About Me

Name: Dr. Magdalena Niestrata
Current Positions:

  • Corneal Fellow, East Suffolk and North Essex Hospital Trust, Colchester, UK
  • Honorary Lecturer, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK

Education and Qualifications:

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Cataract and Refractive Surgery (Theory), Ulster University, UK (2024)

  • PhD in Medicine (Distinction), Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland (2018)
  • Thesis: “Evaluation of the pathological retinal changes in children with type I diabetes mellitus by means of optical coherence tomography angiography.”

  • MSc in Internal Medicine (Distinction), University of Edinburgh, UK (2016)
  • Thesis: “Is there an association between giant cell arteritis and herpes viruses? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.”

  • MBChB with Honours, University of Manchester, UK (2013)
  • BSc (Hons) in Medicine, University of St Andrews, UK (2010)


Fluent: Spanish | German | Polish | English

Advanced: French