Dr. Ilze Šveiduka
December 19, 2022
Specialization:
Contact lenses, cataract, refractive surgery (ICL), corneal transplantation
Education:
1988 – 1994 Latvian Academy of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Professional education:
- 2004 Refractive IOL (Visian ICL) implantation course, Dr. Göran Helgason MD, Medocular Ögonkliniker, Gothenborg, Sweden
- 2002 Practiced phacoemulsification technique under the supervision of professor Arthur Giebel (USA)
- 1996 – 1997 Cataract microsurgery program in „Aravind Eye Hospital”, Madurai and Tirunelveli, India
- 1996 Contact lens technology courses „The World Wide Eye Educational Institute” program, California, USA
- 1996 South California University Ophthalmology residency course, Doheny Eye Disease Institute, USA
- 2010 Practical course “Corneal transplantation (DMEK) technique” with Prof. Arthur Giebel (USA)
- 2012 Certification course for work with MENICON RGP contact lenses
Participant in Latvian, Baltic, European and USA ophthalmology seminars, symposiums and congresses
Work experience:
- since 1998 ophthalmologist-surgeon in Latvian American Eye Center
- 1995 – 1998 doctor’s assistant in Latvian American Eye Center