Silvia López-Plandolit

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of the Basque Country. 1996 – 2002.

Postgraduate studies: Doctor Cum Laude from the UPV with the research project titled: “El Plasma Rico en Factores de Crecimiento como tratamiento alternativo en el ojo seco y los defectos epiteliales persistentes” (“Plasma Rich in Growth Factors as an alternative treatment for dry eye and persistent epithelial defects”). 2015.

Specialist in Ophthalmology through MIR residency programme at Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo (Vizcaya). 2003 – 2007.

Rotations in Glaucoma (H San Eloy, 2005) and in Cornea and Refractive Surgery (Instituto Clínico Quirúrgico Oftalmológico, 2006)

Surgeon Training Course Work for intracorneal ring (INTACS) implantation. Barcelona. 2006.

Advanced Keratoplasty Wetlab Course on Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK). Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS). Rotterdam. March – April 2015.

Specialist physician at Hospital de Santiago Apóstol. Vitoria (Alava). 2007 – 2008.

Specialist physician at Hospital de San Eloy. Baracaldo (Vizcaya). 2008 – 2013.

Specialist physician at Instituto Clínico Quirúrgico Oftalmológico (ICQO). Cornea and Ocular Surface and Refractive Surgery Section. Bilbao (Vizcaya). 2006 – 2015.

Head of Ocular Surface, Cornea and Crystalline Lens Section at Hospital de Basurto. Bilbao (Vizcaya). 2013 – present.

Specialist physician at Clínica Oftalmológica Alfonso Gil Ibarra. 2016 – present.

Member of the GOBE group (Grupo Oftalmo-Biología Experimental – Experimental Ophthalmo-Biology Group) at the UPV/EHU. 2018 – present.

Specialist physician at Miranza Begoña. March 2024 – present.

Associate Professor at the University of the Basque Country. 2017 – present.

Papers at National and International Congresses: 35

Posters: 7

Articles in National and International Journals: 15

Research: 5