Dr. Valery Vinzent Wittwer: Schweizer Präzision bei EyeLaser Zürich

Find out everything you need to know about Austria’s most popular ophthalmologist

Experience

After completing his training in Switzerland, Dr. Wittwer continued to develop professionally and professionally, passing through stages that gave him the knowledge and experience that now benefits you as a patient:

  • 2012-2013: Resident in general surgery

Department: General Surgery and Traumatology at the Biel Hospital Center. With Professor and Chief Physician: Prof. Dr. Urban Laffer

  • 2013-2017: Assistant doctor in ophthalmology

Department of Ophthalmology, Inselspital University Hospital, Bern. With Professor and Chief Physician: Prof. Dr. Dr. Sebastian Wolf

  • 2016-2017: Assistant doctor in ophthalmology

Institute for Refractive and Ophthalmic Surgery (IROC) in Zurich.

  • 2017: Specialist in ophthalmology (FMH)

EBO (European Board of Ophthalmology Examination

  • 2018: Medical director and surgeon

Refractive Laser Center Youseezueri AG in Zurich

  • 2017-2020: Training with a focus on ophthalmic surgery

Institute for Refractive and Ophthalmic Surgery (IROC) in Zurich. With Professor and Chief Physician: Prof. Dr. Dr. Theo Seiler

  • Since 01.04.2020 Specialist in ophthalmology at the Augen Glattzentrum Wallisellen
Education

Dr. Wittwer completed his medical studies at the University of Bern from 2005 to 2011. He then wrote his dissertation between 2010 and 2012 at the University Department of Ophthalmology (Inselspital) in Bern

He then continued to take part in further and advanced training so that he could always offer patients the best possible treatment according to the latest, proven medical standards.

References

Title:

  • Dr. med. univ.
    Victor Derhartunian, FEBO

Role in the company:

  • Refractive Surgeon & Management

Specialist areas:

  • Refractive surgery, phakic IOLs, cross linking, keratoconus, corneal repair
Publications
  • Liu YC, Wittwer VV, Yusoff NZM, et al. Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty. Cornea 2018.
  • Seiler T, Koller T, Wittwer VV. Limitations of SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction). Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2017;234:125-129.
  • Seiler TG, Tschopp M, Zimmerli S, Tappeiner C, Wittwer VV, Frueh BE. Time Course of Antibiotic and Antifungal Concentrations in Corneal Organ Culture. Cornea 2016;35:127-31.
  • Abdillahi H, Enzmann V, Wittwer VVWolf S, Wolf-Schnurrbusch UE. Vitreoretinal interface changes in geographic atrophy. Ophthalmology 2014;121:1734-9.

Wolf-Schnurrbusch UE, Wittwer VV, Ghanem R, et al. Blue-light versus green-light autofluorescence: lesion size of areas of geographic atrophy. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2011;52:9497- 502.

Memberships
  • FMH Association of Swiss Physicians
  • AGZ Medical Association of the Canton of Zurich
  • ARVO The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
  • DOG German Ophthalmological Society
Treatments

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During your no-obligation preliminary examination, you will find out whether and which laser eye or lens treatment can make your dream of clear vision come true!

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Our vision correction method leaves no room for disappointment.

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Dr. Victor Derhartunian
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Dr. Victor Derhartunian
Ophthalmologist, specialist in refractive surgery
FEBO

Having learned his craft from the two pioneers of laser surgery, Dr. Victor Derhartunian is one of the leading surgeons in Europe. The senior eye surgeon at EyeLaser in Zurich can advise his patients in 5 languages.

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Ophthalmologist and eye surgeon
FEBO

Since 2024, Dr. Valery Lenzt Wittwer joins the EyeLaser Zurich team. He specializes in lens surgery and enables patients to live without cataracts and/or visual defects through cataract surgery and ICL lens implantation.

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