Ophthalmologists including treatment for children under 12 years near Votanikos

Kourti Persefoni is a Ophthalmic Surgeon, maintaining a private practice in Athens and serving as the Head of the Pediatric Ophthalmology Department at Mitera Hospital. She graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens as a scholar of the University of Athens. She specialized in Ophthalmology at the Hôpital ophtalmique Jules Gonin in Switzerland and the 1st University Clinic of G. Gennimatas Hospital. She holds diplomas from the European Board of Ophthalmology and the International Council of Ophthalmology. She has been awarded, following examinations, the European Subspecialty Title in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (FEBO-SP) from the European Board of Ophthalmology (EBO), the European Strabismological Association (ESA), and the European Paediatric Ophthalmological Society (EPOS). She specialized in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in the United Kingdom. She also worked at the Ophthalmology Clinic of "Agia Sophia" Children's Hospital. She has published papers in international scientific journals and has presented at Greek, European, and international conferences. She is a member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, the Hellenic Ophthalmological Society, and the Hellenic Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. In her practice, she manages cases covering the full spectrum of ophthalmology, with a particular specialization in strabismus and pediatric ophthalmology.

Giavi Varvara is a Ophthalmic Surgeon and maintains a private practice in Athens. She studied at the Medical School of Patras, graduating in 2010. Subsequently, she completed her rural medical service in Andritsaina, Ilia, and began her specialty training at the Panarcadian Hospital of Tripoli for one year. She obtained her Specialty Title in 2019, after specializing at the 1st University Clinic of GNA G. Gennimatas, where she remained for a total of five years. During the years 2019-2021, she provided services, among others, as the head of the Glaucoma Department of the 1st University Clinic of Gennimatas, managing a multitude of glaucomatous cases both diagnostically and surgically. Although she was accepted for further training in glaucoma at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London in 2022, she chose to remain in Athens, where she currently lives and works. Her clinic began operating in July 2024, while she has also collaborated for several years with the Aktina Center in Athens and Loutraki. As a member of the Athens Medical Association, the Hellenic Ophthalmological Society, the European Dry Eye Society, and the General Medical Council of the UK, she participates in both Greek and international conferences, with publications, involvement in two doctoral dissertations, and distinctions at the national level. She undertakes the full spectrum of general ophthalmology for adults and children.

Dr Theodorou Olga is an adult Ophthalmic Surgeon and Pediatric Ophthalmologist, maintaining a private practice in the Dafni area. She graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and specialized in Ophthalmology at the Charité University Hospital in Berlin. She has undergone further training in the United Kingdom for three consecutive years in macular and retinal diseases, posterior and anterior segment inflammations of the eye, cataract surgery, refractive surgery, as well as pediatric ophthalmology. She has been trained in the most modern and advanced surgical techniques for cataract removal and laser treatment for myopia and other refractive errors in the United Kingdom. Her clinic, a welcoming and fully equipped facility, offers comprehensive and technologically advanced equipment for the investigation of all ocular diseases as well as for performing imaging examinations. Her clinical and surgical experience reflects the high quality of the UK Health System. Finally, she has participated in numerous European conferences and ophthalmological studies, contributed to scientific articles in international ophthalmological journals, and is a member of numerous scientific associations in Greece and abroad.

Dr. Karsaliakou Georgia is an Ophthalmologist who maintains a private practice in the Ampelokipi area. She graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and obtained her specialty certification in Ophthalmology in 2010 after a four-year residency at the General Hospital "Polyclinic of Athens." There, she specialized in cataract surgery as well as the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma and retinal diseases. Alongside her private practice, she serves as the head of the Ophthalmology Preventive Screening Department at the "Hygeia" Hospital. In her fully equipped clinic, she provides accurate diagnosis and targeted treatment for ophthalmologic patients, including laser procedures for myopia, cataracts, glaucoma, and retinal conditions (such as age-related macular degeneration).

