Berthold Seitz

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Berthold Seitz

Berthold Seitz (born June 25, 1962 in Schwarzenbach near Weiden id OPf. ) Is a German ophthalmologist , university professor and director of the clinic for ophthalmology and university outpatient clinic at the Saarland University Clinic (UKS). He is known for his scientific contributions in the fields of corneal transplantation (in particular methods to minimize postoperative astigmatism ), cataract surgery and artificial lens calculation after refractive corneal surgery as well as techniques of amniotic membrane transplantation and their histological integration patterns into the cornea.

Life

Seitz studied human medicine at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg from 1981 to 1988. In 1987 he received a “scholarship for particularly gifted people” in accordance with the Bavarian Law on the Promotion of Talented Students. In 1988 he received his license to practice medicine. In 1993 he received the specialist certification for ophthalmology in Munich. In 1996 he passed the European Board of Ophthalmology exam in Paris ( FEBO ). Seitz was awarded a doctorate in 1989 with “magna cum laude”. med. PhD at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (topic: early and late results in 222 surgical reconstructions of an internal carotid artery with a contralateral internal occlusion, taking into account the preoperative symptoms).

Seitz began his clinical and scientific career in 1989 as a medical officer in the German Armed Forces in Amberg, then as a research assistant / assistant doctor at the eye clinic and polyclinic of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and employee at the ophthalmopathological laboratory there. In 1995 he received a DFG scholarship and was a research fellow in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles. In 1996 he became senior physician at the eye clinic with polyclinic of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and head of the general polyclinic there. Since 1993, Seitz has established and directed the corneal consultation and since 1996 the consultation for refractive surgery in Erlangen. Since 2000 he has headed the Cornea Bank Erlangen and also became the main surgeon for keratoplasty . In 1997 Seitz became an elected member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Transplantation Society (DTG) for the cornea area. Seitz completed his habilitation in 1999 for ophthalmology in Erlangen (subject: curative non-mechanical surgery of the cornea). In 2002 Seitz co-founded the Cornea Section in the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG) and is its spokesperson without interruption to this day. In 2002 he was appointed to a C3 professorship and associate professor for ophthalmology at the University of Erlangen. From 2003 to 2006, Seitz was the medical director of the project "Non-mechanical trephination using short-pulsed solid-state lasers in corneal transplants". In 2006 he was promoted to director of the clinic for ophthalmology at the Saarland University Hospital , where he also acted as state doctor for the blind and visually impaired in Saarland from 2007 to 2012. Under Seitz, a W3 professorship for experimental ophthalmology was established in Homburg / Saar. Seitz became a member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2012. In 2013, Seitz was President of the DOG. In 2015 he was elected chairman of the DOG program committee.

Scientific contribution

The range of scientific publications by Berthold Seitz includes the following focuses:

Membership in editorial boards and scientific edvisory boards (selection)

Seitz is a member of numerous editorial boards, including a member of the editorial committee of the journal Der Ophthalmologe and the main editor of the clinical monthly journals for ophthalmology . He is a member of the Editorial Advisory of Ophthalmology Times Europe as well as the International IC 3 D Commission of Corneal Specialists for the Reclassification of Corneal Dystrophies with Consideration of Genetic Aspects and a member of the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) Residency Curriculum Revision Project. Seitz is co-editor of the Atlas of Ophthalmology .

Membership in professional associations (selection)

  • German Ophthalmological Society (DOG) since 1989
  • The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) since 1991
  • Professional Association of Ophthalmologists in Germany (BVA) since 1992
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) since 1997
  • German Transplant Society (DTG) since 1998
  • European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER) since 1998
  • Association of German Cornea Banks since 2000
  • Founding member and spokesman of the Cornea Section (DOG) DOG Cornea Section in the DOG since 2002
  • International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye (ISD & DE) since 2003
  • European Eye Bank Association (EEBA) since 2003
  • The Cornea Society since 2004
  • European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) since 2008

Awards and honors (selection)

Seitz has received numerous national and international awards, including:

  • Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology "for contributions made to the Academy, its scientific and educational programs, and to ophthalmology". Awarded at the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology 22-25. October 2000 in Dallas / Texas / USA; AAO Final Program, page 68
  • Sicca research prize 2005 of the dry eye department in the BVA "Tear film-based identification and therapy of the immune pathogenesis of dry eyes (dysfunctional tear syndrome)" awarded on the occasion of the DOG 2005 conference (Cursifen C, Jacobi C, Dietrich T, Schlötzer-Schrehardt, Seitz B, Kruse FE)
  • Distinguished Service Gold Medal 2010 for meritorious and exemplary services to ophthalmology. Awarded at the Joint Meeting of the XVIII Annual Conference of the Bombay the Ophthalmologists' Association (BOA) and the VIII International Academy for Advances in Ophthalmology “Eye Advance 2010” Mumbai, India, 13. – 15. August 2010
  • DOC silver medal 2010 for special achievements and special merits for the International Congress of German Ophthalmic Surgeons and the Ophthalmic Surgery Department. Awarded on the occasion of the 23rd International Congress of German Ophthalmic Surgeons in Hamburg on October 21, 2010
  • Elected member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in August 2011
  • State Prize for University Teaching 2012 (2nd place) for the "Augenblock" project. Awarded to Prof. Dr. Käsmann-Kellner on March 15, 2013 in the State Chancellery in Saarbrücken
  • Awarded the Ryan Belfort Medal of the American Brazilian Ophthalmological Association (ABOA) “to be awarded to outstanding leaders in Ophthalmology who have made major contributions to ophthalmic education and international cooperation”. Awarded on the occasion of the XXXVII Congresso Brasileiro / XXX Pan-American Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 7 August 2013
  • Amber Cornea in Gold "for outstanding dissemination of knowledge of corneal diseases and in recognition of scientific, medical and teaching achievements". Awarded on the occasion of the 7th International Symposium "Advances in diagnosis and treatment of corneal diseases", Wisla, Poland, 5. – 7. March 2015
  • Research Prize of the DOC 2015. Awarded on June 13th, 2015 on the occasion of the 28th International Congress of German Ophthalmic Surgeons, Leipzig, 11. – 13. June 2015
  • DOC silver medal 2015 for special achievements and special merits for the International Congress of German Ophthalmic Surgeons and the Ophthalmic Surgery Department. Awarded on the occasion of the 28th International Congress of German Ophthalmic Surgeons in Leipzig on June 12, 2015
  • Médaille d'Or Paul Chibret 2015 for special merits in ophthalmology and especially in the cooperation between German and French ophthalmology, whereby this cooperation has expanded to include European interests in ophthalmology. Awarded on the occasion of the 113th Congress of the German Ophthalmological Society in Berlin on October 3, 2015
  • Stephan J. Ryan Doheny Society of Scholars 2016. Awarded at the Doheny Society of Scholars Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, January 23, 2016.
  • Since February 2016 “Director of ICO Fellowships”
  • Ernst-von-Bergmann-Badge 2016 of the German Medical Association for “Services to advanced medical training”. Awarded by the President of the Saarland Medical Association on September 12, 2016 in Saarbrücken

Patents

Device for non-mechanical trepanation in corneal transplants. Mention as inventor (together with M. Küchle, A. Langenbucher, GOH Naumann, E. Weimel).

European patent, priority DE / 04/20/98 / DEA 19817403. Application No. 99107826.2-2305 of April 20, 1999

Publications

Seitz published 580 scientific articles, reviews in specialist magazines and book chapters (as of Oct. 2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Saarland University Hospital - Curriculum Vitae (PDF, as of November 2015)
  2. ↑ Note: funded by the Landesgewerbeanstalt (LGA) Nordbayern within the framework of the Bavarian funding program "Lead Projects Medical Technology"
  3. ↑ Berthold Seitz becomes President of the German Ophthalmological Society DOG
  4. ^ Presidency DOG 2013 (PDF)
  5. ↑ Membership of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (PDF)
  6. ↑ Member entry of Berthold Seitz (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on February 1, 2016.
  7. ↑ Berthold Seitz CV (Jan. 2017)
  8. ^ ICO fellowships
  9. ↑ List of publications at Saarland University Hospital (as of January 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Seitz, Berthold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwarzenbach