Speaker Biography

Professor Jean-François Korobelnik was born in 1959. He completed his medical training at University Paris VII in 1985, was awarded a Master of Science in 1989, completed his fellowship at Hotel-Dieu of Paris, and has held the Professorship of Ophthalmology in Vitreoretinal Surgery at the University Hospital, Bordeaux since 1999. He was head of the Ophthalmology Department from 2013 to 2024.

Professor Korobelnik is involved in clinical research, which mainly focuses on eye disease epidemiology (E3 Consortium), macular diseases (age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, …), and retinal detachment. He is author or co-author of more than 370 papers.

Professor Korobelnik is a member of several societies, including the SFO (President 2013 – 2015), the CFSR (President 2017- 2019), the AAO, the ARVO, the ASRS, Euretina, and the Club Jules Gonin (Executive Committee Member 2018-2022), and regularly participates in expert advisory board meetings for pharmaceutical organizations. He is an associate editor of Journal Francais d’Ophtalmologie and of Ophthalmologica.

Gisbert Richard Lecture

Date: Saturday 6th September – 14:45 CEST
Room: Grand Amphitheater
Chairperson: Anat Loewenstein ISRAEL

Kreissig Award Lecture

14.15 –

Introduction of Kreissig Awardee Maria Berrocal

14.18 –

Kreissig Award Lecture
Throwing Away Wisdom: How we Abandon What Works
By Maria Berrocal PUERTO RICO

15.43 –

Presentation of Award Certificate

14.45 –

End of Session

Gisbert Richard Lecture

14.45 –

Introduction of Gisbert Richard Awardee

14.50 –

Gisbert Richard Lecture
Removal of Intra-Ocular Foreign Bodies: Why, When, How?
By Jean-François Korobelnik FRANCE

15.10 –

Presentation of Award Certificate

15.15 –

End of Session

Keynote Sessions | Programme