Totou Stella is a Military Physician - Ophthalmic Surgeon and maintains a private practice in Chalandri. She is a graduate of the Military Academy of Corps Officers and the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Since 2012, she has held the position of Consultant in the Ophthalmology Clinic of the 251st General Air Force Hospital. She possesses extensive experience and training and specializes in laser treatment for myopia, hypermetropia, and astigmatism, pediatric ophthalmology, and cataract surgery.

Paraskeuopoulos Theodoros is a Surgeon Ophthalmologist with a private practice in Agios Dimitrios. He is a graduate and Doctor of Medicine from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School. He specialized in Ophthalmology at the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens and the General Hospital "G. Gennimatas" and obtained, after examinations, the title Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO) from the European Board of Ophthalmology in France. He has clinical experience, having worked in both primary healthcare and secondary care as an attending physician at the 1st University Ophthalmology Clinic at the General Hospital "G. Gennimatas". He currently serves as a Surgeon Ophthalmologist at the Polyclinic of the Olympic Village and as a Scientific Collaborator in the Retina and Macula Pathology Department at the 1st University Ophthalmology Clinic at the General Hospital "G. Gennimatas".

Mpezatis I Thanos is an Ophthalmic Surgeon and PhD holder from the University Eye Clinic of Bonn, with a private practice in Kolonaki. He is a former Consultant and Head of the Oculoplastic Surgery and Cataract Department at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. He graduated from the Medical School of Athens in 2008 and completed his full specialization in ophthalmology at the University Clinics of Innsbruck, Austria, and Bonn, Germany. He obtained the European Diploma in Ophthalmology in 2013 and completed his doctoral thesis at the University Eye Clinic of Bonn in 2014. Subsequently, he specialized in cataract microsurgery (Cataract Fellowship) at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. He then specialized in Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Cambridge University Hospital, the State Clinic of Maidstone Hospital, and Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, serving as a salaried Clinical Fellow. Finally, he has extensive experience in laser refractive surgeries as well as in aesthetic medical treatment with botulinum toxin for addressing rhytidic aging.

Η Αντωνοπούλου Παναγιώτα είναι Χειρουργός Οφθαλμίατρος, με επίσημες εξειδικεύσεις σε Παιδοοφθαλμολογία, Στραβισμό και Καταρράκτη όλων των ηλικιών από το Hν. Βασίλειο και τον Καναδά, και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στους Αμπελόκηπους. Εισήχθη στην Ιατρική Σχολή του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, από όπου και αποφοίτησε με βαθμό Άριστα. Φοίτησε στο μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα MSc Biology of Vision του University College Lοndon λαμβάνοντας τον τίτλο με Διάκριση. Ολοκλήρωσε το επίσημο πρόγραμμα ειδικότητας του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου (Certificate of Completion of Training). Πρόκειται για το πιο μακροχρόνιο και εντατικό πρόγραμμα ειδίκευσης στη Χειρουργική Οφθαλμολογία σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο. Μετά από εξετάσεις, έλαβε τον τίτλο της Fellow του Royal College of Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth) στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο και του European Board of Ophthalmologists (FEBO). Είναι κάτοχος αναγνωρισμένων διπλωμάτων εξειδίκευσης στην Παιδιατρική Οφθαλμολογία και το Στραβισμό Eνηλίκων ενώ είναι η πρώτη ιατρός από την Ελλάδα που εξειδικεύτηκε στην Παιδιατρική Οφθαλμολογία στο εμβληματικό The Hospital for Sick Children of Toronto, όπου βρίσκεται το μεγαλύτερο κέντρο Παιδιατρικής Οφθαλμολογίας της Βορείου Αμερικής (HΠΑ και Καναδάς). Έχει εργαστεί ως Επιμελήτρια στο Νοσοκομείο Παίδων « Η Αγία Σοφία» και στο Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (Senior Registrar & ΑSTO). Διαθέτει πλούσιο ερευνητικό και εκπαιδευτικό έργο. Ακόμη, συμμετέχει ενεργά με ομιλίες σε διεθνή συνέδρια και είναι εξετάστρια για τις εξετάσεις FRCOphth. Μετά τη δωδεκαετή πορεία της στο εξωτερικό, επέστρεψε στην Ελλάδα το 2023 και, παράλληλα με το ιδιωτικό της ιατρείο στην Αθήνα, συνεργάζεται με μεγάλα ιδιωτικά νοσοκομεία. Πέραν της Γενικής Οφθαλμολογίας, παρέχει εξειδικευμένες υπηρεσίες σε όλους τους τομείς της Παιδοοφθαλμολογίας και του Στραβισμού Ενηλίκων. Έχοντας πραγματοποιήσει χιλιάδες χειρουργικές επεμβάσεις σε βρέφη, παιδιά και ενήλικες, έχει μεγάλη εμπειρία στις πλέον σύγχρονες μεθόδους χειρουργικής αντιμετώπισης καταρράκτη βρεφών, παίδων και ενηλίκων, δύσκολων περιστατικών στραβισμού σε όλες τις ηλικίες, παιδιατρικού γλαυκώματος, ανωμαλιών του προσθίου τμήματος του οφθαλμού και των βλεφάρων, αμφιβληστροειδοπάθειας της προωρότητας και της αδυναμίας παροχέτευσης των δακρύων.

