About the doctor
Profile
Diabetic retinopathy management, Uveal melanoma treatment, Glaucoma surgery and therapy, Corneal diseases and corneal transplantation, Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), Refractive surgery, Strabismus correction, Cataract surgery, Orbital tumors and inflammatory orbital diseases, Eyelid and lacrimal system disorders, Optic nerve pathologies
Work experience
26 years
Scientific activity
Аuthor of more than 540 scientific publications
Recipient of the Gerhard Meyer-Schwickerath Award from the German Diabetes Society (DDG) in 2002 for pioneering research in diabetic retinopathy
Data
Since 2009: Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, Charité – University Hospital Berlin
Community
German Ophthalmological Society (DOG)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA)
European Cornea and Eye Bank Association (ECOBA)
German Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons (DGOC)
International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO)
Retina Society (USA)
Certificates
Chief Editor of the international peer-reviewed journal Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology