Dr Dimitrios Siganos is founder and director of Vlemma Eye Center in Athens.
Qualified by the University of Cairo Medical School as M.B., B.Ch, and holding the title of MSC. (Ophth), he continued his academic career at the University of Crete, Greece as a lecturer and later, as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology.
He is internationally considered to be one of the pioneering surgeons, not only in refractive surgery but also in premium lenses cataract surgery and presbyopia correction. He introduced clear lensectomy to ophthalmology for the correction of hyperopia and presbyopia. He was among the first to implant ICLs for the correction of myopia and hyperopia – astigmatism. He was also the first surgeon in Europe to use and publicize Ferrara rings for treating keratoconus and was at the spearhead of the clinical trials of the Pascal tonometer for glaucoma, myopia and keratoconus.
He is active as a clinical advisor and freelance surgeon in refractive and cataract surgery in many centers in Europe and the Middle East. His bibliography includes tens of original references and reviews in medical journals, book chapters and presentations at conferences at the american Academy of Ophthalmology, the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons and other international conferences. He has thousands of citations of his work.
Education & Academic titles:
• Medical degree: MB., BCh. Cairo University – Faculty of Medicine, 1978-1983
• Master’s Degree (M.Sc.) in Ophthalmology: Cairo University – Faculty of Medicine, 1985-1988
• Ph.D., University of Crete, School of health Sciences, Division of Medicine, 1990-1993
• Fellowship: Cornea & Refractive Surgery, University of Crete – Greece 1990-1993
• Board certification in Ophthalmology, 1988 (in Egypt, Greece and Cyprus).
• Member of the following Societies:
o The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
o The Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO)
o The European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)
o The International College of Surgeons (F.I.C.S.)
o The Society of Eye Surgeons (S.E.S)
o The International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) – Internatinal Council Member for Greece
o La Societe Francaise d’Ophtalmologie
o Instituto Barraquer (Spain)
o The Egyptian Ophthalmological Society
o The Egyptian Medical Syndicate
o The Mediterranean Medical Society
o Panhellenic Ophthalmological Society
o Ophthalmological Society of Cyprus
o Hellenic Ophthalmological Society
o Hellenic Society of Implant and Refractive Surgery (President of the Refractive Committee)
o Hellenic Refractive Society (Founding member & member of the Board 1994-1995)
Recent attachment:
• Chairman & Head of the Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery Service – Vlemma Eye Institute, Kolokotroni street 5, Athens – Greece.
Previous Attachments:
• Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Crete, Greece.
• Consultant, Refractive Surgery & Cornea Service, Vardinoyannion Eye Institute of Crete – Department of Ophthalmology, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete – Greece
• Member of the Organ transplantation Committee
• Supervisor of the Eye Bank
Research activities:
• Basic & Clinical research on cornea & refractive surgery in research programs of the Vardinoyannion Eye Institute of Crete (VEIC)
• Conducted the initial FDA studies for Autonomous Technologies Inc.
• Conducting FDA studies for Permavsion Inlays for hyperopia & Ferrara rings for keratoconus
• Investigator of Refractive Technologies
Special Awards:
• Special award FACULTY OF MEDICINE – CAIRO UNIVERSITY, for being among the top 10 (7th) in the Pre-Medical Natural Science studies. December 1978
• Special award of the EGYPTIAN HISTOLOGICAL SOCIETY for being among the top 10 in the subject of Histology on a Pan-Egyptian level. December 1980
Achievement Award – AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY 2002
Citations:
• 1312 citations by April 2016