Irina Velcea MD

Dr. Irina Velcea este medic primar oftalmolog la clinica OFTAPRO din Bucuresti, cu peste 15 ani de experiență în chirurgia strabismului și oftalmologia pediatrică

Professional Experience

  • 1995 – Graduated of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi
  • 1995-1997 – Trainee doctor at Galati County Hospital
  • 1997-2002 – Ophthalmologist resident at Ophthalmological Emergency Hospital, Bucharest
  • 1997 – Member of the Romanian Society of Opthalmology
  • 2002 – Ophthalmologist
  • 2002 – Ophthalmologist at Optistyle Optical Center, Bucharest
  • 2004 – Ophthalmologist at Oftapro Clinic, Bucharest
  • 2006 – Member of the Romanian Society of Ophthalmopediatry and Strabismus
  • 2006 – Member of Telemedicine programme, under the coordination of Professor Eugene Helveston, USA
  • 2008 – Senior ophthalmologist
  • 2009 – Member of the European Strabismological Association
  • 2009 – Ophthalmologist at Oftalmix SOP Clinic, Bucharest
  • 2020 – Ophthalmologist at Oftapro Clinic, Bucharest

Courses and congresses

  • Course of retinal detachment, Tubingen, Germany,2001
  • Congress of the Romanian Society of Contact Lenses, Ocna Sibiului, 2007 – speaker
  • The 3rd National Congress of Ophthalmopediatry, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2008- speaker
  • The 32th Meeting of the European Strabismological Association, Munchen, Germany, 2008
  • The 17th Congress of European Society of Ophthalmology, Amsterdam, Holland, 2009
  • The 33th Meeting of the European Strabismological Association, Belgrad, Serbia, 2009
  • The 4th National Congress of Ophthalmopediatry and Strabismus, Poiana Braşov, Romania, 2010 – speaker
  • The 11th Meeting of International Strabismological Association, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010
  • The 9th National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, Romania, 2010, Course organized by the Romanian Society of Strabismus and Ophthalmopediatry – speaker
  • Congenital Esotropia, Course part of the Orbis telemedicine programme,2009
  • Acomodative Esotropia, Course part of the Orbis telemedicine programme,2009
  • Exodeviations, Course part of the Orbis telemedicine programme,2009
  • Alphabetic Syndromes, Course part of the Orbis telemedicine programme,2009
  • Nistagmus, Course part of Orbis telemedicine programme,2009
  • VI th nerve Palsy, Course part of the Orbis telemedicine programme,2009
  •  III rd nerve Palsy, Course part of the Orbis telemedicine programme,2009
  • Dissociated strabismus, Course part of the Orbis telemedicine programme,2009
  • Duane Syndrome, Course part of the Orbis telemedicine programme,2010
  • Amblyopia, Course part of the Orbis telemedicine programme,2010
  • Superior oblique muscle, Course part of the Orbis telemedicine programme,2010
  • Brown Syndrome, Course part of the Orbis telemedicine programme,2010
  • Complications of strabismus surgery, Course part of the Orbis telemedicine programme, 2011
  • „The art and  management of glaucoma”, course organized by Romanian Society of Ophthalmology, january 2011, Bucharest
  • „The contact lenses and the eye”, course organized by Vision Care Institute, Johnson&Johnson, march 2011, Prague
  • Conference of the Romanian Society of Glaucoma, Sinaia, march 2011
  • „Contact lenses fitting for astigmatic patients”, course organized by Optimed, april 2011, Bucharest
  • The 34th Meeting of the European Strabismological Association, Brugge, Belgium, 2011
  • The 34th Meeting of the European Strabismological Association, Bucharest, 2012
  • The 11th National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 2012- speaker
  • Introductory course of fitting  Z-night and Z-night toric orthokeratology lenses, Brasov, july 2013
  • Prevention and treatment of amblyopia, Bucharest, august 2013
  • The 35th Meeting of the European Strabismological Association, Marseille, 2013
  • The 12th National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 2013- speaker
  • The annual congress of the Romanian Society of Contact Lenses, Sibiu, november 2013
  • “Ortho K debate – difficult and borderline orthokeratology cases”- course, Sibiu, november 2013
  • The 5th congress of the Romanian Society of Ophthalmopediatry and Strabismus, Sinaia,2014 – speaker
  • The 13th National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 2014- speaker
  • The 36th Meeting of the European Strabismological Association, Venice, 2015
  • The 14th National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 2015- speaker
  • The 6th congress of the Romanian Society of Ophthalmopediatry and Strabismus, Brasov, june 2015 – speaker
  • Miopia Control Conference, Second Eastern European section – Meeting of the European Academy of orthokeratology and Myopia Control, Brasov, june 2016
  • The 37th Meeting of the European Strabismological Association,Budapest, september 2016
  • The 15th National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 2016- speaker
  • Myopia day: The reduction of the progression of myopia,Bucharest, may 2017 – speaker
  • The 4th congress of the Romanian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Conference of the retina Society, Eforia Sud, iunie 2017
  • The 38th Meeting of the European Association of Strabismus, Porto, september 2017
  • The 16th National Congress of Ophthalmology, course organized by the Romanian Society of Ophtalmopediatry and strabismus, Sinaia 2018 – speaker
  • Anual meeting of the American Association of Strabismus and Ophthalmopediatry (AAPOS)  with ISA, Washington DC, march 2018
  • The 8th edition of the Romanian Society of Strabismus and Ophthalmopediatry Congress, Brasov, june 2018 – speaker
  • Trainer course for Ophthalmological investigations, february, 2019
  • The 39th Meeting of the European Association of Strabismus, Helsinki, june 2019
  • Strabismus workshop: Functional tests for the strabismus patient, october 2019/ february 2020
  • Congress of the Romanian Society of Contact Lenses, 2020 online
  • Online webinars, 2020
  • The 19th National Congress of Ophthalmology, course organized by the Romanian Society of Ophtalmopediatry and Strabismus, online 2021 – speaker
  • The 20th National Congress of Ophthalmology, course organized by the Romanian Society of Ophtalmopediatry and strabismus, Sinaia 2022 – speaker
  • 47th Meeting of European Paediatric Ophthalmological Society, Munchen, october 2022
  • The 10th edition of the Romanian Society of Strabismus and Ophthalmopediatry Congress, Brasov, may 2023 – speaker
  • 42nd Annual Congress of the European Strabismological Association, Zagreb, june 2023
  • Annual Congress of the Romanian Society of Contact Lenses, 2023, online

