We were honored to welcome Prof. De Paiva last Tuesday (12th of November 2019) at the Hospital University of Cologne. The Ocular Surface Group, led by Prof. Philipp Steven and Dr. Uta Gehlsen invited Prof. De Paiva to collaborate on aging aspects in dry-eye disease and ocular Graft-versus-Host Disease. The […]

Priv. – Doz. Dr. Sebastian Siebelmann, consulting physician at the department of ophthalmology of the University Hospital Cologne attended the Young Physician Leaders Program (YPL) of the Interacademy Partnership Alliance (IAP) and the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers and Medical Universities. The YPL-Program brings young ambitious leaders from all […]

ANIRIDIA-NET(https://aniridia-net.eu/) is a pan-European bottom-up network of researchers, ophthalmologist, trainees, aniridia patient organizations, industry and special interest groups funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) program (link) to improve aniridia clinical management and promote innovative research and development of new alternatives for its diagnosis and treatment. The […]

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Claus Cursiefen, Chairman of Department of Ophthalmology at University Hospital Cologne has been awarded with the Médaille d’Or Paul Chibret during the 117. Conference of the Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft (German Society of Ophthalmology) in Berlin. The Médaille d’Or Paul Chibret is given for exceptional engagement in international ophthalmology, […]

(“Wissenschaftspreis der Stiftung Auge der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft”) In July 2019, Dr. Yanhong Hou was declared the winner of the Science Prize (“Wissenschaftspreis”) of the Eye Foundation (“Stiftung Auge”) of the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG). Dr. Hou will be awarded during a ceremony at the annual congress of DOG from […]