Head of Department
Director Eye Clinic Sulzbach, Knappschaft Hospitals
Director Klaus Heimann Eye Research Institute (KHERI)
CURRICULUM VITAE
Prof. Dr. med. Szurman studied human medicine in Essen and Paris and completed his specialist training at the University Eye Clinic in Cologne. In 2001, he became a senior physician at the University Eye Clinic in Tübingen, where he habilitated in 2007 on new treatment approaches for macular degeneration. In 2008, he was appointed Professor and Vice Head of the clinic, taking over the research professorship for Experimental Ophthalmic Surgery.
Since 2010, he has served as Director of the Eye Clinic Sulzbach, one of the largest eye centers in Germany, with 25,000 surgeries, 7,000 inpatient cases, and 60,000 outpatient treatments annually. With 2,500 vitrectomies per year, the clinic has led the country in retinal surgery since 2015.
Prof. Szurman is specialized in minimally invasive eye surgery and has developed numerous innovative surgical procedures and instruments. His primary focus lies in retinal surgery, stem cell therapy, transplant surgery and new surgical techniques. Prof. Szurman has received numerous honors, including the Major Research Prize of the German Society of Ophthalmic Surgery (DOC) and the prestigious Albrecht-von-Graefe Honorary Lecture.
In 2018, he founded the KHERI Research Institute, which includes a cleanroom laboratory, a cell culture and materials science lab, a tissue bank, and an international clinical study center. His research focuses on stem cell therapy, tissue engineering, bionic microchip implants, and transplant surgery. He is the author of 350 scientific publications, holds numerous patents, and his projects are funded by the EU, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI).