Andreas Anagnostakis was born in Crete in 1826. He studied medicine in Athens, Vienna and Berlin. He specialized in Ophthalmology in Paris and London. In London became internationally known for his work on the modification of the Helmhotz ophthalmoscope, which made the examination of the fundus simple and easy in daily practice. Other work that made him internationally known was the surgery of trichiasis. Anagnostakis officially took his seat as an Ordinary Professor of Ophthalmology at 27/09/1865 and held it until his death in 1897.
Alexios Trantas was born in Epirus, Greece. In 1891 he obtained his doctorate in Athens, continuing his education in Paris under Photinos Panas, Louis de Wecker and Xavier Galezowski. In 1894 he founded an ophthalmology Clinic at the «Greek hospital» in Constantinople. In 1898 he was the first physician to study the iridocorneal angle in a living human and is well-known as the father of gonioscopy. He also studied the
greyish-white dots consisting of clumps of degenerated cells, seen on the conjunctiva at the junction of the cornea and sclera in cases of allergic conjunctivitis, which are known as “Trantas’ dots”.
The Greek Glaucoma Society awarded with the «Gold Medal of Merit and Honor of A. Anagnostakis and A. Trantas» the following glaucoma specialist for their contribution in the field of glaucoma:
1994 Prof. Eric L. Greve, The Netherlands
1995 Prof. Wolfgang Leydhecker, Germany
1996 Prof. R. Etienne, France
1997 Prof. G. Scuderi, Italy
1998 Prof. Robert Ritch, USA
1999 Prof. Guenter K. Krieglstein, Germany
2000 Prof. George L. Spaeth, USA
2001 Prof. Bruno Boles Carenini, Italy
2002 Prof. Thom Zimmerman, USA
2003 Prof. Roger Hitchings, UK
2004 – Prof. Shlomo Melamed, Israel
2005 – Prof. Clive Migdal, UK
2006 Prof. Paul L. Lichter, USA
2008 – Prof Anders Heijl, Sweden
2009 Prof. Ann Coleman, USA
2010 Prof. Jeffrey Liebman, USA
2011 Prof. George Baerveld, USA
2012 Prof. Keith Barton, UK
2013 Prof. Franz Grehn, Germany
2014 Prof. Norbert Pfeiffer, Germany
2015 Prof. Gabor Hollo, Hungary
2016 Prof. Murat Irkec, Turkey
2017 Prof. Claude F. Burgoyne, USA