Norbert Pfeiffer

Affiliation

Universitätsmedizin Mainz

Biography

Norbert Pfeiffer studied medicine at the Universities of Gießen, Newcastle upon Tyne (England), Würzburg, Freiburg and Cambridge (England) and received his M.D. degree from Freiburg University (summa cum laude). He majored in ophthalmology at the Universities of Freiburg and Mainz. After a fellowship in pharmacology at Freiburg University in the group of Prof. Starke he focused his research interest on the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma. In 1995 he became chairman and director of the department of ophthalmology at Mainz University and served as the CEO of Mainz University Hospital from 1999 – 2002, 2008 – 2010 and 2012-2014 and since 2017. He is a member of several national and international societies including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and the prestigious Leopoldina. His research has focused on elucidating important aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of glaucomatous disease combining both morphological and functional aspects and introducing basic science methods into the clinical diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma. He has authored or co-authored well over 400 scientific publications and was awarded several scientific prices including the prestigious Galenus von Pergamon Prize for the introduction of innovative medical therapies.