Every year, on November 11, many countries around the world celebrate Ophthalmologist’s Day. This is a professional holiday for physicians who treat various eye diseases. Thanks to ophthalmologists, we have the opportunity to see and perceive the world around us in all its unique shades and colors, because it is known that up to 90% of information a person receives through sight.
Ophthalmologists are faced daily with pathologies of the visual organ of varying severity. Some eye diseases can be completely asymptomatic and therefore the task of an ophthalmologist is very responsible – to detect these diseases as early as possible and save vision. Glaucoma remains one of the most common causes of vision loss in the world. This is a dangerous eye disease, which is manifested by periodic or constant increase in intraocular pressure, followed by damage to the optic nerve, which leads to irreversible loss of vision.
Kyiv Medical University is actively involved in the fight against glaucoma. Our University co-organizes annual international scientific and practical conferences on glaucoma. The head of the Ukrainian Glaucoma Society is Zoya Fedorivna Veselovska, a leading scientist of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Honored Doctor of Ukraine, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine, Corresponding Member. NAMS of Ukraine, Prof., MD, Head of the Department of Surgical Diseases №2 with a course in ophthalmology of the CMU. The main task of the Ukrainian Glaucoma Society is to support world achievements, educational, scientific and social-medical projects aimed at long-term preservation of vision in glaucoma patients.
On the Day of the Ophthalmologist we want to congratulate all ophthalmologists on their professional holiday. I wish them success in work, good health, prosperity and peace!
