Biography:
Dr. Maria S. Shmelkova was born in 1987, Rotov, Russia. In 2004 she entered Moscow State University the faculty of Fundamental Medicine which she succefully graduated in 2009. In 2009 she entered Russian National Research Medical Institute(Moscow Russia), faculty of General Medicine and successfully graduated it in 2017. In 2017 she entered PhD program in the National Research Institure for Eye Diseases (Moscow, Russia). The theme of PhD study was Hereditary Optic Neuropathies: clinical, biological and genetic aspects. In 2018 she was attendee in the course of Eye Genetics in University of Bologna, Italy. In 2021-2023 she had a fellowship in the Retina and Optic nerve Department of University Clinic of Nice, France. In 2024 he successfully accomplish Harvard Medical School Course of Human Genetics. Now she is an ophthalmologist and research fellow in National Medical Research Center for Neurosurgery named after N.N. Burdenko, Moscow, Russia. Intraocular lymphomas compound the part of her scientific interests. Dr. Maria Shmelkova fluently speaks English, French, Italian and Russian.


Title : Intraocular lymphomas associated with primary CNS lymphomas: Great mystification. Clinical landscape and diagnostic challenges