Leadership, Business and Innovation

Médico Oftalmologista
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António
Clinivis Porto  |  Clinivis Feira
Hospital CUF Açores 

Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology
PhD Student  |  ICBAS, University of Porto

Artemis has completed two prestigious Corneal Fellowships in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge and Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. She is a Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology and a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 

Artemis sits at the Education Committee of the ESCRS and the Leadership Business Committee of the ESCRS, with continuous involvement in projects that aim to improve educational opportunities and leadership skills for ophthalmologists around Europe. She is also a Council Member of the MCLOSA and ESASO societies. 

Artemis has authored a number of peer-reviewed publications, including randomised controlled trials on endothelial corneal transplant techniques. She is an invited speaker in national and international ophthalmology conferences and a guest reviewer in leading ophthalmology journals.

Sotiria Palioura, MD, MSc, PhD is a US-trained cataract, cornea and ocular surface disease specialist currently based in Athens, Greece.  She is certified by both the American and European Boards of Ophthalmology. She serves as Voluntary Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (Miami, Florida, USA), as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Yale School of Medicine (New Haven, Connecticut, USA), as Visiting Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at University of Cyprus (Nicosia, Cyprus), and as Medical Director of the NAM III Eye Bank at Archbishop’s Makarios III Hospital (Nicosia, Cyprus). Within ESCRS, she is a member of the Cornea and Education Committees and the Diversity & Inclusivity Working Group.