Ophthalmologist of the First Category.
Expert (IACMM, FIAOMC) and member of the Board of Directors of the European Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control.
Certified Member (FIACLE) of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators.
SPECIALIZATION
- Diagnosis and optical correction of refractive errors.
- Specialized contact lens fitting (corneal and scleral rigid gas-permeable lenses) and customized orthokeratology.
- Progressive myopia in children and adults, extreme ametropia, amblyopia, keratoconus and other corneal conditions, post-corneal surgery management.
EDUCATION
- 1988–1994 – Russian State Medical University (RGMU), Faculty of General Medicine.
- 1994–1995 – RGMU, Department of Eye Diseases, Faculty of General Medicine – Internship in Ophthalmology.
- 1995–1997 – Moscow Ophthalmological Clinical Hospital – Clinical Residency in Ophthalmology, Moscow Department of Health.
CERTIFICATES AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING
- Advanced training courses with specialist certification: 1995, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2020 (Russia), 2024 (Kazakhstan).
- 1997 – Wesley-Jessen Laboratory, UK – Course on fitting soft toric contact lenses.
- 2007 – Woelk Laboratory, Germany – Fitting gas-permeable contact lenses for regular and irregular corneas.
- 2010 – Laboratory No. 7, UK – Fitting gas-permeable and hybrid contact lenses.
- 2012 – Mark Ennovy Laboratory, Spain – Fitting customized daily replacement soft contact lenses.
- 2015 – Soflex Laboratory, Israel – Fitting scleral contact lenses for regular and irregular corneas. Fitting customized orthokeratology lenses using Orthotool software.
- 2016 – Blanchard Laboratory, Canada; OKVision Laboratory, Russia – Fitting OneFit and OneFitMed scleral contact lenses for regular and irregular corneas.
- 2016 – VBD Workshop, USA – Designing customized rigid gas-permeable and orthokeratology lenses in OrthoTool software.
- 2017 – RGPDesigner Workshop, Italy – Designing rigid gas-permeable and orthokeratology lenses in RGPDesigner software.
- 2023 – EUROSCOLE / Department of Optometry and Vision Science at Hadassah Academic College, Israel – HAC Scleral School workshop on scleral lenses.