CURRICULUM VITAE
Ioannis Chalkias was born in 1992 in Bury St. Edmunds, Great Britain, and grew up in Thessaloniki. In 2010, he graduated from "Anatolia College."
In 2016, he completed his medical studies with "Honors" at Comenius University, having also received an honorary scholarship for the 2014-2015 academic year due to exceptional academic performance.
In 2017, following the completion of his military service as a medical officer, he began his residency in ophthalmology at the General Hospital of Xanthi, where he remained for two years until 2019. Subsequently, he continued his residency for another two years (until 2021) at the AHEPA University Hospital, where he completed his specialist training.
In 2021, he ranked third nationwide in the European Board of Ophthalmology (EBO) exams and was awarded the title of Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBOphth). For this distinction, he was honoured by the Hellenic Ophthalmological Society. In 2022, after serving as a rural service physician in Kastoria, he successfully passed the Greek national board exams, becoming a board-certified specialist ophthalmologist.
In 2023, he commenced a three-year subspecialisation in the United Kingdom, serving in hospitals in Scotland (Queen Margaret Hospital, NHS Fife) and England (Northampton General Hospital, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, James Cook University Hospital) as an Oculoplastic fellow. There, until 2026, through clinical fellowships, he specialized in eyelid, lacrimal, and orbital surgery, as well as cataract surgery.
Upon completing his fellowships, he worked in England as an Oculoplastic, Lacrimal, and Orbital Consultant, while also holding an active role in the training program for ophthalmology residents.
During his tenure in England, he also trained in aesthetic medicine at the Harley Academy in London, one of the UK’s leading JCCP-accredited (Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners) providers of aesthetic medicine education.
Prior to his return to Greece, he moved to the United States to complete an additional research fellowship under the supervision of the world-renowned orbital surgeon, Dr. Alon Kahana. During this fellowship, he significantly deepened his expertise in areas such as:
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- Surgical management of thyroid eye disease and proptosis (bulging eyes).
- The use of stereotactic navigation in orbital decompression and complex orbital cases.
- The use of novel pharmaceuticals in the treatment of thyroid eye disease (teprotumumab).
- Management of paediatric oculoplastic cases.
- The frontalis flap technique for eyelid elevation.
- Corneal neurotization for the treatment of neurotrophic keratitis.
- Aesthetic ophthalmology involving advanced surgical and non-surgical periocular techniques.
He is among the first Greek oculoplastic surgeons trained in the innovative frontalis flap method for correcting congenital ptosis—a technique performed in only a few hospitals worldwide.
Returning to Greece, he began his private practice in Thessaloniki. He sees patients at the private clinic he shares with his father, Anastasios Halkias, also an ophthalmic surgeon and founder of the practice in 1993. Notably, Anastasios Halkias, who also trained in the UK and the US, was one of the first surgeons in Northern Greece to implement cataract extraction via phacoemulsification at the "Agios Loukas" Clinic.
Ioannis Chalkias has published numerous scientific papers and regularly participates in Greek and international conferences as both a speaker and an attendee, ensuring he remains at the forefront of medical advancements.
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‘Snooker cue tip retention within a sub-Tenon’s traumatic inclusion cyst for 19 years: a case report and review of the literature’ Chalkias IN, Mudhar HS, Wong Y. Orbit. 2025; Aug 5:1-5.
‘Factors that affect eyelid show and their importance in upper eyelid blepharoplasty: a systematic review’ Chalkias IN, Lokovitis E, Quaranta G, Kamal M, McMullan T. Orbit. 2024 Sep 5:1-10.
‘Optical Coherence Tomography and Optical Coherence Tomography with Angiography in Multiple Sclerosis’ Chalkias IN, Bakirtzis C, Pirounides D, Boziki MK, Grigoriadis N. Healthcare. 2022; 10,1386.
‘Differentiating Degenerative from Vascular Dementia with the Help of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Biomarkers’ Chalkias E, Chalkias IN, Bakirtzis C, Messinis L, Nasios G, Ioannidis P, Pirounides D. Healthcare. 2022; 10(3):539.
‘Neuro-Ophthalmological Emergencies. Are they always innocent? A case report and a literature review’ Tsolaki AC, Tegos T, Chalkias IN, Chalkias E, Ageladarakis P, Papathomas P. J Neurol Res Rev Rep. SRC/ JNRRR-156.
‘ Ocular biomarkers and their role in the early diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders’ Chalkias IN, Tegos T, Topouzis F, Tsolaki M. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2021 May 18.
‘Management of Pseudophakic Malignant Glaucoma in Sunset Syndrome: a Case report and Literature Review’ Chalkias IN, Chalkias E, Halkias A. Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol. 2019 Summer;8(2):92-95.
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