THE OPHTHALMOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF KIROV STATE MEDICAL ACADEMYThe Ophthalmology Department (to establish) __________________ in 1991. The chairman of this subdivision of KSMA (to be) ______Professor of Ophthalmology and Ophthalmosurgery Alexandr. D. Chuprov. He (to lead) ________________________ the department since it (to found)__________. This course (to introduce) _______________students to pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of the major and most common eye diseases. It (to consist) ___________________ of lectures followed by group discussions of illustrative clinical cases. This course (to design) ______________________ to increase knowledge and understanding of major eye pathologies such as pathologies of the retina, lens and cornea, disorders of the vascular tract, normal conditions and pathologies of refraction, pathologies of the optical nerve, orbits, eyelids, lacrimal organs, pathology of conjuctivitis, disorders of the vitreous body, etc. Students (to be) ________ to master special methods of investigation and evaluation, as well as major therapeutic and surgical treatments. On completion, students (to be) _______ to take a test-like exam including fifteen major eye pathologies. The exam (to comprise) _________________________ situational tests, evaluation of patients with diverse eye pathologies and test photos to make a correct diagnosis. The staff of the department (to boast) ______________of five highest category microsurgeons. Over 2000 microsurgical operations (to perform) ________________a year. The most common surgeries (to be) _________extraction of cataracts and implantation of artificial lenses. A significant portion of ophthalmological operations (to account) _______________ for operations for glaucomas, retinal detachment, vitreoectomies, plastic operations, corneagrafting, etc. These skilled surgeons (to know) ___________________in many parts of the ex-USSR. The department's scientific work (to devote) __________________to new effective technologies of implantations of elastic intraocular lenses through a tiny incision of the cornea. The department (to establish) ________________________long-lasting scientific relationships with the best ophthalmological centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Ekaterinbirg and Nizhny Novgorod. Almost all the faculty members, internship and residency doctors and research postgraduates (to know) ______________ a foreign language very well, and that (to enable) _________________ them to read and analyze the latest medical news in their field. Students (to attract) ____________________ to analytical reviews of ophthalmological ads, journals and articles. Four ophthalmosurgeons (to have) ____________training courses at the Ophthalmology Centre of Hannover Higher Medical School under Professor Hoffmann’s supervision. Professor Chuprov, Associate Professors Levanova and Plotnikova and Ophthalmosurgeon Kudryavtseva (to learn) _______________ a lot from Professor Hoffmann and his associates. Several years ago Professor Hoffmann and his disciple Dr. Leuschner (to visit) _________ Kirov. They (to hold) _____________ an international conference, (to operate) ______________ in Kirov and Sovietsk and (to give) _______________ consultations to patients with severe eye problems. The world known ophthalmosurgeons highly (to evaluate) ___________________ skills, techniques and diagnostic and treatment methods of their Russian colleagues. The leading experts of the department (to invite) _________________ to national, European and World conferences on Ophthalmology and Ophthalmosurgery. They (to participate) _______________________ in international congresses in Germany, Sweden and many other countries. Their scientific works (to publish) __________________________ in well-recognized national and international journals. They also (win) _________________ prestigious grants. It (to plan) ________________________to establish an interregional centre of ophthalmosurgery on the basis of Kirov Ophthalmology Hospital, and KSMA's department of ophthalmology (to think) ____________________to become the leading team of the centre.
|
