- Prof. Dr. med. Jörn Kuchenbecker
Curriculum vitae
Chief physician
Dr. med. Jörn Kuchenbecker
1985 (Sept. - Oct.) 2 months`preliminary clinical experience in the Department of Surgery at Grimmen District Hospital.
1985 - 1987 18 months`military service in Schwerin.
1987 (May - Aug.) 3 months`preliminary clinical experience in the Department of Internal Medicine at Grimmen District Hospital.
1987 (September) Enrolled at teh University of Rostock and began to study medicine.
1989 (June) Passed the preliminary examination in medicine.
1990 Clinical elective at Grimmen District Hospital.
1991 Clinical elective in the Paediatric Department and Polyclinic at the University Rostock.
1991 - 1992 Student assistant in the Paediatric Department at the University of Rostock.
1992 (June) Passed state examination (equivalent to first degree).
1992 - 1993 Final year of study completed with an elective in ophthalmology.
1993 Student assistant in the Opthalmology Department at the University of Rostock.
1993 (April) Period spent at the Birmingham Chidrens` Hospital to complete doctorate.
1993 (September) Passed interdisciplinary examination and was awarded the certificate for passing the final examination in medicine.
Clinical positions:
1993 (Oct.) to Pre-registration house officer in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Rostock
1995 (March) (Director: Prof. Dr. R. Guthoff)
1995 (May) to Post-registration specialty training in the Department of Ophthalmology at Central Hospital
1998 (January) "St.-Jürgen-Str." Bremen, germany (Director: Prof. Dr. U. Demeler)
1998 (January) Consultant at the University Ophthalmology Department in Magdeburg
2004 (December) (Director: Prof. W. Behrens-Baumann)
from 2005 (January) Head of the Eye Clinic at the HELIOS Hospital Berlin-Buch
Membership of societies:
- Society of Ophthalmologists of Sachsen-Anhalt and Thuringia
- Berlin – Brandenburg Ophthalmological Society
- Professional Association of German Ophthalmologists
- German-speaking Association for Intraocular Lens Implantation and Refractive Surgery
- Bielschowsky Society for Strabismus Research
- German Ophthalmological Society
- European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
- European Association for Vision and Eye Research
- International Society of Online Ophthalmologists
Patents:
- Artificial iris diaphragm implantable in an eye (DE000010326018A1)
Range of services
- Anterior segment surgery
- Corneal surgery
- Glaucoma surgery
- Cataract surgery
- Corrective surgery for strabismus
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery
- Eyelid surgery
- Posterior segment surgery
- Retinal operation using scleral buckling
- Vitrectomy
- Laser therapy (cyclophotocoagulation, YAG and argon laser therapy)
- Surgery on eye injuries (ocular trauma)
- Conservative treatment of all eye diseases
- Functional diagnosis
- Ultrasound diagnosis and fluorescein angiography of all eye diseases
- Electrophysiological diagnosis
- Optical biometry and retinal topography
- Advice from consultants for questions from office-based ophthalmologists in the catchment area
Specialist fields
- Surgical therapy
- Tear duct surgery
- Orbital surgery, partly in collaboration with the ENT and neurosurgical departments
- Outpatient surgery (cataract, strabismus, eyelid diseases)
- Functional diagnosis
- Laser scanner tomography (Heidelberg Retina Tomograph – HRT)
- Duplex ultrasound vascular diagnostics in cooperation with the ultrasound department
- Scheimpflug videography
- Pleoptic and orthoptic diagnostics (visual training institute)
