ocular tumors / ophthalmic pathology / eye development
Prof. Dr. med. Martina C. Herwig-Carl
Clinical and scientific profile
Clinical profile
- Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the anterior segment of the eye
- Conservative and surgical treatment of patients with eyelid malposition and corneal diseases
- Diagnosis and treatment of ocular tumors (including adjuvant drug therapy and surgical defect coverage/eyelid reconstruction) - General ophthalmology with emergency care (incl. surgical treatment of traumatic injuries to the anterior segment of the eye)
- Ophthalmic pathology (incl. diagnosis of fetal eyes)
Scientific profile
- Epigenetic changes and microenvironment in uveal melanoma
- Clinical-pathological correlation of ocular tumors and ophthalmic surgical interventions
- Studies on the development of the eye during the fetal period
- Correlation of SD-OCT and histology
- Artificial intelligence (AI) in ophthalmopathology
2025: Appointment as W2 professor for ophthalmic pathology
Since 2012: Consultant for Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Pathology, Head of the research group “ocular tumors”
2010-2011: DFG-funded research fellowship at the ophthalmic pathology laboratory of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA (Prof. Dr. med. H. E. Grossniklaus, MD, MBA)
2007-2012: Residency in Ophthalmology at the University Eye Clinic Bonn, finished with the Board Certification in Germany and Europe (FEBO) and subspecialization in Ophthalmic Pathology
2006: Doctoral thesis on "VE-Cadherin in human lungs with septic ARDS and endothelial cell cultures"
2000-2006: Medical studies, Ruhr-University Bochum
Member of the ARVO (Association of Research and Vision in Ophthalmology) programme committee, 2023-2026
Member of the anterior segment committee of the EVICR.net (European Vision Institute Clinical Research Network), 2024-2028
Secretary of the ISOP (International Society of Ophthalmic Pathology), 2025-2029
Secretary of the RWA (Verein rheinisch-westfälischer Augenärzte), 2025-2029
Member of the section committee “ophthalmic pathology” within the DOG (Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft), 2023-2027
Editor of the section „Ophthalmologischer Schnappschuss“, Journal “Die Ophthalmologie”, since 2023
Organizing Secretary of the EOPS (European Ophthalmic Pathology Society), 2024
Prof. Dr. med. Karin U. Löffler (Senior expert)
Dr. med. Louisa Bulirsch (Fellow Ophthalmologist)
Dr. med. Anne Gulbins (Resident Ophthalmologist)
Dr. Ashkan Shakarami (Computer Scientist)
Cand. med. Michael Jost (medical doctorate student)
Cand. med. Miriam Pleßer (medical doctorate student)
Cand. med. Luna Toma (medical doctorate student)
Cand. med. Leticia Ussem (medical doctorate student)
Cand. med. Thanh Van Nguyen (medical doctorate student)
Cand. med. Zahra G. Kiviji (medical doctorate student)
Mansi Sahni (student)
Heike Laser (technician, Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory)
Christina Schaffrath (technician, Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory)
Lea Schneider (technician, research)
Claudine Strack (technician, Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory)
Parand Widmar (technician, Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory)
- 2015-2022
Louisa Bulirsch
„Untersuchung des Immunoreaktivitätsprofils von Müllerzellen für GFAP, Nestin, CD44 und Kollagen IX in fetalen und kindlichen Augen“
(magna cum laude) - 2013-2018
medizinische Promotion von Ute Kaiser
„Untersuchungen von Makrophagen beim Basalzellkarzinom“
(magna cum laude) - 2012-2015
Marta Stei née Kilian
„Untersuchungen von Makrophagen beim intraokulären Melanom der Maus“
(summa cum laude) - 2009 -2014
Kathrin Münstermann
„Expression von VE-Cadherin, CD34 und D2-40 in fetalen Augen“
Prof. Hans E. Grossinklaus, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Xuo Xing (Ophthalmic Patholoygy Observership)
Prof. Geeta Vemuganti, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
Cosima Rose (Ophthalmic Patholoygy Visitor)
- Prof. Shadi Albarqouni
- Prof. Verena Tischler
- Prof. Marieta Toma
- Prof. Tobias Raupach
- Prof. Stefan Jonas
- Prof. Tiziana Bonaldi
- Roberta Noberini, PhD
- Prof. Hans E. Grossniklaus
- Prof. Daniela Süßkind
- Prof. Julia Weller
- Prof. Nikolaos Bechrakis
Books/Book chapter:
Verdijk RM, Herwig-Carl MC.
Fetal and neonatal eye pathology – an atlas and textbook.
Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2020 (1. Auflage)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36079-5
Contributions to WHO Classification of Tumours Online
- Epibulbar choristoma
- Epibulbar osseous choristoma
- Conjunctival stromal tumor
Herwig-Carl MC, Loeffler KU.
Ophthalmic Pathology (Chapter 9, Pages 208-220)
in: Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology, 2nd edition, Editor-In-Chief: N Venkatesh Prajna; Jaypee brothers medical publishers, New Delhi, 2019
Herwig-Carl MC, Grossniklaus HE.
Pathology of Choroidal Melanoma (Chapter 146, Pages 2540-2554)
in: RETINA 6th edition, Editor-In-Chief: Stephen J. Ryan; Elsevier, London, 2018
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