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Maja Bohač graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Zagreb and specialized in ophthalmology under the mentorship of Professor Nikica Gabrić. Her postgraduate study of biomedicine and health was undertaken at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zagreb. In 2017 she obtained her doctorate with a dissertation on "Comparison of mechanical microkeratome and femtosecond lasers". She completed

additional training in refractive surgery in London, Zurich, Barcelona, Cologne and Strasbourg and was appointed assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka. As the head of the refractive surgery department at the University Eye Hospital Svjetlost, she is responsible for leading a team of ten refractive surgeons and for introducing new technologies in the field of laser refractive surgery. She has performed more than 30,000 laser surgeries, and specializes in complex cases such as scars, corneal damage and earlier refractive surgery. She is one of the first doctors in the region to use femtosecond lasers. She is also one of the first doctors to perform laser removal of presbyopia and has pioneered a new type of laser vision correction called SMILE and Smart Sight. She is a member of the International Society of Refractive Surgery, the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the Croatian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. She regularly participates as an active lecturer and educator at the annual meetings of these associations. Dr. Bohač has published 25 papers indexed in CC, of which the most important papers are related to the treatment of high astigmatism with excimer lasers.

Mateja Jagić graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Osijek, completing her specialization in ophthalmology and optometry in 2017 under the mentorship of Professor Iva Dekaris, and her postgraduate study in biomedicine and health at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zagreb. Her doctoral dissertation thesis was entitled "Visual outcome after implantation of multifocal intraocular lenses". Since

2011 she has worked in the Department of Refractive Surgery and the Corneal Department at the Specialty Hospital of Ophthalmology Svjetlost. Her training in corneal refractive surgery began under the mentorship of Assistant Professor Maja Bohač and so far, she has performed several thousand laser surgeries. Mateja Jagić is a member of the European Association for Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the Croatian Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery and regularly participates in annual meetings. She is a co-author of several scientific and professional papers in international journals cited in CC and in the field of refractive surgery.

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Refractive Lensectomy and Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS): An Initial Approach in Glaucoma Patients over 50 Years of Age *by Daniel Laroche and Kara Rickford*