Scientific papers

  • Therapeutic options in 3rd nerve palsy – article publised in Romanian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2007
  • Soft contact lenses for astigmatism – november 2007, Ocna Sibiului 
  • Therapeutic options for intermittent exotropia, may 2008, Cluj Napoca
  • Postoperative results in 6th nerve palsy – november 2009, Bucharest
  • Amblyopia – Treatment efficiency criteria – may 2010, Poiana Brasov
  • Esotropia in 6th nerve palsy – october 2010, Sinaia
  • Exotropic Duane syndrome – october 2011, Sinaia
  • 6th nerve palsy – case presentation – october 2012, Sinaia
  • Monocular elevation deficiency – october 2013, Sinaia
  • Surgical results in intermittent exotropia – october 2014, Sinaia
  • Inferior oblique myectomy – october 2014, Sinaia
  • Anomalous head posture in strabismus and nystagmus – november 2014, Bucharest
  • Comparative features in child and adult exotropia – october 2015, Sinaia
  • Vertical rectus transposition in esotropic Duane Syndrome – october 2016, Sinaia
  • Contact lens care – may 2017, Bucharest
  • Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles (CFEOM) – case presentations, june 2018, Brasov
  • Esotropia surgery in children with Down Syndrome – october 2018, Sinaia
  • Why follow-up visit is important in Orthokeratology – november 2018, Sibiu
  • Therapeutic solutions in convergence insufficiency – november 2019, Sinaia
  • Therapeutic options in 3rd nerve palsy-october 2021, online, SRO
  • Clinical characteristics of patients with non-surgical consecutive exotropia-october 2022, Sinaia
  • Acute diplopia in autoimune diseases-october 2022, Sinaia
  • Sixth nerve palsy-diagnostic and treatment, may 2023, Brasov