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Gottfried O.H. Naumann

1952 "Abitur" in Lichtenstein/Saxony
1957 "Medical Doctor" at the University of Leipzig/Saxony:
Thesis “Intestinal Invagination in Childhood”
1961 Examination Educational Council Foreign Medical Graduates ECFMG/USA
Nov 1, 1961 - 1964 Residency at Dept. Ophthalmology, University of Hamburg/Germany (Prof. H. Sautter)
1964 Certification as Ophthalmologist; Medical Board Hamburg/Germany
Jan. 1965 - June 1966 "Fellow" in the Department of Ophthalmic Pathology of the "Armed Forces Institute of Pathology "(Director and Professor: L.E. Zimmerman, M.D.) Washington/D.C./U.S.A.
1966 - 1975 Member of staff at Department of Ophthalmology at University Hamburg (Professor and Chairman: H. Sautter, M.D.)
04.04.67 Examination by the "American Board of Ophthalmology" and elected "Fellow" by the "American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology" (today American Academy Ophthalmology)
Dec.18, 1968 Habilitation at the University Hamburg: "Privat Dozent" (PhD):
Thesis: „Pigmented Naevi of the Choroid and Ciliary Body“
1971 - 1975 "Leitender Oberarzt" (vice-chairman) of the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hamburg
1973 "Full professor" University Hamburg
March 1,1975 Chairman and Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology of the University Tübingen / Germany
July 1, 1980 – December 2003 Chairman and Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology and Head of Eye Hospital and Clinic of the University Erlangen-Nürnberg in Erlangen/Bavaria/Germany/EU.
Gottfried O.H. Naumann
Gottfried O.H. Naumann

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Prof. Em Gottfried O.H. Naumann

Department of Ophthalmology
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Schwabachanlage 6
D-91054 Erlangen
Germany

Phone: +49 (0)9131-8534363 or
+49 (0)9131-8534567 (Ms. Iris Schmitt)
Fax: +49 (0)9131-8534103

E-mail:
Gottfried.Naumann[at]uk-erlangen.de

Website:
www.rrze.uni-erlangen.de

Research Activities

Over the last 40 years investigations from our group have focussed on structural elements of ocular disease, clinicopathologic correlation and new microsurgical approaches to the anterior segment of the eye:

  1. Oncology: Rhabdomyosarcoma of the iris; Xanthoma of the iris have first been described. Differential diagnosis of melanocytic nevi of the posterior uvea from malignant melanomas was facilitated by morphology and BAB-quantification. Clinical features of Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma were shown. Blockexcision as procedure of choice for tumors of the anterior uvea involving the angle is demonstrated.
  2. Trauma: Blockexcision for Epithelial Ingrowth was established as the first curative therapy. Unguided amniocentesis is a risk factor for congenital iris cysts. Direct cyclopexy was modified as procedure of choice for persisting ocular hypotony due to cyclodialysis. Clinical signs of endophthalmitis phakoanaphylactica were elaborated as well as endophthalmitis haemogranulomatosa  (with H.E. Völcker et al.). Woundhealing of iris with sutures and after lasers was analyzed.
  3. Infections: Histopathology of zoster ophthalmicus, mykotic keratitis and multiple i.o. infections were shown. Clinical features of mykotic endophthalmitis and intraocular borreliosis have been established.
  4. Corneal Transplantation: Non-mechanical trephination with the Excimer laser 193 nm along metal-masks improves the outcome of optical keratoplasty (with GK Lang, B Seitz and A Langenbucher). Tectonic indications have been refined; feasibility of autologous grafts demonstrated. Monitoring of BAB allows titration of immunosuppressive therapy. Hydrochinon-Keratopathy.
  5. Glaucoma: Quantifications of optic disc size and – alterations help in early diagnosis (with J. Jonas et al.). NO-related choroidal ganglion cells
  6. Pseudoexfoliation (PEX) – syndrome: First established as a generalized disorder of extracellular matrix in our laboratory. New entity of „PEX-keratopathy“ elaborated. Pathomechanism of zonular instability, blood-aqueous-barrier-defects and chronic glaucoma (with U. Schlötzer-Schrehardt et al.).
  7. Others: Controlled arterial hypotony is essential for microsurgical procedures in the „open eye“. Histopathology of ischemic microinfarcts of the optic disc in giant cell arteriitis and arteriosclerosis involve hyaluronic acid from vitreous body.

