Specialization (areas of interest)

• Pediatric ophthalmology.
• Myopia control
• Treatment of keratoconus and other ectasias
• Refractive laser surgery
• Diseases of the front parts of the eye
• Dry eye syndrome

Education

• 2019–2024 Riga Stradins University, residency in ophthalmology
• 2019 course "Fundamentals of Optometry", University of Latvia
• 2013–2019 Riga Stradins University, Faculty of Medicine, Medicine
• 2011–2013 University of Latvia, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, optometry

Scientific activity

• Rapid fire. “Ophthalmic manifestation in pediatric population of Neurofibromatosis-1 in Latvia, multidisciplinary approach.” MD Elizabete Salmane-Sapale, MD Kristiana Blisina, MD, MSc, FEBO, PhD Sandra Valeina. Children’s Clinical University Hospital . 12.09.2024-14.09.2024, 49th Meeting of EPOS, Paris, France
• Stand Referat. Patau syndrome clinical case – multidisciplinary team work: view of ophthalmology. dr. Elizabete Salmane-Šapale, Dr. S. Valeiņa BKUS 24.03.2021 – 26.03.2021 RSU International Research Conference on Medical and Health Care Sciences "Knowledge for Use in Practice"
• "Case report. Possible corneal dystrophy in two siblings: known and unknown". dr. Elizabete Salmane-Šapale, Dr. S. Valeiņa, Dr. G. Butterfly BKUS. 19.08.2022 – 20.08.2022. Forum Ophthalmicum balticum 2022
• "Comparison of tear osmolarity after bandage contact lens replacement" E.Salmane-Šapale, Prof. G. Laganovska, Dr. A. Kursīte. PSKUS, RSU. RSU ISC 2019
• Co-author: "Conformity of subjective and objective visual acuity results in case of cataract surgery" V.Lāčplēse, M.Jasa, E.Salmane-Šapale, R.Partojeva, Prof. G. Laganovska. RSU, PSKUS. RSU ISC 2017

Language skills

• Latvian
• English
• Russian
• German