Peter Szurman
Peter Szurman (born June 27, 1968 in Trinec ) is a German ophthalmologist , scientist and professor of ophthalmology in Sulzbach / Saar . He became known for his translational research work with the development of numerous new minimally invasive surgical procedures for eye diseases that are difficult to treat.
Career
After graduating from high school in 1987 at the humanistic grammar school Velbert-Langenberg , he began studying human medicine in Essen and Paris. He received his doctorate at the Institute of Biochemistry at the University of Essen with magna cum laude on the isolation of a basement membrane - protein of the eye lens . This was followed by further training as a specialist in ophthalmology at the University Eye Clinic in Cologne under the direction of Klaus Heimann, a pioneer in retinal surgery . As part of a research consortium funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research , he devoted himself to the development of the first electronic retinal prosthesis for artificial vision. In 2001 he switched to the University Eye Clinic in Tübingen as a senior physician . Here, his scientific focus was on the biotechnological research of new drugs and tamponades for retinal diseases as well as electronic visual prostheses for corneal-blind people.
In 2007 he completed his habilitation on new treatment options for macular degeneration . In 2008, he was appointed senior physician and deputy director of the University Eye Clinic in Tübingen, and in 2009 he was awarded a professorship for ophthalmology by the Tübingen faculty. In the following year 2010 he was appointed section head for "Experimental Ophthalmic Surgery " at the University Eye Clinic in Tübingen. A year later, after being placed on the list of appointments at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Münster University Clinic, he followed the call as director of the Sulzbach Eye Clinic at the Knappschaftsklinikum Saar.
Special areas and treatment focuses
Szurman is a specialist in minimally invasive eye surgery. His main treatment areas include retinal vitreous surgery, treatment of macular degeneration, corneal transplantation with laser and partial transplants (DMEK), stem cell therapy for healing disorders of the corneal surface after chemical burns and burns, trauma reconstruction , glaucoma surgery with microcatheters (canaloplasty) and laser cataract surgery . Under his leadership, the Sulzbach Eye Clinic has developed into the largest clinic for large-scale retinal vitreous surgery (vitrectomy) in Germany since 2014.
Scientific achievement
His scientific focus is on the translational research and development of new, minimally invasive surgical procedures for eye diseases that are difficult to treat. To this end, he maintains several research groups, development partnerships with medical technology companies, a research cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute Sulzbach (IBMT), a clean room tissue bank and an international study center.
Szurman's research focuses on the development of new surgical techniques with biotechnological and biomedical tissue replacement for difficult to treat eye diseases, especially in retinal surgery, stem cell therapy and transplant surgery.
For over 20 years he has devoted himself to the development of electronic visual prostheses. In 1997, his working group demonstrated the feasibility of electronic epiretinal stimulation of retinal cells by means of electrodes implanted in the eye, resulting in visual perception in the visual cortex. In later work he devoted himself to the development of a new surgical method with which such a complex electronic retina implant system can be implanted and fastened under the retina for the first time. In 2006, as a member of an interdisciplinary team of surgeons, he used this patented technique to carry out the world's first long-term implantation of a functional neuronal subretinal visual prosthesis in humans. The Sulzbach Eye Clinic has been the official implantation center for the Argus II retinal prosthesis since 2012. He is one of the few surgeons in the world who has experience with the implantation of both epiretinal and subretinal retinal prostheses. Further research projects in biomedical microsystem technology on the eye include the development of a wide-angle retinal implant and a microsensor that can be implanted under the choroid (patent pending) for contact-free, telemetric eye pressure measurement in glaucoma patients.
Other published developments include new surgical techniques for treating retinal detachment, macular degeneration, glaucoma, lens operations, new laser techniques and stem cell therapy on the eye.
An important scientific focus is on translational research on the new partial transplantation of the cornea (DMEK, Deszemetmembran Endothelial Keratoplastik). With the development and patenting of the world's first transplantation system for modern partial transplants, he contributed to the further development of this new minimally invasive transplantation technique in 2012 *. Over 10,000 transplants have now been performed with this system. Further developments include new laboratory methods for the manufacture of corneal lamellae as well as the patented production of a first pre-loaded DMEK lamella. For this purpose, a specialized clean room tissue bank was opened at the Sulzbach Eye Clinic in 2015 in cooperation with the German Society for Tissue Transplantation (DGFG) and a joint donation initiative was launched under the auspices of the Saarland Minister of Health.
