The department of ophthalmology of Kazan state medical university is 150 years old

The article presents in detail the emergence and development of the Department of ophthalmology of Kazan state medical University. The Department of ophthalmology was organized in 1867 on the basis of the medical faculty of the Imperial Kazan University, the first head was Mikhail Vasilyevich Nikolsky. Since the creation, the Department is headed by outstanding scientists-ophthalmologists, who had made theoretical and practical contributions in domestic and global ophthalmology. To date the main focus areas of the Department of ophthalmology are development and introduction of new treatment methods for the diseases of ocular media, primary and secondary glaucoma, vitreoretinal pathology. For clinical interns and residents simulation training operating rooms are organized to train and improve practical skills. At the Department of ophthalmology of Kazan state medical university meetings of students’ scientific society are systematically conducted and students of the medical College and clinical interns and residents including those from near and far abroad countries are trained.