Zografos Leonidas
Honorary Professor
Faculty of Biology and Medicine
Universite de Lausanne
Switzerland
Biography
Leonidas Zografos MD is honorary Professor at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne. His main research activities and clinical practice involve the diagnosis and conservative management of ocular tumours and the development of pioneering radiotherapy techniques. In 1984, he introduced proton beam irradiation to Western Europe for the treatment of intraocular tumours. Professor Zografos has an international reputation in the field of ocular oncology and has received numerous honours and distinctions. In 2009, he was nominated Commander oft he Phoenix Legion oft he Hellenic Republic, in 2003 receved the Doctor Honoris causa degree of the University of Alger and in 2004 the Doctor Honoris causa degree oft he University of Athens.
Research Interest
Clinicopathologic and molecular analysis of a choroidal pigmented schwannoma in the context of a PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome.
Publications
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Comprehensive Genetic Landscape of Uveal Melanoma by Whole-Genome Sequencing. Royer-Bertrand B., Torsello M., Rimoldi D., El Zaoui I., Cisarova K., et al., (2016). 1190-1198.
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"Opposite" -OCT in kleinen pigmentierten choroidalen Tumoren ["Opposite" OCT in Small Pigmented Choroidal Tumors] Cotting-Bodmer S. , Zografos L. , Schalenburg A. , (2017). 597-599 .
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Radiation Maculopathy After Proton Beam Therapy for Uveal Melanoma: Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Alterations Influencing Visual acuity. Matet A. , Daruich A. , Zografos L. , (2017). 3851-3861 .
