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Novac Valeriu

Ophthalmic surgeon

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Specialization:

General ophthalmic surgery, Laser treatment and prevention of eye diseases, Cataract surgery, Antiglaucomatous surgery, Laser treatment of fundus pathology, Laser surgeries for glaucoma

Competencies

Ophthalmologist of the Highest Qualification Category. In practice since 1976.

1970–1976 — Graduated from the Faculty of General Medicine, Chișinău State Medical Institute (now Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy), with a degree in General Medicine, Chișinău, Moldova.
1976–1977 — Internship in Ophthalmology at Municipal Clinical Hospital No. 3, Chișinău, Moldova.
1979 — Advanced training "Laser Surgery" at the Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy, Odesa, Ukraine.
1980–1983 — Clinical residency in Ophthalmology at the Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy, Odesa, Ukraine.
1986 — Advanced training course "Current Issues in Ophthalmology" at the Ukrainian Institute for Advanced Medical Training, Kyiv, Ukraine.
1987 — Advanced training "Cataract Surgery with IOL Implantation" at the Eye Microsurgery Institution (MNTK), Moscow, Russian Federation.
1988 — Advanced training "Refractive Keratoplasty" at the Eye Microsurgery Institution (MNTK), Moscow, Russian Federation.
1991 — Advanced training "Cataract Surgery and Implantology" at the Eye Microsurgery Institution (MNTK), Moscow, Russian Federation.
1998 — Advanced training "Neuro-Ophthalmology" at the L. L. Hirshman Institute of Eye Diseases, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2002 — Pre-certification course "Current Issues in Ophthalmology" at the Zaporizhzhia Institute for Advanced Medical Training, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
2004 — Pre-certification course "Current Issues in Ophthalmology" at the Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
2007 — Advanced training "Vitreoretinal Surgery" at the Eye Microsurgery Institution (MNTK), Moscow, Russian Federation.
2007 — Advanced training "Retinal Detachment Surgery" at the Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy, Odesa, Ukraine.
2008 — Pre-certification course "Current Issues in Ophthalmology" at the Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
2021 — Pre-certification course "Current Issues in Ophthalmology" at the Institute for Advanced Medical Training, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation.
Since 2013 — Chief Physician of the Eye Microsurgery Centre, Chișinău.

Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), the European Glaucoma Society (EGS) and the Society of Ophthalmologists of the Republic of Moldova.
Author of 36 published papers across various fields of ophthalmology, one invention (1986) and 28 rationalisation proposals.
17 oral and poster presentations at the World Congress of Ophthalmology (1998) and the European Congresses of Ophthalmology (1997, 1999), and at conferences in Moldova, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.

Participation in international congresses and conferences:
1986–2018 — Annual participation in the international conference "Filatov Readings," Odesa, Ukraine.
1997 — Speaker, European Congress of Ophthalmology, Budapest, Hungary.
1998 — Speaker, World Congress of Ophthalmology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
1999 — Speaker, European Congress of Ophthalmology, Stockholm, Sweden.
2011 — Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), Vienna, Austria.
2012 — ESCRS Congress, Milan, Italy.
2014 — ESCRS Congress, London, United Kingdom.
2015 — ESCRS Congress, Barcelona, Spain.
2018 — ESCRS Congress, Lisbon, Portugal.
Since 1986 — Regular participation in ophthalmology conferences in Moldova, Romania and Ukraine.

Procedures performed independently over the course of practice (as of early 2026):
approximately 22,000 cataract extractions with IOL implantation (including phacoemulsification);
approximately 20,000 surgeries for ocular trauma;
approximately 17,000 laser procedures (all types);
approximately 14,000 anterior segment surgeries;
approximately 10,000 antiglaucomatous surgeries;
approximately 5,000 refractive surgeries;
approximately 700 strabismus correction surgeries;
approximately 300 enucleations with socket reconstruction;
approximately 270 eyelid plastic surgeries;
approximately 2,000 other surgeries.

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