Mr Dimitris Pimenides
Mr Dimitris Pimenides is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon in Essex specialising in cataract surgery, corneal transplants and correction of undesirable refractive errors at Springfield Hospital.
Based At
NHS base
Mid Essex Hospitals Trust
GMC Number
3306785
Clinic Timetable
Clinical interests
• General ophthalmology (eye / eyes)
• All types of modern cataract surgery
• Cornea (including corneal transplants)
• Anterior eye disease
• Correction of undesirable refractive errors (short sightedness, astigmatism, etc.).
• Laser eye, laser cataract surgery and yag laser procedures.
Mr Pimenides has performed over one hundred corneal transplants locally.
Mr Pimenides has performed over one hundred corneal transplants locally. He also performs laser eye, laser cataract surgery and Yag Laser procedures.
Professional Memberships
Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Royal College of Surgeons
American Academy of Ophthalmology
UK and European Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
European Society of Cornea and Ocular Surface Disease Specialists
Academic Background
Mr Pimenides general ophthalmic training was completed in 2005 and was awarded the 'UK Certificate of Completion of Specialty Training'. Received subspecialty Fellowship training in the fields of cataract, cornea, external eye diseases and refractive surgery at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, from 2005 to 2008. His Phil degree from Cambridge University was supported by a Wellcome Trust grant and scholarship from the School of Medicine, Cambridge University.
Mr Pimenides later completed his PhD. He is the director of the cornea, external eye diseases and refractive surgery in Mid Essex and the Medical Advisor for Ophthalmology at Springfield Hospital. Mr Pimenides was the Ophthalmology Clinical Lead at Mid Essex Hospitals from 2011 to 2013 and received clinical excellence awards.
Based at
NHS base
Mid Essex Hospitals Trust
GMC Number
3306785
Clinic Timetable
Clinical interests
• General ophthalmology (eye / eyes)
• All types of modern cataract surgery
• Cornea (including corneal transplants)
• Anterior eye disease
• Correction of undesirable refractive errors (short sightedness, astigmatism, etc.).
• Laser eye, laser cataract surgery and yag laser procedures.
Mr Pimenides has performed over one hundred corneal transplants locally.
Mr Pimenides has performed over one hundred corneal transplants locally. He also performs laser eye, laser cataract surgery and Yag Laser procedures.
Professional Memberships
Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Royal College of Surgeons
American Academy of Ophthalmology
UK and European Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
European Society of Cornea and Ocular Surface Disease Specialists
Academic Background
Mr Pimenides general ophthalmic training was completed in 2005 and was awarded the 'UK Certificate of Completion of Specialty Training'. Received subspecialty Fellowship training in the fields of cataract, cornea, external eye diseases and refractive surgery at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, from 2005 to 2008. His Phil degree from Cambridge University was supported by a Wellcome Trust grant and scholarship from the School of Medicine, Cambridge University.
Mr Pimenides later completed his PhD. He is the director of the cornea, external eye diseases and refractive surgery in Mid Essex and the Medical Advisor for Ophthalmology at Springfield Hospital. Mr Pimenides was the Ophthalmology Clinical Lead at Mid Essex Hospitals from 2011 to 2013 and received clinical excellence awards.