Petros Petrou was born in Athens, Greece. He graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece in 2004.
He completed his specialty training in ophthalmology at St Bartholomew’s and Royal London Hospitals in London, United Kingdom and at the University Hospital “Attikon” in Athens, Greece. After obtaining the certificate of completion of training in Ophthalmology in 2010 he was appointed as a Lecturer in Ophthalmology at the 2nd Ophthalmology Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
He completed his Vitreoretinal Fellowship in Birmingham and Midlands Eye Center, Birmingham, United Kingdom (March 2011 – October 2012) and Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, United Kingdom (November 2012 – April 2014).
Since 2014, he has been a Consultant Vitreoretinal Surgeon and University Scholar at the 1st Ophthalmology Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “G.Gennimatas” Hospital which is a tertiary referral center for all of Greece. He has performed more than 6000 vitrectomy and more than 3000 cataract procedures.
Since 2023, he has been an Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
He has presented extensively, both nationally and internationally as an invited speaker at Ophthalmology meetings and congresses. He is currently the elected vice – President of the Greek Vitreoretinal Society (GVRS) which is the official national retinal society in Greece.
He has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and h-index 17. He teaches 5th year medical students, residents in ophthalmology and students during their master’s degree.
