Vivi Paraskevi Riga

Vivi Riga is a consultant ophthalmologist specialising in the fields of medical retina and uveitis. She was appointed in her current role in November 2024, having worked as a locum consultant in the same post at St Thomas’ Hospital for the past two years.

Vivi diagnoses and treats people with various retinal diseases, including:

• age-related macular degeneration
• diabetic eye disease
• retinal vascular occlusions
• central serous chorioretinopathy
• other pachychoroid spectrum diseases
• inherited retinal conditions

She also works for the medical eye unit, where she guides the diagnosis and management of a variety of complex autoimmune, inflammatory and infectious diseases and treats uveitis and scleritis patients with classic immunosuppression and biologic therapies.

Vivi delivers retinal and macular laser treatments and a variety of intraocular injections in addition to working closely with the multidisciplinary teams and other subspecialties in the management of complex cases.

She takes great interest in the teaching and training of the resident doctors, fellows, nurses and allied health professionals.

Vivi’s work is mostly concerned with improving clinical outcomes for her patients through personalised, responsive and participative care.