Monika Grudzinska Pechhacker

Dr. Grudzinska Pechhacker is an ophthalmologist and ophthalmic geneticist.
Her career focuses on genetic eye disorders with emphasis on inherited
retinal degenerations (IRDs). She is passionately dedicated to improve
diagnostics and management strategies for patients with genetic eye
disorders. She was further trained in clinical visual electrophysiology
(Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK) and underwent fellowship in Ocular Genetics
and Electrophysiology at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and
University of Toronto, Canada. Dr. Grudzinska Pechhacker's research
interests are IRDs both syndromic - and non-syndromic. Currently active in the European Reference Network dedicated to Rare Eye Diseases (ERN-EYE)

Genetic eye diseases, inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs) syndromic and non-syndromic, natural history studies, genotype-phenotype correlations, new genes discovery, clinical trials

Extensive teaching record for students on graduate and postgraduate levels, staff and colleagues in ophthalmology, medical genetics and genetic counsellors in few countries (Sweden, Canada, France, European network). 

Speaker and lecture holder on a frequent basis since 2001.