{"id":377,"date":"2026-03-23T17:07:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaucoma-laser-eyecenter.beta4u.gr\/?page_id=377"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:52:15","slug":"epistimonikos-ypefthynos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glaucoma-laser-eyecenter.beta4u.gr\/en\/schetika-me-emas\/epistimonikos-ypefthynos\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Vasileios Kozobolis was born in Athens and earned his Medical Degree with honors from the University of Messina, Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He then specialized in Ophthalmology at Hippocrates Hospital in Athens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He worked for a decade as a consultant at the University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, and was also a member for ten years of the research team at the Vardinogiannis Eye Transplantation & Microsurgery Laboratory (VEMMO), developing expertise in glaucoma and refractive surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He earned a PhD from the University of Crete (Exfoliation Syndrome and Exfoliation Glaucoma \/ with honors).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He completed further training at Wellington Hospital, London, UK (1995); Jules Gonin Eye Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; and University Eye Clinic, Verona, Italy (1997).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2002, he became Professor at Democritus University of Thrace and Director of its University Ophthalmology Clinic, which he organized from scratch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He founded and structured the Corneal Transplantation Department and the Eye Bank. He also established the Hellenic Center for Research & Therapy of Eye Diseases (ELKETHOP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He created and serves as Scientific Director of the MSc program \u201cImaging in Ophthalmology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He holds two international patents (OBI & European Patent Office) for an intraocular tonometer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March 2021, he was appointed Professor at the Medical School of the University of Patras, with the goal of upgrading the University Ophthalmology Clinic at Rio University Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is a member of international research societies, including the Lindberg Society, Exfoliation Special Interest Group, and the European Eye Bank Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He founded a new conference initiative: the \u201cInteruniversity Ophthalmology Conference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is also a member of the following professional societies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n