Current Projects

  • Project 1
    History Internat. Council Ophthalmology
  • Project 2
    Pseudoexfoliation-Sysndrome
  • Project 3
    Direct Surgery of Ciliary Body
  • Project 4
    Lasertrephination in Keratoplasty

Memberships

  • International Council of Ophthalmolgy (IOC)
  • German Ophthalmological Society (DOG)
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
  • Association Research Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
  • Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI)
  • Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth UK)
  • Polish, Hungarian and Chilenian Ophthalmological Societies

Further Activities

  • Moderator of “Consilium Diagnosticum” at the Annual Meeting of the German Ophthalmological Society
  • "Gottfried And Lieselotte Naumann Foundation" for Ophthalmic Pathology, established in Erlangen/Germany to donate an "ICO Ophthalmic Pathology Award"

Publications

  1. Naumann GOH und Koautoren: Applel DJ, Deuble-Bente K, von Domarus D, Funk RHW, Hinzpeter EN†, Holbach L, Kirchhoff B,  Kruse FE,Küchle M, Lang GE, Laqua H, Lüllwitz W†, Messmer E, Ruggli GH, Ruprecht KW, Rummelt V, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Thiel HJ, Völcker HE, Weindler J, Wenkel H.
    PATHOLOGIE DES AUGES
    2. erweiterte und ergänzte Auflage in 2 Bände (1500 Seiten, 818 Abbildungen in 1638 Einzeldarstellungen, teilweise in Farbe, davon 175 schematische Skizzen, 284 differentialdiagnostische Tabellen) In: Doerr-Seifert-Uehlinger (Hrsgb). Band 12 der Speziellen Anatomischen Pathologie, Heidelberg-Berlin-New York, Springer Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-54009209-9
    See also German1st Edition 1980,  Englisch Edition 1986, and Japanese Edition 1987 und 2003
  2. Naumann G.O.H., Holbach L, Kruse FE with additional main authors C. Cursiefen, L.M. Heindl, A.J. Joussen, A. Jünemann, C.Y. Mardin, U. Schlötzer-Schrehardt,
    APPLIED PATHOLOGY FOR OPHTHALMIC MICROSURGEONS
    Springer Verlag, Heidelberg,  2008, ISBN 978-3-540-24189-8
  3. Naumann GOH
    The Bowman Lecture Nr. 56: Part II: Corneal Transplantation in Anterior Segment Diseases.
    Eye 1995; 9:  398-421
  4. Naumann GOH, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Küchle M.
    Pseudoexfoliation syndrome for the comprehensive ophthalmologist. Intraocular and systemic manifestations.
    Ophthalmology 1998; 105: 951-968
  5. Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Naumann GOH,
    Ocular and systemic pseudoexfoliation syndrome - Perspective.
    Am J Ophthal. 2006; 141: 921-937
  6. Naumann GOH, Rummelt V.
    Block-excision of cystic and diffuse epithelial ingrowth of the anterior chamber.
    Report on 32 consecutive patients

    Arch Ophthalmol 1992; 110: 223-227  siehe auch
    Chinesische Ausgabe: (CLEAOPH) Arch Ophthalmol  1992; 10: 214-218
    Spanische Ausgabe:  Arch Ophthalmol 1992
  7. Naumann GOH, Rummelt V.
    Block Excision of Tumors of the Anterior Uvea. Report on 68 Consecutive Patients.
    Ophthalmology 1996; 103: 2017-2028
  8. Seitz B, Langenbucher A, Kus MM, Küchle M, Naumann GOH.
    Nonmechanical Corneal Trephination with the Excimer Laser Improves Outcome after Penetrating Keratoplasty.
    Ophthalmology 1999; 106: 1156-1165
  9. Küchle M, Naumann GOH.
    Direct Cyclopexy for Traumatic Cyclodialysis with Persisting Hypotony
    Report on 29 Consecutive Patients

    Ophthalmology 1995; 102: 322-333
  10. Heindl LM, Hofmann TN, Adler W, Knorr HLJ, Holbach LM, Naumann GOH, Kruse FE, Cursiefen C.
    Intraocular Tumor-Associated Lymphangiogenese
    Ophthalmology 2010; 117: 334-342

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