Dr. Georgios Vartsakis

Dr. Georgios Vartsakis

Dr. Georgios Vartsakis is an Ophthalmic Surgeon who specialised in Sweden in the treatment of Retinal diseases, Vitreoretinal surgery and Cataract.

• He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Ioannina in 2009.
• He began his training in Ophthalmology at the General Hospital of Sparta in 2011.
• From 2012 to 2016 he continued his training in Ophthalmology under the National Training Programme of Ireland and the Irish College of Ophthalmologists, working as a Resident at Galway University Hospital, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital and Beaumont Hospital Dublin.
• During his training, he successfully completed the postgraduate examinations of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, receiving the Membership title of MRCSI(Ophth).
• At the same time, through a series of successful examinations, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists of the United Kingdom (FRCOphth, London).
• In 2016, following examinations at the University of Crete, he qualified as an Ophthalmologist in Greece.
• In 2016 he passed the examinations of the European Board of Ophthalmology in Paris, receiving the Fellowship title (FEBO) and achieving the third-best performance among all participants from around the world.
• In 2016 he began working as a Cataract Surgeon in Sweden.
• In 2017 he trained in the Medical Retina Department at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden.
• From 2018 to 2022 he trained and worked as a Consultant – Vitreoretinal Surgeon in the Ophthalmology Department of Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden.
• Dr. Vartsakis holds a Fellowship title from the International Council of Ophthalmology, as well as membership of the European Retinal Society (EURETINA), the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), the Swedish Ophthalmological Society, the Hellenic Vitreo-Retinal Society and the Hellenic Ophthalmological Society.
• The summer of 2022 marked his return to Greece and the start of his private practice, while he maintains a paid position as a Scientific Associate of the Vitreoretinal Surgery Department at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden.
• Dr. Vartsakis sees patients by appointment at Athens EyeCare Clinic in Athens.