SOUBRANE Gisèle

Professor of Ophthalmology, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Paris, France

Emeritus Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Eye University of Créteil – Université Paris Est Creteil XII. Her research focuses on improvements in the diagnosis of AMD, pathogenesis and experimental models of AMD. Her department has participated in the evaluation of all new therapeutic approaches and pharmacological interventions for CNV, while her achievements have included describing occult CNV and identifying the reticular pseudo drusen and chorioretinal anastomosis.

Gisèle Soubrane has served as General Secretary of the French Society of Ophthalmology, General Secretary and President of the European Board of Ophthalmology, and President and honorary member of the European Societies for Vision and Eye Research. She has been a Board member of EURETINA since its foundation, and has been elected to the European Academia. Her work has been recognised by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and she has also been elected as the International Board Member of the Macula Society.

She holds advisory positions on several national and international ophthalmology journals and nominating committees. Gisèle Soubrane has received a doctorate “honoris causa” from the University of Ulm, the Herman Wacker Prize from the Club Jules Gonin, the Junius Kuhnt Medal from the University of Bonn, and recently the Jules François Medal from the the International Council of Ophthalmology. Her outstanding contributions have also been recognised by the French state with the award of the “Légion d’Honneur”.