Unsere Augenärzte
Prof. Dr. Dr. Theo Seiler,
YOUSEE Gründer &
Augenlaser-Pionier
Prof. Dr. Dr. Theo Seiler,
Innovation für besseres Sehen:
Von der ersten PRK bis zum Crosslinking
Prof. Dr. Dr. Theo Seiler gilt als Pionier der modernen Augenlaser- und Hornhautchirurgie.
Er entwickelte 1983 den ersten klinischen Farbstofflaser und 1984 neuartige Oberflächenspulen für die Magnetresonanztomographie der Augenhöhle. 1985 führte er die weltweit erste phototherapeutische Keratektomie (PTK) am menschlichen Auge durch, 1987 folgte die erste photorefraktive Keratektomie (PRK), 1988 die erste Holmium-YAG-Laser-Thermokeratoplastik und 1989 die ersten klinischen Studien zu PRK.
1995 erfand Prof. Dr. Dr. Seiler das corneale Crosslinking (CXL), das 1998 erstmals klinisch angewendet wurde und heute als Standardverfahren zur Stabilisierung der Hornhaut gilt.
1999 führte er die erste wellenfrontgeführte Augenlaser-Behandlung weltweit durch, 2002 folgte die erste topographiegesteuerte Laserbehandlung mit dem WaveLight-Laser.
2010 kombinierte er erstmals LASIK mit rapid Crosslinking, um die Behandlungsmöglichkeiten weiter zu verbessern.
Hier geht es zum Wikipedia Eintrag von Prof. Dr. Dr. Seiler
Vom Physiker zum Pionier
der refraktiven Augenchirurgie
Prof. Dr. Dr. Theo Seiler studierte zunächst Mathematik und Physik, bevor er Medizin an der Freien Universität Berlin abschloss. Dort promovierte er sowohl in Physik (1975) als auch in Medizin (1984, summa cum laude) und habilitierte sich 1987 mit Arbeiten zur refraktiven Hornhautchirurgie. Nach Stationen als Oberarzt und Professor an der FU Berlin leitete er ab 1993 die Augenklinik des Universitätsklinikums Dresden und wechselte 2000 als Direktor an die Augenklinik der Universität Zürich.
2002 gründete er in Zürich das Institut für Refraktive und Ophthalmo-Chirurgie (IROC), in dem er bis heute innovative Verfahren der refraktiven- und Hornhaut-Chirurgie sowie der physiologischen Optik entwickelt und erforscht.
Werdegang
2018
Gründung der YOUSEEZÜRI AG und der YOUSEECLINICS Gruppe
2002
Gründung des Instituts für Refraktäre und Ophthalmo-Chirurgie (IROC)
2000-2002
Professor und Direktor an der Augenklinik im Universitätsspital Zürich
1993
Professor und Direktor an der Augenklinik der Technischen Universität Dresden
1990
Professor für Ophthalmologie an der Freien Universität Berlin
1985-1990
Oberarzt und Privatdozent an der Augenklinik der Freien Universität Berlin
1980-1985
Assistenzarzt und Promotion an der Augenklinik der Freien Universität Berlin
1975-1980
Oberstudienrat am Peter-A.-Silbermann- Kollegium Berlin und akademischer Rat an der Freien Universität Berlin
1974
Promotion in Experimentalphysik an der Freien Universität Berlin
Auszeichnungen & Preise
2023
Hall of Fame (The Ophthalmologist)
2023
Castroviejo lecture (AAO)
2020
Heritage lecture (ESCRS)
2018
Innovators lecture (DOC)
2017
Presidential Recognition Award (ISRS)
2014
Most influential ophthalmologist (The Ophthalmologist)
2014
Hall of Fame (ASCRS)
2012
International Leadership in Ophthalmology (HOF)
2012
Key note lecture for Claes Dohlman (AAO)
2010
Science Award (DGII)
2009
Senior Achievement Award (AAO)
2008
Innovators lecture (ASCRS)
2004
Lifetime Achievement Award (AAO)
2002
President’s Award (ISRS/ AAO)
1997
Honour Award (AAO)
1996
Graefe Award (DOG)
1995
Barraquer Award (AAO)
1994
Binkhorst Award (AAO)
1994
Khing Khaled-Award (SAOS)
1987
Axenfeld-Award (DOG)
Premieren
2016
Erstes individuelles CXL
2014
Erste OCT-geführte Femtosekundenlaser-DALK
2010
Erstes Flashlinking bei LASIK
2008
Erste Behandlungen mit dem Femtosekunden-WaveLight-Laser
