Dr. Barbara Parolini was born in Verona, Italy, on April 17th, 1968. She is an ophthalmic surgeon who has been practicing mainly in Italy since 1997. She graduated from Medical School in 1993 with laude and obtained her diploma in Ophthalmology in 1997.

She undertook postdoctoral fellowships at UCSF (San Francisco, USA) and UMDNJ (Newark, USA) focusing on retinal pigment epithelium transplantation between 1994–1995 and 1997–1998. She served as Director of Clinical Studies for FDA for the Medjet Company in Edison, USA, during 1997–1998. She also works as a consultant in various foreign countries.

Expertise

• High myopia
• Complex cases of submacular surgery
• Eye reconstruction after trauma
• Intraoperative OCT
• Widefield imaging
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Paediatric vitreoretinal surgery

She has operated approximately 15,000 cases.

Publications

• 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts
• 10 book chapters in ophthalmology
• 1 Ebook on Vitreoretinal Techniques (2018) for surgical training

Teaching Positions

• Bremen EVRS VitreoRetinal School
• Thessaloniki VitreoRetinal School
• Ankara EVRS VitreoRetinal School
• Esaso School

Live Surgeries Performed

• Frankfurt Retina Meeting
• Portuguese VR Society
• EVRS 2022
• Floretina 2019, 2023, 2024
• Bridge Retina Meeting 2024
• Cairo Retina Meeting 2025

Reviewer for Journals

• Graefe’s Archives of Ophthalmology
• Retina Journal
• European Journal of Ophthalmology
• Acta Ophthalmologica
• Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
• British Journal of Ophthalmology
• Ophthalmologica
• British Medical Journal of Ophthalmology
• American Journal of Ophthalmology

Approved by the Italian Ministry as University Associate Professor.

Organizer

• Retinitaly Meetings – 2015, 2016, 2017

Leadership Roles

• Since 2016 – Vice President, European VitreoRetina Society (EVRS)
• Since 2020 – Board Member, Retina World Congress (RWC); Lead, RWC Global Research Group

Innovation
Holder of a patent for a macular buckle model and a kit for episcleral surgery.

Memberships

• GIVRE
• SOI
• AIMO
• AAO
• ASRS
• EVRS

Awards
DOC Retina Science Award – June 16, 2023