Gerd Geerling

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Gerd Geerling (born June 9, 1965 in Cologne ) is a German specialist in ophthalmology . He is a professor and since 2011 director of the University Eye Clinic in Düsseldorf .

Life

Geerling attended the Norbert-Gymnasium Knechtsteden and studied human medicine at RWTH Aachen University and at a teaching hospital at King's College London . In 1994 he received his doctorate from M. Reim on examinations of the cornea and conjunctiva after chemical burns using scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis . In 1996 he was certified as a specialist and until 2005 worked at the Lübeck University Medical Center in Lübeck . During this time he also worked as a visiting scientist at the Institute for Biomedical Optics (formerly the Medical Laser Center) at the University of Lübeck .

From 1997 to 2000 and in 2003 he completed two research stays at the Moorfields Eye Hospital and Institute of Ophthalmology in London, 18 months of which each as a scholarship from the DFG and the Special Trustees of the Moorfields Eye Hospital. There he learned the techniques of lamellar corneal surgery from John KG Dart and plastic surgery from J Richard O Collin and Geoffrey E Rose. To this end, he worked in Sir Peng T Khaw's basic scientific research group on the wound healing response of the eye.

In 2000 Geerling became a senior physician in Lübeck, where he introduced the techniques of lamellar corneal transplantation . In 2004 he became the managing senior physician at the Lübeck Eye Clinic. In 2003 he completed his habilitation in Lübeck with the thesis Natural tear substitutes . In 2005 he moved to the University Clinic Würzburg as professor of ophthalmology and was active as senior physician and deputy to the clinic director. There he learned glaucoma surgery and expanded the Lions corneal bank . In 2011 he moved to Düsseldorf University as a professor of ophthalmology, where he became director of the University Eye Clinic.

Geerling is u. a. Member of the German Ophthalmological Society , has received numerous international prizes and has been the editor of the journal Current Eye Research since 2005 .

Scientific focus

Geerling's clinical and scientific interests and research focus are the development of a natural tear substitute fluid and replacement tissues for the reconstruction and regeneration of the surface of the eye as well as the development of new transplantation techniques for the treatment of corneal and surface diseases, especially dry eye , corneal endothelial dystrophies and keratoconus . He was one of the first to introduce the methods of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and endothelial keratoplasty in Germany and the use of intraoperative optical coherence tomography .

His operational focus is on surgery of the anterior segment of the eye, in particular keratoplasty , whereby, in addition to perforating corneal transplantation, he has specialized in the Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) method . Another focus is the surgery of glaucoma and plastic surgery in the area of ​​the eyelids and tear ducts as well as the treatment of tumors and inflammatory changes in the eye socket. He has published over 150 articles in scientific journals and books and edited two books.

Publications (selection)

  • Transplantation of the autologous submandibular gland for most severe cases of keratoconjunctivitis sicca . Together with Peter Sieg, Gerd-Otto Bastian, Horst Laqua . In: "Ophthalmology". New York 1998. No. 105, pp. 327-335, ISSN  0161-6420 .
  • Intraoperative 2-Dimensional Optical Coherence Tomography as a New Tool for Anterior Segment Procedures . Together with Maya Müller, Christian Winter, Hans Hoerauf, S. Oelkers, Horst Laqua, Reginald Birngruber. In: "Archives of Ophthalmology". New York 2005. No. 123, pp. 253-257.
  • Keratoplasty - A simplified classification. Terminology to capture current surgical concepts . Together with Berthold Seitz. In: “Clinical monthly sheets for ophthalmology”, Stuttgart 2005, ISSN  0023-2165 .
  • Autologous Serum Eyedrops for Ocular Surface Disorders . Together with Dirk Hartwig. In: "Essentials in Ophthalmology". Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg 2006, ISSN  1612-3212 .
  • Surgery for the Dry Eye: Scientific Evidence and Guidelines for the Clinical Management of Dry Eye Associated Ocular Surface Disease (Developments in Ophthalmology) . Editor, together with Horst Brewitt. Karger, Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3805583763 .
  • Influence of Corneal Collagen Crosslinking With Riboflavin and Ultraviolet-A Irradiation on Excimer Laser Surgery . Together with Daniel Kampik, Bernhard Ralla, Sabine Keller, Mathias Hirschberg, Peter Friedl. In: "Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science". Hagerstown 2010, No. 8, pp. 3929-3934, ISSN  0146-0404 .
  • 1-year results after posterior lamellar keratoplasty with manually dissected donor material . Together with Katharina Weller, Daniel Unterlauft. In: “Clinical monthly sheets for ophthalmology”, Stuttgart 2010, No. 227, pp. 460–466, ISSN  0023-2165 .
  • The International Workshop on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: Report of the Subcommittee on Management and Treatment of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction . Together with Joseph Tauber, Christophe Baudouin, Eiki Goto, Yukihiro Matsumoto, Terrence O'Brien, Maurizio Rolando, Kazuo Tsubota and Kelly K. Nichols. In: "Investigave Ophthalmol & Visual Science". March 2011.

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Geerling, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German specialist in ophthalmology
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne