Itziar Martínez Soroa

Bachelor in Medicine from the University of Navarra (1993-1999)

University Expert in the Health Area Training Programme. “Statistics applied to Health Sciences”. UNED Foundation (2011).

PhD studies: “Scientific Bases of Surgery. Department of Surgery, Radiology and Physical Medicine”. University of the Basque Country (2000-2002)

Doctoral Thesis: Summa cum laude “Viabilidad de lentículo intracorneal de hidrogel copolimerizado con ß–lactama en ojo de conejo” (Viability of intracorneal hydrogel lens copolymerised with ß-lactam in rabbit’s eye). Directors: Javier Mendicute and Juan A. Durán de la Colina. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ophthalmology and Dermatology. University of the Basque Country-Euskal Herriko Univertsitatea (2012).

Donostia University Hospital (San Sebastián). Ophthalmology MIR residency programme (2000-2004)

Training periods at Ramón y Cajal University Hospital (Madrid) (2002), Bellvitge University Hospital (Barcelona) (2003), Barraquer Ophthalmology Clinic (Barcelona) (2004).

Specialist physician at Bidasoa District Hospital (2008-2009).

Specialist physician at Donostia University Hospital, Anterior Segment Section (since 2004)

Specialist in Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery at Clínicas Oftalmológicas Miranza Begitek (since 2005).

Head of the Ophthalmology Department at Donostia University Hospital (since August 2024).

Board Member of the Spanish Society of Implant-Refractive Surgery (since 2021 to present).

Associate professor at the University of the Basque Country (since 2010)

Accredited by the Quality Assessment and Accreditation Agency of the Basque University System (UNIQUAL) as an associated professor in the field of knowledge of Medical and Health Sciences.

Lecturer on the “Theoretical-practical course on keratoplasty and reconstruction techniques for the ocular surface”, Centro de Cirugía de Mínima Invasión Jesús Usón in Cáceres (2010-2018)

Participation in 28 meetings and courses as a lecturer

Management of courses organised by the Spanish Implanto-Refractive Surgery Society:

• “Basic initiation course in corneal transplantation surgery: Penetrating keratoplasty, characteristics of the donor tissue to commence surgical technique” (2020)
• “Course on emergency reconstruction techniques in corneal-conjunctive disorders” (2019)
• “Emergency reconstruction techniques in corneal disorders” (2017)
• “Emergency reconstruction techniques and regenerative therapies in corneal disorders”. 36th World Ophthalmology Congress of the International Council of Ophthalmology. (2018)

Member of 3 Doctoral Thesis Boards.

Director of 6 Degree Projects.

Author of 80 scientific presentations at national conferences and 12 at international conferences, with 9 awarded presentations.

17 national and international publications in scientific journals, 14 in indexed journals.

22 publications in chapters of books of scientific interest.

Co-editor in 2020 of the monograph of the Spanish Society of Implant-Refractive Surgery, “Cataract & Cornea and Ocular Surface.”

Moderator at 14 scientific meetings.

Participation in 5 funded research projects: 2 as principal investigator and 3 as a collaborating researcher.

Principal investigator in 6 clinical trials.

Researcher at the Institute for Health Research at the Biodonostia Institute.

Member of the Experimental Ophthalmology and Biology Group (GOBE) at the University of the Basque Country.

Collaborating researcher in the OftaRed group (RETICS Ocular Pathology) from 2015 to 2019.

Director of the “EusKornea Meeting” (2019, 2021, 2023).