Gerd Auffarth

About Gerd Auffarth

Professor and Chairman of The Department of Ophthalmology, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg; Director of the IVCRC and The David J. Apple International Laboratory of Ocular Pathology at The University-Eye Clinic of Heidelberg, Germany

In the words of his nominator: “For decades, Gerd has been a leader in innovation. Besides testing and fine tuning the latest developments coming from the industry, he also provides his own and has patents in the field of intraocular lens technology and materials, as well as posterior segment technology. In his practice, he never shines away from implementing state-of-the-art approaches. He was the first to perform femtosecond-laser surgery in Germany, on top of numerous worldwide or nationwide first implantations of novel IOLs.”