Mr Dimitriou is an Award-Winning, Substantive Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, specialising in Modern Cataract Surgery and Glaucoma Therapy, as well as all General Eye Conditions. He regularly performs Small-Incision Phacoemulsification and Femto-Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery (>33-40 operations per week) both routine and advanced in far-sighted and short-sighted eyes with small pupil, angle closure, narrow chambers, as well as co-existing glaucoma.

Mr Dimitriou is the Lead Clinician for Cataract and Glaucoma at the OAKS Hospital in Colchester, as well as East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) for Private Patients. He has performed in excess of 12,000 Cataract Operations and 3,000 of MiGS procedures (minimally invasive glaucoma surgery) and is currently recognised as the eye surgeon with the highest number of successful MiGS procedures in the whole of East Anglia to include SLT Laser, Micro-Pulse Laser, XEN45, iStent G2 w inject, KDB, PRESERFLO, HYDRUS, OMNI, iTRACK Advance, TrabEx+, MINIject, MiMS, and more recently Excimer Laser Trabeculostomy ELiOS, one of the 1st surgeons in the UK to adopt the above new technologies.

Mr Dimitriou completed comprehensive training at The Royal United Hospital in Bath, The Prince Charles Eye Unit in Windsor and The Royal Surrey County Hospital (RSCH) in Guildford (2007-2012). He received further sub-specialty training at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the world-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital in London (2012-2015). He has also completed a full-year fellowship in MIGS at RSCH (2016-2017) with MiGS master, Dan Lindfield.

Mr Dimitriou serves as Principal Investigator for major Glaucoma Research Studies, including the National East Anglian POEM Study, International XEN45 in Angle Closure Multi-Centre Study, Pan-European MASTERS CyPass Study, TRITON, ARTEMIS, ATHENA Bimatoprost Slow-Release implant Trials and more recently STAR V, STAR VI and STAR LiFE Trials for MINIject Supraciliary Glaucoma Implants. He also serves as Honorary Member of the Board of Directors of the ICENI Surgical Simulation Centre in Colchester. He leads the Faculty of Ophthalmology and is also Chair of the annual iGLEAMS MiGS Symposium / NGENUITY 3D medical education.

Mr Dimitriou has featured twice on the Daily Mail for his contributions to modern cataract and glaucoma surgery and is lecturing around the world on a regular basis, whilst publishing his research and audit results in peer reviewed journals. Mr Dimitriou, senior full-time Consultant Ophthalmologist, also serves as the Surgical Tutor and MiGS Simulation Lead for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in Colchester and ESNEFT. He has been awarded Level 2 Clinical Excellence Award (2019) in acknowledgment of his efforts to bring those new treatment modalities to everyday clinical practice for the benefit of his cataract and glaucoma Patients. He has also been presented with the 2023 Rob Brierly Educational Award by ESNEFT as the Top Medical Trainer for the Trust in acknowledgement of his tireless efforts to educate and support the next generation of Ophthalmologists and Eye Surgeons in the East of England and beyond. He has also applied for a National Clinical Excellence (Clinical Impact) Award (NCIA) in 2024 with full support from the Governing Board of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, awaiting for national award recipient results to be announced by early 2025.