Dr. med. Mark Tomalla

Chief physician / Ophthalmology specialist

Specializations

Diagnostic and operative care for diseases of the cornea and the lens with a total of more than 24,000 operative procedures carried out on eyes

Refractive laser and lens surgery

Glaucoma surgery

Eyelid surgery

Femtosecond laser operation for diseases of the cornea

Member of various national and international associations ASCRS, BVA, ESCRS, KRC, VRI, AAO

2009

• Lecture at 13th Congress ESCRS in Rome – Cornea day
• Faculty member ASCRS 2009
• ASCRS San Francisco Presentation:
  1. First results after implantation of a bifocal aberration correction MICS IOL
  2. Safety and efficacy of the Femtosecon Laser for intrastromal correction of presbyopia and other forms of ametropia
• Leader of a national symposium on refractive surgery

2008

• Presentation at a ophthalmology congress in Vienna about refractive surgery and refractive results with the MI60 lens Bausch&Lomb
• Publication decagonal cornea transplantation in the "Catarct and refractive surgery today" und in den "Ocular surgery News"
• Publication in "European Ophthalmic review"
• TV interview for ZDF und Studio 47
  
  

     

• TÜV-Zertifikat nach ISO 9001 : 2001 / LASIK-TÜV für die Bereiche refraktive und ambulante Ophthalmochirurgie
• Presentationen (Poster) at the world congress in Hong Kong on the use of  Femtosekundenlasers during the cornea transplantation and  implantation of cornea-ringsegments by Keratokonus
• 2008 Faculty member ESCRS in Berlin Femtosecondlaser session
  Presentation at the ESCRS Instructional course: Clinical Applications and Performance of Femtoseconds Lasers
  Presentation: Clinical use of femtec femtosecond laser in penetrating keratoplasties
  Presentation: Femtosecondlaser surgery in presbyopia study results
  Main Symposium Vortrag: Safety and Efficacy of the femtosecond laser for corneal and refractive applications
  Presentation: User meeting from Additions technology U.S.: femtosecondlaser and Intacs ringsegments by progressive keratoconus
• Leader of a national symposium on Excimer and Femtosecondlaser technology

2002-2007

• Certificate of professional competency for ocular and laser surgery procedures to the eye
• Authorization to conduct continuing education courses for ocular and laser surgery procedures to the eye by the Ärztekammer Nordrhein
• Doctor on the German Commission for Refractive Surgery (KRC)authorized to observe the Berufsverband der Augenärzte (German Professional Association of Eye Doctors)
• Advisor to the publication “Rhine-Ruhr Clinic Guide” in the field of ophthalmology
• Columnist for the series “Spitzenmedizin im Ruhrgebiet”
• Columnist for the series “Hauptsache Gesund” in the WAZ-Mediengruppe
• Television interviews for ZDF, WDR, among other things in an advisory capacity as a doctor

1998-2007

• National and international publications in the field of lens and cornea surgery
  Presentations at national and international conferences on various topics related to lens and laser surgery
• Workshop speaker at national and international conferences
• Scientific work in the Beirat zur Entwicklung neuer Linsen (Council for the Development of New Lenses)
• Director of studies for several projects
• Leader of an international symposium on femtosecond laser technology
• Live operations at an international conference and television recordings
• Development of several instruments and implants  which led to the granting of numerous international and national patent protection rights
• 2005 Appointed chief physician of the entire Klinik für Erkrankungen des vorderen Augenabschnittes (Clinic for Disorders of the Anterior Section of the Eye), renamed clinic for refractive and ophthalmo-surgery
• 2004 Appointed chief physician of the clinic for refractive surgery
• 2001 Establishment of the Refractive Surgery department under his management of the clinic
• 2000 Managing senior physician at the eye clinic

1995-1997

• Appointed medical specialist examiner by the Ärztekammer Nordrhein (North Rhine General Medical Council)
• 1995 Senior physician at the eye clinic
• 1995 Assistant physician at an eye clinic

Doctorate

Earned at the Lehrstuhl für Topographische Anatomie und Biomechanik (Department of Topographical Anatomy and Biomechanics) at Heinrich-Heine-Universität in Düsseldorf on the topic: “Biomechanical behavior of collagen tendon fibers subject to stretching tension in different solutions at various temperatures,”
1992

University studies

Heinrich-Heine-Universität in Düsseldorf, graduated in 1991.