree "Ophthalmic Imaging." He completed his specialty training at the Red Cross Hospital.

He specialized for several years in England in diseases of the Retina-Macula and Ocular Inflammations at the internationally renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, Southampton University Hospital, and Royal Liverpool University Hospital. He holds Certification of Specialization and Excellence from the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO) and the European Society of Retina Specialists (FEBOS-R).

His clinic in Ilion is equipped with state-of-the-art technology such as the Haag-Streit slit lamp with live imaging system, Haag-Streit Octopus Visual Fields, the high-precision ARK-1a refractometer-keratometer, the high-resolution iCare fundus camera, and the high-resolution Solix OCT and OCT angiography device.

Dr. Mendrinos Eustratios graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Liège in Belgium with Highest Distinction. He specialized in ophthalmology at the University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland, where he also earned his Doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva. He worked as a Consultant in the Department of Retinal, Vitreous, and Macular Diseases and Surgery at the University Hospital of Geneva, and subsequently at the University Hospital of Liverpool, England, under the direction of the world-renowned ophthalmic surgeons Professor K. Pournaras and Prof. H. Heiman, respectively. He is the author of 35 articles in international scientific journals, as well as 18 chapters in English and French ophthalmology books, and has delivered over 90 presentations at Greek and international ophthalmology conferences. He holds the European Board of Ophthalmology diploma and has been awarded for his scientific work at international conferences. Dr. Mendrinos has participated in international studies (Excite, Mont Blanc, Cabernet, VIEW2) that established the modern management of age-related macular degeneration. He is the founder and administrator of the Medica Polyclinic in Agios Stefanos, where he currently practices, a state-of-the-art facility covering nearly all specialties. Additionally, he is affiliated with the Athens Medical Center in Marousi and the OMMA Ophthalmology Clinic.

Nikitopoulos Georgios is a Pediatric and Adult Ophthalmic Surgeon maintaining private practices in Patissia and Nea Penteli. He studied at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and obtained the Ophthalmology specialty title following successful examinations, having previously specialized at the "Agia Sofia" Children's Hospital and the General State Hospital of Athens-KOFKA. Since 1988, he has been a member of the Surgical Team led by the ophthalmology professor at Cornell University in New York, Mr. M. Tragakis, specializing in the Cornea and Corneal Transplantations. He is an Anterior Segment Surgeon with an emphasis on modern small-incision cataract surgery, glaucoma, strabismus, and specialization in Lasers (correction of myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism, presbyopia with Amaris 750S, the most advanced laser device today and unique in Greece). He also deals with the diagnosis and treatment of retinal diseases (Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Diseases, etc.). He serves as a scientific collaborator of the 1st Ophthalmology Clinic of "Errikos Dynan" Hospital, the "Ypapanti" Ophthalmology Clinic, the "OMMA" Ophthalmologic Institute, as well as the "Athena Refractive Center." Finally, he has published 26 scientific papers at national and international ophthalmological conferences and has participated in round tables, clinical workshops, and as an instructor in experimental surgeries for younger colleagues.

Dr. Thomas Siempis is a highly trained Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, subspecialized in Glaucoma, Cataract, and Anterior Segment Surgery. He completed his training in Glasgow (Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology) and pursued further fellowship training at the University of Toronto through the world-renowned GAASS Fellowship under Dr. Ike Ahmed. He is the only ophthalmologist in Greece with this specific subspecialty training and one of the very few across Europe. He has served as Consultant Ophthalmologist at King’s College Hospital NHS Trust in London and currently runs a state-of-the-art private clinic in the center of Thessaloniki (110 Mitropoleos Street). He is Head of the Glaucoma and Anterior Segment Service at Saint Luke’s Clinic, a medical associate of the Ophthalmica Institute, and holds a Consultant position at Newmedica Eye Clinic in the United Kingdom.

Tamvakos Ilias is an Ophthalmologist who maintains a private practice in the Glyfada area. He holds a degree from the Medical School of Turin, Italy, and received his specialty training at the Ophthalmology Clinic of the General Hospital of Piraeus "Tzaneio." Additionally, he completed further training in refractive surgery in Houston, United States of America. The practice in Glyfada is a patient-friendly and fully equipped facility. The doctor manages cases across the full spectrum of ophthalmology, providing high-level medical services such as refractive testing, fundoscopy, tonometry, macular assessment, and glaucoma evaluation. Moreover, patients receive comprehensive information on interventional methods for managing myopia, cataracts, glaucoma, and a well-documented treatment plan. Finally, the doctor actively participates in conferences throughout Greece and abroad, aiming for continuous professional development in his field, and is a member of the Hellenic Ophthalmological Society.

Axtaropoulos Athanasios MD, PhD is an Ophthalmic Surgeon maintaining his private practice in Larissa. Since 2007, he has been a PhD holder from the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace, with research and a dissertation focused on glaucoma. He completed his specialty training in Ophthalmology at the General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Hippocratio" and has worked as a surgeon at the "Iaso" Hospital of Thessaly. Furthermore, he has attended numerous seminars in Greece and abroad, primarily aimed at maintaining a high level of knowledge and continuous professional development in the field of ophthalmology, both diagnostically and surgically.

Vergados Athanasios is an Ophthalmologist and maintains a private clinic in Ampelokipoi. Upon completing his medical studies, he specialized at the First University Ophthalmology Clinic (G. Gennimatas - KOFKA). In May 2014, he was awarded a PhD in Ophthalmology for his research project titled "Preperimetric lesions in pseudoexfoliative Glaucoma" from the Medical School of the University of Athens. Subsequently, he further specialized in the United Kingdom at the second largest ophthalmologic hospital in Europe (Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre). Following his specialization, he was appointed Director of the Glaucoma Department at the James Paget University Hospital in the East Anglia region. In 2017, he moved to London, where he was appointed at Barts Health NHS Trust, the largest hospital complex in England. He worked as a glaucoma specialist at Whipps Cross University Hospital and was head of the Glaucoma and Emergency Department. He also served as the lead physician for glaucoma treatment at Newham University Hospital. He is a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (UK), GMC (UK), UKEGS (member of the United Kingdom Glaucoma Society), BEECS (British Emergency Eye Care Society), British Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Society. Additionally, he is a member of the Athens Medical Association, the Hellenic Ophthalmological Society, and the European and Hellenic Glaucoma Societies.

Gkountis Xristoforos is a Ophthalmic Surgeon who maintains a private practice in Ilioupoli. He is specialized in cataract microsurgery, refractive surgery for the correction of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism using the latest generation laser technology, and in treatment with Collagen Cross Linking for keratoconus. He has served as a scientific collaborator at the 1st University Ophthalmology Clinic of Athens at the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas" and at the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens. Finally, he performs surgical procedures at reputable hospitals and clinics, such as the "OMMA" Ophthalmology Institute of Athens and the Athens Refractive Laser Center.