W. Fukała Lecture

Wincenty Fukała (1847-1895)

Pioneer of refractive surgery

Born into a Polish family in the town of Zhovkva in Galicia (today’s Ukraine)

Studied in Vienna where he specialised in ophthalmology under Prof. von Arlt

Performed the first refractive operation (clear-lens extraction in high myopia) in the history of ophthalmology (Fukała operation) in 1887, and by the end of 1889 had treated 16 patients in this way

References:

Schmidt D, Grzybowski A. Vincenz Fukala (1847-1911) and the early history of clear-lens operations in high myopia. Saudi J Ophthalmol. 2013 Jan;27(1):41-6.
Schmidt D, Grzybowski A. Vincenz Fukala (1847-1911): versatile surgeon and early historian of ophthalmology. Surv Ophthalmol. 2011 Nov-Dec;56(6):550-6.
Schmidt D, Grzybowski A. Vincenz Fukala (1847-1911) and the early history of clear-lens surgery in high myopia. J Refract Surg. 2011 Sep;27(9):636-7.

Wincenty Fukała Lectures

2023

Professor George Beiko

“Current understanding of accommodation and its different treatment modalities”

Professor at McMaster University and Toronto University in Canada

Published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and authored 13 book chapters. Has given over 700 scientific presentations at meetings throughout the world

Member of the review panel or editorial board of over 30 ophthalmology journals

Being named one of the “Premier Surgeons” of North America (which numbers 250 surgeons)

Has received many awards including the Gold Medal awarded by the Indian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the Boberg-Ans Award from the Danish Ophthalmological Society

2022

Professor Zbigniew Zagórski

“The importance of the ocular surface in the surgical correction of presbyopia”

Outstanding surgeon – performed over 20.000 ocular surgeries during his surgical career

Head of Professor Krwawicz’s Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Lublin, 1991 – 2006

Author of around 200 scientific publications and 5 books on ophthalmology

In 1998, Professor opened the first Eye Surgery Centre in Nałęczów, followed by similar centres in Rzeszów, Kraków, Nowy Sącz and Luck (Ukraine)

Currently, the OCHO Medical Group has locations in Kraków, Nałęczów, Nowy Sącz, Rzeszów, Lublin, Lubartów and Zwoleń.

W. Fukała Lecture

Wincenty Fukała (1847-1895)

Pioneer of refractive surgery

Born into a Polish family in the town of Zhovkva in Galicia (today’s Ukraine)

Studied in Vienna where he specialised in ophthalmology under Prof. von Arlt

Performed the first refractive operation (clear-lens extraction in high myopia) in the history of ophthalmology (Fukała operation) in 1887, and by the end of 1889 had treated 16 patients in this way

Wincenty Fukała Lectures

2023

Professor George Beiko

“Current understanding of accommodation and its different treatment modalities”

Professor at McMaster University and Toronto University in Canada

Published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and authored 13 book chapters. Has given over 700 scientific presentations at meetings throughout the world

Member of the review panel or editorial board of over 30 ophthalmology journals

Being named one of the “Premier Surgeons” of North America (which numbers 250 surgeons)

Has received many awards including the Gold Medal awarded by the Indian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the Boberg-Ans Award from the Danish Ophthalmological Society

2022

Professor Zbigniew Zagórski

“The importance of the ocular surface in the surgical correction of presbyopia”

Outstanding surgeon – performed over 20.000 ocular surgeries during his surgical career

Head of Professor Krwawicz’s Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Lublin, 1991 – 2006

Author of around 200 scientific publications and 5 books on ophthalmology

In 1998, Professor opened the first Eye Surgery Centre in Nałęczów, followed by similar centres in Rzeszów, Kraków, Nowy Sącz and Luck (Ukraine)

Currently, the OCHO Medical Group has locations in Kraków, Nałęczów, Nowy Sącz, Rzeszów, Lublin, Lubartów and Zwoleń.

2021

Professor Jorge Alió

“Multifocal Intraocular Lenses: how to solve neuroadaptation problems”

Chairman of Ophthalmology since 1987, first at the University of Alicante and since 2002 at the University Miguel Hernández of Elche, Spain

Outstanding surgeon – performed over 55.000 ocular surgeries during his surgical career

Author or co-author of 669 peer review papers and 99 books

Main dedication has been to Cataract, Cornea and Refractive Surgery

Full Member of 26 Scientific Societies around the world

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