Mr. Dimitri Kazakos MD, MRCOphth.
Mr. Kazakos is a very experienced and popular eye surgeon with specialist interests in complex cataract and laser refractive surgery, multifocal lenses and IOL exchanges. He has performed more than 60,000 eye surgeries including Laser Vision Correction like LASIK, LASEK, Wavefront, IntraLase, PRK, Flap lift enhancements, etc; and intraocular procedures like complex cataract surgery, Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE), IOL exchange, Phakic and Aphakic Intraocular Lens implantation, astigmatic procedures, pupilloplasty and iris repair, anterior segment repair and reconstruction. Through this comprehensive range of refractive procedures and with the use of latest modern technology, Dimitri is able to offer to his patients the most suitable treatment for their eyes. He is registered with the Medical Councils in both the UK and Greece.
Mr. Kazakos is a fully trained ophthalmologist who has undergone additional specialist training in refractive surgery. He has been in the UK for over 23 years, spending the first 7 years in the NHS and then in the private practice in the UK and Ireland. He is an active member of various affiliated bodies and societies such as the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. Mr. Kazakos attends International Medical Advisory Board (IMAB) conferences and is annually audited by this board. The panel consists of several of the world’s most eminent refractive surgeons.
Mr. Kazakos graduated from the Marmara University of Istanbul, Turkey in 1997 before coming to the UK to start his medical career. His first ophthalmology post was at the Oxford Eye Hospital and from there he moved to Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, Essex County Hospital in Colchester, Ipswich General Hospital, Bristol Eye Hospital and Southampton Eye Unit for a Fellowship in Corneal and External Eye Diseases.
He then returned to his native Greece where he completed his higher surgical training and received a Refractive Fellowship in the University of Crete with Prof. Pallikaris, the inventor of LASIK. Additionally, he has attended mini-fellowships in Refractive Surgery with some of the world’s most distinguished ophthalmologists including Prof. Richard Forster (Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida, USA) and Prof. Theo Seiler (Institut für Refraktive und Ophtalmologische Chirurgie, Zurich, Switzerland).
His dedication to his profession and patients is evident from his clinical experience, surgical expertise, patients’ feedback, involvement with research and continued attendance at seminars and conferences as faculty, moderator and speaker.
Research, Presentations and Paper Publications
- 42nd Congress of the ESCRS, 6-10 September 2024, Barcelona, Spain. Speaker (FP13.08) Clinical outcomes following lens exchange of opacified IOL in a large series of patients. D. Kazakos, S. Hannan, D. Teenan, J. Venter
- 42nd Congress of the ESCRS, 6-10 September 2024, Barcelona, Spain. Presented Poster (PP20.14) Intraocular lens exchange procedures due to quality of vision concerns. D. Kazakos, S. Hannan, D. Teenan, J. Venter.
- 2024 ASCRS Annual Meeting, 5-8 April, Boston, MA, USA. Speaker (FP at SPS-121) Clinical Outcomes Following Lens Exchange of Opacified Intraocular Lenses in a Large Series of Patients. Dimitrios Kazakos, MD, MRCOphth; David Teenan, FRCOphth, FRCSEd; Jan A. Venter, MD; Stephen J. Hannan, OD
- 2024 ASCRS Annual Meeting, 5-8 April, Boston, MA, USA. Speaker with BIS Award. (FP at SPS-121) Intraocular Lens Exchange Procedures Due to Quality of Vision Concerns. Dimitrios Kazakos, MD, MRCOphth; David Teenan, FRCOphth, FRCSEd; Jan A. Venter, MD; Stephen J. Hannan, OD
- XIV Aegean Cornea with ESCRS, HSIOIRS and Eucornea. Cape Sounio, Greece. July 2023. Speaker: DC Kazakos. The effect of Ocular surface and other Ocular Comorbidities on The Clinical Outcomes of a new Premium Monofocal IOL
- 34th HSIOIRS International Congress, July 2020, Athens, Greece. Speaker (FP-12): Clinical Outcomes of Refractive lens Exchange with Multifocal IOLs in Plano Presbyopic Patients.
- 34th HSIOIRS International Congress, July 2020, Athens, Greece. Speaker (FP-15): Multifocal Intraocular Lens Exchange: A Large Case Series. Award for the Best Free Paper Presentation.
- XXXVI Congress of ESCRS, Vienna, September 2018. Speaker (FP-30581): DC Kazakos. Multifocal intraocular lens exchange in dissatisfied patients: A single surgeon experience – An update
- XXXVI Congress of ESCRS, Vienna, September 2018. Poster: DC Kazakos. The clinical practice of phakic IOLs: A single surgeon experience.
- XXXV Congress of ESCRS, Lisbon, October 2017. Speaker (FP-): DC Kazakos. Clinical outcomes in 8,260 eyes with an extended-depth-of-focus (EDOF) and low add diffractive aspheric multifocal (MF) IOLs as bilateral and/or a mix and match implantation strategy
- Hossain P, Tourkmani AK, Kazakos D, et al. Emergency corneal grafting in the UK: a 6-year analysis of the UK Transplant Registry British Journal of Ophthalmology Published Online First: 11 May 2017. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-309870
- XXXIV Congress of ESCRS, Copenhagen, September 2016. Speaker (FP-31645): DC Kazakos. Intraocular lens exchange in dissatisfied patients: A large case series.
