- Born September 10, 1954 in Haderslev, Denmark
- Medical Degree from Odense University, Denmark
- Ophthalmology specialty from Eppendorf University Clinic,
Hamburg
- Ophthalmologist since 1986
- Assistant medical director of the Copenhagen University
Clinic
- Medical director of Kantonal-Spital (Hospital) in St.
Gallen (Switzerland)
- Medical director of Central Hospital in Bremen
- Head physician of private eye clinic Navarro in Gijón
and Oviedo, Spain
- Intensive training in refractive surgery at Newman Eye
Institute in Deland, Florida
- General ophthalmologist in Hamburg since 1992
- Surgical experience with over 50.000 independently performed
intraocular treatments (cataract and glaucoma procedures)
- Experience with over 20.000 independently performed LASIK
treatments since 1994
- Author of many scientific publications, awarded with
the Hans-Sautter prize
- Guest on numerous television
shows with the theme of refractive surgery
- Assessor for the North German Medical Association board
of arbitration for medical liability since 2002
- President of the Organization of German Specialty Clinics
for Eye Laser and Refractive Surgery e.V. (VSDAR)
since September 2004
- Chosen as one of the top doctors in Hamburg (Schümanns Hamburger .pdf 471KB)
- Organizer of several congresses in Hamburg with
the themes "LASIK and Refractive Surgery" and
"Cataract Surgery"
- 1991 "Cataract surgery as a daily procedure"
- 1992 "Present state of cataract surgery
and trends in refractive surgery"
- 1995 "LASIK symposium and workshop"
- 1996 "Out-patient surgery in ophthalmology"
- 1997 "LASIK- The way to go" in
Copenhagen
- 1998 "Present trends in ophthalmologic surgery
and politics of the profession"
- 2003 "Present state of refractive surgery
and co-management"
- 2005 "New perspectives for refractive surgery and
co-management"
- 2006 "Surgical correction of refractive error using
the laser and intraocular lenses"
- Member of the following scientific ophthalmologic
societies
- American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
(ASCRS)
- Professional Association of German Ophthalmologists
(BVA)
- German Society of Ophthalmologists (DOG)
- Danish Society of Ophthalmologists
- Charter member of VSDAR
(Association of Special Clinics in Germany for Eye Laser
and Refractive Surgery e.V.)
- 2003 Elected Vice President of the Organization of
German Specialty Clinics for Eye Laser and Refractive
Surgery e.V. (VSDAR)
- 2004 Elected President of the Organization of German
Specialty Clinics for Eye Laser and Refractive Surgery
e.V. (VSDAR)
- 2006 Member of the Medical Advisory Board (scientific advisor to the American laser producer Intralase)
- Establishment of the EuroEyes Clinics
- 1995 - Laser Eye Centre EuroEyes Hamburg
- 1997 - Laser Eye Centre EuroEyes Copenhagen
- 2000 - Laser Eye Centre EuroEyes Berlin
- 2001 - Laser Eye Centre EuroEyes Leipzig
- 2002 - Laser Eye Centre EuroEyes Rhine-Ruhr
- 2003 - Laser Eye Centre EuroEyes Stuttgart
- 2003 - Laser Eye Centre Freevision Amsterdam
- 2004 - Laser Eye Centre EuroEyes Hannover
- 2005 - EuroEyes Holding Zurich
- 2006 - EuroEyes Eye Laser Centre and Eye Clinic Duesseldorf
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