Dr. med. Eva Elksne

Specialization

• Diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma, assessment of glaucoma risk factors, visual field and optic nerve changes using optical coherence tomography (OCT).
• Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT).
• Peripheral laser iridotomy.
• Cataract surgery.
• Posterior capsulotomy using YAG laser (YAG laser capsulotomy).

Education

• 10/2026 – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Rīga Stradiņš University.
• 10/2018–09/2021 – PhD studies in Medicine, Rīga Stradiņš University.
• 06/2021 – European Board of Ophthalmology certification examination (FEBO – Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology).
• 10/2016–09/2020 – Ophthalmology Residency, Rīga Stradiņš University / Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital / Vidzeme Hospital.
• 2010–2016 – Rīga Stradiņš University, Medical Degree.

Pofessional Education and Experience

• 2025 – Practical training in phacoemulsification using the “Phaco-chop – advanced” technique, Mahendra Eye Institute, Kanpur, India.
• 2025 – Practical training in minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, World Glaucoma Congress 2025, Honolulu, USA.
• 2025 – “Complications of Cataract” practical training, Alcon Experience Center, Barcelona, Spain.
• 2025 – Practical training in phacoemulsification using the “Phaco-chop” technique, Mahendra Eye Institute, Kanpur, India.
• 2024 – Practical training in glaucoma surgery, “Glaucoma Course”, European School of Advanced Learning in Ophthalmology, Lugano, Switzerland.
• 2021 – American-Austrian Foundation Fellowship, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Salzburg, Austria.
• 2020, 2017–2018 – ERASMUS+ professional exchange, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany.
• 2019 – European Board of Ophthalmology Fellowship, Department of Ophthalmology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
• 2016 – IFMSA professional exchange, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
• 2014 – IFMSA professional exchange, Department of Ophthalmology, Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.

Membership in Professional Societies and Associations

Latvian Association of Ophthalmologists, Latvian Medical Association, European Glaucoma Society, World Glaucoma Association, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, American Academy of Ophthalmology, European Reference Network for Rare Eye Diseases (ERN-EYE).

Language Skills

• Latvian
• English
• Russian

Publications

• Elksne E, Lace B, Stavusis J, Tvoronovica A, Zayakin P, Elksnis E, Ozolins A, Micule I, Valeina S, Inashkina I. Genetic Analysis of CYP1B1 and Other Anterior Segment Dysgenesis-Associated Genes in Latvian Cohort of Primary Congenital Glaucoma. Biomedicines. 2025.
• Buonfiglio F, Xia N, Yüksel C, Manicam C, Jiang S, Zadeh JK, Musayeva A, Elksne E, Pfeiffer N, Patzak A, Li H, Gericke A. Studies on the Effects of Hypercholesterolemia on Mouse Ophthalmic Artery Reactivity. Diseases. 2023.
• Elksne E, Steiner V, Hohensinn M, Reitsamer HA, Lenzhofer M. Radius-Maumenee syndrome: A case series with a long-term follow-up. Clinical Case Reports. 2023.
• Elksne E, Stingl JV, Schuster AK, Wagner FM, Hoffmann EM. Do biometric parameters improve the quality of optic nerve head measurements with spectral domain optical coherence tomography? BMC Ophthalmology. 2022.
• Zwingelberg SB, Mercieca K, Elksne E, Scheffler S, Prokosch V. Einstellung von Patienten zu möglicher Telemedizin in der Ophthalmologie: Erhebung mittels Fragebogen bei Glaukompatienten [Attitude of patients to possible telemedicine in ophthalmology: Survey by questionnaire in patients with glaucoma]. Der Ophthalmologe. 2021.
• Elksnis E, Vanags J, Elksne E, Gertners O, Laganovska G. Isolated posterior capsule rupture after blunt eye injury. Clinical Case Reports. 2021.
• Elksne E, Mercieca K, Prokosch-Willing V. Canaloplasty with mitomycin C after previous combined cataract surgery and Schlemm's canal microstent implantation. European Journal of Ophthalmology. 2021.
• Elksne E, Baumane K, Ozolins A, Valeina S. The Epidemiological and Clinical Findings from the Latvian Registry of Primary Congenital Glaucoma and Evaluation of Prognostic Factors. Medicina. 2021.
• Borroni D, Pandey A, Lace I, Drucka E, Zemitis A. Corneal Fungal Infections: Evaluation and Treatment. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2017;58(8):3885. Baltimore, MD, USA. ARVO 2017.