Department of Ophthalmology at University Hospital Mainz

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University Hospital Mainz

Mainz, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Norbert Pfeiffer

Department of Ophthalmology

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Ophthalmology at University Hospital Mainz provides care for patients with diseases affecting the eye and orbit. The department is nationally and internationally recognized as one of the best centers for ophthalmology. The department is equipped with the most advanced diagnostics and therapeutics as well as surgical techniques to ensure the patients are provided with optimal care. The department consists of 4 stations with a bed count of 74 beds where over 6,600 inpatients are treated every year.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Norbert Pfeiffer, the department mainly focuses on retinal diseases, refractive surgical correction, glaucoma, corneal diseases, neuro-ophthalmology and cataract. The department has a Glaucoma Center Mainz where over 1200 operations on glaucomatous patients are performed each year. The department also has a research unit that consists of a center for experimental ophthalmology, Center for Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Health Service Research, Clinical Research Center and biomaTiCS.

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

•   Glaucoma
•   Immature cataract
•   Mature cataract
•   Retinal detachment and tears
•   Retinal vein occlusion
•   Retinal artery occlusion
•   Keratitis
•   Conjunctivitis
•   Uveitis
•   Iridocyclitis
•   Strabismus
•   Refractive errors
•   Astigmatism
•   Keratoconus
•   Eye tumors
•   Diabetic retinopathy
•   Retinoblastoma
•   Orbital Injury

Education and professional career

2012 - 2014 Medical Director and Chief Executive Director, University Hospital Mainz.
2000 - 2003 Medical Director at the University Hospital Mainz.
1999 - 2000 Deputy Medical Director at the University Hospital Mainz.
Since 1996 Professor and Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Ophthalmology, NeuroOphthalmology at the University Hospital Mainz.
1995 Acting Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology at the University Hospital Mainz.
1992 - 1995 Leading Senior Physician in the Department of Adult and Pediatric Ophthalmology, NeuroOphthalmology at the University Hospital Mainz.
1992 Habilitation, Department of Adult and Pediatric Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology at the University Hospital Mainz.
1990 - 1992 Senior Physician in the Department of Adult and Pediatric Ophthalmology, NeuroOphthalmology at the University Hospital Mainz.
1990 Medical Specialist in Ophthalmology, Senior Physician in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital Freiburg.
1985 - 1990 Assistant Physician in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital Freiburg.
1985 Doctor of Medicine.
1985 Admission to medical practice.
1977 - 1985 Study of Medicine at the Universities of Giessen, Freiburg, Newcastle and Cambridge (United Kingdom).

Positions in the Scientific Societies and Committees

Since 2011 Member of the Off-Label Expert Group at the Federal Institute for Drug Development.
2007 Member of the Executive Board, Professional Association of German Ophthalmologists (BVA).
2007 President of the Association of Professors Ophthalmologists (VOL).
2006 President of the German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG).
2005 - 2009 Member of the European Glaucoma Society.
2005 Deputy President of the German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG).
1998 - 2001 Chairman of the Mainz Medical Association.

Awards and Memberships

2014 Trantas Annagnostakis Award of the Greek Glaucoma Society and the Greek Society of Ophthalmology.
Since 2012 Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
2011 PR Award.
2010 Communication Award, German Healthcare Economics Congress.
Since 2009 Member of the European Academy of Ophthalmology.
Since 1998 Member of the Glaucoma Research Society.
1994 - 2010 Various awards for the best publication and video.
1997 Best Lecturer Award at the University of Mainz.
1995 Prix Galien Prize for pharmacological developments in the treatment of glaucoma.
1993 Award for the video work of the German Society of Ophthalmology.
1993 Award of the German Society of Ophthalmology (in glaucoma treatment).
1990 Chibret Award.
1988 Scholarship of the German Research Foundation.
1984 - 1985 British Council Scholarship.
1984 Dr. Carl Duisberg Foundation Scholarship for training abroad.
1981 Clinical internship, AIESEC.
1980 - 1981 Scholarship for training abroad (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes).
1979 - 1985 Scholarship (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes).