Alexios Trantas (March 1867 – 1960) was a Greek
ophthalmologist
Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgery, surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.
An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Followin ...
born in
Vourbiani,
Epirus
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.
In 1891 he obtained his doctorate in
Athens
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, continuing his education in
Paris
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under
Photinos Panas
Photinos Panas (30 January 1832 – 5 January 1903) was an ophthalmologist born on the Greek island of Cefalonia.
In 1860 he obtained his medical degree at Paris, where he would later spend his entire medical career. He was the first professor ...
(1832-1903),
Louis de Wecker (1832-1906) and
Xavier Galezowski (1832-1907). In 1894 he founded an ophthalmology clinic at the "Greek hospital" in
Constantinople
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, serving as director of this institute until 1922. From 1924 he worked as an ophthalmologist in
Piraeus
Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saronic ...
.
In 1898 he was the first physician to study the iridocorneal angle in a living human. With Swiss ophthalmologist
Johann Friedrich Horner
Johann Friedrich Horner (27 March 1831 – 20 December 1886) was an ophthalmologist based at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Biography
Horner was born in Zurich. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Zurich in 185 ...
(1831-1886), "Horner-Trantas spots" are named, which are defined as small white-yellow chalky concretions of the
conjunctiva
The conjunctiva is a thin mucous membrane that lines the inside of the eyelids and covers the sclera (the white of the eye). It is composed of non-keratinized, stratified squamous epithelium with goblet cells, stratified columnar epithelium ...
around the
corneal limbus
The corneal limbus (''Latin'': corneal border) is the border between the cornea and the sclera (the white of the eye). It contains stem cells in its palisades of Vogt. It may be affected by cancer or by aniridia (a developmental problem), among ...
.
Who Named It
Horner-Trantas spots
References
@ Who Named It
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1867 births
1960 deaths
People from Konitsa
People from Janina vilayet
Greek ophthalmologists
20th-century Greek physicians
19th-century Greek physicians