Mr Chris Panos

Chris Panos has been practising Ophthalmology for more than 14 years. After graduating from Semmelweis University in 1998 he continued his Ophthalmology training in Greece and the United Kingdom. It is during this time he developed his passion for ophthalmic microsurgery. He has held NHS posts within the UK since 2011 initially as a fellow at Queens Hospital London followed by various consultant, clinical fellow and honorary fellowship roles at a number of NHS trusts including the acclaimed Oxford Eye and Moorfields Eye Hospital. He currently holds a substantive consultant ophthalmic surgeon post with Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust where he is the lead clinician for Glaucoma, working in Surrey and London. The Glaucoma team there recently received the best UK Ophthalmology team award at the Bayer Ophthalmology Honours 2016. Chris specialises in medical, laser and surgical Glaucoma management including complex surgical cases. This includes conventional filtration surgery, tube implant surgery as well as minimally invasive Glaucoma procedures (MIGS). He also specialises in modern small incision cataract surgery with significant experience managing cataracts in patients with Glaucoma and performing cataract surgery using a femtosecond laser.

Glaucoma medical and surgical management including minimally invasive glaucoma surgery and Lasers; Trabeculectomy with Mitomycin-C; Tube insertion surgery (Tube types used: Ahmed valve, Baerveldt valves, Molteno valves); Minimally invasive Glaucoma surgery (MIGS); i-stent implant; XEN implant; Combination of Cataract surgery and Glaucoma procedures (i.e. Phaco-Trabeculectomy, Phaco-XEN, Phaco-i-stent, Phaco-Tube); Cataract surgery; pre-op evaluation, post-op follow-ups, including complicated cataract surgery and management of concurrent Cataract and Glaucoma; YAG Laser Capsulotomy (outpatients); Laser Iridotomy (PI) (outpatients); Argon Laser peripheral Iridoplasty (ALPI) (outpatients); Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty (ALT) (outpatients); Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT)(outpatients); Cyclodiode Laser (theatre); Surgical Iridectomy; General Ophthalmology; Minor ops (Chalazion cysts etc.)