Helena Buch Hesgaard

Specialiseret inden for skelekirurgi, skelen og samsynsproblemer (strabismus). Helena Buch Hesgaards store erfaring inden for øjenkirurgi betyder, at hun udfører en række forskellige operationer, specielt skele- og øjenlågsoperationer.

Internationale roller & udpegninger

• Vice President, European Strabismological Association (siden 2024)
• President & examinator, EBO subspecialty-eksamen i strabismus-kirurgi (siden 2024)
• National representative, Nordic Strabismological Association (siden 2010)
• Kvalitetsklyngeleder for klynge Nord i Nordsjælland — koordinerer kvalitetsarbejdet for praktiserende øjenlæger med direkte EKVIS-samarbejde

Karriere

• 2004–2006: Øjenafdeling, Rigshospitalet
• 2006–2007: Øjenafdeling, Herlev Hospital
• 2007–2009: Øjenafdeling, Glostrup Hospital / Kennedy Instituttet
• 2009–2010: Øjenafdeling, Frederiksberg Hospital
• 2010–2013: Øjenafdeling, Glostrup Hospital / Rigshospitalet
• 2014–2015: Overlæge & teamledende overlæge for skelekirurgisk sektion, Region H
• 2016–2020: Associeret overlæge, højspecialiseret skelekirurgi, Göteborgs Universitetshospital

Uddannelse

• 1999: Lægevidenskabelig embedseksamen, Københavns Universitet
• 2005: Ph.D., Københavns Universitet
• 2011: Speciallæge i oftalmologi
• 2011: FEBO, certificeret europæisk øjenlæge
• 2011–2014: Ekspertuddannelse i skelekirurgi med sideuddannelse i øjenhule/øjenlågskirurgi

Medlem af

• Dansk Oftalmologisk Selskab (DOS)
• American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
• Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO)
• European Strabismological Association (Vice President siden 2024)
• Nordic Strabismological Association (National representative siden 2010)
• Øjenforeningen

Forskning & priser

18 videnskabelige artikler • 81 videnskabelige foredrag • Forfatter til lærebogskapitel vedr. skelekirurgi

• Forskningsinitiativ Fondens Pris, Rigshospitalet (2006)
• Lundsgaards Medalje for bedste publikation 2004–2006, Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Udvalgte publikationer

• Thyroid Function, Diabetes, and Common Age-Related Eye Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study — Thyroid, 2024
• Thyroid dysfunction and exudative age-related macular degeneration — Acta Ophthalmologica, 2024
• Topical anaesthesia in strabismus surgery for Graves' orbitopathy: a comparative study of 111 patients — Acta Ophthalmologica, 2022
• A comparative study of strabismus surgery with retained or removed scleral explant after retinal detachment surgery — Acta Ophthalmologica, 2022
• The Danish Rural Eye Study: prevalence of strabismus among 3785 Danish adults — Acta Ophthalmologica, 2019
• The Association Between Cuticular Drusen and Kidney Function — Retina, 2016
• Danish Rural Eye Study: Epidemiology of Adult Visual Impairment — Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2016
• An evaluation of fundus photography and fundus autofluorescence in the diagnosis of cuticular drusen — British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016
• Acute acquired comitant esotropia of childhood: a classification based on 48 children — Acta Ophthalmologica, 2015
• Danish Rural Eye Study: the association of preschool vision screening with the prevalence of amblyopia — Acta Ophthalmologica, 2015
• Prevalence and long-term natural course of retinoschisis among elderly individuals: the Copenhagen City Eye Study — Ophthalmology, 2007
• Risk factors for age-related maculopathy in a 14-year follow-up study: the Copenhagen City Eye Study — Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 2005
• 14-year incidence, progression, and visual morbidity of age-related maculopathy: the Copenhagen City Eye Study — Ophthalmology, 2005
• Fourteen-year incidence of age-related maculopathy and cause-specific prevalence of visual impairment and blindness in a Caucasian population — Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 2005
• Age-related maculopathy: a risk indicator for poorer survival in women: the Copenhagen City Eye Study — Ophthalmology, 2005