Miss Panagiota Founti

Consultant ophthalmic surgeon

Private

NHS

Panagiota, Founti

Age ranges treated

  • Adults (age 18 and above).

Qualifications / Professional memberships

  • Fellow (Distinction) of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO)
  • PhD (Distinction) in Ocular Blood Flow, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • MSc (Distinction) in Medical Reseach Methodology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Co-chair of the Scientific Committee and the Program Planning Committee of the European Glaucoma Society (EGS)
  • Member of the International Consortium for the Genetics of Exfoliation
  • Member of the European Eye Epidemiology (E3) Consortium
  • Member of the British Medical Association (BMA)
  • Member of the UK and Eire Glaucoma Society (UKEGS)
  • General Medical Council (GMC) - Specialist Register
  • Member of the Medical Association of Thessaloniki, Greece

Current NHS / University Post

  • Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon (full-time post), Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
  • Glaucoma Service Training Director, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
  • Honorary Senior Research Associate, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London

Medical training

  • Clinical Fellowship in Glaucoma, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
  • Clinical/Research Fellowship in Glaucoma, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
  • Teaching Fellowship, Department of Undergraduate Education, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
  • Ophthalmology Specialist Training, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Medical Degree, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Research interest / experience

  • Glaucoma epidemiology (Member of the Thessaloniki Eye Study, one of the largest population-based studies of ocular diseases in Europe)
  • Exfoliation syndrome, exfoliative glaucoma (Member of the International Consortium for the Genetics of Exfoliation)
  • Randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) (Associate Principal Investigator in the CONCEPT trial, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04295122)
  • Surgical management of glaucoma and cataract, including complex cases
  • Trabeculectomy ('conventional' glaucoma filtration surgery)
  • Aqueous shunts (tube surgery)
  • Minimally Invasive Glaucoma surgery (MIGS)
  • Glaucoma laser procedures
  • Co-author in the World Glaucoma Association Consensus Series (No 10 "Diagnosis of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma" and No 11 "Glaucoma Surgery")
  • Co-author in the European Glaucoma Society Terminology and Guidelines for Glaucoma (4th and 5th Edition)
  • Deputy Director for Quality in Teaching and Learning (2017-2018), Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
  • Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Educational Supervisor Accreditation (2018)
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) International Travel Grant (2017)
  • NHS Leadership Academy award in healthcare leadership foundations (2017)
  • Reviewer for several scientific journals, including the British Journal of Ophthalmology and the Journal of Glaucoma

Languages spoken

  • English

Private treatment

Miss Panagiota Founti also provides private care

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Last updated
14th March 2024