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Professor Maja Bohač, MD, PhD

Professor Maja Bohač, MD, PhD

  • Specialist Ophthalmologist - Refractive Surgeon
  • Subspecialist in Anterior Segment Surgery
  • Head of the Refractive Surgery Department, Svjetlost Eye Clinic
  • maja.bohac@svjetlost.hr
 

Education

Professor Maja Bohač graduated from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, and completed her residency in ophthalmology under the mentorship of Prof. Nikica Gabrić, MD, PhD.

She began her advanced training in refractive surgery under the mentorship of Prof. Gabrić, with further training in London, Zurich, Barcelona, Cologne, and Strasbourg. As part of her academic education, Prof. Bohač completed postgraduate studies in Biomedicine and Health at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb.

In April 2017, she defended her doctoral thesis, "Comparison of Mechanical Microkeratomes and Femtosecond Lasers," earning her PhD.

She was awarded the academic title of Assistant Professor at the School of Medicine, University of Rijeka in 2021, for her work on "Corneal Refractive Surgery."
She was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor at the School of Medicine, University of Rijeka in 2026.

Work area

Professor Maja Bohač.MD, PhD specializes in anterior segment surgery.

She performs laser vision correction, cataract surgery, and the implantation of premium intraocular lenses and ICL lenses. Within the Refractive Surgery Department, she leads a team of 10 refractive surgeons and oversees the introduction of new laser refractive surgery technologies to further improve outcomes.

She specializes in laser surgery for complex cases: corneal scarring and damage, as well as eyes with a history of any type of previous refractive procedure. To date, Prof. Bohač, MD, PhD, has performed more than 30,000 laser procedures and actively trains 14 colleagues. She has built her expertise working across Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia, continuously contributing to the advancement of refractive surgery in the region.

The introduction of new methods

She was among the first physicians in the region to begin using femtosecond lasers.
She is one of the first doctors to perform laser correction of presbyopia (reading vision), and the first doctor in the region to perform a new type of laser vision correction — lenticule extraction surgery.

Publications and research

She has published 45 papers indexed in Current Contents (CC), the most significant of which concern the treatment of high astigmatism with excimer lasers.

Membership in associations

She is a member of the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS), the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), the Croatian Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and the Croatian Ophthalmological and Optometric Society.

Professor Maja Bohač is a member of the organizing committee of the Croatian Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (CSCRS). She regularly participates as an active lecturer and educator at their annual meetings.

