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The implementation of the latest technologies and scientific research are the only correct way to develop medicine. Similarly in medical education - attractive, up-to-date content can be conveyed more and more easily to a larger audience. We are open to your needs and provide you with knowledge and skills in the diagnosis and treatment of retinal diseases.

Despite enormous progress, we still see gaps in the health care system regarding retinal diseases. We believe that the increasing number of tools to prevent blindness could be used even better and access to them should be as wide as possible. Early diagnosis and treatment can preserve vision in most people with age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy or central retinal vein occlusion. Therefore, it is worth reaching every patient at this stage.

Each of us is an experienced retinologist, involved in both daily medical practice and scientific activities. We are the authors of numerous publications in renowned international journals. We participate in the development of guidelines of scientific societies, create ophthalmological atlases and monographs, and participate in the work of international and nationwide teams dedicated to retinal diseases. We organize workshops and conferences. We participate in drug programs related to retinal diseases, both clinically and through cooperation with the National Health Fund in Coordination Teams. We participate in research on new drugs. We cooperate in ophthalmological organizations - the Polish Ophthalmological Society and the Association of Polish Ophthalmic Surgeons. We want to share knowledge and experience.

Why are we involved?

We cooperate with ophthalmologists, doctors of other specialties, optometrists and health care communities in general. Together we learn to better help patients and use available tools to prevent blindness. We believe in cooperation - only joint effort brings the greatest and lasting results.

Our team

A group of ophthalmologists - retinologists with extensive scientific and teaching experience

Joanna Adamiec-Mroczek, Małgorzata Figurska, Maciej Gawęcki, Izabella Karska-Basta, Jan Kucharczuk, Anna Nowińska, Anna Święch, Sławomir Teper

Joanna Adamiec-Mroczek

M.D., PhD, ophthalmologist, ophthalmic surgeon

Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Wrocław

A graduate of the Wrocław Medical University in Wrocław, a scholarship holder of the Minister of Health. Since 2001, he has been an assistant professor at the Department and Clinic of Ophthalmology in Wrocław. In 2005, she defended her doctoral thesis on the pathomechanism of diabetic retinopathy, titled: "The role of the inflammatory-productive process in the pathogenesis of proliferative diabetic retinopathy." Since 2008, he has been a specialist in eye diseases. Cataract, glaucoma and vitreoretinal surgeon. Head of the Retina Diseases Clinic at the Ophthalmology Clinic. She acquired treatment skills during numerous training courses abroad in Germany (Berlin, Bremen, Tübingen) and Switzerland (Lugano). Fellow of the European Society of Ophthalmology at the Charite Ophthalmology Clinic in Berlin in the vitreoretinal department in 2006-2007. From the beginning of her professional career, she has been particularly interested in the diagnosis and therapy of retinal diseases, with particular emphasis on diabetic retinopathy. Recognized specialist in macular diseases. Author of several dozen scientific publications in domestic and foreign journals. Conducting training courses for doctors specializing in ophthalmology, diabetology and family medicine. A practitioner willingly shares his knowledge during numerous training courses on the diagnosis and therapy of retinal diseases (including multimodal imaging in retinal diseases, principles of intravitreal therapy in nAMD, DME and other edematous maculopathies, laser therapy techniques, vitreoretinal surgery). Author of numerous speeches at domestic and foreign conferences. Member of the team of experts creating ophthalmological standards at PTO. Author of the book: "Diabetic macular edema - modern therapy algorithms", co-author of the chapter in "Ophthalmic surgery". Member of the Polish Ophthalmological Society, the Association of Polish Ophthalmological Surgeons and numerous foreign scientific societies, including: Euretina, DOG, European Association for Vision and Eye Research in Ophthalmology. Expert of the Coordination Team of the Retinal Diseases Drug Program. Member of the research team in numerous clinical trials determining the safety profile and effectiveness of new therapies in the treatment of wet AMD, DME, retinal vein occlusions and geographic atrophy. Co-organizer of international conferences - International Conference OPHthalmology - CONTROVERSIES.

Małgorzata Figurska

MD, PhD, dr hab., prof. WIM, ophthalmologist

Department of Ophthalmology, Military Medical Institute in Warsaw

A specialist in retinal diseases with extensive scientific and clinical experience. It disseminates knowledge in numerous courses, conferences and webinars.

He is a member of the Coordination Teams of the Retinal Diseases Drug Program in the field of AMD and DME and the Drug Program for the Treatment of Uveitis. Expert of the Medical Examination Center and member of the examination boards during the State Specialization Examination in Ophthalmology, member of the Organizational and Scientific Committees of ophthalmological conferences.

