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ELPIDA KOLLIA MD, PhD, FEDO

OPHTHALMOLOGIST

  1. Pediatric
  • Education & Academic Titles
    • 20 June 2012 – Medical Degree, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
    • 04 May 2018 – Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO), European Board of Ophthalmology Exams, Paris, France
    • 23 Aug 2021 – 19 Nov 2021 – Fellowship in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Rotterdam Eye Hospital (Het Oogziekenhuis), Rotterdam, Netherlands
    • 01 Feb 2022 – 02 Aug 2022 – Paediatrics and Strabismus Clinical Fellow, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
    • 03 Aug 2022 – 15 Jan 2023 – Paediatrics and Strabismus Clinical Fellow, Moorfields Eye Clinic – St George’s University Hospital,London, UK
    • 23/01/2023- 07/08/2024: Paediatrics and Strabismus Clinical Fellow, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK.
    • 30/09/2024- 04/08/2025: Locum Consultant in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
  • Doctoral Thesis

    2024 – Correlation between central corneal thickness and optic nerve head microcirculation using OCT angiography in patients with ocular hypertension.

  • Professional Experience
    • Sept 2012 – Oct 2012
      Training in Emergency Medicine, General Hospital of Messinia, Greece
    • Oct 2012 – Sept 2014
      Rural Service Doctor, Regional Medical Clinic of Kambos Avias, Messinia – Agios Nikolaos Health Centre, Greece
    • Oct 2014 – Dec 2015
      Ophthalmology Resident (training period), Ophthalmology Department, General Hospital of Messinia
    • Jan 2016 – Dec 2018
      Ophthalmology Resident, 2nd Department of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmiatreion Hospital
    • Dec 2018 – Feb 2019
      Ophthalmology Resident (extension), Children’s General Hospital of Athens “P. & A. Kyriakou”
    • Feb 2019 – Oct 2019
      Clinical Training in the Glaucoma Department, 2nd Ophthalmology Department, Ophthalmiatreion Eye Hospital
    • Feb 2019 – May 2019
      Consultant Ophthalmologist, Provision Ophthalmology Centre
    • Feb 2019 – Oct 2019
      Ophthalmology Clinics, Penteli Children’s General Hospital
    • Dec 2019 – Jun 2021
      Consultant  Ophthalmologist, Cabinets Le Visiologiste, Vitré, France
    • Aug 2021 – Nov 2021
      Paediatrics & Strabismus Senior Clinical Fellow, Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Netherlands
    • Feb 2022 – Aug 2022
      Paediatric & Strabismus Senior Clinical Fellow, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London,UK
    • Aug 2022 – Jan 2023
      Paediatric Ophthalmology Clinical Fellow, Moorfields Eye Clinic – St George’s University Hospital, London,UK
    • Jan 2023 – Aug 2024
      Paediatric Ophthalmology Senior Clinical Fellow, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, UK
    • Sept 2024 – Aug 2025
      Locum Consultant in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
    • Sept 2025 – Present
      Private Ophthalmologist, Greece
  • Clinical Interest

    Paediatric Ophthalmology

    • Strabismus (orthoptic assessment and surgical correction)
    • Refractive assessment and amblyopia treatment
    • Paediatric cataract
    • Paediatric glaucoma
    • Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)

    Adult Ophthalmology

    • Strabismus (orthoptic assessment, prisms, and surgical correction)
    • Botulinum toxin injections (Botox / Dysport) for treatment of strabismus and diplopia

  • Recent Publications
    • Correlation between central corneal thickness and radial peripapillary capillary density, in patients with ocular hypertension.
      Cureus, 2021 Aug;13(8): e17138. doi: 10.7759/cureus.17138.
      Elpida Kollia, Eleni Patsea, Ilias Georgalas, Dimitrios Brouzas, Dimitrios Papakonstantinou.
    • Radial peripapillary capillary density in eyes with ocular hypertension. F100Res, 2023 Nov 10:12:1456. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.140453.1. eCollection 2023.
      Elpida Kollia1, Eleni Patsea2, Styliani-Alexia Papadonta3, Dimitris Papaconstantinou1
    • Screening for multifocal intraocular lens implantation in cataract patients in a public hospital. International Ophthalmology 10.1007/s10792-024-03088-8
      Ioannis Halkiadakis,Thomas Ntravalias, Elpida Kollia, Klio Chatzistefanou,Stylianos Kandarakis, Eleni Patsea
    • Bilateral Acute Proptosis with Papilledema and Sub-retinal Fluid as Initial Manifestations of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in a Child. Cureus 10.7759/cureus.64203
      Elpida Kollia, Susmito Biswas, Bhamy Hariprasad Shenoy
    • Long-Term Outcome After Implantation of the Ahmed Glaucoma Valve in Refractory Glaucoma 10.7759/cureus.85230
      Styliani Alexia Papadonta • Kalliopi Kontopoulou • Elpida Kollia• Zaira Eleni Armeni • Reem Eliasson • Harald Schilling • Markus Kohlhaas • Sofia Fili
    • Outcomes of Paediatric Glaucoma Surgery: Insights From a Five-Year Retrospective Study in Manchester 10.7759/cureus.89925
      Elpida Kollia • Bhamy Hariprasad Shenoy • Vinod Sharma • Rehana Sadia • Jane Ashworth • Susmito Biswas
    • Clinical Outcomes of Two Versions of the Ahmed Glaucoma Valve FP7 in Glaucoma Patients
      Styliani Alexia Papadonta • Kalliopi Kontopoulou • Elpida Kollia• Zaira Eleni Armeni • Reem Eliasson • Harald Schilling • Markus Kohlhaas • Sofia Fili
    • Evaluation of OCT parameters in the patients with pseudo exfoliation and normal IOP: an OCT angiography study.
      Jan 2022, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17553768.
      Ioannis Halkiadakis, Vasillis Tzimis, Elpida Kollia, Anna Vernikou, Ioannis Markopoulos, Michalis Tzakos.
    • Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography of Optic Disc in eyes with primary open angle glaucoma and normal tension glaucoma with equal levels of structural damage. Dec 2022. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1755-3768.2022.0561
      Ioannis Halkiadakis, Elpida Kollia, Vasilis Tzimis, Michalis Tzakos.
    • Retreatment for reactivation of ROP following initial anti-VEGF injections. A 5-year retrospective study. BIPOSA Annual Meeting
      2023-10-08 |  DOI: 10.1136/bmjophth-2023-biposa.1
      E. Kollia, H. Razzouk, S. Biswas, J. Ashworth.
  • Membership in Societies and Editorial Boards
    • Athens Medical Association (ISA)
    • Ordre des Médecins d’Île-et-Vilaine, France
    • European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)
    • Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society (APGS)
    • General Medical Council (GMC), UK – Specialist Registration
    • British-Irish Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Association (BIPOSA)
    • European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
    • Hellenic Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
    • European Paediatric Ophthalmology Society (EPOS)
    • European Strabismus Association (ESA)
  • Research
    • Glaucoma
    • Paediatric glaucoma
    • Retinopathy of prematurity
    • Strabismus