Main publications

  • Gabrić I, Grulović F, Bodakoš K, Bohač M. Zero-Programmed-Sphere Keratorefractive Lenticule Extraction: Visual, Refractive, Anterior-Keratometric, and Wavefront Outcomes in a Single-Center Series of 74 Eyes. Ophthalmol Ther. 2026.
  • Gabrić I, Arba-Mosquera S, Bodakoš K, Bohač M. Effect of Total Laser Fluence on Early and Mid-term Visual and Optical Quality Outcomes After Lenticule Extraction With the SCHWIND ATOS: A Single-Center Study. J Refract Surg. 2026;42(3):e218-e226.
  • Mravičić I, Orešković EG, Bohač M, Drača N. Predicting Postoperative Myopic Shift After Paediatric Intraocular Lens Implantation: A Scoping Review of Associated Factors. Medicina (Kaunas). 2026;62(1):106.
  • Jagić M, Bohač M, Bišćević A, Suić SP, Patel S. Comparing Clinical Outcomes of Various Presbyopia-Correcting Intraocular Lenses Using a Novel Composite Method for the Analysis and Reporting of Uncorrected Distance, Intermediate, and Near Visual Acuities. Ophthalmol Ther. 2026;15(1):307-322.
  • Gabrić K, Jagić M, Gabrić I, Bohač M. 12-month clinical outcomes of the Evolux™ extended monofocal intraocular lens following cataract surgery. BMC Ophthalmol. 2025;25(1):524.
  • Bohač M, Gabrić I, Blazhevska S, Jagić M, Arba Mosquera S. Epithelial Remodelling in Myopia After Keratorefractive Lenticule Extraction. Ophthalmol Ther. 2025;14(6):1237-1247.
  • Bohac M, Gilevska F, Biscevic A, Gabric I, Gabric K, Patel S. The Impact of Standard Cross-Linking on the Corneal Optical Density-Age Relationship in Keratoconus After Mechanical Stripping of the Epithelium. J Ophthalmol. 2024;2024:8827837.
  • Gilevska F, Biscevic A, Bohac M, Patel S. Could Automated Objective Measurements Acquired at the Preoperative Stage Estimate the Corrected Distance Visual Acuity after Corneal Cross-Linking in Keratoconus? Ophthalmol Ther. 2024;13(10):2599-2614.
  • Mravičić I, Lukačević S, Barišić A, Patel S, Bohač M, Biščević A, Gabrić N. Stereoacuity and Aniseikonia: Evaluation Before and After Bilateral Implantation of Three Types of Presbyopia-Correcting Intraocular Lenses in Uncomplicated Phacoemulsification. Clin Ophthalmol. 2024;18:1637-1650.
  • Bohač M, Gabrić I, Gabrić K, Jagić M, Arba Mosquera S. Predictability of the Achieved Lenticule Thickness in Keratorefractive Lenticule Extraction for Myopia Correction. J Refract Surg. 2023;39(11):728-735.
  • Gabric I, Bohac M, Gabric K, Arba Mosquera S. First European results of a new refractive lenticular extraction procedure-SmartSight by SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions. Eye (Lond). 2023;37(18):3768-3775.
  • Bohac M, Jagic M, Biscevic A, Lukacevic S, Mravicic I, Suic SP, Dekaris I. Stereoacuity and Multifocal Intraocular Lenses - a Systematic Review. Acta Inform Med. 2023;31(1):62-67.
  • Bohac M, Biscevic A, Ahmedbegovic-Pjano M, Jagic M, Gabric D, Lukacevic S, Mravicic I. Management of Post-LASIK Ectasia. Mater Sociomed. 2023;35(1):73-78.
  • Gilevska F, Kostovska B, Osmani I, Biscevic A, Popovic Suic S, Bohac M, Patel S. Prevalence of keratoconus in refractive surgery practice population in North Macedonia. Int Ophthalmol. 2022;42(10):3191-3198.
  • Bohac M, Biscevic A, Gabric I, Gabric K, Shijakova V, Patel S. A critical evaluation of longitudinal changes of astigmatism following implantation of toric implantable collamer lens (TICL). Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2022;260(4):1377-1386.
  • Bohac M, Biscevic A, Shijakova V, Gabric I, Gabric K, Patel S. Comparison between the change in total corneal astigmatism and actual change in refractive astigmatism in tPRK, LASIK and FsLASIK. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2022;32(5):2638-2645.
  • Gilevska F, Biscevic A, Popovic Suic S, Bohac M, Patel S. Are changes in visual acuity and astigmatism after corneal cross-linking (CXL) in keratoconus predictable? Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2021;259:2259-2268.
  • Ahmedbegovic-Pjano M, Biscevic A, et al., Bohac M. Comparison of Flap Characteristics Created with Two Different Methods in Laser in Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK). Med Arch. 2021.
  • Bohac M, Biscevic A, Gabric I, et al., Patel S. Predicted and Measured Changes in Posterior Corneal Astigmatism after Uncomplicated Femtosecond Assisted LASIK (FsLASIK) and Microkeratome LASIK Correction for Myopia and Low Astigmatism. Semin Ophthalmol. 2021.
  • Gabrić N, Gabric I, Gabric K, et al., Bohac M. Clinical Outcomes With a New Continuous Range of Vision Presbyopia-Correcting Intraocular Lens. J Refract Surg. 2021.
  • Mravicic I, Bohac M, Lukacevic S, Jagaric K, Maja M, Patel S. The relationship between clinical measures of aniseikonia and stereoacuity before and after LASIK. J Optom. 2020;13(1):59-68.
  • Grišević S, Gilevska F, Biščević A, Ahmedbegović-Pjano M, Pidro A, Patel S, Bohač M. Cross-linking treatment for better visual acuity. Med Glas (Zenica). 2020;17(1):123-128.
  • Biscevic A, Bohac M, Ahmedbegovic-Pjano M, et al., Patel S. The relationship between patient age and residual refractive error after uneventful LASIK for moderate-to-high hyperopia. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2020.
