At Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, the dissertation defense for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) will be held by Kim Anastassiya Lvovna on the topic: “Diagnostic potential of optical coherence tomography of retina and choroid in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”, under the educational program «8D10102 – Medicine».
The dissertation was completed at the Department of Health Policy and Organization of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and at the Ophthalmological Laser Center, Almaty.
Form of defense: dissertation work.
Language of defense: Russian.
Official reviewers:
1. Orazbekov Lukpan Nurlanovich - Candidate of Medical Sciences, associate professor, vitreoretinal surgeon, Head of the pediatric department at the Kazakh Research Institute of Eye Diseases (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
Specialty: "14.00.08 - Ophthalmology."
2. Yangieva Nodira Rakhimovna - Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology at Tashkent State Medical University (Tashkent, Uzbekistan).
Specialty: "14.00.08 - Ophthalmology."
Scientific supervisors:
1. Kapanova Gulnara Zhambayevna - Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Health Policy and Organization at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
2. Karl Erb - PhD, Professor, Director of the Institute of Applied Ophthalmology at Wittenbergplatz (Berlin, Germany).
Temporary Members of the Dissertation Council:
1. Aldasheva Neilya Akhmetovna - Doctor of Medical Sciences, Medical Director of the Kazakh Research Institute of Eye Diseases (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
2. Kulmaganbetov Mukhit Askarovich - PhD, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Eye and Vision Research (CEVR) (Hong Kong, People's Republic of China).
3. Mukatova Irina Yuryevna - Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Chair of the “ASRM” NGO, Professor of the Department of Internal Medicine No. 3 at Astana Medical University.
The defense will take place in an online/offline format on April 23, 2026, at 13:00 a.m., at the dissertation Council at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in the group of specialties/educational programs "8D10101", "6D110200" - Public Health; "8D10102", "6D110100" - Medicine; "8D10104", "6D110400" - Pharmacy, "8D10103" – Nursing.
Zoom connection:
https://zoom.us/j/97992215568?pwd=BhXVmuaBxmYNZxZQXYcDTL8VJZpzH1.1
Conference ID: 979 9221 5568