Sokalska Nataliia Petrivna

Work experience: 36 years

Category: Higher

Education:

• Bogomolets National Medical University

Membership in associations, societies; attending conferences, thematic improvement courses:

• memberships Association of Pediatric Ophthalmologists.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• preventive examinations of the 1st year old children;
• comprehensive diagnostics of vision for children;
• therapy of infectious and inflammatory ophthalmic diseases;
• therapy of refraction disorders in children, including hardware therapy (nearsightedness, farsightedness);
• treatment of children with acute eye diseases, treatment of strabismus, amblyopia;
• knowledge of techniques for hardware correction of myopia, accommodation disorders, strabismus, amblyopia (orthoptic programs).
• ‘If necessary we prescribe glasses for children above 3 years old age, and for those who suffer from strabismus – just above one year. Often parents themselves suffering from nearsightedness do not understand the benefits of wearing glasses. We try to explain them all the aspects and favor of such vision correction. As a matter of fact the child, seeing that vision is recovering, normally wears glasses without any objections. Modern children spend a little time outdoors and pay too much attention to gadgets. We still can see under-fives on playgrounds but what about children over seven years old? At school they are indoors, at home the situation is repeated. The eye simply have nowhere to look far, it does not need this function: close placed objects it can see as it is. This is what leads to a decrease in sharpness of sight. I do everything I can to help growing up children get rid of glasses and forever forget about the problem. For me, a child is everything. Pediatric Ophthalmology is a very conscious choice. A good pediatrician is the one who loves children and treat them like his own. A child feels how doctor meets him, so reacts accordingly: he can start crying or can come in and smile.’

Hobbies, favorite movies, books:

• ‘I spend time at my summer cottage enjoying unity with nature and harmony with the inner world.’

Doctor's advice:

• ‘Parents should take children to an appointment when they are under one year age, to know the trends in the development of the child, be warned of the presence of any problems and possible dangers. I want to help children as early as possible.’

Advantages of MM 'Dobrobut':

• ‘There is a vision protection room with devices that help to recover child’s vision. Depending on the disease, we offer various programs – for treatment of strabismus, amblyopia, myopia abortion. The best results we deliver in correction of amblyopia and strabismus.’