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Pediatric Department

Pediatric department performs surgical and conservative ocular pathology treatment of any complexity, including:


- lacrimal ducts probing and irrigation; cataract; retinal detachment and macular holes;
- retinoschisis;
- strabismus surgery, including vertical, paralytic and atypical forms;
- surgical treatment of upper eyelid ptosis;
- removal of neoplasms in the eye and its auxiliary structures;
- crosslinking of the corneal collagen in case of keratoconus;
- optic nerve pit surgery;
- epiretinal fibrosis, glaucoma;
- conservative and surgical treatment of myopia and amblyopia of different genesis;
- device-assisted pleoptic and orthoptic treatment, treatment of habitually excessive tension of accommodation;
- diagnostics and treatment for patients with genetic and syndrome ocular pathology;
- laser surgery of retinal pathology.

Specialists

врачи МТНК

Shefer Kristina Konstantinovna
Head of Pediatric department, ophthalmologist of the highest qualification category, associate professor at the Ophthalmology chair of NWSMU named after I.I. Mechnikov, candidate of medical sciences (PhD)



Details

Education:
2003 graduated from St. Petersburg Pediatric Medical Academy;
2006 obtained specialist certificate in Ophthalmology;
2003-2008 postgraduate study specializing in “Ocular diseases’ St. Petersburg Pediatric Medical Academy and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;
Constantly undergoes training courses in various fields of ophthalmology:
2009г - «Electrophysiological research methods in ophthalmology»;
2010 г - «Retinal and optic nerve pathology. Fluorescent angiography»;
2010 - «Ophthalmology. Refractive and oculomotor disorders»;
2014 - «Strabismus and ametropias among children»;
2014, 2019, 2021 - «Pediatric ophthalmology»;
2017 - «Inflammatory ocular diseases»;
2018 - «Perinatal ophthalmology».

Medical practice:
2005-2009 г – lecturer at Ophthalmology chair of St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy;
2009-2019 г – ophthalmologist of the microsurgery department at LCSBIH “Children’s Clinical Hospital”;
2013 -present - associated professor at the Ophthalmology chair of NWSMU named after I.I. Mechnikov;
2019 - present – head of pediatric department of S. Fyodorov "Eye Microsurgery" Federal State Institution, St. Petersburg Branch.

Field of interest:
Pediatric ophthalmology, neuroophthalmology, electrophysiology studies of the visual organ, strabismus, refractive disorders, keratoconus, genetic ocular diseases, optic nerve pathology, inflammatory ocular diseases.

Scientific work:
2003-2008 postgraduate study specializing in “Ocular diseases’ St. Petersburg Pediatric Medical Academy and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;
2012 г candidate’s dissertation defense on the subject “Functional state of visual sensory system among teenagers with fetal alcohol syndrome”, St. Petersburg;
2013 г dissertation defense on the subject «Visuo-motor performance in children visually impaired due to Fetal alcohol syndrome”, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;
2005-2009 г – lecturer at Ophthalmology chair of St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy;
2013 -present - associate professor at the Ophthalmology chair of NWSMU named after I.I. Mechnikov;
Author of more than 40 scientific publications; editorial board member of the academic journal “Russian pediatric Ophthalmology”.

Hirsch Index: 3
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