NIKOLAOS V. KAMPOLIS, MD

The doctor is a graduate of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He specialized in Ophthalmology in Sweden, where he has resided since 2006. He worked as an Ophthalmic Surgeon at major public hospitals in Stockholm and Uppsala as a Senior Registrar for more than 12 years.

He completed his residency at Uppsala University Hospital (Akademiska University Hospital Uppsala) in 2010, having served in all subspecialties of General Ophthalmology (Glaucoma, Cataracts, Corneal Diseases, Retinal and Macular Diseases, Eyelid Plastic Surgery) and specializing in cataract and corneal surgery. He participated in all scientific activities of the university clinic (international conferences, teaching resident physicians in Cornea courses).

He worked as a senior resident at the university hospital in Uppsala and subsequently as director of the cornea department and head of cornea transplants from 2013 to 2018, performing numerous cataract surgeries and corneal transplants.

Since 2013, in parallel with his university position, he has worked at major private clinics in Stockholm (Memira Eyecenter, Capio Medocular, Medsyn Eyeclinics) in the fields of cataract surgery and refractive surgery. He served as scientific director at the Memira Globen Eye Clinic in Stockholm (2017–2022), which is the largest provider of refractive surgery, with 40 surgical centers throughout Scandinavia. He gained extensive experience in the surgical correction of refractive errors (myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism) and presbyopia, performing the full range of surgical procedures (surgical implantation of multifocal and astigmatic intraocular lenses as well as the full range of laser procedures).

In 2022, he assumed the role of Scientific Director at the Capio Medocular Globen Eye Clinic in Stockholm (the largest private healthcare provider in Sweden, in collaboration with the Swedish government), continuing his work in cataract surgery and refractive surgery.

He performs more than 1,300 cataract surgeries per year, according to the Swedish Cataract Registry (Kataraktregistret), and more than 500 refractive surgeries per year (Clear lens extraction, ICL, LASEK, LASIK, Trans-PRK).

He continues to divide his time between Greece and Sweden, collaborating with the Athens Vision Ophthalmic Surgery Center.