Maciej Gawęcki

MD, Ph.D. dr hab., ophthalmologist, ophthalmic surgeon

Department of Ophthalmology, Specialist Hospital in Wejherowo

A graduate of the Medical Academy of Gdańsk. Eye disease specialist since 2001. He defended his doctoral thesis on the treatment of strabismus and amblyopia, and his habilitation thesis on the use of subthreshold micropulse laser therapy in the treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy. Fellow of the European Society of Ophthalmology SOE at Moorfields Hospital in London in the strabology department. Board member of two international societies promoting subthreshold laser therapy: LIGHT - International Retinal Laser Society and SOLS - Subthreshold Ophthalmic Laser Society. Secretary of the retina section of the European society EVER - European Association for Vision and Eye Research. Author of textbooks on the diagnosis and treatment of retinal diseases published in Poland and abroad: "Fluorescein and indocyanine angiography - a practical textbook (2016)"; “Diabetic Retinopathy (2021)” ; "Diabetic Retinopathy (2021)". Co-author of three chapters in the book: "Retina Lasers in Ophthalmology" (2023) and the textbook "Ophthalmology" edited by prof. Andrzej Grzybowski. Author of several dozen courses in the field of multimodal ophthalmological diagnostics and treatment of retinal diseases conducted in Poland and abroad, as well as numerous publications in renowned Polish and foreign journals. Currently, he is the head of the ophthalmology department of the Pomeranian Hospitals in Wejherowo and the head of the Dobry Wzrok Ophthalmological Center in Gdańsk. Since 2015, he has been a provincial consultant in the field of ophthalmology for the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Izabella Karska-Basta

MD, Ph.D. dr hab., ophthalmologist

Department of Ophthalmology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University in Krakow

She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, and in 2006 she specialized in ophthalmology. Her main interests include retinal diseases. He has extensive experience in the diagnosis (fluorescein angiography, indocyanine angiography, OCT, ultrasound) and treatment (PDT, intravitreal anti-VEGF injections, laser therapy) of diseases of the retina, choroid, and especially the macula.

Employed in the Department of Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Oncology of the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow as an Assistant Professor, Deputy Head, Head of the Angiography and Retinology Laboratory of the Ophthalmology Clinic of the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow. She defended her doctorate in medical sciences with distinction at the Jagiellonian University - thesis titled: "Properties of the fibrin network in patients with retinal vein occlusions", based on the scientific achievement in the form of a series of publications: "From understanding to effective treatment: the role of selected inflammatory, angiogenic and autoimmune factors in the pathogenesis of central serous chorioretinopathy" obtained the academic degree of doctor habilitated in medical sciences at Medical University of Silesia in Katowice.

She completed numerous scientific and professional training courses in renowned European medical centers, including: Moorfields Eye Hospital in London (UK), University of Bonn (Germany), Instituto de Microcirugía Ocular in Barcelona (Spain), Hadassah Ein-Karem Medical Center in Jerusalem (Israel), Department of Ophthalmology at Tel Aviv Medical Center (Israel) , Medical Retina Academy in Copenhagen (Denmark).

Co-author of ophthalmological atlases and monographs. Scholarship holder of the European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE), the International Federation of Ophthalmological Societies IFOS/International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) and the ZintegrUJ project - Comprehensive Development Program of the Jagiellonian University. Scientific cooperation with the University of Silesia, the Department of Ophthalmology, Leiden University Medical Center and the Eye Hospital University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana.

She presented her scientific and professional achievements not only in approximately 90 scientific publications, but also in the form of 119 oral papers and lectures delivered at 35 international and several dozen national conferences. He is a reviewer in foreign ophthalmological journals.

He is a member of the organizing committees of domestic and foreign symposia and ophthalmological conferences. She served as vice-president of the Małopolska Branch of the Association of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and the Krakow Branch of PTO - organizations involved in expanding knowledge about eye diseases among both patients, primary care physicians and ophthalmologists. Together with the Polish Association of the Blind, she organized educational meetings. She received the Bronze Medal for Long Service from the President of the Republic of Poland. Academic lecturer - with experience in medicine, medicine and dentistry, emergency medical services, coordinator of classes at the Medical School for Foreigners.

Jan Kucharczuk

MD, Ph.D., ophthalmologist

Clinical Department of Ophthalmology, 10th Military Clinical Hospital with Polyclinic in Bydgoszcz

Jan Kucharczuk, MD, PhD, is a 1983 graduate of the Military Medical Academy in Łódź. The founder and head of the Retinal Diseases Laboratory of the Polyclinic of the 10th Military Clinical Hospital in Bydgoszcz. Eye disease specialist since 1994. He defended his doctoral thesis on the assessment of neurodegenerative changes in the eyes of patients with multiple sclerosis. His main interests concern the diagnosis and therapy of retinal diseases, with particular emphasis on vascular diseases and AMD. He also deals with ophthalmological diagnosis of neurodegenerative changes in multiple sclerosis. Member of the expert panel which, in 2012, developed the first guidelines in Poland for the treatment of wet AMD with an anti-VEGF preparation. Co-author of the "Atlas of Diagnostics and Therapy of Age-Related Macular Degeneration" (2017). Co-author of publications in renowned international scientific journals. Author and lecturer of numerous courses and workshops in the field of ophthalmological multimodal diagnostics and treatment of retinal diseases. Active participant in many international conferences. Member of the Coordination Team of the Retinal Diseases Drug Program. A valued specialist and expert, especially in the field of ophthalmological imaging.

