Dr Nikolaos Dervenis

Education

Dr Dervenis succeeded in Panhellenic exams to study at the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (AUTH) in 2000 where he completed his studies (2006). He specialized in Ophthalmology both in Greece (General Hospital of Xanthi, University Hospital of Larissa) and in two tertiary hospitals in the UK that are reference centers for the wider regions:
• The St James’s University Hospital, Leeds,
• The Western Eye Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London.
During his training, the doctor completed the necessary fundamental training in all subspecialties of ophthalmology (retina, cornea, glaucoma, uveitis, neuro-ophthalmology, adnexal, pediatric ophthalmology) according to the standards of the British portfolio for trainees.

Qualifications

In addition to his medical degree, Dr Dervenis holds a Master’s degree with honors in Medical Research Methodology from the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2009). In 2019 he was awarded a PhD with honors (on ocular blood flow and retinal vessel diameters in a population-based setting) in Ophthalmology by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School. He was honored with a scholarship by the Hellenic Vitreous / Retinal Society as he was among the leaders in the ophthalmology examinations of the European Board of Ophthalmology (2014). For many years he has been an active collaborator of the Laboratory of Research and Clinical Applications in Ophthalmology of the First University Ophthalmology Clinic of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and one of the researchers of the Thessaloniki Eye Study, the largest epidemiological ophthalmological study conducted in Greece on glaucoma, macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. He is a contributor to the Global Burden of Diseases, the most important epidemiological study on the global population’s health (including related eye diseases).
The doctor has published more than 75 articles in international and national peer reviewed journals with over 80,000 citations (ResearchGate, GoogleScholar and Scopus). He has presented more than 150 free papers / posters in international and national congresses. He is a regular speaker at the main ophthalmology conferences in Greece (Panhellenic Ophthalmological Conference, Greek Vitreo-Retina Society Congress) and Europe (Euretina, BEAVRS). He is also among the organizers and trainers of TVRS (an annual, international school on eye surgery held in Thessaloniki). He is a lecturer at the Postgraduate Program of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Ocular Surgery. He has participated as a co-investigator in more than 20 clinical trials in Ophthalmology in the UK and in Greece. He is also a reviewer in more than 30 international ophthalmological journals and has participated in the Greek translation of the second edition of the Moorfields Manual of Ophthalmology (2019, University Studio Press, ISBN: 978-960-12-2457-2).

Biography

After obtaining both the Greek and the European specialty title, Dr Dervenis returned to the UK for additional training and had the opportunity to work in some of the country’s leading eye centers. He was trained at:
• Sussex Eye Hospital in Brighton (glaucoma and cataract fellow),
• Moorfields Eye Hospital in London (cataract fellow),
• Peterborough City Hospitals in Peterborough (vitreoretinal surgery fellow),
• St Paul’s Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital in Liverpool (vitreoretinal surgery fellow).
For almost a year he held the title of the locum consultant of the NHS at North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Dr Dervenis returned to Greece in spring 2021 after several years of training in the UK. He holds the title of the Honorary Clinical Fellow of the University of Liverpool with which he continues to have an active research collaboration in a series of studies related to retinal diseases. For two years (2021-2023) he was an Academic Scholar of the First University Ophthalmology Clinic at AHEPA Hospital – one of the Heads of the Vitreous / Retina/ Macular service and one of the responsible surgeons for the surgical training of residents in the modern phacoemulsification techniques using latest technology (premium) intraocular lenses. The doctor divides his time professionally between Thessaloniki and Larissa.

Dr Nikolaos I Dervenis has performed:
• Over 6000 cataract and refractive lens exchange procedures
• Over 2000 vitreoretinal procedures
He speaks fluently Greek and English.

Specialties

• Ophthalmology

Additional information

ophthalmologiko.gr