Andrea Cusumano

Prof. Andrea Cusumano, M.D.

Adj. Professor of Ophthalmology
University Eye Clinic of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

APL Professor of Ophthalmology
University Eye Clinic of Bonn, Germany

Adj. Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA

 

Education:

1976 – High School Graduation (summa cum laude) – Collegio San Giuseppe Istituto De Merode, Rome, Italy

1984 – M.D. (summa cum laude) – University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy

1988 – Italian Board of Ophthalmology (summa cum laude) – University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy

1992 – M.D. (magna cum laude) – Friedrichs-Wilhelm University of Bonn, Germany


Professional History:

1984 Medical License, Italy

1984 – 1988 Assistant Chief Anatomy Institute – Department of Electron Microscopy, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy

1987 – 1988 Researcher in Ophthalmology, University of L’Aquila, Italy

1989 – 2016 Researcher in Ophthalmology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

1989 – 1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrichs-Wilhelm University of Bonn, Germany

1989 Medical License, Germany

1991 – 1992 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bad Godesberg, Research Fellowship, Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrichs-Wilhelm University of Bonn, Germany

1993 Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrichs-Wilhelm University of Bonn, Germany

1993 – 1995 Postdoctoral Retinal Fellowship, Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrichs-Wilhelm University of Bonn, Germany

1989 – 1994 Director Alfried Krupp Electron Microscopy Lab, Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrichs-Wilhelm University of Bonn, Germany

1995 – Today Founder and President “German-Italian Foundation for Eye and Brain Research” (DISAHF), co-Foundation of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

1996 – Today Adj. Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA

1998 – Today APL Professor of Ophthalmology, Friedrichs-Wilhelm University of Bonn, Germany

2008 – Today Eye Consultant, Vatican City, Vatican State

2012 – Today Founder and President, Macula & Genoma Foundation Onlus, Rome, Italy

2020 – Today Founder and President, Macula & Genoma Foundation USA Inc., New York, Rome

Subspecialty Board Certification

Italian Board of Ophthalmology – 1977
German Board of Ophthalmology – 1989

Societies

American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
Italian Society of Ophthalmology (SOI)
Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (DOG)
American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS)
German Retina Society
Gruppo Italiano Chirurgia Vitreoretinica(GIVRE)

 

Tematyka wykładu

The presentation I will make at the Eye&Tech2 Symposium in Poznan and which will focus on 2RT, will be divided into 3 parts:

  1. The first part will deal with a general overview on 2RT,
  2. The second part will focus on the clinical, morphological and electroretinographic (ERG) data we collected in patients with atrophic AMD treated with  2RT
  3.  The third and last part will concern the 2RT treatment of some patients with Leventinese disease treated with 2RT.