Panagiotis Zafirakis

Biography

 Panagiotis Zafeirakis is an ophthalmologist surgeon, specialized in micro cataract surgery, corneal transplants, refractive surgery, and glaucoma procedures. He attended the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens as of 1985 and graduated with top marks and commendation in 1991. He was trained in the department of ophthalmological immunology and intra-ocular inflammations at Harvard University, Boston, USA. He specialized in ophthalmology at the University Ophthalmology Clinic of Athens. He trained in cataract and cornea surgery and laser correction of myopia – hypermetropia – astigmatism at Harvard University, Boston, USA.

Research Interest

 After his training, he carried out thousands of procedures and acquired big experience in keratoplasty, refractive surgery, and limbal stem cell transplantation techniques, amniotic membrane use, conjunctiva flaps, implantation of special intraocular lenses and diaphragms and restoration techniques of the anterior segment, as well as Ahmed valves. He has a rich scientific writing work, with publications in international prestigious ophthalmological journals and books, and teaching work as an invited speaker of the Hellenic Ophthalmological Society, as well as many foreign Ophthalmological Societies, both in Europe and in the USA. He is the head of the Cornea and Ophthalmic Inflammations Department at Athens Eye Hospital.