Best Cataract Surgery Doctors in Germany

• Prof. Dr. Thomas Reinhard is an Ophthalmologist based in Germany with 17+ years of experience.
• He is the Chairman of the Freiburg Medical Society, and Chairman of the Section for Tissue Transplantation and Biotechnology in the German Ophthalmological Society.
• He is also a Board Member of the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG), Cornea Section in the German Ophthalmological Society, Association of German Ophthalmic Surgeons (BDOC)Bio Implant Services (BIS) in Leiden (Netherlands), and Member of the Tissue Commission in the German Transplantation Society
  (DTG).
• He did his Medical School RWTH Aachen (Germany) and University of Basel (Switzerland) in 1982, and Habilitation from Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany in 1996.
• He also has a Fellowship at the Eye Hospital of the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf in 1989,
• His areas of interest are Corneal surgery, especially corneal transplantation, limbal stem cell transplantation, amniotic membrane transplantation, cataract surgery, glaucoma surgery, etc.
• He has written 238 papers, out of which 175 articles in journals with review system, 983 citations, 510 oral presentations (invited lectures, courses, posters, and videos).

• Prof. Dr. Antonia Joussen is a respected Ophthalmologist with 18+ years of experience.
• She completed her study in medicine at the Ruhr University Bochum and at Heidelberg University, Germany in 1990 and started working as a Research Fellow at Children's Hospital & Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, the USA in 1999.
• She has won several awards such as a Doctoral thesis award from the German Ophthalmological Society, sponsored by the Wacker Fund, 1997, and lastly Undergraduate scholarship from the Cusanuswerk 1991 - 1996.
• In 2000, she was appointed as an instructor at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School.
• After returning to Germany, she received the Emmy Noether Career Development Grant (Scientific Excellence Program) from the German Research Foundation from 2002 to 2007.
• Dr. Joussen's areas of interest under the subject include Paediatric Ophthalmology, Squint, Retinopathy of prematurity, Glaucoma, Eye trauma, General Ophthalmology, etc.
• She has been the Editor in Chief of "Graefes Archives of Ophthalmology" and has several articles and chapters under her name in national and international journals.

• Prof. Dr. Wolf Alexander Lagreze is a well-known Ophthalmologist with 29+ years of experience.
• He worked as a nurse for a year and began studying human medicine at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt in 1986.
• Additionally, he was a doctoral student at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in the Department of Neurophysiology with Prof. Dr. R. Sireteanu and with Prof. Dr. W. Singer. 
• He cleared the American state exams and completed the second year of his ophthalmological specialist training in the form of a fellowship at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
• His areas of interest under the subject include Paediatric Ophthalmology, Squint, Retinopathy of prematurity, Glaucoma, Eye trauma, General Ophthalmology, etc.
• He is a member of well-known national and international specialist societies and also works as a reviewer for both national and international ophthalmic journals.

• Ophthalmologist Prof. Dr. Med. Manfred Tetz has over 30 years of medical experience in the field.
• He has done more than 75,000 eye surgeries.
• He performs surgeries for Cataracts, Refractive surgery, Retinal surgery, Glaucoma diagnosis and treatment, and Corneal transplantation.
• He is a member of the German Medical Association, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Berlin-Brandenburg Ophthalmological Society and the German Board of Ophthalmology.
• Prof. Dr. Med. Manfred Tetz gained his MBBS (1983) from University of Marburg. 
• He did his specialization in Botulinum toxin and Multiple sclerosis (1986) at University of Aachen.
• He has a post-doctoral Fellowship in Ocular Pathology from the USA.
• Prof. Dr. Med. Manfred Tetz is the author of several publications and articles.

•    Dr. Klaus Luque is a renowned Ophthalmologist with an extensive experience of 40 years. Dr.Luque is a specialist in diagnosing and treating eye disorders. 
•    He is a professional member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS), American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), German Society for IntraOcular Explantation (DGII), German Ophthalmological Society (DOG), Ophthalmological Society of South Africa (OSSA), Society of Retinologists, Association of North German Ophthalmologists. He is the founder and first Chairman of the Association of Ophthalmic Clinics of Outpatient and Inpatient Treatment and President of the European VitreoRetinal Society.   
•    In 1977, Dr. Luque completed his Bachelor of Surgery degree at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He continued his studies at the universities of Dusseldorf,  Essen and Lubeck. 
•    He is an expert in performing LASIK eye surgery and Corneal transplant. 
•    He has authored four scientific works pertaining to the treatment of eye retina diseases. He has also authored and co-authored another 50 publications.
 

•    Dr. Andreas Schuler is an Ophthalmologist/Eye surgery specialist with a vast experience of 31 years. 
•    His areas of expertise include, treating Retinoblastoma and Retinal Diseases, offering Brachytherapy and Dosimetry. 
•    He has contributed articles to publications that have over a 1,000 citations of his work. 
 

• Prof. Lutz E. Pillunat is a well-known Ophthalmologist with 30+ years of experience.
• He has been a member of the German Ophthalmological Society, Association of ophthalmologists in Germany, German Society for Intraocular Lens Implantation (DGII), Association for Research in Vision and of Ophthalmology (ARVO), American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), European Glaucoma Society (EGS), International Glaucoma Society (IGS), and Italian Glaucoma Society (honorary membership).
• He studied human medicine at the University of Düsseldorf in 1977 and later studied psychology in 1978 at the same university.
• Additionally, he received a Glaucoma Fellowship at the "Bascom Palmer Eye Institute" of the University of Miami, Miami USA (DFG grant) in 1993.
• His areas of interest include Ophthalmology, Squint, Retinopathy of prematurity, Glaucoma, Eye trauma, General Ophthalmology, etc.
• Dr. Pillunat serves as a reviewer for many peer-reviewed journals and has published more than 160 articles and 6 books.

• Dr. Erik Chankiewitz is an Ophthalmologist specialising in the treatment of eye disorders.
• His areas of expertise include performing cataract surgeries and treating Strabismus. 
• Dr. Chankiewitz is credited with the discovery of carrying out a minimally-invasive glaucoma treatment. Glaucoma patients were given a XEN implant that prevented further increases in intraocular pressure.