Background
Lapithis, Aristides George was born on May 5, 1921 in Lapithos, Cyprus. Son of George and Evangelia Lapithis.
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Aristides George Lapithis
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Graduate, Pancyprian Gymnasium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1939. Doctor of Medicine, University Athens, 1952.
Career
Teacher French and English Lapithos Gymnasium, Nicosia, 1939. Assistant secretary Cyprus Chamber of Commerce, 1940-1943. Clerk agricultural department Government Cyprus, 1943-1945.
Practice medicine specializing in ophthalmology Athens, England, Europe, 1952-1959. Consultant ophthalmic surgery St. Barnabas School for the Blind, Nicosia, since 1959. Honorary opthalmic surgeon St. Barnabas School for the Blind, Nicosia, since 1959.
Ophthalmologist schools, Nicosia, 1959-1985.
Achievements
Membership
Member Committee on Drugs & Poisons, Government Cyprus, since 1973, Board Governors Schools in Nicosia, 1959-1981, secretary since 1981, Red Cross, since 1959. Fellow International Society Eye Surgeons. Member Pancyprian Medical Association (executive committee 1973-1976, disciplinary council, 1976-1987), Medical Association Nicosia (board hippocrates, 1973-1976), Cyprus Ophthalmological Society (founder, 1970, secretary 1970-1978, president 1978-1986, general secretary, since 1986), Cyprus Society for the Prevention of Blindness (founder, 1970, president since 1970), Société Francaise d'Ophtalmologie, International Society for the Prevention of Blindness, International Geography Opthal.
Society, International Strabismological Ophthalmological Society, International Contact Lens Opthal. Society, International Refractive Surgery Opthal. Society, International Orthoptic.
Opthal. Society, International History of Medicine Opthal. Society, Hellenic Opthal. Society, Northern Greece Opthal.
Society, Balcanique Opthal. Society Lodges: Rotary.
Interests
Connections
Married Niki Lapithis. Children: George Alkis, Petros, Lia.
