Dr. med. Barbara Lege
Laser eye surgeon and specialist in Ophthalmology.
Medical director of the EuroEyes Laser Eye Center Munich.
- 1987-1988 Medical Studies at the University of Miami / Coral Gables (USA)
- 1988-1991 Medical Studies at the J.W.-Goethe-Universität / Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- 1992-1993 Medical Studies at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa)
- 1994 Completed her medical studies in Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Residency at University of Würzburg (Germany)
Medical Career / Refractive Surgery Education
- 1995 Research stay on impaired healing after Excimer Laser treatments at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, UK.
- 1998 Shadowing at the University of Dresden, Department of Refractive Surgery.
- 1999 Shadowing at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Harvard Medical School Affiliate), Boston, U.S.A. with Prof. Dimitri Azar, Department of Refractive Surgery und corneal surgery, focus on LASIK
- 1999-2001 Head of the Refractive Surgery Department and introction of Lasik at the University of Würzburg, Germany.
- since 1999 Refractive surgeon with more than 6,000 independently performed procedures, primarily LASIK.
- since 2002 Medical Director of the Laser Eye Center Munich
- since 2004 Femto-LASIK
- since 2005 KRC-Trainer/Instructor (German Commission for Refractive Surgery)
- since 2006 LASIK-TÜV Surveyor
- since 2009 scientific advisory board of the German journal „Ophthalmochirurgie“
Scientific Recognitions
- December 1996 Dissertation: Magna Cum Laude
Institute for Chemotherapeutic Research Georg-Speyer-Haus, Frankfurt, Germany, headed by Prof. Dr. Hans Dieter Brede and Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Helga Rübsamen-Waigmann. - Multiple Best-Paper-of-Session-Award at the yearly conferences of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- 2005 “Oscar” (endowed research award) for the best scientific poster at the congress of the German Ophthalmic Surgeons in Nürnberg in June 2005.
Member of the following scientific societies
- Berufsverband der Augenärzte (BVA) (The Professional Association of Ophthalmologists)
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS)
Research Activities
- Biometrics before and after refractive surgery
- LASIK after penetrating keratoplasty
- Comparison of different LASIK variants
Her Research Activities Include the Areas:
- Biometrics before and after refractive surgery
- Accommodation loss studies using high frequency biometrics and laser interferometry
- LASIK after penetrating keratoplasty
- Comparison of different LASIK variants incl. new Hardware-Implementations such as dynamic Rotation Eye tracker and Online-Pachymetry