Pediatric Vitreoretinal Surgery

SENGUL OZDEK is Professor of Ophthalmology at the Gazi University School of Medicine, Ophthalmology department with a primary interest in pediatric retinal diseases and vitreoretinal surgery. She had her medical education in Hacettepe University and her residency in Ophthalmology in Gazi University in Ankara. She has been a faculty member in Gazi University Retina division since 1999. Her primary interest is in retinal diseases and vitreoretinal surgery. She studied in the Retina division of Miami University, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute with Prof. Dr. Harry Flynn in 2004. She had been to Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan as a clinical observer in pediatric retina clinic under the supervision of Dr. Trese and Dr. Capone in April 2010. ROP and pediatric vitreoretinal surgery (ROP, PFV, FEVR, Coats), trauma, surgical treatment of submacular hemorrhage, nanophthalmos and AMD are her primary interests. She passed all of the ICO examinations in 2005. She was awarded withthe "Young Researcher Medical Prize '' in 2009 She is an examiner in the European Board of Ophthalmology Examinations and became FEBO (Fellow of European Board of Ophthalmology) in 2017.

She has been awarded with the "EVRS Ambassador Award" by European Vitreoretinal Society (EVRS) in 2017 and with "Honor Award" by American Society of Retina Specialists in 2018 and with "Achievement Award" by American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2020. Her vitreoretinal surgical videos were awarded by EVRS, Mediterretina and Turkish Ophthalmology Societies (TOS). She has more than 140 articles published in international journals and 120 articles published in national journals, which have been cited more than 3000 times. She is the author of some chapters of international and national ophthalmology books. She has been invited as a speaker to numerous international and national meetings and as a surgeon in many live surgeries. Dr. Ozdek is a member of the AAO, ASRS, EVRS, Euretina, EVER, RWCand TOS. She is currently the Secretary of European Vitreoretinal Society (EVRS) and previous board member of Vitreoretinal Surgery Subdivision of TOS and president of the ROP commission of TOS.

Dr. Ozdek is Editor-in-Chief of the book Pediatric Vitreoretinal Surgery published by Springer.

Audina Berrocal is currently Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Medical Director of the Retinopathy of Prematurity Service at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Dr. Berrocal originally earned a degree in political science at Princeton University before deciding to pursue ophthalmology, a field that her father, the first retinal specialist in Puerto Rico, and her elder sister excelled in. She earned her MD at Tufts University, completed an internship at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City, and did her residency in ophthalmology at Tufts University Medical School and a vitreoretinal and uveitis fellowship at Bascom Palmer, where she has remained since Dr. Berrocal is one of few ophthalmologists in the country who are willing to work on pediatric patients, and many of hers are premature babies born with various retinal conditions whom she sees in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital. She also works with adult patients suffering with vitreoretinal conditions, often performing delicate surgery in order to treat them.

Ulrich Spandau is a Consultant and Head of Surgery at the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Uppsala, Sweden. He studied medicine at the University of Würzburg in Germany before completing residencies in the Departments of Ophthalmology at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Mannheim-Heidelberg. He undertook further surgical training at the Eye Clinic, Koblenz and became an accredited specialist in ophthalmology in 2003. In 2004 Dr. Spandau was appointed Consultant in the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Mannheim-Heidelberg and he subsequently became Vice Director of the department. He completed his PhD and received his venia legendi in 2005. He has been an Associate Professor since 2013 and has published 52 articles in indexed, peer-reviewed journals and has published a number of Springer books including Small Gauge Vitrectomy: A Practical Handbook, Complications During and After Cataract Surgery, Small Gauge Vitrectomy for Diabetic Retinopathy, 27G Vitrectomy: Minimal Sclerotomies for Maximal Results, Cutting Edge of Ophthalmic Surgery: From Refractive SMILE to Robotic Vitrectomy and Trocar Surgery for Cataract Surgeons.

SENGUL OZDEK 是加茲大學醫學院眼科的教授，主要研究兒童視網膜疾病和玻璃體視網膜手術。她在哈吉特佩大學接受醫學教育，並在安卡拉的加茲大學完成眼科住院醫師訓練。自1999年以來，她一直是加茲大學視網膜科的教職員。她的主要研究興趣在於視網膜疾病和玻璃體視網膜手術。2004年，她在邁阿密大學巴斯科姆帕爾默眼科研究所與哈利·弗林教授學習。2010年4月，她在密西根州皇家橡樹的博蒙特醫院擔任臨床觀察員，並在小兒視網膜診所接受德雷斯醫生和卡波尼醫生的指導。她的主要研究興趣包括ROP（早產兒視網膜病）、小兒玻璃體視網膜手術（ROP、PFV、FEVR、Coats）、外傷、次黃斑出血的外科治療、微眼症和年齡相關性黃斑變性（AMD）。她於2005年通過所有ICO考試，並於2009年獲得“青年研究者醫學獎”。她是歐洲眼科考試委員會的考官，並於2017年成為FEBO（歐洲眼科委員會研究員）。

她於2017年獲得歐洲玻璃體視網膜學會（EVRS）頒發的“EVRS大使獎”，2018年獲得美國視網膜專家學會的“榮譽獎”，以及2020年獲得美國眼科學會的“成就獎”。她的玻璃體視網膜手術視頻曾獲得EVRS、地中海視網膜學會和土耳其眼科學會（TOS）的獎項。她在國際期刊上發表了超過140篇文章，在國內期刊上發表了120篇文章，這些文章被引用超過3000次。她是一些國際和國內眼科書籍的章節作者。她受邀在眾多國際和國內會議上發言，並在許多現場手術中擔任外科醫生。Ozdek醫生是美國眼科學會（AAO）、美國視網膜專家學會（ASRS）、歐洲玻璃體視網膜學會（EVRS）、Euretina、EVER、RWC和TOS的成員。她目前是歐洲玻璃體視網膜學會（EVRS）的秘書，曾是TOS玻璃體視網膜外科分會的董事會成員，並擔任TOS ROP委員會的主席。

Ozdek醫生是由Springer出版的《小兒玻璃體視網膜手術》一書的主編。

Audina Berrocal目前是巴斯科姆帕爾默眼科研究所的臨床眼科教授及早產兒視網膜病服務的醫療主任。Berrocal醫生最初在普林斯頓大學獲得政治學學位，然後決定追求眼科這一領域，這是她的父親（波多黎各第一位視網膜專家）和她的姐姐所擅長的領域。她在塔夫茨大學獲得醫學博士學位，並在紐約市的聖文森特醫院完成實習，隨後在塔夫茨大學醫學院完成眼科住院醫師訓練，並在巴斯科姆帕爾默進行玻璃體視網膜和葡萄膜炎的專科訓練，並自此留在該院。Berrocal醫生是全國少數願意為小兒患者工作的眼科醫生之一，她的許多患者都是在邁阿密大學米勒醫學院/傑克森紀念醫院的新生兒重症監護病房中出生的早產兒，並患有各種視網膜疾病。她也與患有玻璃體視網膜疾病的成人患者合作，經常進行精細的手術以治療他們。

Ulrich Spandau是瑞典烏普薩拉大學醫院眼科的顧問及外科主任。他在德國維爾茨堡大學學習醫學，然後在海德堡大學和曼海姆-海德堡大學的眼科部門完成住院醫師訓練。他在科布倫茨的眼科診所進行進一步的外科訓練，並於2003年成為認證的眼科專家。2004年，Spandau醫生被任命為曼海姆-海德堡大學眼科的顧問。