Dr. Juan Carlos Elvira Cruañes

 Professional experience

• More than 30 years of experience
• Ophthalmology Service of Hospital de San Juan (Alicante), years 1995-2001.
• Ophthalmology Service University General Hospital of Elche (Alicante), years 2001-2010.
• Head of Section from the years 2007-2010.
• Head of the Ophthalmology Service of the Vinalopó Hospital (Elche) from 2001 to the present date.
• Private practice as an ophthalmologist in Oftalvist Alicante from 2001 to the present.
• Previously private activity in Clinica Recoletas (Albacete), Hospital de la Cruz Roja (Murcia) and Clínica del Perpetuo Socorro (Alicante).

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 Sub-specialties

• Specialist in Ophthalmology.
• Extensive experience in anterior pole surgery, cataract and glaucoma.

 Teaching posts

• Residency training via MIR in Hospital de San Juan and General University Hospital of Elche.
• Teacher in phacoemulsification courses at the Congress of the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology.
• Teaching vitrectomy courses, basic technique, at Alcon Institute.

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 Education

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery by the Faculty of Medicine of Alicante, with Extraordinary Degree Award.
• Doctor of Medicine with apt cum Laude: Title of the Doctoral Thesis: "Loss of endothelial cells after phacoemulsification surgery".
• Training via MIR: Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, 1990-95.

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 Publications and conferences

• Recent publication: Chapter on Technique of iris sutured lenses. Speaker of the Secoir year 2013, referring to complicated Techniques of the previous segment.