General adult ophthalmology
Microincision Cataract surgery including premium lenses
Medical and surgical glaucoma management
Use of the latest diagnostic techniques
Lasert treatment for glaucoma (Selective laser trabeculoplaty-SLT)
Peripheral iridotomy, Yag laser capsulotomy)
Trabeculectomy augmented with MMC
Tube surgery (Baerveldt tube, Ahmed valve)
Microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS)
Ocular surface disease and dry eye syndrome
Pterygium surgery
Professional Profile
Mr Athanasios Vergados is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon working for the Barts Health NHS Trust since 2017 and is currently working at Whipps Cross University Hospital as a Glaucoma specialist and at Newham University Hospital as the Glaucoma Lead.
Mr Vergados qualified in Medicine in 2004 from a renowned university in Northern Italy, University of Brescia. He then undertook postgraduate training in Ophthalmology at the University clinic of Athens in 2013, where he was also awarded with a Fellowship, as well as a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT).
More impressively, he completed a PhD in Ophthalmology from Athens University Medical School. He focussed particularly on Preperimetric changes in pseudoexfoliative Glaucoma. Mr Vergados then moved to the UK and completed a 2-year Fellowship in clinical and surgical glaucoma at Birmingham and Midlands Eye Centre, which is known to be a prestigious institution in Micro invasive glaucoma surgery. In 2016, he worked as a Glaucoma Consultant at James Paget University Hospital (JPUH) NHS Trust, before moving to London.
His areas of expertise include general adult ophthalmology, Microincision Cataract surgery, Medical and surgical glaucoma management, Use of diagnostic techniques, Laser treatment for glaucoma, Tube surgery, micro-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS), Ocular surface disease and dry eye syndrome and Pterygium surgery.
Professional Qualifications
MD
PhD
FEBO
MRCOphth
Professional body registration with number (eg. GMC/GDC)
GMC, United Kingdom Society of Glaucoma Surgeons, MDU, Fellow of European Board of Ophthalmology, BMA, BEECS (British Emergency Eye Care Society) British Ophthlmic Anaesthesia Society Athens Medical Association Hellenic Ophthalmological Society Greek Glaucoma Society
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