Aylin Garip Kübler begann ihre Facharztausbildung an der Augenklinik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Im Jahr 2012 schloss sie diese als Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO) ab.

Anschließend arbeitete sie als Funktionsoberärztin mit Schwerpunkt auf okuloplastischer und rekonstruktiver Chirurgie an der Augenklinik der LMU unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Hintschich.

2018 erhielt sie die Vollmitgliedschaft der Europäischen Gesellschaft für okuloplastische und rekonstruktive Chirurgie (ESOPRS). Seit September 2021 ist sie Fachärztin im MVZ Prof. Neuhann.

Ihre Forschung konzentriert sich auf die Verbesserung der Diagnose- und Behandlungsmöglichkeiten bei Sehnervkompression bei Patienten mit endokrinen Orbitopathie. Im Jahr 2023 habilitierte sie sich zum Thema Endokrine Orbitopathie.

Universitätsprofessor Dr. Dr. Ludwig M. Heindl, M.Sc. ist Leiter des Schwerpunkts für Ophthalmoonkologie und Ophthalmoplastische Chirurgie an der Universitätsaugenklinik Köln und dem Centrum für Integrierte Onkologie (CIO) Aachen-Bonn-Köln-Düsseldorf.

Seine klinische Expertise umfasst die Diagnose und Therapie von Tumoren am und im Auge sowie von Erkrankungen des Augenlides, der Tränenwege, der Orbita und der Augenoberfläche. Er publizierte mehr als 400 peer-reviewed Artikel in den renommiertesten internationalen Journalen. Er erhielt zahlreiche Ehrungen, unter anderem den Sallmann Clinician-Scientist Award der Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), den Leonhard-Klein-Preis der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft (DOG) und den Erwin-Niehaus Preis für Ophthalmologie.

Zudem wurde ihm im Jahre 2022 die Ehrenprofessur (Prof. h.c.) der Zhejiang University, School of Medicine in Hangzhou, China verliehen.

Director and Professor of Ophthalmology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany

Prof. Geeerling completed his medical training in 1992 at Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH), Aachen and specialised in Ophthalmology at the University of Lübeck (both in Germany). He received subspecialty training at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London in Cornea and Oculoplastic surgery and in Glaucoma surgery at the University of Würzburg, Germany.

From 2005 until 2011 he was Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Würzburg, Germany and from 2006 to 2008 honorary Research Professor at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, UK. Since 2011, Professor Geerling is holding the chair as Professor of Ophthalmology and is the Director of the Department of Ophthalmology of the University Hospital Düsseldorf. In addition he was offered the chair of Ophthalmology in Madgeburg and Innsbruck/Austria.

Professor Geerling’s clinical and scientific interest is focussed on severe ocular surface diseases and its interaction with the ocular adnexae, especially transplantation surgery and new Lasers. In these fields he was granted scholarships by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the Gertrud Kusen Foundation and the Special Trustees of Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, England, obtained more than 2.5 Mio. € grant money and published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 20 chapters and 4 books. He has received several national and international awards including the Chibret medal in gold.

He is or was on the editorial board for The Ocular Surface, Current Eye Research, Der Ophthalmologe and Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde and was Editor-in-Chief of Current Eye Research from 2005 until 2018. He is member of numerous ophthalmological societies, including The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) for more than 20 years. In 2021 and 2022 he served as president of the German Ophthalmological Society (Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft, DOG).

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth M. Messmer hat das Medizinstudium an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, 1990 abgeschlossen. Anschließend war sie im Rahmen eines DFG-Stipendiums Research Fellow an der Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Ihre Ausbildung zur Fachärztin für Augenheilkunde absolvierte sie von 1993-1997 an den Augenkliniken Würzburg und LMU München.

Seit Juni 1997 ist sie Oberärztin an der Augenklinik der LMU München. Seit Januar 2014 ist sie appl. Professorin. Sie ist klinisch und chirurgisch tätig im Bereich Hornhaut, Augenoberfläche und entzündliche Erkrankungen des vorderen Augenabschnitts. Zusätzlich ist sie Leiterin der Abteilung „Ophthalmopathologie“ an der LMU Augenklinik München. Sie ist Reviewerin für viele deutschsprachige und internationale Journale, Verfasserin von über 100 Originalarbeiten und Herausgeberin von mehreren Büchern.

Ullrich G. Mueller-Lisse was born in Leverkusen, Germany. He studied biology at Ripon College, Ripon, WI, USA, medicine at the universities of Bonn, Germany, Bristol, England, UK, and California-San Francisco, USA, outcomes research and clinical epidemiology at the University of California-San Francisco, USA, and health care management at the University of Applied Sciences, Deggendorf, Germany. He pursued residency training in urology, radiology, and neuroradiology at the University of Munich Hospitals, Germany, and worked as a clinical instructor and research fellow in radiology at the University of California-San Francisco, USA.

Besides his M.D. degree, full medical license and board license in radiology, Ullrich G. Mueller-Lisse holds a B.A.-degree in biology, and an M.B.A.-degree for health care management. He has been attending radiologist since 2002, attending PET-CT radiologist since 2012, and Professor of Radiology at the University of Munich Hospitals, Germany, since 2010.

Ullrich G. Mueller-Lisse has served as an editorial board member of “European Radiology”, and as a reviewer for different national and international medical journals. He is an active member of different national and international medical societies, including the European Society of Radiology (ESR), the German Roentgen Society, and the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR). His research interests include MRI, CT, PET-CT, and new imaging systems in urogenital imaging, chest-and-lung imaging / occupational medicine, and head-and-neck imaging.

Dr. Nerad has been practicing Oculoplastic Surgery since 1984. He is currently a member of the Cincinnati Eye Institute and a Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Cincinnati.

Dr. Nerad attended UCLA then matriculated to Saint Louis University for Medical School and residency. Following residency Dr. Nerad did a visiting fellowhip at Moorfields Eye Hospital and a fellowship at the University of Iowa. He continued on the faculty as a Professor of Ophthalmology and Otolargyngology until 2009 when he joined the Cincinnati Eye Insititute.

Dr. Nerad has written 4 textbooks. His most recent text, Oculoplastic Surgery – A Personal Tutorial was published in 2020. He has published over 100 articles, trained over 300 residents and 30 fellows. He has lectured in over 40 countries and performed 10 international mission trips.

Dr Nerad served as President of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgey and served as the Secretary of Continuing Education at the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He has received many awards including the ASOPRS Outstanding Contribution award, the President’s aaward, and presented as the Hughes Award Lecturer.

Dr Nerad is married and has 2 daughters and two grandchildren. He enjoys cycling, collecting art and vintage sports cars.

Ophthalmologische Weiterbildung:

• 2021-heute Facharztausbildung an der Augenklinik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)

Studium:
• 2021 Promotion Augenklinik der LMU München „Einfluss der präoperativen Keratometrie auf die Sicherheit und Effizienz der Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE)“
• 2020 Approbation als Ärztin (3. Staatsexamen, Note: sehr gut)
• 2014-2020 Studium der Humanmedizin an der LMU München
• 2014 Abitur am Gymnasium Antonianum Geseke (Abiturschnitt: 1,0)

Auslandsaufenthalte:
• 2020 Royal London Hospital London

Lehre:
• MeCUM Studentenunterricht an der LMU München

Fachgesellschaften:
• DOG (Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft)

Ulrich Schaudig went to Medical School at the Faculties of medicine of the Universities of Regensburg and Munich and spent part of his final year at the Medical Schools of the University of Colorado at Denver and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
He started his postgraduate training in general and plastic surgery in Munich before he turned his interest to ophthalmology and entered the residency program at the University Hospital in Hamburg Eppendorf.

After his board certification in 1997, he continued his career with special interests in both oculoplastic and vitreoretinal surgery and completing his scientific work with a PH.D. thesis on retinal imaging. He also served as head of the ophthalmopathological laboratory.
He has published numerous articles in peer – referenced ophthalmological German and international journals.
Since 2007, he is chief of the department of Ophthalmology at the Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, a department of general ophthalmology, where he continues to develop his special interest in oculoplastic surgery.

Dr. Schaudig is currently serving as a head of the section of ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery of the German ophthalmological society (DOG), and committee member of ESOPRS. He is also the secretary of the North German society of ophthalmology and representing ophthalmology in the multi-disciplinary German Society of Aesthetic Surgery.

Dr. Anna Schuh, MD, FEBO, is a consultant and surgeon for oculoplastic, orbital, and lacrimal surgery at the Eye Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. Besides patient care, she is actively involved in teaching and research.

After she graduated in ophthalmology, she completed her oculoplastic training at LMU Munich (Prof. C. Hintschich) and further developed her expertise in lacrimal surgery at the Eye Hospital Darmstadt (Prof. K.-H. Emmerich).

She is a full member of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ESOPRS), the European Group on Graves’ Orbitopathy (EUGOGO), and the Section for Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the German Ophthalmological Society (SORC DOG).

Professor of Ophthalmology
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
Hospitaller, Order of St John
Immediate Past President, British Oculoplastic Surgery Society
Immediate Past Treasurer, ESOPRS.
Clinical Lead, St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group Ophthalmic Association
Founder, www.EyeFace.Network

Trained in ophthalmology in UK, Mr Verity undertook Fellowships in oculoplastics before his appointment as Consultant to Moorfields Eye Hospital in 2004. In 2009, he was elected to the Orbital Society, and between 2011 and 2018 was Editor-in Chief of the journal ORBIT. His publications number over 110, and he is an active national and international teacher and surgical trainer.

From 2019 – 2023 he was President of BOPSS, is the immediate past Treasurer of ESOPRS, and is co-Editor of the Society’s comprehensive 1300 page two-volume textbook, published in 2024.
Mr Verity has contributed to the humanitarian work of the St John Eye Hospital Group since 1985. In 2009 he published a genetics doctorate on Behçet’s disease in Palestinian patients and in 2000 was awarded the Iris Fund Millennial Award. In 2016 he became a Trustee of the Hospital Group and is currently Chair of clinical governance. He founded the St John Ophthalmic Association to unify healthcare experts in the Order and in 2018 was appointed Hospitaller of the Order.