Founder and Director of Svjetlost Eye Clinic
Prof. spec. ophthalmologist and surgeon
Medical speciality:
- refractive surgery
- cataract surgery
- strabismus surgery
- glaucoma surgery
- corneal transplantation
Short biography
Prof. Dr. Nikica Gabric graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Zagreb in 1988. She completed her specialization in Ophthalmology at the “Rebro” Clinical Center in Zagreb under the mentorship of prof. Kresimir Jupak, doyen of Croatian ophthalmology. He completed his PhD in 1997. Since 2000 he has been an assistant professor at Rijeka University School of Medicine, and since 2009 he has been a full professor.
In 1998, he founded the Svetlost Polyclinic, which in 2010 converted to a private University Eye Clinic Svetlost. From 1998 to 2008 he was instructor at Alcon’s Qatar Surgery Company in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. He is also an instructor for the US company AMO for Refractive and Cataract Surgery in Slovenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Poland and Russia.
Membership
- Croatian Society of Physicians
- Founder and President of the Croatian Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences
- Croatian Ophthalmology Research Association
- Board of the European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- European Eye Banking Association
- European Society of Ophthalmologists and European Ophthalmological Society SE Europe
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Disease association of the anterior segment of the eye
- American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Additional education
He specializes in front-line eye surgery at prestigious medical centers in Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia and Switzerland.
Introduction of new methods
He has introduced a number of new surgeries in Croatian medicine (ultrasound cataract surgery, amniotic membrane transplantation, Succus intraocular lens fission and cataract surgery by implanting intraocular lenses in children). He is credited with advancing transplant medicine by establishing Croatia’s first Tissue Bank in Croatia – Lions Croatian Eye Bank, and helped open additional eye banks in Rijeka, Osijek and Split.
He also performed the first laser correction surgery in the region.
Awards
Prof. Dr. Nikica has won several awards, including:
- 2011, Croatia – Cicero Award for Best Speaker among Croatian Entrepreneurs
- 2011, Croatia – Recognition of manager of the year in Southeast Europe
- 2018, Croatia – International Star Diamond Success Award from American Academi of Hospitality
- 2018, Croatia – LRO Business Lifetime Achievement Award from the Croatian Association of Managers and Entrepreneurs CROMA
Publications and research
He is the author and co-author of over 400 scientific papers in domestic and foreign scientific journals, 21 book chapters, 5 books and over 300 abstracts. He is part of the main publications:
- Gabrić N, Henč-Petrinović Lj, Dekaris I. Complications following two methods of posterior chamber inraocular lens suturing. Documenta Opthalmologica 1996; Vol 92: 107-116.
- Dekaris I, Gabrić N, Karaman Ž, Mravičić I, Kaštelan S, Špoljarić N. Pterygium Treatment with Limbal-Conjunctival Autograft Transplantation. Collegium Antropologicum 2001; 25(Suppl):7-12.
- Gabrić N, Dekaris I, Karaman Ž: Refractive lens exchange for correction of high myopia. European Journal of Ophthalmology, 12:384-87, 2002.
- Barisic A, Dekaris I, Gabric N, Bosnar D, Lazic R, Martinovic ZK, Krstonijevic EK. Blue light filtering intraocular lenses in phacoemulsification cataract surgery. Collegium Antropologicum 2007 Jan;31 Suppl 1:57-60.
- Lazic R, Lukic M, Boras I, Draca N, Vlasic M, Gabric N, Tomic Z. Treatment of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor-resistant diabetic macular edema with dexamethasone intravitreal implant. Retina. 2013 Aug 22.
- Gabrić N, Henč-Petrinović Lj, Dekaris I. Complications following two methods of posterior chamber inraocular lens suturing. Documenta Opthalmologica 1996; Vol 92: 107-116.
- Dekaris I, Gabrić N, Karaman Ž, Mravičić I, Kaštelan S, Špoljarić N. Pterygium Treatment with Limbal-Conjunctival Autograft Transplantation. Collegium Antropologicum 2001; 25(Suppl):7-12.
- Gabrić N, Dekaris I, Karaman Ž: Refractive lens exchange for correction of high myopia. European Journal of Ophthalmology, 12:384-87, 2002.
- Barisic A, Dekaris I, Gabric N, Bosnar D, Lazic R, Martinovic ZK, Krstonijevic EK. Blue light filtering intraocular lenses in phacoemulsification cataract surgery. Collegium Antropologicum 2007 Jan;31 Suppl 1:57-60.
- Lazic R, Lukic M, Boras I, Draca N, Vlasic M, Gabric N, Tomic Z. Treatment of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor-resistant diabetic macular edema with dexamethasone intravitreal implant. Retina. 2013 Aug 22.
- Gabrić N, Henč-Petrinović Lj, Dekaris I. Complications following two methods of posterior chamber inraocular lens suturing. Documenta Opthalmologica 1996; Vol 92: 107-116.
- Dekaris I, Gabrić N, Karaman Ž, Mravičić I, Kaštelan S, Špoljarić N. Pterygium Treatment with Limbal-Conjunctival Autograft Transplantation. Collegium Antropologicum 2001; 25(Suppl):7-12.
- Gabrić N, Dekaris I, Karaman Ž: Refractive lens exchange for correction of high myopia. European Journal of Ophthalmology, 12:384-87, 2002.
- Barisic A, Dekaris I, Gabric N, Bosnar D, Lazic R, Martinovic ZK, Krstonijevic EK. Blue light filtering intraocular lenses in phacoemulsification cataract surgery. Collegium Antropologicum 2007 Jan;31 Suppl 1:57-60.
- Lazic R, Lukic M, Boras I, Draca N, Vlasic M, Gabric N, Tomic Z. Treatment of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor-resistant diabetic macular edema with dexamethasone intravitreal implant. Retina. 2013 Aug 22.