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 STUDY  OF  MEDICINE 
Bonn, Munich, and Cleveland/USA (Fulbright Scholarship) 
SPECIALIZATION:  POSTERIOR  SEGMENT  OF  THE  EYE 
Eye Clinic St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1963-1965
  
University Eye Clinic Bonn, Germany, 1965-1969
  
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, 1969-1972 
POSITIONS  HELD 
In charge of department of posterior segment of the eye at University Eye Clinic at Bonn, Germany, 1972-1979
  
Chairman of Dept. Ophthalmology III (Retina and Vitreous Surgery) at University Tuebingen, Germany, 1979-2000 
PRESENTLY 
- Adjunct Professor of  Clinical Ophthalmology, New York Presbytarian
Hospital-Cornell University, New York since 1983
 
- Consultant for retinal diseases of the eye (diagnostics and therapy)
for various Departments of Ophthalmology since 2000
 
- In practice with a Group of Consulting Ophthalmologists (Augenaerzte-Gemeinschaftspraxis,
Esslingen/Stuttgart) since 2001
 
- Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Clinical Medicine at Mannheim, Germany since 2001
 
- In Program Committee for Retina Sections of ARVO Meetings, USA since 2001
 
- Representative for East Europe of EURETINA since 2002 
 
- ORGANIZER OF TEACHING COURSES IN GERMANY AND OTHER COUNTRIES
 
 
  
MEMBERSHIPS  AND  AWARDS 
- Member of 15
international and national Ophthalmological Societies including The American
Academy, American Retina Society and Macula Society, Club Jules Gonin, German
Ophthalmological Society (DOG), EURETINA, Euro-Asian Union and German Retinological
Society, Society of German Ophthalmological Surgeons (DOC), Society of German
University Professors, etc. 
 
- Honorary Member of the Polish Ophthalmological Society
 
- Honorary Member of the Lithuanian Ophthalmological Society
 
- Honorary Member of the Volgograd Ophthalmological Society
 
- Honorary Member of the Czech Society
 
- Honorary Member of the  Euro-Asian Union of Ophthalmologists
 
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- 1992:  AWARD of Merit in Retina Research by the American Retina Society, USA
 
- 2000:  Custodis   AWARD by the Retinological Society, Berlin, Germany
 
- 2002:  Lincoff  AWARD  Lecture by Cornell University, New York, USA 
 
- 2003:   Kreissig  AWARD  founded by former fellows, trained with Ingrid Kreissig
 
AWARD is given at yearly meetings of EURETINA for outstanding Contributions in
the understanding and treatment of retinal diseases
 
 
 
TEACHING 
1972-1979 at University of Bonn, Germany 
  
1979 -2000 at University of Tuebingen, Germany
  
1983 to present Cornell University-New York Hospital, USA
  
2001 to present at University of Mannheim, Germany
  
1991 to present several Teaching Courses per year, entitled: 
  
- Retinal Detachment and Vitreous Surgery in connection with national and international
meetings (e.g., American Academy, Puerto Rico, Iceland, Sweden, Iran, Eastern Europe,
Japan, China, etc.) 
 
  
- Medical Retina: Angiography, OCT, SLO, Laser Surgery, Photodynamic Therapy (PDT),
 intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide
   
 
TRAINING OF RETINAL SPECIALISTS AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT POSITIONS 
During the period at Bonn and Tuebingen,
there were since 1973 more than 300 ophthalmologists trained from 12 Eastern European
countries, North and South America, China, Kuwait, Egypt, Turkey, Italy, France,
Belgium, Brazil, Mexico , etc. Many of them had become
Head of Department for posterior segment of the eye or Chairman of Department
of Ophthalmolgy.
  
CLINICAL  INTERESTS 
Retinal detachment surgery, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular
degeneration (AMD), posterior segment laser surgery, angiography, OCT, Medical
Retina. Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and application of intravitreal Triamcinolone
Acetonide for various edematous and neovascular macular diseases.
 
