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Qualifications:

• Fellowship of European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO) 2007

• Specialist for Ophthalmology, Hamburg/Germany 2004

• Medical Doctor M.D., Hamburg/Germany 1998

• State Exam for Human Medicine, Hamburg/Germany 1997

Career:

Membership:

• European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons: Full membership

• American Academy of Ophthalmology: International membership

• Medical Council Berlin/Germany: Full specialist membership

• Member of the Berlin Brandenburg Ophthalmologists Society (BBAG)

Research:

Wavefront-Analysis and Topography in patients with toric intraocular lenses (Berlin/Germany)

Cataract patients’ management in different Moorfields Eye Hospital sites: monitoring of postoperative visits at Northwick Park Hospital, St Ann’s Day Treatment Centre, Ealing General Hospital and City Road during March – June 2009 (London/GB).

Postoperative visual acuity outcome in early cataract: comparing postoperative visual acuity in cataract patients with VA 6/9 and 6/12 at Moorfields Eye Hospital (London/GB).

Study of postoperative haemorrhage and scarring after radiofrequency surgery in oculoplastic patients at Royal Free Hospital in London/GB.

Sub-investigator for anti-VEGF-therapy with Lucentis and Macugen for age related macular degeneration at Bristol Eye Hospital (Bristol/GB).

Study of ageing processes and transplantation of human corneal endothelial cells at the Transplantation Laboratory of the University Eye Hospital of Hamburg/Germany and at the University of Brighton; Department of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences in Brighton/GB

Optimisation of the immunosuppressive therapy with mycophenolate mofetil for the high risk keratoplasty and for the therapy of uveitis, ocular pemphigoid and rheumatoid corneal ulcer. Co-operation between University Eye Hospitals of Hamburg and Tuebingen/Germany

Research work has been and will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international meetings.

Grants:

Post-doc Fellowship Grant from Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG) for 1 year research at the University of Brighton, Department of Pharmacy (1999-2000)

Travel Fellowship Grant from The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) for visiting the ARVO-Meeting 1999

One year Arzt im Praktikum funded from Hoffman La Roche for clinical study on immunosuppressive therapy optimisation (CellCept) in cornea and external eye diseases and uveitis (1998-1999)

Voluntary Work: