CENTRE MEDICAL DIRECTOR DR TIM HEUERMANN
TRAINING IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
Degree in Human Medicine at the University of Cologne and Freie Universität Berlin. | |
1998 | State Medical Examination, award of license to practice medicine |
1998 | Doctorate received from the Faculty of Medicine at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Further training in ophthalmology at the University Eye Hospital, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
2002 | Qualification as ophthalmologist |
2002 | Passing of European Board of Ophthalmology Diploma (EBOD) exam in Paris and awarding of title “Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO)” |
MEDICAL PRACTICE
2002-2007 | Senior consultant and deputy medical director at the eye unit of the St. Joseph-Stift Hospital, Bremen, specialising in retinal and vitreous body surgery |
2007 | Establishment of own day surgery eye treatment centre in Potsdam |
2008 | Opening of Villa Fischbach Retina and Macula Day Surgery Eye Treatment Centre |
2010 | Founding of Am Kapellenberg Day Surgery Hospital |
MEDICAL EXPERIENCE IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
Experience gained as a surgeon in over 50,000 eye operations
Full surgical spectrum, covering the anterior and posterior segments of the eye. Refractive surgery on the cornea, corneal transplantations, operations to correct cataracts and glaucoma, reconstructive anterior segment surgery following trauma. General and specialised retinal and vitreous body surgery following retinal detachments, as well as proliferative and degenerative retinal disorders, epiretinal and subretinal membrane surgery, retinal rotation, laser-assisted surgical interventions, plastic, cosmetic and reconstructive eyelid surgery.
PUBLICATIONS/RESEARCH
Over 50 research papers, publications and conference articles published in/presented at national and international trade publications and conferences.
ACCOLADES AND AWARDS
2006: Receipt of 2nd Film Prize at the 20th International Conference of German Ophthalmic Surgeons in Nuremberg; 2004: Receipt of “Best Paper of Session” (BPOS) Award at the Congress of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, San Diego, USA.
AFFILIATION
- German Federal Association of Ophthalmic Surgeons (BDOC)
- German Ophthalmological Society (DOG)
- German-Speaking Society for Intraocular Lens Implantation and Refractive Surgery (DGII)
- German Retina Society (RG)
- European Vitreo Retinal Society EVRS
- European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery ESCRS
- American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery ASCRS
- German Professional Association of Ophthalmologists (BVA)
- Cooperative Society of Ophthalmologists Brandenburg (AÄGB)