Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna , Austria
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfield Eye Hospital, London, UK
Founder and chair of the Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery (VIROS), A Karl Landsteiner Institute, Vienna, Austria
General Education
Primary and High-School
1974 – 78 English School, Vienna
1978 – 86 Vienna International School, International Baccalaureate; Emphasis on Biology, Physics, Mathematics
Professional education
1986 – 93 Medical School, University of Vienna, MD degree
2005 – 07 Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Health Care Management, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna University and Berlin School of Economics
Medical Training / Functions
Since 2009 Chair of the Dept. of Ophthalmology, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna
Since 2006 Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Cataract service, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
2000 Associate professor for Ophthalmology – Venia docendi for Ophthalmology, University of Vienna
2000 Military service at Department of Ophthalmology, Vienna Veterans Hospital
1998/9 Sabbatical in Ocular Blood Flow at Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Vienna Medical School
1994 – 8 Residency in Ophthalmology at Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna General Hospital
1993/4 Research fellow at Children’s Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard University, Boston, MA.
Professional Functions
Since 2007 Section Editor (Reviews and Updates) of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
2006/7 Vice-president of the Viennese Society of Ophthalmology
2005/6 President of the Viennese Society of Ophthalmology
Since 2006 International editorial board member of EuroTimes
Since 2005 Member of the Cataract Committee of the Austrian Society of Ophthalmology (ÖOG)
Since 2005 Member of the ESCRS Board
2005 – 2009 Member of the ESCRS Publications committee
Since 2005 Member of the ESCRS Education Committee
Since 2005 Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
2004 – 2006 Board member of the Austrian Society of Ophthalmology (ÖOG)
2000 – 2006 Member of the ethics-committee of the Medical University of Vienna
Research
Publications
170 peer-reviewed articles in international journals (SCI listed)
Peer-reviews for international journals
American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, Clinical Drug Investigation, Graefe’s Archives of Ophthalmology, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Journal of Refractive Surgery, Ophthalmic Surgery & Lasers, Ophthalmology, Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift
Memberships
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Deutsche Ophthalmolgische Gesellschaft (DOG)
Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation und refraktive Chirurgie (DGII)
European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)
Österreichische Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (ÖOG)
Wiener Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (WOG)