Dr. Francesco Buonfiglio graduated in July 2014 from the faculty of medicine of the Federico II University in Naples, Italy, with the highest grade (110 cum laude). In 2015, he moved to Germany, where he obtained the C1 German certificate in 2017. During his residency, Dr. Buonfiglio deepened his knowledge of the pathophysiology of retinal and optic nerve disorders. Until 2021, he worked as a physician resident at the Department of Ophthalmology at the Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany. In October 2023, he successfully defended his doctoral thesis, an experimental study on the impact of hypercholesterolemia on endothelial function in ocular blood vessels, with the note “magna cum laude” at the Department of Ophthalmology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. Currently, he collaborates in preclinical and clinical studies in the research group of Professor Adrian Gericke, Department of Ophthalmology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.
Dr. Joanna Wasielica-Poslednik is a senior physician at Mainz University Medical Center and the head of the Corneal Diseases Department at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. She obtained her Doctorate in Human Medicine from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in 2006. She published 49 scientific articles, totaling 384 citations (h-index = 11, Scopus data, 28 December 2023).
Prof. Dr. Norbert Pfeiffer is the Chief Executive Officer of Mainz University Medical Centre Germany and the head of the Department of Ophthalmology. In 2014, he was the Vice Medical Officer at the Mainz University Medical Centre in Germany. He studied medicine at the universities of Giessen, Newcastle upon Tyne, Würzburg, Freiburg, and Cambridge, England. He completed his medical license at the University of Freiburg (summa cum laude). He completed his specialist training in Freiburg and his habilitation in Mainz. In 1995, he was offered a position at the Mainz University Medical Center as director of the eye clinic, which he has headed since then and developed into one of the largest eye clinics in Germany. He is also chairman of the board and medical director of the University Medical Center Mainz. He is a member of various national and international societies. In 2012, he was admitted to the Leopoldina. His research focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma and the epidemiology of eye diseases. He has received numerous scientific awards including the prestigious Galenus von Pergamon Prize for the development of innovative glaucoma therapy.
Prof. Dr. Adrian Gericke is a senior physician, head of the cataract and refractive surgery department and of the department of ophthalmo-pharmacology and physiology in the Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. He published 102 scientific articles, totaling 1500 citations (h-index = 21, ResearchGate data, 28 December 2023).
