STUDY OF MEDICINE

Bonn, Munich, and Cleveland/USA (Fulbright Scholarship)

SPECIALIZATION: POSTERIOR SEGMENT OF THE EYE

Eye Clinic St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1963-1965

University Eye Clinic Bonn, Germany, 1965-1969

New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, 1969-1972

POSITIONS HELD

In charge of department of posterior segment of the eye at University Eye Clinic at Bonn, Germany, 1972-1979

Chairman of Dept. Ophthalmology III (Retina and Vitreous Surgery) at University Tuebingen, Germany, 1979-2000

PRESENTLY

Adjunct Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, New York Presbytarian Hospital-Cornell University, New York since 1982

Consultant for retinal diseases of the eye (diagnostics and therapy) for various Departments of Ophthalmology since 2000

In practice with a Group of Consulting Ophthalmologists (Augenaerzte-Gemeinschaftspraxis, Esslingen/Stuttgart) since 2001

Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology, University Eye Clinic of Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany since 2001

In Program Committee for Retina Sections of ARVO Meetings, USA 2001 - 2003

Representative for East Europe of EURETINA since 2002

ORGANIZER OF TEACHING COURSES IN GERMANY AND OTHER COUNTRIES  

TEACHING

1972-1979 at University of Bonn, Germany

1979 -2000 at University of Tuebingen, Germany

1983 to present Cornell University-New York Hospital, USA

2001 to present at University of Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany

1991 to present several Teaching Courses per year, entitled:

• Retinal Detachment and Vitreous Surgery in connection with national and international meetings (e.g., American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC), Middle East Africa Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO), Arab Ophthalmic Society Conference, Euro-Asian Conference on Ophthalmology, European Retina Society (EURETINA), European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE), International Congress of Ophthalmology (ICO), Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology, Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (DOG), Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO), Central Asia Ophthalmic Conference, etc.) in various continents
• Medical Retina: Angiography with Laser Surgery, Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)

TRAINING OF RETINAL SPECIALISTS AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT POSITIONS

During the period at Bonn and Tuebingen, there were since 1973 more than 300 ophthalmologists trained from 12 Eastern European countries and Russia, North and South America, China, Kuwait, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Iran, Algeria, Lybia, Morocco, Turkey, Italy, France, Belgium, Brazil, Mexico, Japan , etc. Many of them had become Head of Department for posterior segment of the eye or Chairman of Department of Ophthalmolgy and many of them had become the local organizer of the various teaching courses.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Retinal detachment surgery, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), posterior segment laser surgery, angiography, OCT, Medical Retina. Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and application of intravitreal pharmacotherapy for various edematous and neovascular retinal/macular diseases.

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