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Vision Excellence Awards: Petja Vassileva

Petja Vassileva

Prof. Dr. Petja Vassileva is a Professor of Ophthalmology at Sofia Medical University, head of University Eye Hospital ā€œAkad. Pashevā€, founder and head of the first Eye Bank in Bulgaria, founder and head of Bulgarian Eye Foundation ā€œSight for Allā€.Ā  She is a member of the WHO Program Advisory Group on Blindness Prevention, Co-Chairperson for IAPB Europe. Prof. Petja Vassileva’s main interests include innovative surgery, corneal transplantation, intraocular inflammation. She has published over 300 scientific articles and is author and co-author of 16 monographs and textbooks. For many years now, Dr Vassileva has been the face of VISION 2020 in Eastern Europe.