Dr Barbara Parolini was born in Verona, Italy, on April 17th, 1968.
She is an ophthalmic surgeon who exercises her practice, mainly in Italy, since 1997. She graduated in Italy from Medical School with laude in 1993 and obtained the diploma in Ophthalmology in 1997.
She has undertaken a postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF (San Francisco, USA) and at UMDNJ (Newark, USA), on retinal pigment epithelium transplantation in 1994-1995 and 1997-1998.
She has been Director of Clinical Studies for FDA for the Medjet Company, in Edison USA, in 1997-1998.
She works as consultant in foreign countries.
Her expertise are:
- High myopia
- Complex cases of submacular surgery
- Eye reconstruction after trauma
- Intraoperative OCT
- Widefield imaging
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Paediatric vitreoretinal surgery
She has operated about 15000 cases
She has published
- 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts
- 10 Book Chapters in Ophthalmology books
- One Ebook on Vitreoretinal Techniques (released in 2018) for surgical training.
She is teacher at:
- Bremen EVRS VitreoRetinal School
- Thessaloniky VitreoRetinal School
- Ankara EVRS VitreoRetinal School
- Esaso School
She has performed live surgery in Italy and abroad. Of note, at:
- Frankfurt Retina Meeting
- Portuguese VR Society
- EVRS 2022
- Floretina 2019, 2023, 2024
- Bridge Retina Meeting 2024
- Cairo Retina Meeting 2025
She serves as Reviewer of the following peer reviewed-journals:
- Graefe’s Archives of Ophthalmology
- Retina Journal
- European Journal of Ophthalmology
- Acta Ophthalmologica
- Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
- British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Ophthalmologica
- British Medical Journal of Ophthalmology
- American Journal of Ophthalmology
Approved at the exam of the Italian Ministry as University Associate Professor
Organiser of 3 international meetings, Retinitaly in 2015, 2016, 2017
Since 2016, VicePresident of the European VitreoRetina Society
Since 2020 Board member or Retina World Congress and leading the RWC- Global Research Group
She obtained a patent of a model of macular buckle and a kit for episcleral surgery.
Member of the following societies: GIVRE, SOI, AIMO, AAO, ASRS, EVRS
16 June 2023 Awarded with the DOC Retina Science Award