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