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

1972-1979: Head of Department of Posterior Segment of the Eye at the University Eye Clinic of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University at Bonn, Germany

1979-2000: Chairman of Department of Ophthalmology III (Retina and Vitreous Surgery) at the Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany, being the first woman in Germany who got a chair for Surgery in Ophthalmology.

PRESENT POSITIONS

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

Since 1987/1988: Foundation of Deutsche Retinologische Gesellschaft by: Prof. Klaus Heimann (Cologne), Prof. Ingrid Kreissig (Tuebingen), Prof. Horst Laqua (Kiel), Prof. Achim Wessing (Essen)

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

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

Since 2002: Representative for East Europe of EURETINA

Since 2011: Professor h.c. for Research of the Ufa Eye Research Institute, Russia

Since 2022: Honoree at ARVO Foundation for Research, USA

Since 2024: Member at Hall of Fame Ophthalmology of DOC, Germany

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, Middle and South America, China, Kuwait, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Iran, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Turkey, Italy, France, Belgium, Brazil, Mexico, Japan , etc.

Many of them had become the local organizer of the 136 Teaching Courses up to 2023, or the Head of a Department of Posterior Segment of the Eye, or the Chairperson of a Department of Ophthalmology at a University: Prof. Gisbert Richard (Hamburg/Germany), Prof. Krystyna Pecold (Poznan/Poland), Prof. Jesus Gonzales Cortes (Monterrey, Mexico), Prof. Nelly Sivkova (Plovdiv/Bulgaria), Prof. Stavros Dimitrakos (Thessaloniki/Greece).

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Retinal detachment surgery, here in particular: Extraocular minimal surgery for repair, 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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Verantwortlich:  Prof. Dr. Ingrid Kreissig letzte Änderungen:  09.07.2024