Ophthalmology: Ophthalmology. Treatment

• 1988 - 1995 Study of Medicine, Universities of Regensburg, Würzburg, Dundee/St. Andrews and London, German Medical State Exam, USMLE.
• 1995 - 2001 Resident Ophthalmology, Dept. of Ophthalmology, University of Erlangen (Prof. Gottfried Naumann).
• 1997 MD thesis, Dept. of Anatomy, University of Würzburg: “summa cum laude” (Prof. Detlev Drenckhahn).
• 2001 European and German Board Exam in Ophthalmology, International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) Exam.
• 2002 - 2004 DFG Postdoctoral fellow at Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Prof. Wayne Streilein; Prof. Reza Dana).
• 2003 Habilitation and Venia Legendi, University of Erlangen.
• 2004 - 2011 Privatdozent and Staff member (Oberarzt), Dept. of Ophthalmology, University of Erlangen, Director of Cornea Bank.
• 2005 - 2011 Principal Investigator, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF) Erlangen. Member and later head of Commission for Junior Scientists.
• 2008 - 2012 Principal Investigator, SFB 643 (Strategies for cellular immune intervention).
• 2009 Adjunct Associate Scientist and Visiting Professor, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
• 2011 Member of the Board, Section Cornea, German Ophthalmological Society.
• 2011 University Professor (W2) for Ophthalmology, University of Erlangen.
• 2011 University Professor (W3) Ophthalmology, University of Cologne.
• 2011 Chairman, Dept. of Ophthalmology and University Eye Hospital Cologne.
• 2012 President, European Network for Excellence in Corneal Regeneration (NEXCR), Leiden.
• 2012 Member of CIO (Center for Integrated Oncology), Cologne-Bonn.
• 2014 Member of the Board, Novaliq GmbH, Heidelberg.
• 2014 Chair, EU COST Action BM1302 “Joining Forces in corneal regeneration”.
• 2015 Speaker, DFG Research Group FOR 2240.

• 1990-1991: Fellow of Prof. John Marshall, Deptartment of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital and St. Thomas Hospital, University of London, London (U. K.)
• 1992: Senior Research Fellow, The Rayne Institute, Deptartment of Ophthalmology, St. Thomas Hospital, University of London, London (U. K.)
• 1992-1996: Assistenzarzt, Klinik und Poliklink für Augenheilkunde der Universität Regensburg
• 1996: Facharztanerkennung
• 1996-2002: Oberarzt, Klinik und Poliklink für Augenheilkunde der Universität Regensburg
• 2002: Adjunct Professor, Eye Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Canada
• 2002-2004: Oberassistent (C2), Klinik und Poliklink für Augenheilkunde der Universität Regensburg
• 02/2004: C3 - Professur
• seit 01.10.2004: Direktor und Ärztlicher Leiter der Augenklinik am Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU München
• 10/2004: C4 - Professur

Studium
1982-1989 1. Humanmedizin
- RWTH Aachen
- Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn
- University of Minneapolis, Minnesota/USA
2006 – 2007 2. Gesundheitsökonomie European Business School, International University, Schloß Reichartshausen Abschluss: Gesundheitsökonom (ebs)

Promotion
1989 Dissertation Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, „Kapsel- und Zonularupturen als Komplikationen der Kataraktoperation mit Phakoemulsifikation“

Habilitation
2000 Habilitation J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, „Holmium:YAG-Laserthermokeratoplastik für die Hyperopie-Behandlung: Histologische, ultrastrukturelle, immunhistochemische und klinische Untersuchungen“
Beruflicher Werdegang
1986 / 1987 Famulatur-Stipendium des Deutschen Akad. Austausch Dienstes (DAAD) für Mailand, Italien und Bombay, Indien
1989 Ärztliche Prüfung
1989 – 1992 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Klinik Dardenne Bonn (AIP, Assistent)
1991 Approbation als Arzt
1992 – 1993 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Universitäts-Augenklinik Gießen (Assistent)
1994 Anerkennung zum „Arzt für Augenheilkunde“, Tübingen
1994 – 1995 Oberarzt, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm, akad. Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Ulm, Grundwehrdienst (Stabsarzt) und Wehrübung (Oberstabsarzt)
1995 Traveler Scholarship, International Society for Refractive Surgery, Minneapolis, MN/USA
1995 – 1997 DFG-Forschungsaufenthalt am Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX/USA, „Physiologie und Pathophysiologie des refraktiven Hornhauteingriffes durch die Laser Thermokerato-plastik (LTK). Eine experimentelle und klinische Untersuchung.“
1996 Ernennung zum Oberstabsarzt d. R.
1997 C1-Wissenschaftler und Oberarzt, Klinik für Augenheilkunde, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
2000 Privatdozentur, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Seit 2000 Visiting Professor of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX/USA
2001 C2-Hochschuldozent und Oberarzt, Klinik für Augenheilkunde, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
2003 Ruf C3-Universitätsprofessur, Klinik für Augenheilkunde, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
2003 - 2012 Stellv. Direktor und ltd. Oberarzt, Klinik für Augenheilkunde, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
2007 Wehrübung (Oberstabsarzt), Bundeswehrkrankenhaus in Ulm
2008 Ernennung zum Fellow of European Board of Ophthalmologists (FEBO)
2011 Ruf Val and Edith Green Presidential Professorship, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
2011 Ruf W3-Professur für Augenheilkunde, Universität Magdeburg
2011 Ruf W3-Professur für Augenheilkunde, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
2012 Direktor der Klinik für Augenheilkunde, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

• 1978 - 1984 Study of Medicine at the Westphalian Wilhelm University of Münster.
• 1984 Defense of doctoral dissertation, Internal Medicine.

Professional Career

• 1985 - 1986 University Hospital Zurich, Polyclinic.
• 1987 -1987 University Hospital Münster, Polyclinic.
• 1987 Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Tübingen.
• 1992 Medical Specialist in Ophthalmology.
• 1994 Defense of doctoral dissertation, Ophthalmology, Tubingen University.
• 1994 Venia Legendi, Ophthalmology.
• 2000 Visiting Professor, Ophthalmology, Tubingen University.
• 2000 Chief Physician of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Municipal Hospital Krefeld.
• Since 2008 Chief Physician of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Ophthalmology at the HELIOS Clinic Krefeld.

Other Activities and Membership in Professional Societies

• Member of the German Society of Ophthalmology.
• Member of the German Society for Intraocular Lens Implantation.
• Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
• Member of the Federation of German Ophthalmic Surgeons.
• Deputy Commissioner of the Advisory Committee on Errors in the Treatment of the Medical Association of the North Rhine.

• PD Dr. med. Ulrich Schaudig studied medicine at the Universities of Regensburg and Munich and spent part of his final year at the Medical Schools of the University of Colorado at Denver and the University of Illinois at Chicago. 
• He started his postgraduate training in general and plastic surgery in Munich before he turned his interest to ophthalmology and entered the residency program at the University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf.
• After his board certification in 1997, he continued to work as an ophthalmologist at the University Hospital, with special interests in both oculoplastic and vitreoretinal surgery. He completed his PhD thesis on retinal imaging. He also served as the Head of the Ophthalmology Lab. 
• He has published numerous articles in ophthalmological German and international journals. Dr. Schaudig is a member of various scientific societies and serves as a regular reviewer for several ophthalmological journals.
• In 2007, he took up the post of the Chief Physician of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Academic Teaching Hospital Asklepios Barmbek.