2002
Erste topografiegeführte Behandlung mit einem WaveLight-Laser
1999
Weltweit erste wellenfrontgeführte Behandlung
1998
Erste klinische Anwendung von CXL
1995
Erfindung des Corneal- und Scleral-Crosslinkings
1989
Erste prospektive klinische Studie zur Excimer-Laser-PRK
1988
Weltweit erste Holmium:YAG-Laser-Keratoplastik
1986
Weltweit erste Augenlaser-Operation am Menschen via Excimer-Laser-PRK
1985
Weltweit erste Augenlaser-Operation am Menschen via Excimer-Laser-PTK
1984
Entwicklung der ersten Oberflächen-Spulen für die MRT der Augenhöhle
1983
Entwicklung des ersten Farbstofflasers für die klinische Augenheilkunde
Professor Dr. Dr. Theo Seiler erhält die Castroviejo Medal der American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
Diese Auszeichnung wird für herausragende Beiträge in der Hornhaut- und vorderen Augensegmentforschung verliehen.
In seiner umfangreichen Auszeichnungsliste finden sich viele renommierte Preise der AAO, wie der Honour Award (1997), President's Award (2002), Lifetime Achievement Award (2004) und Senior Achievement Award (2009).
Die American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) ist mit über 32.000
Mitgliedern die weltweit größte Fachgesellschaft für Augenärzte.
Die AAO setzt international Standards in der augenärztlichen
Weiterbildung, medizinischen Forschung und Betreuung,
fördert die öffentliche Aufklärung zur Augengesundheit und bietet
zahlreiche Ressourcen für Fachleute und Patienten weltweit an.
Publikationen
2022
J Refract Surg: "Lenticule Extraction"
2021
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Keratoconus and corneal crosslinking"
2019
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Corneal crosslinking without epithelial removal"
2019
Cornea: "Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty"
2019
Klin Monbl Augenheilkunde: "Bacterial and Fungal Keratitis: A Retrospective Analysis at a University Hospital in Switzerland"
2018
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Interface morphology and gas production by a refractive 347 nm ultraviolet femtosecond laser: Comparison with established laser systems"
2017
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Wound healing in rabbit corneas after flapless refractive lenticule extraction with a 345 nm ultraviolet femtosecond laser"
2017
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd: "Limitations of SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction)"
2015
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Corneal tissue interactions of a new 345 nm ultraviolet femtosecond laser"
2014
Ophthalmologe: "Innovations in refractive laser surgery 2014"
2013
Indian J Ophthalmol: "The paradigm change in keratoconus therapy"
2013
Cornea: "Riboflavin/ultraviolet a crosslinking of the paracentral cornea"
2012
J Refract Surg: "Pregnancy may trigger late onset of keratectasia after LASIK"
2012
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci: "Optimization model for UV-riboflavin corneal cross-linking"
2012
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Optical ray tracing-guided laser in situ keratomileusis for moderate to high myopic astigmatism"
2012
PLoS One: "Evaluation of the efficacy of excimer laser ablation of cross-linked porcine cornea"
2011
J Refract Surg: "Bilateral ring-shaped intrastromal opacities after corneal cross-linking for keratoconus"
2011
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Flattening of the cornea after collagen crosslinking for keratoconus"
2011
Br J Ophthalmol: "Marked remodelling of the anterior corneal surface following collagen cross-linking with riboflavin and UVA"
2011
J Refract Surg: "Laboratory measurement of the absorption coefficient of riboflavin for ultraviolet light (365 nm)"
2010
J Refract Surg: "Technical aspects of the WaveLight FS200 femtosecond laser"
2010
J Refract Surg: "Corneal infiltrates after corneal collagen cross-linking"
2010
Ophthalmology: "Light-adjustable lens complication"
2010
J Refract Surg: "Persistent subepithelial haze in thin-flap LASIK"
2009
Arch Ophthalmol: "Intraoperative and postoperative effects of corneal collagen cross-linking on progressive keratoconus"
2009
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Complication and failure rates after corneal crosslinking"
2009
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Collagen crosslinking with ultraviolet-A and hypoosmolar riboflavin solution in thin corneas"
2009
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Collagen crosslinking with ultraviolet-A and hypoosmolar riboflavin solution in thin corneas"
2009
Ophthalmology: "Refractive, topographic, tomographic, and aberrometric analysis of keratoconic eyes undergoing corneal cross-linking"
2008
J Refract Surg: "Efficacy and safety of blue-light scleral cross-linking"
2008
Cornea: "Ultraviolet A/riboflavin corneal cross-linking for infectious keratitis associated with corneal melts"
2008
J Refract Surg: "Optical ray tracing for the calculation of optimized corneal ablation profiles in refractive treatment planning"
2007
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd: "Therapeutic cross-linking of the cornea using riboflavin/UVA"
2007
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Corneal collagen crosslinking with riboflavin and ultraviolet A to treat induced keratectasia after laser in situ keratomileusis"
2007
Cornea: "Safety of UVA-riboflavin cross-linking of the cornea"
2006
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Four corneal presbyopia corrections: simulations of optical consequences on retinal image quality"
2006
Ophthalmology: "Topography-guided surface ablation for forme fruste keratoconus"
2006
Cornea: "Corneal cross-linking-induced stromal demarcation line"
2006
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd: "Reoperations after LASIK"
2006
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Corneal and total wavefront aberrations in phakic and pseudophakic eyes after implantation of monofocal foldable intraocular lenses"
2006
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Customized ablation algorithm for the treatment of steep central islands after refractive laser surgery"
2006
J Refract Surg: "The effect of phenylephrine and cyclopentolate on objective wavefront measurements"
2006
Ophthalmologe: "Nomograms for the improvement of refractive outcomes"
2006
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Q-factor customized ablation profile for the correction of myopic astigmatism"
2006
Ophthalmologe: "Ablation profiles in corneal laser surgery. Current and future concepts"
2005
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd: "Asphericity of the cornea and astigmatism"
2005
Eur J Ophthalmol: "Dependence of wave front refraction on pupil size due to the presence of higher order aberrations"
2005
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Two-step procedure to enlarge small optical zones after photorefractive keratectomy for high myopia"
2005
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd: "latrogenic corneal ectasia after LASIK--is the end in sight?"
