Berthold Seitz

Berthold Seitz
Born (1962-06-25) June 25, 1962
Schwarzenbach (Bavaria)
Residence Germany
Nationality German
Fields ophthalmology
Institutions Saarland University Medical Center (Homburg, Saarland)
Known for cornea transplantation (methods for minimisation of postoperative astigmatism), cataract surgery and artificial lens-calculation after refractive corneal surgery

Berthold Seitz (born 25 June 1962 in Schwarzenbach (Bavaria)) is a German ophthalmologist, professor and director of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Saarland University Medical Center in Homburg, Saarland. He is known for his scientific contributions in the fields of cornea transplantation (especially methods for minimisation of postoperative astigmatism), cataract surgery and artificial lens-calculation after refractive corneal surgery as well as techniques of amniotic membrane transplantation and its histological integration patterns in the cornea.

Biography

Seitz studied human medicine at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1981 to 1988. He received his medical license in 1988 and qualified as a medical specialist for ophthalmology in Munich in 1993. He completed the European Board of Ophthalmology Examination (FEBO) in Paris in 1996. He was promoted to doctor of medicine with magna cum laude at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 1989.[1]

Seitz was Research-Fellow of Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles. He was senior physician at the Department of Ophtalmology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and became head of outpatient service. Since 1993, Seitz has been establishing and heading the cornea outpatient service and also the refractive surgery unit in Erlangen since 1996. He was heading the Cornea Bank Erlangen since 2000 and went main surgeon for corneal transplantation. In 1997, he became an elected member in the scientific advisory board of the German Transplantation Society (DTG) for the scope of cornea. Seitz habilitated himself in the field of ophthalmology ("Nonmechanical microsurgery of the cornea") in Erlangen in 1999.

Seitz was a cofounder of the Cornea section in the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG) in 2002 and has been acting as its speaker since then. In 2002, he was named associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of Erlangen. He was promoted to full professor and director of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Saarland University Medical Center in 2006. Under Seitz a new professorship for experimental ophthalmology was established in Homburg, Saarland.[1] In 2012, Seitz became a member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Seitz was president of the DOG in 2012.[2] and was elected to head of the program commission of the DOG in 2015.[3]

Scientific contribution

The field of Seitz's scientific publications encompasses the themes:

Memberships in international organisations

Honors and awards

Seitz received many national and international awards, among them are:

Publications

Seitz published 354 scientific articles, reviews in journals and book chapters (Oct. 2015)[7]

PubMed Publication list B Seitz

References

  1. 1 2 CV (11-2015)
  2. ↑ Berthold Seitz wird Präsident der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft DOG Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Presidency DOG 2015
  4. ↑ DOG Section Cornea
  5. ↑ Mitgliedschaft Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
  6. ↑ ICO Fellowships
  7. ↑ Berthold Seitz Publication list Saarland University Medical Center (October 2015)

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