Anna Nowińska

MD, Ph.D. dr hab., prof. SUM, ophthalmologist, ophthalmic surgeon

Department and Clinical Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice

Professor of the Chair and Clinical Department of Ophthalmology at the Medical University of Silesia. He specializes in cataract surgery and vitreoretinal surgery. She improved her surgical skills during professional and scientific internships at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London (internship at the Department of Corneal and Cataract Diseases, 2010 and 2011) and Universita della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano (vitreoretinal training, 2014), as well as the European VitreoRetinal Educational Training School in Bremen (in the field of vitreoretinal surgery) in 2017. Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Ophthalmology Foundation, member of the Coordination Team of the Drug Program for Retinal Diseases, member of the international environmental committee of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society "Lifestyle Epidemic". He belongs to the Polish Ophthalmological Society (member of the management board of the Silesian branch in the years 2016-2019), the Association of Polish Ophthalmological Surgeons, the Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine, the European Association for Vision and Eye Research in Ophthalmology, The Association for Research in Vision in Ophthalmology, Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society and the European Dry Eye Society. She was also a scholarship holder of the European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE). Chairwoman of the scientific committee of the Virtual Medical Summit Ophthalmology 2023 congress, in 2017-2023 vice-chairwoman of the scientific and organizational committees of the International Symposium "Advances in the diagnosis and therapy of corneal diseases" Cornea 2017-2023, in 2020, vice-chairwoman of the scientific and organizational committees of the Silesian Retina Meeting. In the years 2013-2016, member of the scientific and organizational committee of the 3rd-8th International Symposium "Advances in the diagnosis and therapy of cornea diseases" Cornea 2013-2016. In the years 2018-2023, a member of the scientific and organizational committee of the Scientific and Training Conference "Infections in Ophthalmology" I-VI, and in the years 2013-2022, a member of the scientific and organizational committee of the Silesian Volleyball Meeting. Member of the University Electoral Commission of the Medical University of Silesia, the Program Council of the medical faculty of WNMZ and the Social Council of the Independent Public Clinical Hospital. Andrzej Mielęcki in Katowice, member of the examination boards of the Medical Examination Center for the State Specialization Examination in Ophthalmology. Principal investigator and member of the research team in numerous clinical trials (including TENAYA, AVONELLE-X, VIEW2, CHROMA, SPECTRI, PROXIMA) since 2006. Expert of the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification, participant of Polish and international advisory groups. As part of his scientific work, he is the head of the SONATA-8 research team implementing a project financed by the National Science Center and a member of the scientific team of the STRATEGMED1 project financed by the National Center for Research and Development. Supervisor and reviewer of doctoral theses, member of habilitation committees. For her scientific achievements, she was honored three times with a scholarship from the Minister of Health, and several times with awards from the rector of the Medical University of Warsaw for achievements in research and teaching. The awards also include a medal named after prof. Witold Niepołomski and 1st place at the scientific conference of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research in Ophthalmology in 2009. Author of numerous (over 150) scientific publications, several chapters in books, over 50 articles in magazines and over 100 congress abstracts.

