Ioannis Pallikaris

Pallikaris Ioannis G. (Παλλήκαρης Ιωάννης in Greek) is a Greek ophthalmologist who in 1989 performed the first LASIK procedure on a human eye. [http://billnortje.co.za/pages/lasik/history.php] Pallikaris also developed Epi-LASIK. [http://www.eri.harvard.edu/faculty/peli/Opthalm_Mngt_0803.htm] .

Professor Palikaris is the current (2006-2008) rector of the University of Crete and is also the director of the Institute of Vision and Optics (IVO [http://www.ivo.gr] ) in the same university. One of IVO's labs is the Vardinogianion Eye Institute of Crete - VEIC (Βαρδινογιάννειο Εργαστήριο Μεταμοσχεύσεων και Μικροχειρουργικής Οφθαλμού - BEMMO [http://www.bemmo.gr] in Greek) where lots of clinical trials are performed every week on humans. Ioannis Pallikaris is the father of Georgios Palikaris (aka Gpal) a Greek music producer/DJ.