Associate Professor of the Department:

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Urmanova Firuza Makhkamovna

Education:

Higher education. In 1987, she graduated from the Tashkent State Medical Institute with a degree in “General Medicine.

Professional Experience:

  • 1981–1987 — Student of the Tashkent State Medical Institute
  • 1987–1989 — Clinical resident of the Department of Ophthalmology, Tashkent State Medical Institute
  • 1989–1994 — Ophthalmologist-resident at the Ophthalmology Department of the clinic of the First Tashkent State Medical Institute
  • 1994–2005 — Head of the Ophthalmology Department of the clinic of the First Tashkent State Medical Institute
  • 2005–2019 — Head of the Ophthalmology Department of the 3rd Clinic of the Tashkent Medical Academy
  • 2019–2023 — Head of the Ophthalmology Department of the Multidisciplinary Clinic of the Tashkent Medical Academy
  • 2022–2024 — Assistant of the Department of Ophthalmology, Tashkent State Dental Institute (part-time)
  • 2024–2025 — Associate Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology, Tashkent State Dental Institute (part-time)
  • 2025 –present — Associate Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology, Tashkent State Medical University

Dissertations:

  • In 2009, she defended her Candidate of Medical Sciences dissertation titled “Clinical and experimental Justification for the use of Xenotransplantate in the treatment of Central Chorioretinal Dystrophy.”
  • In 2024, she defended her Doctor of Medical Sciences dissertation titled “Diagnostic Criteria, Differentiated Approach to Prevention and Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy.”

Main Areas of Clinical Practice:

  • Glaucoma
  • Cataract
  • Pterygium
  • Therapeutic ophthalmology

Main Areas of Research Activity:

  • Improving treatment methods for diabetic retinopathy
  • Development of new treatment methods for optic nerve pathology

Titles, Awards, Distinctions:

  • 2011 — “Excellence in Healthcare” of the Republic of Uzbekistan
  • 2016 — Medal “25 Years of Independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan”
  • 2017 — Medal “25 Years of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan”