Dr. med. Barbara Lege

 

The medical director of EuroEyes laser eye center
Munich Dr. med. Barbara Lege is a recognized
specialist in the field of refractive surgery and looks
back at an experience from more than 6,000
independently performed surgeries as an
laser eye surgeon.

Curriculum Vitae

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

 

 
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