Kalantzis Georgios is an Ophthalmic Surgeon with a private practice in Neo Psychiko. He holds a medical degree from the University of Pécs Medical School in Hungary and has completed advanced training in eyelid, lacrimal system, and orbital surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and St. James University Hospital in Leeds, United Kingdom. He is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Leeds Medical School in England and has extensive experience in ophthalmic surgery. He practices both in Greece and the United Kingdom, having performed thousands of ophthalmic surgeries using the most advanced methods and technological equipment with the ultimate goal of diagnosing and treating ophthalmic conditions. In his private practice, he provides specialized solutions to patients, fully understanding their unique needs.

Dr. Ksanthopoulou Paraskeui, MD, PhDc, MSc, FEBO, is an Ophthalmic Surgeon, Military Physician - Consultant at the Ophthalmology Clinic & Scientific Director of the Corneal Clinic at the Athens General Military Hospital 401. She maintains a private practice in Cholargos. She is specialized in Corneal and Anterior Segment Surgery. She has undergone advanced training in Corneal and Anterior Segment Surgery at a specialized Corneal Transplantation clinic in the United Kingdom for three years. Her expertise includes the management of corneal diseases, corneal transplants, cataract surgeries with monofocal, toric, and multifocal lenses, correction of myopia/hyperopia and astigmatism using the latest laser techniques (Trans PRK, Femto LASIK), pterygium surgery with autograft, amniotic membrane implantation, and ocular surface diseases. Her research interests focus on corneal surgery and complex cataract procedures. She has experience in the management of macular diseases, follow-up of patients with glaucoma, and treatment of eyelid disorders.

Tsilivakos Xristos is an Ophthalmologist who has maintained a private practice in Piraeus since 1998. He holds a degree from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and specialized in Ophthalmology at the University Ophthalmology Clinic of the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas". He specializes in cataract surgery, myopia laser treatment, and glaucoma, while offering a wide range of services in his private practice, respecting the individual needs of each patient.

Ntousis Georgios is an Ophthalmologist who has maintained a private practice in Pangrati since 1999. He enrolled in 1985 and graduated in 1991 from the Medical School of the University of Athens with honors. After gaining 1.5 years of experience as a surgical assistant in the Ophthalmology Clinic of Ypapanti, where he had the opportunity to collaborate with some of the most renowned ophthalmologists in Athens, he specialized in Ophthalmology at the Athens Eye Clinic from 1995 to 1999, which was pioneering at the time in cataract surgery using the new phacoemulsification method. He continued his training in the United Kingdom and from 2000 began his private practice in Pangrati with the goal of treating each patient as he would wish to be treated himself. Since 2014, he resumed part-time collaboration with English hospitals, an experience that exposes him to a wide range of rare or interesting cases, which is reflected in his confident and proficient management of complex cases (RVI Newcastle, North Middlesex University Hospital London, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, etc.). He has a particular interest in painless, small-incision cataract surgeries, correction of myopia/astigmatism/hypermetropia with excimer laser, diagnosis and long-term monitoring of glaucoma with visual fields and corneal pachymetry, management of macular diseases, and more. His perpetual goal remains the provision of excellent services with personal care for each of his patients.

