Participant Testimonials

Lucia Lee FERRARO, Palermo, Italy

I am Italian and I’m from Palermo. I work in a private practice in Palermo. I heard about ESASO from previous participants. This is my first ESASO course. I attended…

29 August

Paola CASSINARI, Piacenza, Italy

I work at Guglielmo da Saliceto’s Hospital in Piacenza. I was invited by a pharmaceutical company to attend the Medical Retina Module held in Roma, in February 2016. I am…

29 August

Arturo CARTA, Parma, Italy

I’m working at the Universitary Hospital of Parma, Italy, as an Associate Professor in Ophthalmology. I’m 47 years old and I first heard of ESASO during the annual meeting organized…

29 August

Mohd Najmussadiq KHAN, Saudi Arabia – India

I work at the department of ophthalmology, KAMC, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. I belong to India. First time I attended ESASO module of Cataract and Intraocular Refractive Surgery in Sharjah, 2015.…

29 August

Laura GUTIERREZ BENITEZ, Barcelona, Spain

My name is Laura Gutiérrez, I am 30 years old and I work in Barcelona (Spain). I heard about ESASO Medical retina module thanks to a colleague that had already…

29 August

Michael R. MARTINEZ, Mexico

I would like to introduce myself and give a summary of my medical experience. I am a 35 year-old ophthalmologist from Mexico currently participating in an ESASO sponsored Fellowship. Specifically,…

29 August

Kulagina Anastasia VIKTOROVNA, Russia

Kulagina Anastasia Viktorovna, I’m 34 years old. I work in the Russian Federation. My specialty is cataract surgery and vitreoretinal surgery. I first heard about ESASO from my colleagues! In…

29 August

Aron SZABO, Szeged, Hungary

I’m a 33 year old ophthalmologist from the University of Szeged, Hungary, training to be a glacuoma specialist. I’ve completed two ESASO modules cataract and glacuoma. I was fortunate to…

29 August

Aida MUSIČ, Bosnia and Herzegovina

My name is dr. Aida Musić. I am from Bosnia and Herzegovina. I work at County Hospital Zenica Ophthalmology Department. I am 38-year-old. I first heard about ESASO through its…

29 August

Willem-Martin GERBER, Cape Town, South Africa

My name is Vanik Kostanyan and I am Armenian doctor from Ukraine. I work in Podillya Vision Center, Vinnytsia city. I heard about ESASO from my colleagues and decided to…

29 August

Juan Carlos SÁNCHEZ, Barcelona, Spain

I am a 30 years old Colombian Ophthalmologist. I am currently doing my Oculoplastic fellowship at the IMO (Institute of Ocular Microsurgery) in Barcelona. I have the fortune that my…

29 August

Nina JOVANOVIC, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

I work at the Canton Hospital Zenica, Ophthalmology Department in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I am 35 years old. I’ve read about ESASO via SOE link four years ago. After attending…

29 August

Mohd Najmussadiq KHAN, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

I am an ophthalmologist from India and I work at King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, KSA. Previously I have participated in three ESASO modules in Cataract, Medical and Advance Surgical…

29 August

Dobrin BOYADZHIEV, Varna, Bulgaria

My name is Dobrin Boyadzhiev. I am from Bulgaria and I am 32 years old. I work in Specialised Eye Hospital – Varna and I am an assistant professor in…

29 August

Tatiana RUCHKO, Stockholm, Sweden

My name is Tatiana Ruchko. I’m Russian and I work in a private clinic in Stockholm, Sweden. I found information about ESASO courses in Euretina in Nice 2015. I participated…

29 August

Horchi Nicole, Switzerland

Dr. Nicole Horchi, FEBO, DiSSO. Consultant, Dry Eye and Glaucoma department, Pallas Clinics, Olten, Switzerland is sharing her experience with ESASO! https://esaso.org/team/horchi-nicole/

29 August

Mimoza MEÇO, Tirana, Albania

I work at the American Hospital in Tirana. I did an internet search about ESASO courses, mostly interested in Corneal Refractive Surgery. Even if the course focus was wider than Corneal…

29 August

Paderni Ruggiero, Italy

I’m Ruggiero Paderni, 35 years old. I actually work in Milan, in public and private hospital. I’ve attended the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Module at ESASO, in Lugano. The organization…

29 August

Hans Peter ISELI, Zurich, Switzerland

I work at the Limmat Eye Center in Zurich, Switzerland. This was my first ESASO Surgical retina module. The course was very helpful in understanding the principles of retinal surgery.…

29 August

Shaima Awadh Hashem, Bahrain

I’m Shaima Awadh Hashem working in a governmental tertiary hospital in Bahrain. I’ve participated in the cornea and refractive surgery module in Lugano (September 2018) I’ve got to know about…

29 August

Gounon SAYE, Bamako, Mali

I am Dr. Gounon SAYE, 39 years old and I work at the University Hospital-Institute of Ophthalmology, Tropical Africa, Mali, Bamako.This is my first time to follow the ESASO training…

29 August

Teodor Razvan Cristescu, Romania

My name is Teodor Razvan Cristescu, I am a 33 years old doctor from Romania. I currently work in France, at CH Luneville. I heard about ESASO a long time…

29 August

DENISIUK Olga, Ukraine

My name is Olga Denisiuk, I work at the Department of Ophthalmology at P.L. Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, in Kiev, Ukraine. I heard about ESASO from my…

29 August

DEREVYAGIN Dmytro, Ukraine

My name is Dmytro, I am an ophthalmologist from Lviv, Ukraine. I found the information about ESASO some years ago in the internet, but only now I`ve got the opportunity…

29 August

Apoorva AYACHIT, India

It was a great privilege to attend the ESASO medical retina module held at Rome, Italy in February 2018. I was excited about the program from the minute I received…

29 August

Piyali Sen, India

It gives me a great pleasure to share my 1 year experience with ESASO. I am an Ophthalmologist from India who had recently moved to London and I was searching…

29 August

I am a Spanish Ophthalmologist, currently working as Oculoplastic specialist at the University Hospital in Zurich (Switzerland). The first time I heard from ESASO was from other colleagues that attended…

29 August

Donata Montvilaitė, Lithuania

I’m Donata Montvilaite, I work at a few private clinics in Vilnius, Lithuania and I’m interested in cataract surgery. I’ve heard about ESASO modules from my colleague and later I…

29 August

Adel Smajlović, Bosnia & H

I’m from Bosnia and Herzegovina. I work at the Ophthalmology Department in County Hospital Zenica. I’m 41 years old. I’ve heard about the ESASO from my colleagues who attended previous…

29 August

Alessia Dipietro, Italy

I’m Alessia Dipietro, 36 years old. I actually work in Bari, as a private ophthalmologist. I’ve attended “Basic Cataract & Intraocular Refractive Surgery” module held in Lugano in November. I’ve…

29 August