PRÜNTE Christian

Schools and University

1966 – 1978  Josefsschule and Walram Gymnasium in Menden, Germany

1978 – 1984 Medical School at the RWTH Aachen, Germany

1984 Regional Hospital Interlaken, Switzerland

Qualifications und Appointments

5. November 1984

Medical Graduation

20. November 1984

Granting of Medical Approbation

19. August 1985

Granting of MD at the RWTH Aachen, Deutschland

7. Juli 1990

Graduation in Ophthalmology: Arzt für Augenheilkunde, Ärztekammer Westfalen-Lippe, Germany

8. August 2003

Granting of FMH für Ophthalmology, spec. Ophthalmic Surgery, Switzerland

Bestowal of the Venia docendi and appointment as Privatdozent in Ophthalmology (Ass. Professor) at the University of Basel, Switzerland

30. Juni 2004

Appointment as Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Basel

Scientific and professional background

Jan 1985 – Mar 1986

Military Service in the Air Force, Aufklärungsgeschwader 51 Immelmann, Eschbach

Apr 1986 – Mar 1987

Research-grant of the German National Fonds at the University Eye-Clinic Bern, Switzerland, Prof. P. Niesel

Apr 1987 – June 1987

Research-grant of the Swiss Fonds for the Prevention of Blindness, Prof. P. Niesel

July 1987 – Dec 1987

Clinical resident at the University Eye-Clinic Bern, Switzerland

Jan 1988 – Dec 1988

Research and clinical fellow at the Eye-Clinic of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Prof. O.E. Lund

Jan 1989 – May 1990

Resident at the University Eye-Clinic Basel, Switzerland

Jun 1990 – Dec 1990

Research fellow at the University Eye-Clinic Basel, Switzerland, Prof. J. Flammer

Jan1991-June1993

Fellowship in Medical and Surgical Retina at the University Eye – Clinic Basel

Jan 1992 – Feb 1992

Research fellow (Post-Doc) at Sandoz Pharma, Basel, Preclinical Research, Central Nervous System

July 1993 – Aug 1997

Chief-resident at the University Eye-Clinic Basel

Sept 1997 – May 2004

Head of Day-Care Surgery, Head of the Department of Ophthalmic Diagnostics at the Universitäty Eye-Clinic Basel, Head of Anterior Segment Surgery

June 2004 – Sept 2006

Vice Chair and Head of Clinical Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Surgery, University Eye-Clinic Basel, Switzerland, Head of Medical and Surgical Retina

June 2006 – Sept 2006

Board member of the department “Special Clinics“ (incl. Clinic of Ophthalmology) at the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, Head of the department of medical processes and investment management

Oct 2006 – Dec 2008

Vice Chair and Head of Medical and Surgical Retina at the Department of Ophthalmology & Optometry, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

July 2007 – Dec 2012

Managing Director of the Vienna OCT Reading Center

Nov 2008 – May 2015

Medical & Executive Director, VISTA Clinic, Binningen, & Zurich, Switzerland

since Dec 2008

Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, Kantonsspital Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland

Jan 2009- Dec 2013

Guest Professor of Medical and Surgical Retina, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

since Jan 2010

Consultant for Paediatric ophthalmic Surgery at the Paediatric University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

since March 2017

Clinical Chair at the University Eye Clinic Basel, Switzerland

Membership and functions in Medical Societies

Chair of the Swiss Vitreo-Retinal Society

Swiss Society of Ophthalmology
German Society of Ophthalmology
German Retina Society
Austrian Society of Ophthalmology
EURETINA (European Society of Retina Specialists)
EVER (European Association for Vision and Eye Research) ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) AAO (American Association of Ophthalmology)

ASRS (American Society of Retina Specialists) Macula Society