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monsana ag >> who is who >> Fakten zum Arzt Prof. Dr. Thomas Neuhann Clinic Director: Prof. Dr. med. habil. Thomas Neuhann Clinic: Augenarztpraxis (ophthalmological practice) in the Helios Medical Centre Munich Location: Munich, Germany

Medical Field: Ophthalmology: Entire ophthalmological diagnostics, conservative and surgical therapy

The Team

Ophthalmologists - Prof. Dr. Thomas Neuhann & Collegues

The ophthalmologists Prof. Dr. Thomas Neuhann and Collegues have had their medical practice in Munich since 1982 - continuing the business of Dr. Wilhelm Neuhann. Currently there are working nine ophthalmologists as partners and five assistant physicians.

Beside a high competence in the entire field of ophthalmology, our physicians have their areas of expertise in which they are especially qualified and leading.

The Team:

• Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Neuhann • Dr. med. Gabriele Heufelder • Dr. med. Ellen Haindl-Mairhofer • Dr. med. Heidrun Waltrich • Dr. med Dorothea Metzger • Dr. med. Carl Clemente • Dr. med. Bettina Sommer • Dr. med. Markus Bauer • Dr. med Barbara Lege

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monsana ag >> who is who >> Fakten zum Arzt Prof. Dr. Thomas Neuhann Clinic Director: Prof. Dr. med. habil. Thomas Neuhann

Main Focus: >> Diagnostics: Entire ophthalmologic diagnostics, conservative and surgical therapy In our ophthalmologic practice we offer our entire range of diagnostics and conservative (i.e. non-surgical) therapy. We are always offering state-of-the-art methods in ophthalmologic diagnostics and therapy. In the adc1 - AugenDiagnosticCenter-Munich currently 26 ophthalmologists are together using the institution that we established. Here, the complete diagnostic range for the early diagnosis of glaucoma is offered. (www.adc1.de)

The following special diagnostic methods are available:

• Laser diagnostics: - Retinometer examination - IOL-Master (Intraocular lens implant) - OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) - GDX (Nerve Fibre Analyzer) - HRT (Heidelberg Retina Tomography) - OCP Pachymeter (measurement of cornea-thickness)

• Ultra Sound - A-image, B-image - Ultrasound-Biomicroscopy

• Computertopography of the cornea

• Endothelmicroscopy

• Electrophysiologic Diagnostics - ERG (Electroretinography) - EOG (Eletrooculography) - VECP (visually evoked cortical Potentials)

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• Visual Field - Computer-aides static and kinetic - blue-yellow test for the diagnosis of glaucoma (SWAP) - FDT Perimeter (visual field test in case of suspected glaucoma)

• Colour-sensitivity diagnostics

• Seeing at dawn and night • Contrast Sensitivitiy

• Fluoresceinangiography - Fluorescein - Indocyanin green

• Photo Documentation

• Diagnostics of strabismus and apraxia of the eyes

>> Surgery:

Our surgical centre is located in the Rotkreuz-Krankenhaus (Red-Cross Hospital) in Munich. A generous and comfortable environment for ambulant surgeries was created here; for our in-patient customers we have our special ophthalmological department at the hospital managed by Prof. Neuhann and attended to by our doctors.

For the special field of refractive surgery we have set up our alz augenklinik (alz eye clinic), the Eye Laser Centre at the Stachus, managed b y Prof. Neuhann. Augen Laser Zentrum am Stachus, unter der Leitung von Prof. This centre has specialised in the surgical correction of ametropia since 1993. (www.gutsehen.de)

Corneal Transplants

The Corneal Transplant Bank Munich - a non-profit GmbH - was founded by Prof. Neuhann as the first institution of this kind in Germany in 1991. From here corneal transplants from all over the world are procured to national patients. (www.hornhautbank-münchen.de)

Special Surgery Methods

• Cataract - Phacoemulsification cataract surgery - Pars plana Phakectomy - Intracapsular extraction

• Glaucoma - Trabeculectomy - Trabeculotomy - Cyclodialysis - Cyclo-cryo-, Cyclophoto-Coagulation

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• Corneal Transplantation - Perforating Keratoplasty - Lamellar Keratoplasty - Transplantation limbal stem cells

• Refractive Surgery (surgical correction of ametropia) - LASIK (Laser Assisted In-Situ Keratomilieusis) - LASEK (Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis)/PRK (Photo-Refractive Keratectomy) - Lens implantation in the phakic eye - Intracorneal ring segments - Intracorneal lens implants - Ceratotomia

• Other Laser surgical methods

• Vitrektomie (Glaskörperchirurgie)

• Reconstructive Surgery (after injuries or pre-surgeries) - Transplantation of amnion membranes - Iris surgery and -prosthetics

• Eyelid Surgery - Surgery of hooded eyelids and baggy tear sacs (blepharoplastics) - Ptosis Surgery - Surgery of eyelid malpositions (in-/outward-position - entropium/ ectropium) - Surgery of eyelid paralysis (facial paralysis) - Surgery of tumours, injuries and other eyelid changes with plastic reconstruction

• Strabismus Surgeries - Recession and resection of the rectus and the oblique eye muscles - Retroequatorial myopexy - Transposition Surgery of Strabismus Paralyticus

• Enucleation (removal of the eye) - Evisceration

>> Therapy:

In our ophthalmological practice we offer complete diagnostic and conservative (i.e. non surgical) therapy. We are always offering state-of-the-art methods in ophthalmologic diagnostics and therapy. The following therapies are available:

• Laser therapy - Argon - YAG ("Yttrium-Aluminium-Granat-Laser") - Controlled cyclophotocoagulation

• Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)

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• Contact lense fitting

• Visually handicapped rehabilitation - Magnifying seeing aids - "Seeing School": Strabismus treatment

• Electrosurgical removal of small eyelid changes

• Electro-Epilation of inturning eyelashes

• Probing of the lacrimal ducts

Address: Augenarzt-Praxis im Helios Ärztezentrum Helene-Weber Allee 19 80637 München Germany Phone: +49-(0)89-159 40 40 daily except Sa/So from 8am to 6pm, Friday until 2pm Fax: +49-(0)89-159 40 555 E-Mail: praxis@neuhann.de Website: http://www.neuhann.de Languages: Ophthalmological Practice: German, English, French, Italian Spanish, Turkish. At the Clinic in addition: Russian, Serbo-croatian, Farsi, Chinese Special features: Competent, friendly and helpful doctors and staff members, whose focus is on you as a patient. This service is presented to you by monsana ag. We are happy to support you in organising your stay at a clinic in western Europe. All these facts have been collected according to our best knowledge. Nevertheless we cannot guarantee or take responsibilities for their correctness. Last change: 5 November 2008