Background
Summanen, Paula Anneli was born on October 9, 1952 in Ruokolahti, Finland. Daughter of Unto Kalervo Summanen and Aino (Luukkonen) Kuukka.
Summanen, Paula Anneli was born on October 9, 1952 in Ruokolahti, Finland. Daughter of Unto Kalervo Summanen and Aino (Luukkonen) Kuukka.
Bachelor of Medicine, University Kuopio, Finland, 1974. Licence in medicine, University Kuopio, Finland, 1978. Doctor of Medical Science, University Helsinki, Finland, 1989.
Junior physician department pediatrics and cancer therapy Kotka Central Hospital, Finland, 1978-1979. Research assistant Institute Tropical Medicine, Khartoum, Democratic Republic Sudan, 1980. Resident in ophthalmology Khartoum Eye Hospital, 1981.
Research fellow King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, National Eye Survey, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1984. Resident in ophthalmology Helsinki University Eye Hospital, 1981-1983, 85-87, consultant ophthalmologist, since 1988. Clinical instructor ophthalmology University Helsinki, 1989—2001, deputy chief physician, since 2001.
Physician Espoo Health Center and Hospital, Finland, 1982.
Member Duodecim Society, Finnish Medical Association, Ophthalmol. Society Finland, David Livingstone Society (secretary 1988-1992), European Macula Group, Finnish Diabetes Research Society, European Association Vision and Eye Research, Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Married Tero Kivelä; 1 child, Liia Matilda Maria Kivelä.