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Anna Święch

Prof. dr hab., MD, Ph.D., ophthalmologist, ophthalmic surgeon

Department of Retinal and Vitreous Surgery, Medical University of Lublin

Prof. Anna Święch graduated from the Medical Academy of Lublin in 1992, obtaining a medical doctor's degree with distinction. After completing her postgraduate internship, she completed 4-year doctoral studies at the Medical University of Lublin in the field of biochemistry. In 1995, she obtained the 1st degree of specialization in ophthalmology, and in 1999, the 2nd degree of this specialization. She obtained her PhD in biochemistry in 1997 at the Medical University of Lublin. In 1996 and 1999 she passed international examinations in ophthalmology organized by the International Council of Ophthalmology (The International Assessment Test for Ophthalmologists). She obtained her habilitation degree from the Medical University of Lublin in 2012. In 2022, she obtained the title of professor of medical and health sciences. She completed foreign scholarships: 1. 1996 - Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, under the supervision of a world-famous authority in the field of eye pathology - prof. HIM. H. Naumann. 2. 1996 - Ophthalmological Department of the King Edward's Hospital in Windsor, Great Britain, under the supervision of Dr. J. Kański. 3. 1998 - one-year internship at the Department of Ophthalmology of the University of Paris XII in Creteil under the supervision of a world authority in the field of retinal diseases - Prof. G. Soubran. 4. 1999 - one-year postdoctoral scholarship from the Association Claude Bernard, which allowed for a research internship at the Laboratoire de Developpement, Vieillissement et Pathologie de la Retine INSERM U 450 in Paris under the supervision of Prof. Y. Courtois, where, in cooperation with the University of Southern California, USA and the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Paris XIII UMR CNRS 8612, Dr. A. Święch conducted research on an in vitro angiogenesis model based on the culture of bovine choroidal vascular endothelial cells. Additionally, she participated in research aimed at placing growth factors, especially VEGF and FGF2, inside thermo-sensitive liposomes. 5. 2000 - internship at the Department of Ophthalmology of the Universitatsklinikum Benjamin Franklin in Berlin under the supervision of prof. M.H. Foerster, an outstanding specialist in the treatment of intraocular tumors. Currently Prof. Święch continues his scientific activity at the Center for Experimental Medicine of the Medical University of Lublin, dealing with angiogenesis based on the zebra fish model. She is the author of many scientific papers, which she presented at numerous international conferences, including in the USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Great Britain and Australia. He actively participates in postgraduate training of doctors specializing in ophthalmology. He gives lectures on the diagnosis and treatment of retinal diseases, with particular emphasis on modern techniques, especially optical coherence tomography OCT. She was the head of specializations for 6 resident doctors. Prof. Ph.D. n.med. Anna Święch is the president of the Lublin branch of the Polish Ophthalmological Society and a member of the National Coordination Team appointed by the President of the National Health Fund to qualify patients with retinal diseases for therapy under drug programs. Prof. Ph.D. n.med. Anna Święch is a valued expert in the diagnosis and treatment of retinal diseases.

Sławomir Teper

Prof. dr hab., MD, Ph.D., ophthalmologist, ophthalmic surgeon

Chair and Clinical Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice

Scientific interests: biomarkers of macular diseases and uveitis; the use of artificial intelligence in optimizing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and searching for non-obvious associations between multimodal retinal imaging and systemic diseases; genetics in ophthalmology - retinal dystrophies and AMD; epidemiology and pharmacoeconomics of retinal diseases; optimization of combined treatment in diseases involving macular edema (DME, RVO, uveitis); further development of optical coherence tomography, including methods for automatic analysis of OCT data.

Vitreoretinal surgeon and cataract surgeon. Vice-Dean of the Medical University of Silesia, member of the Education Council and the Committee for the Quality of Medical Education at the Medical University of Silesia. President of the Silesian Branch of the Association of Polish Ophthalmic Surgeons, President of the Polish Academy of Ophthalmology Foundation. He co-created a new unit of the largest medical university in Poland as the Deputy Plenipotentiary of the Rector of SUM for the establishment of the SUM Branch in Bielsko-Biała.

Chairman of the Coordination Team for the Drug Program for the Treatment of Uveitis, member of the Coordination Team for the Drug Program for Retinal Diseases (in the field of AMD and DME) - teams appointed by the President of the National Health Fund. Supervisor and reviewer of several doctoral theses, member/secretary of habilitation committees, expert of the Medical Examination Center and member of the examination committees during the State Specialization Examination in Ophthalmology, Chairman of the Organizational and Scientific Committees of subsequent editions of the Silesian Retina Meeting (the largest cyclical retina conference in this part of Europe), member of scientific committees also of many other conferences, member of the Disciplinary Committee for Students of SUM, member of the Committee for mid-term evaluation of doctoral students of the SUM Doctoral School, member of the Committee for mid-term evaluation of doctoral students of the Doctoral School of the Medical University of Warsaw. Karol Marcinkowski in Poznań, principal investigator in numerous clinical trials and co-author of the clinical trial protocol and member of the Data Safety Monitoring Board. Expert of the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification and non-public health technology assessment agencies, participant of numerous advisory groups, Polish and international. Author of numerous scientific publications, parts of retinal atlases and ophthalmological monographs. Member of the expert panel which, in 2012, developed the first guidelines in Poland for the treatment of neovascular AMD with an anti-VEGF preparation. Fellow of the European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE). He specializes in vitreous, retinal and cataract surgery (training/internships completed at university clinics in Germany and Switzerland). Scientific cooperation with the University of Silesia, the Silesian University of Technology, the University of Tübingen (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) and in Ilmenau (Technische Universität Ilmenau). He has repeatedly received awards from the Rector of SUM for scientific, organizational and teaching achievements. Active participant in many international conferences in Europe and the USA. Speaker at at least several dozen courses and trainings in the field of retinology. Academic lecturer - with experience in medicine, medicine and dentistry, emergency medical services and nursing. International publications in renowned journals:

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