Η Ραπάνου Ανδρομάχη MD, MSc, FEBO, PhDc είναι Χειρουργός Οφθαλμίατρος και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στην Ηλιούπολη. Είναι απόφοιτος Ιατρικής του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών και ειδικεύτηκε στην Οφθαλμολογία στην Ά Πανεπιστημιακή Οφθαλμολογική Κλινική Αθηνών του ΓΝΑ "Γ. Γεννηματάς", εργαζόμενη δίπλα σε έγκριτους και διεθνούς φήμης Καθηγητές Οφθαλμολογίας. Μετά από πανευρωπαϊκές εξετάσεις έλαβε τον τίτλο της Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology ως Πιστοποιημένη Οφθαλμίατρος από το Ευρωπαϊκό Συμβούλιο Οφθαλμολογίας, ενώ κατέχει και τίτλο Μεταπτυχιακού (Msc) στην “Ιατρική Απεικόνιση στην Οφθαλμολογία”, τον οποίο έλαβε με διάκριση και υποτροφία. Ταυτόχρονα είναι Υποψήφια Διδάκτωρ της Ιατρικής Σχολής Αθηνών και κατέχει πιστοποιήσεις ως ερευνήτρια σε ιατρικές κλινικές μελέτες. Εξειδικεύθηκε στις Παθήσεις και Χειρουργική Ωχράς Κηλίδος, Αμφιβληστροειδούς και Υαλοειδούς και στη Χειρουργική Καταρράκτη στο Πανεπιστημιακό νοσοκομείο Whipps Cross University Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, στο Λονδίνο της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας. Ταυτόχρονα, έχει διοριστεί ως Επιστημονικός Συνεργάτης και Πανεπιστημιακή Υπότροφος του τμήματος Παθήσεων Ωχράς Κηλίδος και Αμφιβληστροειδούς στην Ά Πανεπιστημιακή Οφθαλμολογική Κλινική Αθηνών του ΓΝΑ "Γ. Γεννηματάς", αναλαμβάνοντας τη διάγνωση και τη θεραπεία ολόκληρου του φάσματος των παθήσεων της Ωχράς κηλίδος και του Αμφιβληστροειδούς, συμμετέχοντας παράλληλα στην εκπαίδευση και κατάρτιση των ειδικευομένων Ιατρών Οφθαλμολογίας και των φοιτητών της Ιατρικής Σχολής Αθηνών. Βρίσκεται ανάμεσα στους πολύ λίγους εξειδικευμένους Οφθαλμιάτρους με εκτεταμένη εμπειρία στη θεραπεία με τα ειδικά laser αμφιβληστροειδούς και Ωχράς Κηλίδος : Φωτοδυναμική θεραπεία PDT- Photodynamic Therapy, Micropulse Laser , Panretinal Photocoagulation PRP. Τέλος, διδάσκει στο Μεταπτυχιακό Πρόγραμμα σπουδών του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών για ιατρούς Οφθαλμιάτρους ¨Σύγχρονες Προσεγγίσεις στην Παθολογία και Χειρουργική του Αμφιβληστροειδούς¨ και στο μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα διαθλαστικής χειρουργικής "Αντιμετώπιση διαθλαστικών εκτροπών και διαθλαστικές επεμβάσεις ", επίσης του Πανεπιστημίου Ιατρικής Αθηνών ΕΚΠΑ. Στο ιατρείο της αναλαμβάνει περιστατικά που άπτονται σε όλες τις υποεξειδικεύσεις και φάσμα της Οφθαλμολογίας σε ενήλικες και παιδιά, καθώς και χειρουργικά περιστατικά.

