Dr. Jaroslaw Jarek Hernecki

Specialist ophthalmologist at Quirónsalud Institute in Dubai
Clinical area

Dr Hernecki is a renowned ophthalmologist at the Quirónsalud Institute in Dubai. He specialises in retina surgery, cataract surgery and treatment following eye trauma. He has extensive experience in diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment and reconstructive surgery after serious eye trauma.

Dr. Jaroslaw Jarek Hernecki
Professional experience
  • Ophthalmology specialist at the Quirónsalud Institute in Dubai.
  • Medical director of the Quirónsalud Ophthalmological Institute in Barcelona (IOB) from 2010 to 2017.
  • Head of the Ophthalmology Department at Asepeyo Sant Cugat Hospital, Barcelona. 2011-2017.
  • In 2010, he presented his doctoral thesis on the role of telemedicine in detecting diabetic retinopathy, which became a point of reference for specialised centres. In turn, with this study he won the Extraordinary Award This link opens in a popup windowgranted by the Surgery Department at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 2010.
  • Dr Jaroslaw Jarek Hernecki alternated his studies at the best universities in the United Kingdom (Cambridge and Oxford) in a personalised study plan that was started at the Polish University of Lodz.
  • In Barcelona, he was awarded an ophthalmology research grant at Mar Hospital. Between 2000 and 2004, he studied ophthalmology at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona via the MIR programme.
Research and teaching
  • Special prize of the Department of Surgery
  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain 2011
  • "Diabetic retinopathy screening programme using a nonmydriatic digital camera in Vallès Oriental (Barcelona, Spain). A study of 5228 type 2 diabetic patients."
  • "Diabetic retinopathy screening programme using a nonmydriatic digital camera in Vallès Oriental (Barcelona, Spain). A study of 5228 type 2 diabetic patients."
Stay in foreign centers

Dr Jaroslaw Jarek Hernecki alternated his studies at the best universities in the United Kingdom (Cambridge This link opens in a popup windowand OxfordThis link opens in a popup window) in a personalised study plan that was started at the Polish University of Lodz.

Languages for clinical practice
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Polish