Dr. Laura Veronica Echandi

License number 66662

Bachelor in Medicine from the University of Buenos Aires and specialized in Ophthalmology from Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires. Dr. Laura Verónica Echandi is an ophthalmologist specialized in clinical and surgical retina. She stands out for her active participation in both national and international congresses, conferences and refresher courses.

Languages

Spanish, English and Portuguese.

Education

• Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Residency in Ophthalmology at the Hospital Juan A. Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Fellow in Retina and Uveitis at the center Dr. Emilio Dodds – Consultores Oftalmológicos, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Graduate program “Specialist in Ophthalmolgy” from the Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Currently

• Member of the Retina and Vitreous Departament.
• Member of the Uveitits Department.
• Member of the Ocular Genetics Unit.

Research

• Co-author of “Long-term, drug-free remission of sympathetic ophthalmia with high-dose, short-term chlorambucil therapy” published in Ophthalmology, 2013.
• Co-author of “Superficial retinal precipitates in patients with syphilitic retinitis” published in Retina, 2010.
• Co-author of “Subretinal abscess due to Nocardia farcinica resistant to trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus” published in Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 2006.

Medical Societies

• Founder of the Panamerican Society of Genetic Diseases of the Retina (PANIRD in Spanish)
• Member of the International Society of Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV)
• Member of the Argentinean Society of Retina and Vitreous
• Member of the Argentinean Council of Ophthalmology
• Member of the Argentinean Group of Uveitis

Teaching

• Teacher at the Uveitis section of the Hospital Fernandez, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Teacher at the Argentinean Society of Retina and Vitreous.
• Teacher of the Specialization Course in Ophthalmology at Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Teacher of Electrophysiologic Studies in the Retina Course from the Bachelor of Pediatric Ophthalmology at Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires.

Additonal Information

• Continuous education through several refresher courses in the specializations of retina and uveitis.
• Multiple communications and posters in both national and international conferences in the sector.