University Hospital Bonn- Department of Ophthalmology

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University hospital Bonn

Bonn, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Frank G. Holz

Department of Ophthalmology

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Ophthalmology at University Hospital Bonn offers medical care for patients suffering from all kinds of diseases of the eye. The department is in possession of the state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment as well as resources for conservative and surgical treatments. Common diseases that affect the vision are given extreme attention and handled with optimal care such as macular degeneration and retinal diseases.
The department has qualified eye surgeons who provide high-quality surgical treatment using cutting-edge equipment. Their most famous operations are corneal transplantation, cataract and glaucoma surgeries. More than 1,000 operations for vitrectomy and 700 extracapsular lens extraction procedures are performed every year and more than 3,000 inpatients are treated annually in this department under the guidance of Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Frank G. Holz.
One of the most extraordinary features of this department is its Laser Surgery Center. Therapeutic surgeries with advanced laser techniques for complex diseases as retinal detachment and complicated cataract are successfully performed every year. For newborns with retinal diseases, special operative and post-operative care are given.

Department of Ophthalmology at University Hospital Bonn is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•   Cataract
•   Glaucoma
•   Ptosis
•   Eyelid malformation
•   Tumors
•   Retinal detachment
•   Macular degeneration
•   Retinal pigment epithelium translocation
•   Macular edema
•   Diabetic retinopathy
•   Botulinum toxin injections
•   Dry eye syndrome
•   Red-eye syndrome
•   Uveitis

Curriculum vitae of Prof. Dr. med. Frank G. Holz

Education and Professional Experience

4/1983 - 5/1989 Study of Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
1986 - 1987 Medical thesis in Physiology: "Renovascular effects of adenosine receptor agonists" (magna cum laude), doctoral degree (Dr.med.).
9/1987 Clinical Clerkship in Hematology / Bone Marrow Transplantation, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
4/1988 - 11/1988 Clinical Clerkship in Surgery and Internal Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
1989 - 1991, 1994 Residency, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
1992 - 1993 Research and Clinical Fellowship, Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, England.
9/1993 Research Project, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, USA.
1994 Board certification in Ophthalmology.
1995 - 2003 Senior Physician in the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Heidelberg, Germany; 2001 - 2003 Head of the Department.
10/1997 Habilitation (Associate Professor) in Ophthalmology: "Age-dependent changes in Bruch’s membrane and retinal pigment epithelium as pathogenetic factors in age-related macular degeneration".
Since 2003, Chief Physician of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Ophthalmology, Chairman and Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn.

Scholarships and Awards

1987 - 1989 Fellow of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation ("Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes").
1988 Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
1992 - 1993 Research Scholarship of the Gertrud Kusen Foundation, Hamburg, Germany.
1999 Macular Degeneration Research Award for the Prevention of Blindness. Pro Retina Germany and Switzerland.
1999 Research Award of the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG).
2000 Achievement Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
2001 Leonhard Klein Award for Ophthalmic Surgery.
2005 DOC Award, German Ophthalmic Surgeons.

Membership in Professional Societies