Spyridon Georgaras OPTHALMOLOGIST Director, Opthalmology Division & Director, 1st Ophthalmology Department

• Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery (HSIOIRS). First founding Member and President 
• Hellenic Society of Regenerative Medicine, Anti-Aging and Bio-Technology. First founding Member, General Secretary, first President 
• SouthEastern European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (SESCRS). Founding Member, f. President
• Panhellenic Society of Specialized Ophthalmologists (PΕΕΟ).f. President
• Hellenic Ophthalmological Society (ΕΟΕ). 
• Panhellenic Ophthalmological Society (PΟΕ)
• Hellenic Cornea Society. Founding Member
• European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS). f. Member of Board of Directors
• European Board of Ophthalmologists (EBO) of the Union Europeene des Medicins Specialistes (UEMS) 
• f. Member of Board of Directors
• f. President of Continuing Education Committee
• f. Member of the Reviewing Committee of European Ophthalmological 
• Centers 
• German Ophthalmology Society -Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesselshaft (DOG)
• American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS)
• International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
• Ιnternational Intraocular Implant Club (IIIC) the only Greek member
• Fyodorov Foundation
• Barraquer Institute, Spain
• International Cornea Society
• Ιnternational Ocular Inflammation Society

Member of Review Committee of: 

• “Ophthalmosurgery News” of the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery (HSIOIRS) 

• Founder and General Manager of “OPHTHALMOS Research and Therapeutic Institute” since 1985
• Founder and General Manager of the Eye Center “Hygeia-OPHTHALMOS”, since 1992
• Director of 1st Ophthalmology Clinic, Hygeia Hospital 

Clinical:

• Cataract – Glaucoma Surgery – Cornea transplantations
• Anterior Chamber Combined surgery
• Refractive Surgery- LASER for Myopia, Hyperopia, Astigmatism, Presbyopia
• Artificial Cornea Transplantations
• Stravismus
• Pedo-Ophthalmosurgery 

Research:

• Combined types of energy during cataract surgery 
• New types of intraocular lenses
• Low vision
• Electrostimulation therapy (Okustim) in Retinitis Pigmentosa
• Sports vision
• New diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, as well as new surgery techniques on glaucoma 
• Tele-medicine in Ophthalmology
• Regenerative Medicine, gene therapy, stem cells
• Participation in the Research Program of Special Transplantation Society at “Dimokritos” Research Center
• Medical Tourism in Ophthalmology

• President of the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery (HSIOIRS) 
• President of the “Svyatoslav Fyodorov” International Foundation
• International Representative of the International Society of Refractive Surgery (I.S.R.S.)
• Member of the Board of Directors of the European Board of Ophthalmologists (EBO) of the Union Europeene des Medicins Specialistes (UEMS) 
• The Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery (HSIOIRS) has granted the annual “Spyros Georgaras Scholarship” for training of young ophthalmologies, since 2007
• Recipient of the 1st Charles Kelman Award of HSIOIRS, 1999
• Recipient of the Fyodorov Award of Fyodorov Microsurgery Institute of Moscow, 1983
• Recipient of the Golden Award of the Indian Ophthalmological Society, 2003
• Recipient of the Award of the Croatian Ophthalmological Society, 2005
• Recipient of the Award of the Serbian Ophthalmological Society, 2015

• Participation as co-author in “Phako, Phakonit, LASER Phako: A Quest for the Best” του A.Agarwal
• Participation as co-author “Phacoemulsification Principles and Techniques” του L.Buratto

• «Excimer LASER Τrabeculoplasty for glaucoma treatment : the Greek experience”. Ocular Surgery News
• «Toric IOLs for astigmatism correction on cataract and Keratoconus». Ocular Surgery News
• «Refractive Surgery in combination with neuro-electro-Laser-magnet stimulation with “VCK Fyodorov-Krutov” system, to correct amblyopia»
• «Iris reconstruction – IOL fixation – AddOn IOLs »
• «How to get maximum results on modern cataract operations»
• «Difficult Cataract Operations»
• «Combined cataract operations – Cataract and Glaucoma»
• «Maculopathy : the main cause of central vision loss at elder people, and its treatment»
• «Cornea Transplantations»
• «The role of Regenerative Medicine in the treatment of ophthalmic diseases»
• «The future in Cornea Transplantations: Βio-synthetic materials, stem cells and growth factors » 
• «Vision Training: Sports vision, Amblyopia, Optic path dysfunctions»
• «Ab-Interno Trabeculostomy with Excimer Laser combined with Phaco 
• «Cataract formation after the implantation of phacic Intraocular contact lens»
• «Bi-manual bi-energy UltraSound with simultaneous Laser Phaco- emulsification”
• «Monovision system for the correction of refractive errors with LASIK in presbyopic patients»
• «Extreme Monovisin for the correction of diplopia»
• «Non-invasive glaucoma operations»
• «Venous neurovascular pathways to neuroinflammation in glaucoma», 2016