2004
J Refract Surg: "Transferring wavefront measurements into corneal ablations: an overview of related topics"
2004
Cornea: "Collagen fiber diameter in the rabbit cornea after collagen crosslinking by riboflavin/UVA"
2004
Curr Eye Res: "Increased resistance of crosslinked cornea against enzymatic digestion"
2004
Eye (Lond): "Keratocyte cytotoxicity of riboflavin/UVA-treatment in vitro"
2004
Ophthalmologica: "Thermomechanical behavior of collagen-cross-linked porcine cornea"
2004
Cornea: "Keratocyte apoptosis after corneal collagen cross-linking using riboflavin/UVA treatment"
2004
J Refract Surg: "Laser intrastromal keratoplasty--case report"
2004
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Maximum permissible torsional misalignment in aberration-sensing and wavefront-guided corneal ablation"
2003
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Endothelial cell damage after riboflavin-ultraviolet-A treatment in the rabbit"
2003
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Stress-strain measurements of human and porcine corneas after riboflavin-ultraviolet-A-induced cross-linking"
2003
Am J Ophthalmol: "Riboflavin/ ultraviolet-a-induced collagen crosslinking for the treatment of keratoconus"
2003
J Refract Surg: "Correlation between corneal and total wavefront aberrations in myopic eyes"
2003
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Maximum permissible lateral decentration in aberration-sensing and wavefront-guided corneal ablation"
2003
J Refract Surg "Anterior lamellar keratoplasty with a microkeratome: a method for managing complications after refractive surgery"
2003
Eur J Ophthalmol: "Multicenter evaluation of tendency-oriented perimetry (TOP) using the G1 grid"
2003
Ophthalmologe: "Treatment of keratoconus by collagen cross linking"
2002
J Refract Surg: "Experimental results of preparing laser-shaped stromal implants for laser-assisted intrastromal keratophakia in extremely complicated laser in situ keratomileusis cases"
2002
Curr Opin Ophthalmol: "Customized corneal ablation"
2002
J Refract Surg: "Aberration-sensing and wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis: management of decentered ablation"
2002
Ophthalmology: "Optical low coherence reflectometry for noncontact measurements of flap thickness during laser in situ keratomileusis"
2002
Jpn J Ophthalmol: "Corneal myxoma"
2001
J Refract Surg: "Influence of corneal curvature on calculation of ablation patterns used in photorefractive laser surgery"
2001
Ophthalmologe: "Change of paradigms in refractive surgery"
2001
Ophthalmologe: "Fundamentals of wavefront-guided refractive corneal surgery"
2001
J Biomed Opt: "Erbium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser induced vapor bubbles as a function of the quartz fiber tip geometry"
2001
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Improvement in photorefractive corneal laser surgery results using an active eye-tracking system"
2001
Ophthalmologe: "Ultrasound biomicroscopy diagnosis of traumatic choroid effusion without cyclodialysis"
2001
Praxis (Bern 1994): Does refractive surgery really make eyeglasses superfluous?
2001
Ophthalmology: "Stress wave amplitudes during laser surgery of the cornea"
2001
J Biomed Opt: "Ocular optical aberrometer for clinical use"
2001
Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde: "Supportive amblyopia treatment by means of computer games with background stimulation"
2001
Ophthalmology: "Understanding refraction and accommodation through "retinal imaging" aberrometry: a case report"
2001
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Increased higher-order optical aberrations after laser refractive surgery: a problem of subclinical decentration"
2001
Ophthalmologe: "Cavitation bubble formation during Erbium:YAG laser vitrectomy"
2001
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Clinical results of wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis 3 months after surgery"
2000
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol: "Manifest diabetes and keratoconus: a retrospective case-control study"
2000
J Refract Surg: "Clinical experience with the Tscherning aberrometer"
2000
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd: "Irradiation of cornea with ultraviolet light and riboflavin administration as a new treatment for erosive corneal processes, preliminary results in four patients"
2000
Ophthalmologe: "Motion artifacts in the vitreous body during vitrectomy"
2000
J Refract Surg: "Operative correction of ocular aberrations to improve visual acuity"
2000
J Refract Surg: "Principles of Tscherning aberrometry"
2000
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Refractive surgical problem"
2000
Ophthalmology: "Comparison of erbium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet-laser vitrectomy and mechanical vitrectomy: a clinical study"
2000
Ophthalmologe: "Erbium:YAG laser vitrectomy: temperature measurements in different replacement materials"
2000
Ophthalmologe: "Studies on the stabilization of the cornea in rabbits"
2000
J Refract Surg: "Wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis: early results in three eyes"
2000
J Refract Surg: "Limitations of erbium:YAG laser photorefractive keratectomy"
2000
Arch Ophthalmol: "Ocular optical aberrations after photorefractive keratectomy for myopia and myopic astigmatism"
2000
Technol Health Care: "Transpupillary laser phototherapy of tumors and vascular anomalies of retina and choroid: theoretical approach and clinical implications"
1999
Front Radiat Ther Oncol: "Effects of high-dose radiotherapy to tumors of the pituitary on the optic chiasm"
1999
Ophthalmic Res Scheimpflug records without distortion--a mythos?
