Dra. Elena Arrondo IMO Instituto de Microcirugía Ocular

Dra. Elena Arrondo

Glaucoma

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra in 1996 She trained as a specialist in ophthalmology at Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona between 1997 and 2001.

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Training

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra in 1996 She trained as a specialist in ophthalmology at Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona between 1997 and 2001.

Specialisation

Glaucoma

Professional activities

She developed her specialisation at Mútua de Terrassa Hospital in Barcelona, focusing her activity on the medical/surgical treatment of patients with glaucoma or cataracts. She currently works as a specialist at the Ocular Microsurgery Institute.

T eaching

She lectured in Ocular Pathology at the School of Optics and Optometry at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia between 2001 and 2003.

Research

She has participated in several multi-centre clinical trials relating to the treatment of glaucoma. 1 – XALACO – 912-OPT-0076-019: multi-centre safety study of Xalacom after five years in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Pfizer Ophthalmics.

2 – XALACO – 0076-036: prospective, randomised, double-blind clinical trial of 3 months’ duration comparing the fixed combination of latanopost/timolol (Xalacom) administered at night with the use of the individual components separately (non-fixed combination) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Pfizer Ophthalmics.

Member of the Catalonian Ophthalmology Society

Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

Member of the Barcelona Endophthalmitis Group

Member of CONGLACAT (Catalonian Glaucoma Consensus)

Bartra J., Arrondo E. Actualización en alergia ocular (update on ocular allergy). Volumes 1, 2 and 3. Editorial Glosa, 1st edition, 1993.

Salvador A., Alarcón S., Arrondo E., Casado J., Mousaci K., Arcediano M.A., Torras J., Sánchez-Dalmau B., Pascual L. Atlas macroscópico de patología ocular (macroscopic atlas of ocular pathology). Editorial Glosa, 1st edition, 2005.

Arrondo, Elena. Ponente (junto a Rebeca Atienza Molina): Estudio comparativo de la PIO entre tonometría de rebote (ICARE) y tonometría de aplanación de Goldmann. 4º Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Glaucoma. Barcelona. Marzo de 2009.

Arrondo, Elena. Ponente (junto a Ramón Medel Jimenez): Manejo de la exposición del reservorio valvular tras implante de válvula de Ahmed. 4º Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Glaucoma. Barcelona. Marzo de 2009.

Arrondo, Elena. Ponente (junto a Carolina Pallas Ventanyol): Reconstrucción de la ampolla de filtración post TBT seidel +. 4º Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Glaucoma. Barcelona. Marzo de 2009.

Arrondo, Elena. Ponente (junto a Carolina Pallas Ventanyol):Técnica quirúrgica y manejo de complicaciones de la válvula de Ahmed. 4º Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Glaucoma. Barcelona. Marzo de 2009.

Arrondo, Elena. Ponente (junto a Carolina Pallas Ventanyol): Tub –extender. 4º Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Glaucoma. Barcelona. Marzo de 2009.

Arrondo, Elena. Ponente (junto a Carolina Pallas Ventanyol): Glaucoma y queratoplastia post-infección corneal por Pseudomona. 4º Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Glaucoma. Barcelona. Marzo 2009.