The private medical institution that celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2014 is named after its founder, Sergey Lvovich Branchevsky. The Eye Clinic in Samara has the largest full-cycle hospital, competing with the flagship of the state ophthalmology - the hospital named after T. I. Eroshevsky. She has accounted for about 37 thousand operations with a lower percentage of postoperative complications than the industry average (by 46%). What does a medical institution live today and what allows it to actively develop?
A bit about the founder
In 2015, Sergey L. Branchevsky celebrated his fiftieth anniversary as the founder and permanent leader of the eye clinic. He grew up in a family of ophthalmologists, and today his daughter is a successor to the Branchevsky dynasty, having defended his dissertation and working under the supervision of his father. Sergei Lvovich himself is a surgeon from God who personally performed more than 10 thousand operations. In addition to owning a Ph.D., he is the author of the invention of methods for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy at an early stage. Trained in Switzerland, Italy, USA, Germany, where he is currently an expert in his field.
The Branchevsky Clinic (Samara) grew out of the medical institution of the Samara Medical University due to the conviction of its founder that blindness and low vision in eighty out of a hundred cases are preventable, treatable or correctable. Sergey Lvovich sees his difference from state clinics only in the presence of management and the responsibility that the doctor takes upon himself throughout the full cycle of patient care.
Branchevsky Clinic, Samara: departments and branches
Today, a medical institution consists of three outpatient departments, two of which are for children.
| Department No. 1 (children) | Branch number 2 | Department No. 3 (for children) |
| Novo-Sadovaya, 369a | 6th clearing, 161 | Lenin Ave., 1 |
The direction of vision correction in children and adolescents begins to develop since 2003, one of its important achievements is night lenses, used from the age of six. After nightly wearing these lenses during the day, the child sees 100% with a decrease in visual acuity to 6 diopters.
These are large branches in the cities of the Samara region: Syzran (Koroleva St., 15) and Novokuybyshevsk (Repin St., 11), created respectively in 2005 and 2012.
This is a network of modern optics stores (in the buildings of clinics and branches), where you can order progressive lenses that provide high visual acuity at a facility distance of 1 to 3 meters, as well as far and near. With the help of computer marking, the lenses in the glasses perform the functions of vision correction for myopia (myopia) and hyperopia (hyperopia) at the same time. The network exists from 2008-2010.
This is a laser clinic, opened in 1998, with the hospital commissioned a year later, now located at the 6th glade, 161.
Branchevsky Clinic (Samara, 6 clearing): the main building of the medical institution
The complex, which includes a full cycle of services (clinic, laser department, hospital, optics), was created in 2008-2010. The institution works six days a week according to the schedule:
- Monday-Friday: 9.00-18.00;
- Saturday: 9.00-16.00.
Branchevsky Clinic (Samara) accepts patients both on a paid basis, and according to the compulsory medical insurance policy. This requires a referral from the district clinic, to which the patient is assigned. On a free basis, an operation to remove cataracts in a seamless way (phacoemulsification) can be performed while the ligamentous apparatus of the lens is intact. Its difference from suture (extracapsular extraction) is that the restoration of vision occurs directly on the operating table, and after a week a person can withstand large visual loads. Excimer laser operations have a twenty-five-year term; they were one of the first to be used by Branchevsky.
Key Achievements
Branchevsky Clinic (Samara) is a highly professional team of specialists, which consists of five candidates of science, first and highest qualification doctors with scientific publications. Thanks to the constant search for effective treatment methods, the medical institution has mastered the premium vision correction for people with visual impairment of more than ten diopters, which was beyond the power of only laser surgery.
Combining this method with the implantation of phakic, accommodating, and multifocal lenses on top of the native lens, S. L. Branchevsky achieved vision restoration in patients with reduced vision to 20 diopters.
The General Director pays great attention to the availability of modern equipment, thanks to which the most secure new generation femtosecond laser was first acquired in Samara by his institution in 2013.
Patient opinion
More than eight dozen messages in the open VKontakte group, where the whole Samara can speak out about a medical institution. The Branchevsky Clinic, whose reviews are mainly positive, is clearly recognized by the townspeople. People who underwent surgery for cataracts, laser correction due to decreased visual acuity and astigmatism, thank the medical staff for their professionalism and attentive attitude, assistance in the rehabilitation period.
Negative reviews are extremely rare, and they are usually associated with high prices for medical services.
Clinic website as a means of dialogue with patients
To bring objective information to patients in full, the specialists developed a lot of reference material, which the Branchevsky Eye Clinic (Samara) is proud of. The official website allows you to place booklets, video messages, ophthalmology news, a dialogue between doctors and visitors to the web page. It is possible to make an online appointment with any doctor.
All prices are published in the public domain. Given the varying income levels of citizens, the site publishes information on regularly held promotions to reduce patient costs. The clinic informs well trained ambitious colleagues about the vacancies that appear in connection with the constant development of the institution. High quality and safety of services is the main credo of the team of the eye clinic, respected by the townspeople.