SPECTRUM OF PUBLICATIONS 
314 papers published
in peer-reviewed journals: Topics include: Histology of the cryosurgical adhesion,
long-term (7-15 years) anatomical and functional results on various treatments for
retinal detachments (segmental buckling, balloon, expanding gases). A 3-year study
on the effect of pancryopexy for diabetic eyes with persistent vitreous hemorrhage
 and rubeosis iridis,
various papers on fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, scanning laser
ophthalmoscopy (SLO), microperimetry, OCT, diagnostics and treatment of age-related
macular degeneration, Photodynamic Therapy (PDT), treatment of diabetic retinopathy
with laser or cryosurgery, brachytherapy (iodine-125) for choroidal melanomas with
4-year follow-up.
  
More recent papers evolving from the clinical work at the Department of Ophthalmology at
 Mannheim, Germany, are covering the multifold applications of intravitreal
Triamcinolone Acetonide for edematous and neovascular macular diseases (exudative AMD,
diffuse diabetic macular edema, macular edema in retinal central/branch vein
occlusion or Irvine Gass). 
RECENT  PUBLICATIONS  AND  BOOKS 
Kreissig I, Lincoff H. Cryosurgery of the retina.  In: Peyman GA,
Meffert S, Conway MD, Chou F. Vitreoretinal Surgical Techniques. London:
Martin Dunitz Publishers, 2000; 33-48. 
   Lincoff H, Kreissig I. Changing patterns in the surgery for retinal
detachment: 1929 to 2000. Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd 2000; 216: 352-6. 
  
Kreissig I. A Practical  Guide to Minimal Surgery for Retinal Detachment:
Volume 1. Diagnostics - Segmental Buckling without Drainage - Case Presentations.
 Stuttgart: Thieme-Verlag, 2000: 1-300. 
   Kreissig I. A Practical Guide to Minimal Surgery for Retinal Detachment:
Volume 2. Temporary  Tamponades with Balloon and Gases without Drainage -
Buckling versus Gases versus Vitrectomy - Reoperation - Case Presentations.
 Stuttgart: Thieme Verlag, 2000: 1-368. 
  
Kreissig I. Minimal Surgery. Japanese Edition.  Tokyo: MBS, 2001; 1-299.
  
Kreissig I. Netzhautablösung: Extraokulare segmentale Plombenchirurgie als minimaler Eingriff.
In: Gandorfer A, Ulbig MW, Kampik A (eds) Erkrankungen der Retina. Aktuelle Aspekte der
Diagnostik und Therapie. UNI-MED Verlag AG, Bremen 2002: pp. 100 - 123
  
Kreissig I. Die Behandlung der primären Ablatio retinae: Minimal extraokular oder
intraokular?  Ophthalmologe 2002; 99: 474-484
  
Jonas J, Kreissig I, Hugger P, Sauder G, Panda-Jonas S, Degenring RF. Visual acuity
after intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide as treatment trial for exudative
age-related macular degeneration. Ophthalmic Research 2002;34:152
  
Jonas JB, Kreissig I, Soefker A, Degenring RF. Intravitreal injection of triamcinolone
for diffuse diabetic macular edema. Arch Ophthalmol 2003;121:57-61
  
Jonas JB, Kreissig I, Degenring R. Intraocular pressure after intravitreal injection
of triamcinolone acetonide. Br J Ophthalmol 2003;87:24-27
  
Kreissig I. Guida pratica alla chirurgia mini-invasiva del distacco di retina.
(Minimal invasive surgery for retinal detachment). Verduci Editore. Roma 2003, pp. 1-282
  
Kreissig I. Minimal segmental buckling without drainage. In: Barrie T, Kreissig I, Heimann H,
 Holz ER, Mieler WF. Controversies in Ophthalmology: Repair of a primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
 Br J Ophthlmol 2003;87:782-790
 
  
 Kreissig I. A Practical Guide to Minimal Surgery for Retinal Detachment.
 Vol. 1: Diagnostics - Segmental Buckling without Drainage - Case Presentations.
 Beijing Science and Technology Press Beijing 2004, p. 1-282 (ISBN 7-5304-2874-8(1))
 
  
 Kreissig I. A Practical Guide to Minimal Surgery for Retinal Detachment.
 Vol. 2: Temporary Tamponades with Balloon and Gases without Drainage -
 Reoperation - Case Presentations. Beijing Science and Technology Press
 Beijing 2004, p. 1-332 (ISBN 7-5304-2874-8(2))
 
  
 Kreissig I. (Ed.) Primary Retinal Detachment : Options for Repair. Springer 2004,
 p. 1-215, (ISBN 3-540-21132-2)
 
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