Prof. Dr. med. Fran G. Holz
ophthalmology
ophthalmology
Overview
Country, City
Germany, Bonn
Health facility
University Hospital Bonn
Medical unit
Department of ophtalmology
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About the doctor
Skills & Expertise
degeneration
macular degeneration
agerelated macular degeneration
atrophy
retinal pigment
intravitreal
optical coherence tomography
retinopathy
macular telangiectasia
telangiectasia
eye
ophthalmology
ranibizumab
angiography
edema
macular edema
pseudoxanthoma
pseudoxanthoma elasticum
retina
neovascularization
epithelium
retinal pigment epithelium
vision
epithelial cells
pigment epithelial cells
choroidal neovascularization
oct
tumor
diabetic macular edema
antivegf
endothelial growth factor
confocal scanning laser
brolucizumab
diabetic retinopathy
visual function
intravitreal aflibercept
retinal vein
retinal vein occlusion
laser ophthalmoscopy
intravitreal bevacizumab
vein occlusion
scanning laser ophthalmoscopy
macula
diabetes
vitrectomy
retinitis
central retinal vein
retinal nerve fiber
vitreous
vitreoretinopathy
Gallery
Eye to Eye: What Makes A Perfect Surgeon
EURETINA Congress 2017 - Frank G. Holz, MD
High-Resolution OCT in Age-Related Macular Disease – Frank G. Holz | ISS 2023
Resume
CV (Curriculum Vitae)
Education
- 1983-1989 Studied human medicine at the University of Heidelberg
- Obtaining a license for medical practice
- 1986-1987 Defense of the dissertation in physiology: “Renovascular effects of adenosine-agonists”
- 1989-1991 Residency, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Heidelberg
- 1994 Residency, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Heidelberg
- 1994 Obtaining specialization in ophthalmology
- 1997 Habilitation for ophthalmology: “Age-dependent changes in Bruch’s membrane and the retinal pigment epithelium as pathogenetic factors in age-related macular degeneration”
Experience
- 1987 Clinical Clerkship, hematology and bone marrow transplantation program, Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore
- 1988-1988 Subinternships in surgery and internal medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
- 1992-1993 Research and Clinical Fellowship, Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital of London
- 1993 Lipofuscin research project, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Boston
- 1995-2003 Senior Physician, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Heidelberg
- 2001-2003 Managing Senior Physician, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Heidelberg
- 2003 Chairman and Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Bonn
Awards & Memberships
- 1987-1989 Scholar of the German National Scholarship Foundation
- 1988 Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service
- 1992-1993 Research Scholarship Gertrud-Kusen-Foundation of Hamburg
- 1999 Macular Degeneration Research Award for the Prevention of Blindness, Pro Retina Germany and Switzerland
- 1999 Research Award of the German Ophthalmological Society
- 2000 Achievement Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
- 2001 Leonhard-Klein Award for Ophthalmic Surgery
- 2005 Award for German Ophthalmic Surgeons
- Former Coordinator to the German Research Council: „Age-related macular degeneration“
- President of the German Ophthalmological Society
- Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed scientific journal „The Ophthalmologist“ (Official Organ of the German Ophthalmological Society)
- Member of the committee for macular diseases of the German Ophthalmological Society
- Editorial Board Member: RETINA, Graefe’s Archive of Experimental and Clinical Ophthalmology, International Ophthalmology
- Member of the scientific advisory board of the AMD Alliance International
- Member of the scientific advisory board of the German Pro Retina Society
- Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- Member of the Macula Society
- Member of the Club Jules Gonin
- Member of the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress
- Member of the European Fluorescein-Angiography Club
- Member of the Euretina
- Member of the German Ophthalmological Society
- Member of the German Retinological Society
- Editor of several books on age-related macular degeneration
Languages
English
German
Publications
Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty is the predominant keratoplasty procedure in Germany since 2016: a report of the DOG-section cornea and its keratoplasty registry.
21 May, 2024
[Diagnostics and management of patients with inherited retinal diseases in Germany : Results of a nationwide survey of university and non-university eye departments and specialized practices].
15 August, 2023
High impact actions to reduce the carbon dioxide footprint in an ophthalmic operation room: a narrative review.
14 August, 2023
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The primary specialization of the doctor is ophthalmology .
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Prof. Dr. med. Fran G. Holz has been practicing for more than 35 years.
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