  • Biscevic A, Ahmedbegovic-Pjano M, Pasalic A, Ziga N, Gabric K, Bohac M. Changes in the Higher Order Ocular Aberrations and Central Corneal Thickness After T-PRK and Fs-LASIK. Acta Inform Med. 2020;28(2):98-102.
  • Grisevic S, Gilevska F, Biscevic A, Ahmedbegovic-Pjano M, Bohac M, Pidro A. Keratoconus Progression Classification One Year After Performed Crosslinking Method Based on ABCD Keratoconus Grading System. Acta Inform Med. 2020;28(1):18-23.
  • Biscevic A, Pidro A, Ahmedbegovic-Pjano M, Bjedic N, Bohac M, Patel S. Vector Analysis of Changes in the Higher Order Ocular Aberrations and Central Corneal Thickness After T-PRK and Fs-LASIK. Acta Inform Med. 2020;28(1):24-28.
  • Pidro A, Biscevic A, Pjano MA, Mravicic I, Bejdic N, Bohac M. Excimer Lasers in Refractive Surgery. Acta Inform Med. 2019;27(4):278-283.
  • Biscevic A, Pidro A, Pjano MA, Grisevic S, Ziga N, Bohac M. Lasik as a Solution for High Hypermetropia. Med Arch. 2019;73(3):191-194.
  • Biscevic A, Bohac M, Pjano MA, Grisevic S, Patel S, Pidro A. Treatment of High Astigmatism with WaveLight Allegretto Eye-Q Excimer Laser Platform. Acta Inform Med. 2019;27(3):177-180.
  • Bohac M, Jagic M, Biscevic A, Shijakova V, Gabric N, Patel S. Changes in Endothelial Cell Count Up to Three Years After Implantation of Toric Implantable Collamer Lenses. Cornea. 2019;38(7):873-879.
  • Bohac M, Koncarevic M, Pasalic A, Biscevic A, Merlak M, Gabric N, Patel S. Incidence and Clinical Characteristics of Post LASIK Ectasia: A Review of over 30,000 LASIK Cases. Semin Ophthalmol. 2018;33(7-8):869-877.
  • Bohac M, Koncarevic M, Dukic A, Biscevic A, Cerovic V, Merlak M, Gabric N, Patel S. Unwanted Astigmatism and High-order Aberrations One Year after Excimer and Femtosecond Corneal Surgery. Optom Vis Sci. 2018;95(11):1064-1076.
  • Bohac M, Anticic M, Draca N, Kozomara B, Dekaris I, Gabric N, Patel S. Comparison of Verisyse and Veriflex Phakic Intraocular Lenses for Treatment of Moderate to High Myopia 36 Months after Surgery. Semin Ophthalmol. 2017;32(6):725-733.
  • Patel S, Bohac M, Biscevic A, Koncarevic M, Anticic M, Gabric N. A Critical Evaluation of Refractive Outcomes Following LASIK for Moderate to High Astigmatism Using Two Excimer Laser Platforms. J Refract Surg. 2017;33(2):104-109.
  • Ahmedbegović Pjano M, Alikadić-Husović A, Grišević S, Pašalić A, Pidro A, Ratković M, Bohac M, Gabrić N, Gojak R. Efficacy and safety of iris-supported phakic lenses (Verisyse) for treating moderately high myopia. Med Glas (Zenica). 2016;13(1):25-30.
  • Pjano MA, Biscevic A, Grisevic S, Pidro A, Ratkovic M, Bohac M, Husovic AA, Gojak R. One Year Follow-Up After Veriflex Phakic Intraocular Lenses Implantation for Correction of Myopia. Acta Inform Med. 2016;24(3):178-181.
  • Dukic A, Bohac M, Pasalic A, Koncarevic M, Anticic M, Patel S. Apparent Corneal Ectasia After Bilateral Intrastromal Femtosecond Laser Treatment for Presbyopia. Cornea. 2016;35(11):1495-1498.
  • Bohac M, Anticic M, Koncarevic M, Biscevic A, Cerovic V, Gabric N, Patel S. Ocular aberrations and corneal thickness-intraocular pressure relationship one year after LASIK enhancement with an aspheric ablation profile. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2015.
  • Biscevic A, Bohac M, Koncarevic M, Anticic M, Dekaris I, Patel S. Vector analysis of astigmatism before and after LASIK: a comparison of two different platforms for treatment of high astigmatism. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2015;253(12):2325-2333.
  • Kozomara B, Bohac M, Gabric N, Patel S. Bowman strip complications during routine LASIK: Two cases demonstrating the clinical advantage of using Mitomycin C. J Optom. 2015;8(3):219-220.
  • Bohac M, Biscevic A, Koncarevic M, Anticic M, Gabric N, Patel S. Comparison of Wavelight Allegretto Eye-Q and Schwind Amaris 750S excimer laser in treatment of high astigmatism. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2014;252(10):1679-1686.
  • Bohac M, Gabric N, Anticic M, Draca N, Dekaris I. First Results of Intracor Procedure in Croatia. Coll Antropol. 2011;35(Suppl 2):161-166.
  • Barišić A, Gabrić N, Dekaris I, Bohac M, Jurić B. Comparison of Different Presbyopia Treatments: Refractive Lens Exchange with Multifocal Intraocular Lens Implantation Versus LASIK Monovision. Coll Antropol. 2010;34(Suppl 2):95-98.
  • Gavric M, Gabric N, Dekaris I, Bohac M, Draca N. Selective laser trabeculoplasty in the treatment of pseudoexfoliation glaucoma in patients allergic to all anti-glaucoma drops. Coll Antropol. 2010;34(Suppl 2):275-277.
  • Barisic A, Dekaris I, Gabric N, Bohac M, Mravicic I, Lazić R. Comparison of Diffractive and Refractive Multifocal Intraocular Lenses in Presbyopia Treatment. Coll Antropol. 2008;32(Suppl 2):27-31.
  • Predovic J, Balog T, Marotti T, Gabric N, Bohac M, Romac I, Dekaris I. The expression of human corneal MMP-2, MMP-9, pro-MMP-13 and TIMP-1 in bullous keratopathy and keratoconus. Coll Antropol.
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