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Mr Georgios Kontos FRCOphth, FEBO, CertLRS, MBA

I graduated from the University of Crete, School of Medicine. As a student I attended elective placements in Ophthalmology at the Boston Medical Center and Vancouver General Hospital. I completed my final year clinical placements at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm Sweden. Subsequently, I relocated to the United Kingdom where I completed the MSc "Biology of Vision" at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology in London. 

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I held Ophthalmology training positions in England, Scotland and Wales before acquiring a National Training Number at the Oxford Deanery.  I completed the UK Ophthalmology Specialist Training Programme and was awarded the certificate of completion of training (CCT).

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In parallel with my training I completed a PgCert in Medical Education from Cardiff University as well as a Postgraduate diploma in Cataract and Refractive Surgery from Ulster University. I studied for an MBA at the Warwick Business School. I published published a small number of scientific articles in peer reviewed journals and has acted as a reviewer in relevant topics. I volunteer as an examiner for the UK Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

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I have completed post CCT Fellowship training in Glaucoma, Cornea, Cataract  and Anterior segment at the Oxford Eye Hospital. Furthermore, I have completed the Glaucoma fellowship at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada. I am currently undergoing further fellowship training in Cornea at UBC. My subspecialist interests include medical and surgical cornea, refractive surgery, medical and surgical glaucoma and cataract surgery. 

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List of skills:

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  • Comprehensive ophthalmology

  • Glaucoma management

  • Glaucoma surgery including trabeculectomy, aqueous shunts, iridocorneal angle procedures, goniotomies and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS)

  • Glaucoma lasers (YAG PI, LSL, CPC, MP CPC, SLT, ECP)

  • Management of cornea pathology

  • Cornea surgery including lamellar and full thickness corneal transplantation (PKP, DSAEK,DMEK)

  • Cornea Collagen Crosslinking (CXL)

  • Cataract surgery with standard and premium IOLs 

  • Trauma primary and secondary repair surgery, iris prosthesis and anterior segment reconstruction

  • Temporal artery biopsy (for the diagnosis of temporal artery biopsy)

  • Minor lid procedures 

  • Ocular emergencies including ocular trauma

  • Ophthalmic lasers (retinal PRP, focal, retinopexy, SLT, YAG PC)

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