Dr. Dovzhuk graduated from Sumy Medical University, in Ukraine, and completed her residency in ophthalmology at Kharkiv Medical Academy, and earned a PhD in retina from Kyiv Postgraduate Academy. She completed her Official SF Match Fellowship in Refractive Surgery here at Park Avenue LASEK under Dr. Chynn. In Ukraine she performed surgery for eye trauma, as well as working at the Ailas LASIK center in Kiev, and performing approximately 1,000 laser procedures of the retina and fitting ortho-K lenses. She is Certified on the Star S4 IR Excimer Laser and i-Design advanced wavefront system, and has probably performed more ortho-K fittings and assisted on more CXL procedures than any other eye doctor in NYC.

She is a volunteer for United Guild Aesthetic Medicine and Cosmetology, a public international association. In her free time “Dr. D.” enjoys painting and play with her cat Samantha and Tolstoy, whom she helped teach Russian to when he was a puppy.  She has a son Gleb, who lives in Poland and parents in Ukraine.