Ophthalmologist · Surgeon · Researcher · Entrepreneur

Dr. Lucca Ortolan Hansen

CRM 177.002RQE 86.155PhD, FMUSP

Ophthalmologist based in São Paulo, Brazil. PhD from the University of São Paulo School of Medicine (FMUSP) on the cost-effectiveness of corneal crosslinking within Brazil's public health system (SUS). Together with Prof. Dr. Samir Jacob Bechara and Dr. Renato Garcia, established the research line on cost-effectiveness using Markov modelling and microsimulation in the Department of Ophthalmology at FMUSP. Applied research in public health, evidence-based ophthalmology, and access to high-complexity treatments.

Clinical practice. Founder and technical director of Ortolan Oftalmologia, a clinic in Pinheiros, São Paulo. Subspecialties in cornea, cataract surgery, and refractive surgery. Consultations and surgery consultations available in English — clinic information in English here.

English proficiency. Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) — Grade A (C2, highest level). Reads, writes and publishes scientific literature in English, and receives international patients directly in English.

Selected publications

• Cost-Effectiveness of Corneal Collagen Crosslinking for Progressive Keratoconus: A Brazilian Unified Health System Perspective (2024) Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2024;21(12):1569 Hansen LO, Garcia R, Torricelli AAM, Bechara SJ
• Pediatric keratoconus epidemiology: a systematic scoping review (2024) International Ophthalmology (Springer), Feb 2024 Hansen LO, Garcia R, Cresta FB, Torricelli AAM, Bechara SJ
• Nanophthalmos: a systematic review of the clinical spectrum, genetic basis, prevalence, incidence, clinical and surgical management (2020) Minerva Oftalmologica, 2020 Hansen LO et al.
• PhD Thesis — Cost-Effectiveness of Corneal Crosslinking for Progressive Keratoconus from the Brazilian SUS Payer Perspective (2025) FMUSP — Direct PhD programme Advisor: Prof. Dr. Samir Jacob Bechara

Full publications list, including earlier public-health and epidemiology work and book chapters, is available in Portuguese at Publicações. Most peer-reviewed papers were originally published in English; click through for abstracts and external links (DOI, PubMed).