Walter Sekundo

Walter Sekundo has been Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Philips University of Marburg, Germany, since December 2008. In 2008, Sekundo and his colleague Marcus Blum were awarded first prize by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons for their work in the field of refractive surgery. In 2010, both Sekundo and Blum were awarded the Leonhard Klein Prize for their work on FLEx. Sekundo has authored over 100 publications on refractive surgery, and has edited the textbook “Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE): Principles, Techniques, Complication Management and Future Concepts”.