Dr Elena Dardzhikova

Medical Director
Specialties:
  • Corrections Specialist
  • Laser Correction
  • Laser procedures
  • Retinal diseases
Languages:
  • English
  • German
  • Russian

Dr. Dardzhikova is an established specialist with a focus on modern methods of vision correction. With over 20 years of experience and thousands of laser vision correction procedures performed, she helps patients free themselves from glasses and contact lenses.

Having graduated from the Medical University of Sofia and completed several additional specializations in refractive surgery, Dr. Dardzhikova works with the most advanced cutting-edge technologies.

2003 Recognized specialty in “Eye Diseases,” Alexandrovska University Hospital – Sofia

1995 Master’s degree in medicine, Medical University – Sofia

Since 2004 Specialist in Eye Diseases at Vision Eye Center

2003 – 2004 Consultant Ophthalmologist, DCC XIV – Sofia

1996 – 2000 Ophthalmologist – Resident, DCC XIV – Sofia

1998 – 2003 Regular specialization in the Department of Ophthalmology at Alexandrovska University Hospital – Sofia, combined with specialization in the section of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Fluorescein Angiography, and Laser Therapy

1996 Specialization in the Emergency Eye Clinic at Tsaritsa Yoanna University Hospital, Sofia

2011 Bimanual and microincision cataract surgery – Istanbul, Turkey

2010 15-day live surgery: phacoemulsification. Agarwal Eye Clinic – Chennai, India

2009 Corneal collagen cross-linking. Plastic surgery of the eyelids and surgical treatment of pterygium with plastic surgery – Barcelona, Spain

2008 Zyoptix / LASIK Training course, Agarwal Eye Clinic – Chennai, India

2006 Refractive surgery – Innsbruck, Austria

2006 Refractive surgery – Mannheim, Germany

2004 Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT), YAG iridotomy, YAG capsulotomy – Vision Eye Center – Sofia, Bulgaria

2004 Diabetic retinopathy, diagnosis and laser treatment, Alexandrovska University Hospital – Sofia

2012 European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons

2009 Bulgarian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Bulgarian Ophthalmological Society

Bulgarian Medical Association

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