am Dr. Makedonka Atanasovska Velkovska, Dr. med., an ophthalmologist and Consultant in the Glaucoma Department at the University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia. I have 12 years of clinical experience in glaucoma diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment, including procedure-based management in independent clinical practice. I completed my medical education at the University of Skopje (Faculty of Medicine) and subsequently underwent medical qualification and nostrification procedures in Slovenia, including the national physician examination. I specialized in ophthalmology at the University of Ljubljana (2009–2014), obtained specialist certification (FEBO/EBO), and completed my doctoral training at the University of Ljubljana (2015–2022). My PhD thesis focused on pharmacogenetic markers of treatment response to latanoprost or selective laser trabeculoplasty in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension. I completed an observership in the Glaucoma specialty at the Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz (1.9.2024–30.9.2024). My clinical expertise includes independent delivery of laser glaucoma procedures as well as surgical experience with trabeculectomy and implantation of Preserflo and XEN, with additional experience in a valve implantation. My research interests include glaucoma, pharmacogenetics, and predictors of treatment response and safety. I am a member of the European Glaucoma Society (EGS) and a member of NGP.