Research and Publications

1. Basic Research on Glaucoma
   Conducted in Germany, focusing on experimentally induced glaucoma, optic nerve degeneration-regeneration, and neuroprotection.

2. Doctoral Thesis
   Title: “Investigation of the Expression of Matrix Metalloproteases and Their Inhibitors in the Retina of the Regenerating and Degenerating Optic Nerve of the Rat”
   Published in the library of the WWU of Muenster.

3. Clinical Research
   Focus on the cornea, electrophysiology, and glaucoma department.

4. Case Report in Ophthalmology (2011)
   Late-Onset Anterior Dislocation of a Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens in a Patient with Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome
   Gatzioufas Z, Kopsidas K, Gyongyossy B, Moschos M, Seitz B.

5. Molecular Vision (2011)
   A Novel PIKFYVE Mutation in Fleck Corneal Dystrophy
   Dr. Andreas Kotoulas, Dr. Konstantinos Kopsidas, Dr. Konstantinos Droutsas, Mrs. Maria Grigoriadou, Dr. Hasret Bajrami, Dr. Daniel Schorderet, Dr. Michael Petersen.

6. Clinical and Experimental Optometry (2012)
   Evaluation of Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer Thickness and Visual Evoked Potentials in Optic Neuritis Associated with Multiple Sclerosis
   Chatziralli IP, Moschos MM, Brouzas D, Kopsidas K, Ladas ID.

7. Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology (2013)
   Effect of Botulinum Toxin A on the Intraocular Pressure and the Retina in an Animal Model
   Zisis Gatzioufas, Tobias Stupp, Marilita Moschos, Konstantinos Kopsidas, Petar Charalampous, Solon Thanos.

8. J Physiol Pharmacol (2013)
   Dysfunctional Uveoscleral Pathway in a Rat Model of Congenital Glaucoma
   Gatzioufas Z, Hafezi F, Kopsidas K, Thanos S.

9. Eye (2014)
   Accidental Insertion of Dexamethasone Implant into the Crystalline Lens—12 Months Follow-Up
   Chhabra R, Kopsidas K, Mahmood S.

10. International Journal of Ophthalmology and Clinical Research (2015)
    Systemic Rituximab for Conjunctival Marginal Zone (Malt) Lymphoma is Not Protective for Subsequent Disease Development in the Contralateral Eye
    Konstantinos Kopsidas, Amit Arora, Karim Hammamji, Gordon Hay, Victoria M.L. Cohen, Mandeep S. Sagoo, John L. Hungerford, P. Nicholas Plowman.

11. Biomed Hub (2017)
    Effects of Dietary Supplementation with Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) Seed Oil on an Experimental Model of Hypertensive Retinopathy in Wistar Rats
    Konstantinos Bouras, Konstantinos Kopsidas, Michael Bariotakis, Paraskevi Kitsiou, Katerina Kapodistria, Giorgos Agrogiannis, Ioannis Vergados, Panagiotis Theodossiadis, Despoina Perrea.

12. Ocular Oncology and Pathology (2018)
    Aggressive Ciliary Body Adenocarcinoma with Bilateral Lung Metastases: Histological, Molecular, Genetic, and Clinical Aspects
    Konstantinos Kopsidas, Hardeep Mudhar, Karen Sisley, David W. Hammond, L. Worthington, Kim Suvarna, Bernadette Foran, Sachin Salvi.

13. Ocular Oncology and Pathology (2019)
    Concomitant Orbital Tumours: Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Involving the Lacrimal Gland of a Patient with Clinical Diagnoses of Muir-Torre Syndrome and Extensive Sebaceous Gland Carcinoma of the Ipsilateral Eyelid
    Kopsidas K., Ford R., Ahmed I., Coupland S.E.

14. Case Reports in Ophthalmology (2019)
    Unique Case of Bilateral Exudative Retinal Detachment Following Creatine Supplementation in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Bestrophinopathy
    Konstantinos Kopsidas, Hedayat Javidi, Simon Kelly, Tariq Aslam, Graeme Black, Sajjad Mahmood.

15. Eye (2022)
    Proton Beam Radiotherapy for Choroidal and Ciliary Body Melanoma in the UK—National Audit of Referral Patterns of 1084 Cases
    R. N. Hussain, A. Chiu, B. Pittam, A. Taktak, B. E. Damato, A. Kacperek, D. Errington, P. Cauchi, V. Chadha, J. Connolly, S. Salvi, P. Rundle, V. Cohen, A. Arora, M. Sagoo, O. Bekir, K. Kopsidas, H. Heimann.

16. Systematic Review
    Exploring the Clinical Features of Optic Neuritis After SARS-CoV Infection and Vaccination
    Iliana Georganta, Despoina Chasapi, Charlotte Jayne Smith, Konstantinos Kopsidas, Andrew Tatham.

17. Clinical Investigator in Various Multicenter and Local Clinical Trials

    • GMAN
    • RETAIN
    • COMRADE
    • LUMINOUS
    • MERLOT
    • INTREPID

18. Clinical Research in the Ocular Oncology Department
    Focus on intra-tumoral blood flow velocity.