1998
Biomed Tech (Berl): "Determining the position of distorted point lattice patterns on the human retina by evaluating monochromatic image errors"
1998
Biomed Tech (Berl): "Practical technical measurement problems in determining optical image errors of the human eye with a video-aberroscope"
1998
Duncker GIW et al. (Hrsg), 12. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation und Refraktive Chirurgie. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 303-311: "Frühkindliche Hornhauthauttrübungen als Ursache einer Formdeprivationsmyopie (FDM)"
1997
Int Ophthalmol: "Unilateral Meesmann's dystrophy"
1996
Ophthalmic Res: "Laser Scheimpflug videography"
1993
J Cataract Refract Surg: "Effective spherical aberration of the cornea as a quantitative descriptor in corneal topography"
1992
Ger J Ophthalmol: "Diurnal variation in refraction after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy"
1992
Ger J Ophthalmol: "Pseudoexfoliation syndrome and glaucoma. Does glaucoma capsulare exist?"
1992
Ger J Ophthalmol: "Pterygium excision using 193-nm excimer laser smoothing and topical mitomycin C"
1991
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Laser coagulation of the cornea with a holmium:YAG laser for correction of hyperopia"
1991
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Photoablation with the Er:YAG laser in ocular tissues"
1991
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Wound healing of the cornea of New World monkeys after surface keratectomy: Er:YAG-excimer laser"
1990
Biomed Tech (Berl): "Calibration of the 193 nm Excimer laser beam"
1990
Biomed Tech (Berl): "Auto-tuning unit for low-field NMR tomography equipment"
1990
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Laser keratomileusis for correction of myopia"
1990
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Laser surgery of the cornea"
1990
Biomed Tech (Berl): "Principles of refractive corneal surgery with the 193 nm Excimer laser"
1990
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "The ablation behavior of various corneal layers"
1990
Biomed Tech (Berl): "Laser coagulation with the Ho:YAG laser"
1989
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Amelanotic melanoma and nuclear magnetic resonance tomography--case report"
1989
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Magnetic resonance tomography in ophthalmologic diagnosis"
1989
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Superficial ablation of the cornea using the excimer laser (193 nm)"
1989
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Visual evoked cortical potentials modified by a NMR magnetic field of 0.24 Tesla"
1988
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Goniotrepanation with an inverse-folded flap"
1988
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Magnetic resonance tomography of choroid melanoma"
1988
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol: "Side effects in excimer corneal surgery. Corneal thermal gradients"
1988
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol: "Side effects in excimer corneal surgery. DNA damage as a result of 193 nm excimer laser radiation"
1987
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Laser surgery of the cornea"
1987
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "New findings in keratoconus"
1987
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Transparency of the cornea"
1986
Ophthalmologica: "In vivo experiments with the excimer laser--technical parameters and healing processes"
1986
Ophthalmologica: "NMR-tomography of the human eye"
1986
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Use of far UV light in photoablation of the cornea"
1985
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Behavior of astigmatism following IOL implantation"
1985
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Endothelial cell defects caused by ultrasound phacoemulsification in a model"
1985
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "NMR tomography of the eye"
1985
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "The Berlin dye laser"
1985
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol: "The resistance of the trabecular meshwork to aqueous humor outflow"
1984
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Early operative recuperation phase of the retina following vitreous surgical interventions--an animal experiment model"
1984
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Late results in eye contusions"
1984
Fortschr Ophthalmol: "Outflow resistance in the trabecular meshwork"
1983
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol: "Nuclear spin tomography of the human eye"
1983
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol: "Phase transitions in ocular tissue - NMR and temperature measurements"
1982
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol: "The distinction of corneal water in free and bound fractions"
