Dr. Agnieszka Anna Dyrda

Education

• Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Silesia in Katowice. Faculty of Medicine in Zabrze (Poland).
• National Medical Examination in Poland (LEP)
• Specialty in Ophthalmology. Training carried out in the Ophthalmology Service of Hospital de la Esperanza, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona. Training in Emergencies at the Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona.
• Master’s Degree in Pathology and Surgery of the Macula, Vitreous and Retina, Barraquer Institute, Graduate School of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
• Fellowship in Surgical & Medical Retina, Institut Català de Retina, Barcelona.
• Fellowship in Pediatric Surgical & Medical Retina, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital Barcelona.
• Basic Science Assessment. International Council of Ophthalmology (FICO).
• Clinical Science Assessment. International Council of Ophthalmology (FICO).
• Diploma of the European Council of Ophthalmology (EBOD). It is a test of excellence in ophthalmology. It is designed to assess the knowledge and clinical skills necessary to provide a high level of ophthalmological care, both in hospitals and independent clinics (FEBO).

Education abroad

• Fellowship in Cataract: Phaco / SICS, Sahai Hospital, Jaipur (India).
• European Board of Ophthalmology grant: external rotation, maximum qualification in knowledge, skills and attitudes. Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Medical and Surgical Retina, Hôpital La Riboisière, Université Paris (France).
• Department of Ophthalmology, Training in the Cornea Department of Szpital Kolejowy, Katowice (Poland).
• Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital El Salvador, School of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago (Chile).
• Department of Ophthalmology, Public Hospital, Ruda Slaska (Poland).
• Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec (Poland).

Prizes

• IX place in the “Primus inter Pares” (contest for the best student of the Republic of Poland, under the auspices of the Polish president, Aleksander Kwasniewski).
• Award for the second best oral communication: “Study of the characteristics, evolution and response to the treatment of chronic central serous chorioretinopathy.”
• Award for the best poster: “Macular Retinal Automated Segmentation with SD-OCT in Glaucomatous Patients”. 13th International Spectralis Congress.
• Scholarship from the Catalan Society of Ophthalmology for the best research work: “Prospective, randomized and controlled study to assess the effectiveness of current treatment regimens in central serous chorioretinopathy.” 46th Congress of Society.
• Award for the best video communication for: “Intraoperative optical coherence tomography in vitreorretinal surgery.” 47th Congress of the Catalan Society of Ophthalmology (SCO).
• ICR Award for the best publication and ophthalmologic research project of 2017: “Diagnostic Accuracy of Spectralis SD OCT Automated Macular Layers Segmentation to Discriminate Normal from Early Glaucomatous Eyes.”

Medical Societies

• Member of the European Society of Retina Specialists.
• Member of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons.
• Member of the American Academy of Opthalmology.
• Member of the Sociedad Española de Cirugía Implanto Refractiva.
• Member of the Sociedad Española de Glaucoma.
• Member of the Sociedad Catalana de Oftalmología.

International Languages

English and Polish

Additional Information

• Numerous publications as co-author.
• Numerous presentations in congresses.

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