Massimiliano Stolfa


BSc (Hons), MCOptom, Dip Tp (IP), MECS

STUDIES

15/07/1984 High School Diploma at the Institute F. Severi Veroli (FR) Italy with score of 54/60.

27/07/1987 Regional Diploma in Optometry at the Institute A. Fleming in Rome in collaboration with City University in London.

18/09/1992 Degree in optometry leading to a Master's degree Doctor of Optometry at the State University of Riga - Latvia.

03/02/2014 Registered in UK under GOC rules with the number 01-27824.

19/12/2016 Postgraduate qualification in Independent Prescribing at University of Ulster

Specific skills: Eye examination, Behavioural visual analysis, Contact lenses, Pediatric optometry, Visual education;, Sports vision, Orthokeratology, Contact lenses for keratoconus and cornreal distrophies, Ccleral lenses, Vision & posture, Colourimetry, Dry eyes assessment and management, Minor Eyes Conditions Service, Learning disabilities management and training (links with posturologists, speech pathologists, dentists), Independent presciber of eye medicines.

RESEARCH WORK

14/02/1993 First official SCS Method experimentation at the Department of Optometry of the State University of Riga, Latvia.

05/12/1993 Second official SCS Method experimentation at the Department of Optometry of the State University of Riga, Latvia.

09-24/04/2001 Official screening on simple and complex asthenopy at the state primary school of the first circle of Veroli (FR) Italy.

16/12/2002 Study on visual behaviour on the first class (7 classes of primary school) of first circle of Veroli (FR) Italy.

15-28/05/2002 Official screening on simple and complex asthenopy at the state primary school of the first circle of Veroli (FR) Italy.

PUBLICATIONS

Article 1991 of Optometry (no. 57 years XV - April, May, June 1991).

Article 1994 of Optometry Professional (No. 10 Year III - November 1994).

04/07/1994 publication, issued the first edition of the book "SCS Method for the treatment of asthenopia simple and complex."

Article 1997 of the Optical (n ° 252 - October 1997).

Article 1997 of Italian Optics (No. XXXIX 11 years - November 1997).

11/1998 Article on The Optician, "6 years of research with the SCS Method".

10/2004 Article on The Optician, "Analysis of the topographic images."

LATEST REPORTS SUBMITTED

03/1991 Congress of the Italian Board of optometrists - Florence - Italy.

09/1995 2nd International Congress of Optometry - Riga - Latvia.

03/1997 1st European Congress of Behavioral Optometry OEP - London - UK

09/1997 1st Congress AE.P.A.S.T. - Milazzo - Italy.

11/1997 Congress A.O.I. - F.E.O.L.A. - A.I.O.C. - Florence - Italy.

05/1998 International Congress of Behavioral Optometry OEP - Washington - USA

10/1998 IX Baltic Congress of Ophthalmology and Optometry - Riga - Latvia.

06/2004 Teaching CET Course: Optometry and learning disabilities (Osimo - Ancona).

07/2004 Teaching CET Course: Contact lenses and corneal topography (Osimo - Ancona).

09/2004 Teaching CET Course: Asthenopia (Livorno).

10/2004 Teaching CET Course: Learning Disabilities (Rome).

11/2004 Teaching CET Course: Learning Disabilities (Naples).

11/2004 Teaching CET Course: Asthenopia (Naples).

TEACHING

At the National Institute of Optometric Sciences E. de Amicis in Rome from 1991 to 1996 for the topics of: Tools and refractive Techniques, Visual analysis and Optometry Clinic, Drugs, Binocular Vision.

Since 2004, teaching courses in CET topics: Contact lenses, corneal topography, Asthenopia, Learning Disabilities, Optometry and Low Vision Clinic.

HOSPITAL ATTACHMENT

09-11/2013 Barnsley Hospital Trust - Barnsley (South Yorkshire) - UK

15/07/2017 - 16/03/2018 St. Mary's Hospital Trust - Newport (Isle of Wight) - UK