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Short CV
Dr. Thomas Siempis is an Ophthalmologist Surgeon with specialization in microsurgery of Glaucoma, Cataract and Specialized Frontal Molecules. He graduated in 2013 from the School of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.He then moved to the United Kingdom where he stayed for 9 years and completed the official 7-year program of the specialty of Ophthalmology and his first Clinical Fellowship on Glaucoma and Cataract Surgery at the Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology in Glasgow. In 2022 he continued his postgraduate training in Glaucoma and Advanced Anterior Segment Surgery Fellowship at the University of Toronto in Canada at the leading ophthalmological centres Prism Eye Institute and Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute. There he worked alongside the world renowned Professor Dr. Ike Ahmed. This Fellowship is considered one of the top Glaucoma and Specialized Anterior Molecular Specialization training programs in the world.
In addition to the classic antiglaucoma procedures of Trabeculectomy and Ahmed and Baerveldt implants, the doctor has performed hundreds of procedures with micro-implants such as the iStent® (G1, G2W, Infinite), Hydrus®, Preserflo®, and Xen Gel Stent® as well as the GATT (Goniotomy Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy) technique. These techniques belong to the Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgical Techniques (MIGS - Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery) and allow the complete personalization of the treatment of the glaucoma patient in a safe way, often at an earlier stage, in order to maintain good functional vision. The physician is a certified surgeon of the iStent®, Hydrus® and Preserflo® anti-glaucoma implants.
At the same time, the doctor has significant experience in cataract surgeries and in specialized anterior procedures such as cataract cases with phacoemulsification, intraocular lens dissection, intraocular lens replacement, intraocular lens placement in cases of aphakia and in the surgical treatment of certain diseases of the iris with iridoplasty methods.
Regarding his academic interests, he is a lecturer in clinical medicine at the University of Glasgow, Scotland and has published a significant number of articles in international journals and has presented at international conferences in Europe and America. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists of the United Kingdom (FRCOphth) and the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO).
"After completing his postgraduate training in Toronto, he took up the position of Consultant in Glaucoma and Cataract Surgery at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London. He has now returned to Thessaloniki and is in charge of the Glaucoma and Frontal Molecules Specialist Clinic at the Agios Lukas Clinic and also holds a Consultant position in Glaucoma and Cataract Surgery at Newmedica Bristol Clinic in the UK."
