University Hospital Tübingen
Tübingen, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt
Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology at University Hospital Tübingen provides conservative and surgical care for patients with diseases of the eye and orbit. The department is considered an advanced center for its specialty in Germany that offers its medical service on both an outpatient and inpatient basis. The department conducts research projects and teaching activities and is supplied with the latest treatments and surgical interventions along with high-quality equipment in order to perform complex operations with the highest possible success rate.
The department consists of 77 beds and 6 operating theaters where about 6,000 inpatients are treated and 22,000 operations are conducted every year under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt. The research unit of the department is one of the 13 medical centers of excellence of the State of Baden-Württemberg and the only ophthalmological research center among them. The unit has nearly 15 ongoing research projects.
The Department of Ophthalmology at University Hospital Tübingen is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Amblyopia
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Retinal occlusive diseases
• Retinopathy of prematurity
• Retinoblastoma
• Refractive errors
• Glaucoma
• Cataract
• Corneal ulcer
• Conjunctivitis
• Iridocyclitis
Scientific and Professional Career
- 1982 - 1988 Study of Human Medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
- 1988 - 1990 Training be receive a title of the Medical Specialist in Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Krankenhaus Evangelisches Stift Hospital, Koblenz (Heads: Dr. D. Brambring, Dr. P. Schmitz-Valkenberg).
- 1990 - 1992 Training be receive a title of the Medical Specialist in Ophthalmology, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Cologne (Managing Directors: Prof. Dr. med. G. K. Krieglstein, Prof. Dr. med. K. Heimann, Prof. Dr. med. W. Rüssmann).
- 1992 - 1996 Senior Physician, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Cologne.
- 1996 - 1999 Leading Senior Physician and Deputy Head of the Division of Retinal and Vitreous Surgery (Prof. Dr. med. K. Heimann).
- January 1998 Venia Legendi in Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne.
- Since 2000, Head of the Department for the Treatment of the Anterior and Posterior Eye Segment (Successor of Thiel and Kreisig), University Hospital Tuebingen.
- Since 2003, Deputy Medical Director of the University Hospital Tuebingen.
- 2004 - 2012 President of the Society of Radiology.
- Since 2007, Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Ophthalmology at the University Hospital Tuebingen.
- Since 2009, Member of the Expert Committee at the Institute for Examination in Medicine and Pharmacology.
- Since 2013, Member of the Executive Committee of the German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG), as a Vice President.
- Since 2014, President of the German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG).
Department of Ophthalmology
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