Tsironi Maria MD, FEBO is a Surgeon Ophthalmologist and maintains a private clinic in Ilioupoli. She graduated from the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace and has completed a Postgraduate Program in Medical Imaging in Ophthalmology at the same educational institution. Additionally, she holds the European Diploma in Ophthalmology (FEBO). She initially specialized in the United Kingdom at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. Subsequently, she specialized in Ophthalmology at the General Children's Hospital "P. & A. Kyriakou" and at the Athens Eye Hospital. She has served as a Consultant with specialization in Retinal Pathology at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, and at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. Furthermore, during 2022-23, she served as Director of the Retinal Pathology Department at the Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, UK. Today, in her private clinic, she offers a wide range of services, respecting the individual needs of each patient.

Filip Gkampriela - Monika is an Ophthalmologist with a private practice in Koukaki. She holds a medical degree from the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest. Additionally, she has worked as a Surgical Ophthalmologist at the Athens Eye Clinic. She is specialized in myopia laser treatment, cataract surgery, and macular degeneration. At her private practice, she offers a wide range of services tailored to the individual needs of each patient.

Fidanaki - Tountor Ntaniela is an Ophthalmologist with a private practice in Pallini. She holds a Medical Degree from the School of Health Sciences at Carol Davila University and is specialized in myopia laser treatment and ophthalmic surgery. Additionally, Dr. Fidanaki - Tountor has extensive experience in conditions such as glaucoma, cataracts, and macular diseases. She obtained her ophthalmology specialty at the 1st University Ophthalmology Clinic at the General Hospital of Athens "Georgios Gennimatas," where she remained as a Scientific Collaborator in the Retina Department until 2002. Since 2002, she has been collaborating as a Scientific Collaborator at the Ophthalmology Clinic of Metropolitan General Hospital. Finally, she is a member of several scientific associations, including the Athens Medical Association, the Hellenic Ophthalmological Society, and the Society of Intraocular Lenses and Refractive Surgery. She is also the founder of the Society of Aesthetic Medicine and Non-Invasive Surgery.

Kyriakos Nikolaos is an Ophthalmologist who maintains a private practice in Kypseli, while also serving as a collaborator at the Athens Bioclinic, Eye Day Clinic, and the Ophthalmology Clinic "Ypapanti". He holds a degree from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and specializes in anterior segment surgery (cataract, glaucoma, and correction of refractive errors using Laser), as well as in retinal and macular diseases. He has a significant scientific background, with presentations at medical conferences in Greece and abroad.

Mitsonis Mixail is an Ophthalmologist with a private practice in Nea Erythraia. He has completed a doctoral dissertation at the Ophthalmology Clinic of Democritus University of Thrace and holds a degree from the Medical School of La Sapienza University of Rome. He is the head of the Glaucoma and Cataract Department at the Ophthalmology Clinic of the General Hospital of Piraeus "Tzaneio" and a Scientific Collaborator at Athens Eye Hospital. He has received specialized training from the University of Bologna, the Ophthalmology Clinic of Tzaneio Hospital, and the 2nd Ophthalmology Clinic of the Red Cross Hospital. Additionally, he has gained extensive experience in cataract-glaucoma microsurgery, laser treatment of refractive abnormalities, and blepharospasm, and provides services including myopia laser treatment, fundoscopy, refractive assessment (measurement and prescription of glasses), glaucoma screening, cataract examination, macular evaluation, contact lens fitting, home visits, and tonometry.

Pratikakis Anastasios IRIS Eye Clinic is an Ophthalmic Surgeon maintaining a private practice in Zografou. He has a specialized focus in cataract microsurgery, laser refractive surgeries (myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism), and eyelid microsurgery (bloodless blepharoplasty). He completed his Ophthalmology training at the Theia Pronia Hospital "Pammakaristos" and at the emergency and regular ophthalmology outpatient clinics of the "Red Cross" Hospital. Following the ophthalmologist legacy of his mother who operated a clinic in the same location since 1980, he provides high-quality medical services centered on the patient and has performed numerous ophthalmic surgeries and examinations. Lastly, he endorses the motto "Actions, not words" (practical deeds over talk).