Miltiadis Balidis

Miltiadis (Miltos) Balidis, MD, PhD, FEBOphth, ICOphth, is a cornea and anterior segment surgeon and co-founder and Scientific Director of Ophthalmica Eye Institute in Thessaloniki, Greece. Dr. Balidis earned MD and PhD degrees at Democritus University of Thrace, trained at the Royal Free and University College hospitals in London, and was a Clinical Research Fellow at Moorfields Eye Hospital. Earlier posts include Cornea Associate Specialist at AHEPA University General Hospital in Thessaloniki and director of the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Unit at the Interbalkan Medical Center. Clinical work covers laser refractive surgery and cross-linking, endothelial and anterior lamellar keratoplasty, ocular surface reconstruction, and phakic and scleral-fixated intraocular lenses. Dr. Balidis is a past President of the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery and of the South Eastern Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, and a Chartered Fellow of the World College of Refractive Surgery & Visual Science.