Prof. Dr. Marie - José Tassignon

Prof. Dr. Marie - José Tassignon
President of the IOFS
Prof. Dr. Marie-Jose Tassignon is emeritus chair and chief of the Department of Ophthalmology, at the University Hospital of Antwerp, she is past president of the EBO and the ESCRS. She is an international renowned ophthalmologist has received many global awards in recognition to her contribution in the international ophthalmological field. One of her strong points in which she invested a lot of work is the development of the innovative bag-in-the-lens implantation technique to avoid the development of the so-called secondary cataract. She is also a keen proponent of the need for ophthalmologists to understand physiology and the physics of optics, and she is behind the development of a novel femtosecond laser floater treatment method.

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