Dr. med. Valery Vinzent Wittwer, FEBO

Dr. med. Valery Vinzent Wittwer strengthens the EyeLaser Zurich team with his expertise in corneal and lens surgery. His medical career is marked by training at the University Eye Hospital of Inselspital Bern.

This is complemented by several years of work and a fellowship at the IROC Institute Zurich under the mentorship of Prof. Dr. Dr. Theo Seiler, one of the pioneers of eye laser surgery. This training still shapes his work today.

At EyeLaser Zurich, Dr. Wittwer performs refractive lens exchange. He takes the time for an individual consultation in four languages to find the right lens for you.

• 2010 – 2012: Doctorate in Medicine (Dr. med.)
  University of Bern / Inselspital
  Dissertation topic in the field of retinal research (Retina).
• 2005 – 2011: Studies of Human Medicine
  University of Bern (State Examination)

Precise communication is the key to successful treatment. Dr. Wittwer advises you fluently in:

• German
• English
• French
• Italian

Dr. Wittwer has actively contributed to research in ophthalmology. Here is an excerpt of his scientific work:

• Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty.
  Cornea, 2018 (Co-Author)
• Limitations of SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction).
  Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, 2017 (with Seiler T, Koller T)
• Time Course of Antibiotic and Antifungal Concentrations in Corneal Organ Culture.
  Cornea, 2016 (with Seiler TG et al.)
• Vitreoretinal interface changes in geographic atrophy.
  Ophthalmology, 2014 (with Wolf S et al.)
• Blue-light versus green-light autofluorescence.
  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2011 (Dissertation topic)