Publications
Szurman has published over 200 scientific, PubMed- listed original works in international, refereed journals as well as 30 book chapters, which have been cited around 5,000 times.
Awards and patents
For his work on the treatment of macular degeneration, he received the major research award of the German Ophthalmic Surgeons (DOC) in 2007. Further awards include the Pharmacia Research Fellow Award, the Novartis Advancement Award for innovative developments, as well as several lecture, poster and video awards. Since 2015 he has been an honorary member of the Bulgarian Ophthalmological Society.
His commitment to student teaching led to 6 teaching prizes, including the 2006 “tuevalon” teaching award from the Tübingen Medical Faculty and the student representatives for excellent teaching.
Szurman holds six international patents on surgical techniques and biomedical developments in eye surgery. These include the international grant of patents on the first implantation system for partial corneal transplants, a transplant cartridge for pre-prepared transplants, a suprachoroidal pressure sensor for glaucoma patients and the technique of subretinal implantation of an electronic visual prosthesis (retina implant).
Offices and memberships
Szurman has been a scientific reviewer for retinal bioengineering for the German Research Foundation (DFG) since 2012. He is a reviewer of numerous international trade journals. Since 2008 he has been an editorial board member for Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica magazine, retinal surgery. Since 2018 also for the journals Ophthalmologe and Ophthalmic Research.
Szurman is a member of numerous national and international professional societies, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Club Jules Gonin, Société Française d'Ophtalmologie (SFO), European Vitreoretinal Society (EVRS), Society for Biological Chemistry (GbCh), German Ophthalmic Surgeons (DOC), German Ophthalmological Society (DOG) and Retinological Society (RG).
In 2012, Szurman was appointed to the advisory committee of the Saarland Ministry of Economic Affairs for health issues.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press conference on the first results of the BMBF's feasibility study in the EPI-RET consortium. Retrieved November 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Key publication in Archives of Ophthalmology on intraocular visual aids in the context of research on electronic visual prostheses. Retrieved November 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Structured quality report from the Tübingen Eye Clinic to the Head of the Experimental Ophthalmic Surgery Section. Retrieved November 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Biography Szurmann Eye Clinic Sulzbach. Retrieved November 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Szurman portrait in the network of medical specialists. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Appointment to the Sulzbach Eye Clinic. Retrieved November 23, 2017 .
- ↑ White list of the Bertesmann Foundation for a nationwide comparison of the frequency of certain operations (here pars plana vitrectomy) in all hospitals. Retrieved November 23, 2017 .
- ^ Research groups at the Sulzbach Eye Clinic. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
- ^ Geuder communication on the DMEK cartridge. Retrieved November 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Annual report 2016 of the Fraunhofer Institute IBMT on the establishment of a joint working group for the development of functional cell-based retinal implants. Retrieved November 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Deutsches Ärzteblatt on the approval of the Paul Ehrlich Institute to the Knappschafts-Gewebebank Saar of the Sulzbach eye clinic for the procurement of pre-prepared corneal transplants for DMEK transplants. Retrieved November 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Publication of the magazine forum on research cooperation between the Fraunhofer IBMT and the Sulzbach eye clinic. Retrieved November 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Homepage of The Retina Implant Project with participating employees. Retrieved November 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Key publication in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences on subretinal electronic chip implantation in the blind. Retrieved November 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Press release from Informationsdienst Wissenschaft on the first implantation of a subretinal functional retinal chip in humans. Retrieved November 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Nature communication on the first implantation of a subretinal chip in humans. Retrieved November 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Patents in google patents. Retrieved November 23, 2017 .
- ^ List of reference centers for Second Sight Argus II electronic visual prosthesis. German Society for Tissue Transplantation, accessed on November 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Message from the Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family Saarland on the joint tissue donation initiative with the Sulzbach tissue bank. Retrieved November 24, 2017 .
- ↑ List of current studies in the clinical study center of the Sulzbach eye clinic. Retrieved November 29, 2017 .
- ^ Publications in PubMed. Retrieved November 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Report of the Ophthalmologische Nachrichten about the cooperation with the company Ziemer Ophthalmics, Switzerland. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
- ↑ DOC research award (German ophthalmic surgeons). Retrieved November 19, 2017 .
- ↑ http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/person/1691271
- ↑ Editorial Board Member for Acta Ophthalmologica. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
- ^ Ophthalmic Research | Karger Journal . ( Online [accessed February 1, 2019]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Szurman, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ophthalmologist, scientist and professor of ophthalmology |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trinec |