Usov
Vladimir Yakovlevich

Priority fields of work

Within the last 5 years alone, he has performed over 900 successful operations for eye diseases such as:

• cataract,
• glaucoma,
• pterygium,
• ulcers,
• cataract,
• primary and secondary corneal dystrophy,
• keratoconus,
• non-penetrating and penetrating damage to the eye and in combination with the presence of foreign bodies.

Education

Graduated from the Vinnytsia Medical Institute named after Pirogov in 1984 with honors, majoring in “General Medicine”.

Completed internship in the eye department of the Cherkasy Regional Hospital, where he worked as an ophthalmologist until 1988.

Completed clinical residency (1988 to 1990) in Ophthalmology at the V. P. Filatov Ukrainian Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy. Later, was enrolled in a full-time postgraduate course, from which he graduated in 1993.

Internships, conferences, seminars

• 1995-internship in Germany aimed at improving the technology of refractive keratoplasty of myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism (ALC, LASIK).
• 2006-internship in Egypt- “Ophthalmology” department of Ophthalmological Monsour Center.
• 2007 – internship in Greece (Prof. Zofirakis) – department “Ultrasonic-phacoemulsification of cataracts”, Athens.Ophthalmology Center

Scientific and educational work

In 1993, passed his PhD defense on the subject of “Implantation of posterior chamber intraocular lenses in cases of damaged and absent of posterior lens capsule”.

In 2005, was awarded a diploma with the academic title of senior researcher.

In 2011, successfully defended his thesis for a doctor’s degree on the subject of ” Refractive keratoplasty of ametropia (improvement of technology, prediction of results, prevention of complications) with a diploma.

Academic title – Doctor of Medical Sciences (MD).

Since 1993, the head and co-executive director of research works (R & D) at the “V. P. Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy of the NAMS of Ukraine”.

Author of more than 200 scientific papers in Ukrainian and international specialized publications. Among them is a monograph co-authored with Professor E. V. Maltsev. “Glasses, contact lenses, refractive keratoplasty, or conscious choice.”

Regular participant with scientific reports of domestic and foreign ophthalmological forums, which took place in Kiev, Odessa, Genoa, Budapest, Istanbul, Berlin, Leipzig.

Author of 12 Ukrainian patents.

Trained 3 students, two of whom successfully defended their PhD theses.