Dr. Ralitsa Kermedchieva
Pentagram Eye Hospital and Medical Center
Dr. Ralitsa Kermedchieva is an ophthalmologist with over 10 years of experience. She has numerous specializations in and outside of Bulgaria, and her clinical interests are in the field of diagnosis and surgical treatment of cataracts, glaucoma, corneal diseases, and eyelid pathology. Additionally, at the Pentagram Eye Hospital, she undertakes innovative pulsed light therapy, which effectively alleviates dry eye syndrome.
| Current position | - Head of the Ophthalmology Department at Pentagram Eye Hospital
- Ophthalmologist at Medical Center 'Pentagram' |
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| Education | - Master of Medicine, MU - Plovdiv
- Specialty in Ophthalmology, MU - Plovdiv - Acquired academic degree 'Doctor of Medicine', MU - Plovdiv - Master in Healthcare Management, NBU - Sofia |
| Experience | - University Hospital 'St. George' JSC, Plovdiv, University Eye Clinic – Ophthalmologist
- MBAL and MC Trimontium, Plovdiv – Ophthalmologist - Eye Hospital and MC Pentagram, Sofia – Ophthalmologist |
| Specializations outside Bulgaria | - Cataract surgery, Switzerland
- Blepharoplasty, ESASO, Portugal - Dry eye syndrome, Barcelona, Spain - Micro-invasive glaucoma surgery with implants, ESCRS, Austria - Cataract and refractive surgery, ESASO, Switzerland |
| Specializations in Bulgaria | - Keratoplasty, MU – Varna
- Confocal microscopy of the anterior eye surface in vivo, MU - Varna - Amniotic membrane transplantation, MU - Varna - Vitreoretinal surgery and retinal detachment, MU – Sofia - Laser refractive surgery, BOW - Sofia - Lasers in Ophthalmology, MU - Sofia - Fluorescein angiography, MU - Sofia - OCT in the diagnosis of macula and glaucoma, MU - Plovdiv - Computer perimetry, MU - Plovdiv - A and B ultrasound of the eye, MU - Plovdiv |
| Memberships | - Bulgarian Society of Ophthalmology (BDO)
- Bulgarian Glaucoma Society (BGS) - European Society of Cataract and - Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) - European Dry Eye Society (EuDES) |
Clinical and scientific interests
- Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Cataracts
- Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Glaucoma
- Diseases of the Cornea and Eyelid Pathology
- Diseases of the anterior ocular surface and dry eye
Useful articles
Occlusion of the Central Retinal Artery (CRAO) is the Eye's Analog of Ischemic Stroke
Occlusion of the Central Retinal Artery (CRAO): symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and emergency treatment for sudden painless vision loss.
VALEDA – modern therapy for the dry form of macular degeneration
VALEDA is a modern non-invasive therapy for the dry form of macular degeneration, based on photobiomodulation and light treatment.