Mr Nick Kopsachilis

 Professional experience

• More than 10 years of experience
• Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
• Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, BMI The Chaulcer Hospital 
• Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Kent Eye Centre

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 Sub-specialties

• Cataract surgery
• YAG laser capsulotomy
• Lacrimal washout
• Treatment for dry eyes
• Small incision cataract surgery
• Surgery for Fuchs' Dystrophy
• Dry eye disease
• Keratoconus surgery (fast collagen cross-linking)
• Complex cataract surgery with toric and multifocal lenses
• Blepharitis and meibomian gland dysfunction
• Sjogren's disease and contact lens related eye problems
• Complex corneal disease including infections, corneal transplantation (full/partial thickness corneal transplants)

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 Education

• MD
• PhD

 Publications and conferences

• Gore, Daniel & Leucci, Marcello & Koay, Su-yin & Kopsachilis, Nikolaos & Nicolae, Michael & Malandrakis, Michail & Anand, Vijay & Allan, Bruce. (2020). Accelerated Pulsed High-Fluence Corneal Cross-Linking for Progressive Keratoconus. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 221. 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.08.021.
• Zia, Rashid & Kopsachilis, Nikolaos. (2020). Corona Virus Nanoparticles and Enhanced Respiratory Protection for Outpatient Ophthalmic Practice. Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology. 36. 191-193.
• Tsatsos, Michael & Athanasiadis, I K & Kopsachilis, Nikolaos & Krishnan, Radhika & Hossain, Parwez & Anderson, David. (2017). Comparison of the Endosaver with noninjector techniques in Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 65. 1133. 10.4103/ijo.IJO_360_17.
• Ferdi, Alex & Kopsachilis, Nikolaos & Parmar, Dipak. (2016). Phlyctenulosis: a systemic diagnosis made or missed in the blink of an eye: Phlyctenulosis Ferdi, Kopsachilis and Parmar. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 100. 10.1111/cxo.12474.
• Tsaousis, Konstantinos & Kopsachilis, Nikolaos & Tsinopoulos, Ioannis & Dimitrakos, Stavros & Kruse, Friedrich & Welge-Luessen, Ulrich. (2016). In Vitro Study of the Deturgescence Ability of Cultivated Human Corneal Endothelial Cells. Cornea. 35. 1. 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000792.
• Carifi, Gianluca & Zygoura, Vasiliki & Kopsachilis, Nikolaos. (2015). Clinical Outcomes in the First Two Years of Femtosecond Laser–Assisted Cataract Surgery. American journal of ophthalmology. 160. 396-7. 10.1016/j.ajo.2015.05.012.
• Carifi, Gianluca & Zygoura, Vasiliki & Kopsachilis, Nikolaos. (2015). Ophthalmic viscosurgical device choice in intumescent cataract. Journal of cataract and refractive surgery. 41. 1547. 10.1016/j.jcrs.2015.05.020.
• Carifi, Gianluca & Zygoura, Vasiliki & Kopsachilis, Nikolaos. (2015). Need for Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Pseudophakic Endophthalmitis. JAMA ophthalmology. 133. 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.1438.
• Carifi, Gianluca & Zygoura, Vasiliki & Kopsachilis, Nikolaos. (2015). Pseudophakic endophthalmitis and the validity of different prophylactic regimens. Journal of cataract and refractive surgery. 41. 902. 10.1016/j.jcrs.2015.02.029.
• Zygoura, Vasiliki & Kopsachilis, Nikolaos & Carifi, Gianluca. (2015). Re: Bakri et al.: Intraocular pressure in eyes receiving monthly ranibizumab in 2 pivotal age-related macular degeneration clinical trials (Ophthalmology 2014;121:1102-8). Ophthalmology. 122. e18-9. 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.08.011.
• Zygoura, Vasiliki & Kopsachilis, Nikolaos & Carifi, Gianluca. (2015). Re: Shah et al.: The state of ophthalmology medical student education in the United States and Canada, 2012 through 2013 (Ophthalmology 2014;121:1160-3). Ophthalmology. 122. E19-U34.
• Kopsachilis, Nikolaos & Hatzibougias, Dimitris & Ziakas, Nikolaos & Detorakis, Efstathios & Tsatsos, Michael. (2015). Chronic red eye due to amelanotic conjuctival melanoma masquerading as pyogenic granuloma. More than meets the eye. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 98. 10.1111/cxo.12251.
• Zygoura, Vasiliki & Kopsachilis, Nikolaos & Carifi, Gianluca. (2015). Re: Shah et al.: The state of ophthalmology medical student education in the United States and Canada, 2012 through 2013 (Ophthalmology 2014;121:1160-3). Ophthalmology. 122. E19-U34.
• Kopsachilis, Nikolaos & Hatzibougias, Dimitris & Ziakas, Nikolaos & Detorakis, Efstathios & Tsatsos, Michael. (2015). Chronic red eye due to amelanotic conjuctival melanoma masquerading as pyogenic granuloma. More than meets the eye. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 98. 10.1111/cxo.12251.
• Pitsas, Christos & Zygoura, Vasiliki & Kopsachilis, Nikolaos & Carifi, Gianluca. (2015). Comment on: Refractive outcome analyses in myopes. Indian journal of ophthalmology. 63. 175. 10.4103/0301-4738.154419.

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 Professional membership

• UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
• European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists

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