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Founder of IROC Science, Serial Entrepreneur: Co-founder of Vivior AG, Allotex Inc, LiveLong Vision, IROC Innocross (Exit) AG, ClearSight Innovation Ltd (Exit), Zug, Switzerland

A little-known or interesting thing about you...

I have two grandsons and I enjoy heavy metal and rock concerts.

If you weren’t an ophthalmologist...

I enjoy what I do, because it gives me a privileged position to develop solutions to provide better vision to patients around the globe.

A person in your field you look up to…

Arthur Cummings, one of the kindest, most enthusiastic, helpful, and passionate people I know.

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Part of the Power List 2018

100 reasons to be proud

This is the third time we have tried to map the Top 100 most influential people in the world of ophthalmology. The list includes surgeons, scientists, engineers, CEOs and more, and each one of them has been voted for by you, our readers.

Go to The Power List 2018

Part of the Power List 2014

The 100 most influential people

Who are the 100 most influential people in ophthalmology?
That’s the question we posed to ourselves – and then to you – over two months ago, ahead of open nominations and a painstaking judging process. Here, without further ado, we celebrate the answer.

Go to The Power List 2014