GBU Ufa Research Institute of Eye Diseases of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus

The State Budgetary Institution "Ufa Research Institute of Eye Diseases of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan" is one of the leading research institutes of ophthalmological profile in Russia, which has more than a century of history. The history of the Institute originates in the second half of the XIX century.

Since 2006, the Institute has been headed by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan Bikbov Muharram Mukhtaramovich.

Since the same year, there have been profound changes in the field of scientific research and ophthalmological practice. Currently, the Institute employs 109 ophthalmologists and researchers, including 9 doctors and 34 candidates of science, 2 Honored Doctors of the Russian Federation and 10 Honored Doctors of the Republic of Belarus, 51 doctors of the first and highest categories.

Main areas of work: development of a system of complex treatment of corneal pathology and refractive errors; improvement of methods of minimally invasive ultrasound surgery of age-related and complicated cataracts; development of surgical, laser and pharmacological methods of rehabilitation of patients with diseases of the retina and vitreous body; pathogenetically directed technologies in glaucoma surgery, methods of prevention; pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of congenital and acquired eye pathology in children; development of medical products.

Many years of work of the department's staff led to the creation of an ophthalmological device "UFalink" for UV crosslinking. .   Research at the molecular level contributed to the development of a new ophthalmic agent "Dextralink", used in the process of corneal crosslinking .

The Institute closely cooperates with scientific ophthalmological schools in Russia and far abroad: Germany, Austria, Singapore, Switzerland, Great Britain, Japan, India, etc. There is a constant exchange of experience in the development and implementation of new technologies for surgery of socially significant diseases of the organ of vision.   

The international conference on ophthalmology "East-West" is held annually, in which well-known ophthalmologists of Russia and the world take part.  

Every year, more than 40 thousand patients receive treatment at the institute. More than 70 thousand people receive advice in the clinic every year. The number of treated patients with such socially significant diseases as cataracts over the past 10 years has increased 12 times, retinal diseases - almost 15 times.