Florian Kretz

About Florian Kretz

Florian Kretz

A rare breed today in ophthalmology, Kretz is an ophthalmologist with active research interests in both anterior and posterior segment disease. “I love my job and I can say I am lucky having found the right thing for me to do,” he says. He considers his biggest achievements so far to be becoming a member of the Young Ophthalmologist Committee of the ESCRS (and being awarded father of the year by his own family), and he predicts intraoperative life-time OCT and Scheimpflug imaging as the next game-changers in the field. His advice to young ophthalmologists is simple: “work hard, play hard!”

Here’s what some of the nominators said: “Florian Kretz has a unique combination of excellent medical expertise, surgical skill, inventiveness in research-laboratory methodology and business acumen – and with all of this, a warm and thoughtful personality with good communication skills – he is surely an ophthalmologist destined for greatness in the future.”

“An outstanding international presence, Florian has written many publications and interesting studies using ‘state of the art’ ophthalmic devices, especially IOLs with a future-oriented focus.”

“Even if Florian Kretz is quite young of age and has just finished his consulting physician degree, he already has a great surgical expertise, especially in cataract surgery and IOL implantation. He applies his wide scientific knowledge also when arranging clinical and laboratory studies, which are powerfully supported by his effective contacts in the ophthalmic industry. Kretz is very actively presenting his scientific results at international congresses, and is also involved in performing surgery in Africa, actively fighting against blindness even in his spare time.”