- ESCRS Winter Meeting, Athens 2016. Speaker (FP-18932): DC Kazakos. Intraocular lens exchange in dissatisfied patients: A single surgeon’s experience.
- ESCRS Winter Meeting, Athens 2016. Poster (FP-18931): DC Kazakos. A novel application of Femtosecond laser in pseudophakia: Reformation of capsulorhexis by creating a new capsulotomy in cases of anterior capsular contraction syndrome to aid IOL exchange.
- ESCRS Winter Meeting, Istanbul 2015. Poster: DC Kazakos, J Venter, S Schallhorn. A large comparative study of a new multifocal intraocular Lens with a rotationally asymmetric design and its’ predecessor.
- Kymionis GD, Kontadakis GA, Naoumidi TL, Kazakos DC, Giapitzakis I, Pallikaris IG.
Conductive keratoplasty followed by collagen cross-linking with riboflavin- UV-A in patients with keratoconus.
Cornea. 2010 Feb;29(2):239-43. - Kymionis GD, Diakonis VF, Panagopoulou SI, Grentzelos MA, Kazakos DC, Tzatzarakis MN, Tsatsakis AM, Pallikaris AI.
Mitomycin C aqueous humor concentration after photorefractive keratectomy: an experimental study.
Eur J Ophthalmol. 2009 Sep-Oct;19(5):738-42 - Aegean Cornea Meeting 2008. Speaker: Emergency Corneal Grafting in the UK-A 6-year review of the UK transplant database. (different parts presented at Oxford Congress/ESCRS/ARVO, 2007).
- ARVO 2007, Miami, Florida. Free Paper: P Hossain, DC Kazakos, DF Anderson, M Jones, UK Collaborating Corneal Transplant Surgeons. Indications for Emergency Corneal Grafting 1999-2005: Preliminary Analysis of the United Kingdom Corneal Transplant Register.
- Saleh G, Kazakos DC, Patel J, Gormley P.
An unusual case of corneal perforation with crystalline lens extrusion secondary to pseudomonas keratitis in the presence of rheumatoid arthritis. Eye. 2004 Apr;18(4):437-9. - ESCRS 2003, Munich, Germany. Poster: GM Saleh, MAH Elgohary, DC Kazakos, AB Beckingsale. Posterior capsular opacification after multifocal IOL implantation. September 2003
- ARVO 2002, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Co-moderator along with Prof Gilbert T Feke, Physiology & Pharmacology: Blood Flow I, Room 315, Monday, May 6th, 2002
- ARVO 2002, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Speaker: Ocular Pulse Amplitude in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma Patents on Brimonidine. May 6th, 2002
- Kazakos DC, Schmidt KG, Bernd AS, Bohm AG, Pillunat LE. Ocular pulse amplitude in primary open angle glaucoma patients on Brimonidine. IOVS, 43:4, S845, April 2002
- Kazakos DC, Lee CPL.
Topical steroids versus placebo for Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis. Protocol for a Cochrane review.
The Cochrane Library, Oxford, 2002, Issue 4. - 6th Nottingham Eye Symposium and Research Meeting. Poster (1): DC Kazakos, AJ Bron, SE Smith The Pupil Response to Pilocarpine Nitrate (0.125%) in Dry Eye Patients. Poster (2): DC Kazakos, K-G Schmidt, D Eisenmann, V Klingmuller, LE Pillunat. Ophthalmic artery hemodynamics in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma patients on Timolol and Dorzolamide. January 25th, 2002
- Chua CN, Gibson A, Kazakos DC.
Refractive changes following Nd:YAG capsulotomy.
Eye, 2001;15:304-5. - Schmidt K-G, Kazakos DC, Eisenmann D, Klingmuller V, Pillunat LE.
Ophthalmic artery hemodynamics in POAG patients on Timolol and Dorzolamide.
IOVS, 2001;42:4, S21 - Kazakos DC, Smith SE, Bron AJ.
The pupil response to pilocarpine nitrate (0.125%) in dry eye patients.
Ophthalmic Res. 2001;33(S1):108 - Schmidt K-G, Kazakos DC, Klingmuller V, Osborne NN, Pillunat LE.
Pharmacology and Ocular Blood Flow in Glaucoma.
Ophthalmic Res. 2001;33(S1):178 - EVER 2001, Alicante, Spain. Speaker: The Pupil Response to Pilocarpine Nitrate (0.125%) in Dry Eye Patients. October 11th, 2001
- ARVO 2001, F.Lauderdale, FL. Poster: DC Kazakos, K-G Schmidt, D Eisenmann, V Klingmuller, LE Pillunat. OA hemodynamics in POAG patients on Timolol and Dorzolamide. May 7th, 2001.
- Ophthalmology Distinction. Marmara University Faculty of Medicine. 1996
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