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About Jan Worst
Title: Professor Doctor
Born: March 30, 1928 in Arnhem, The Netherlands
Royal honour: Appointed Officer of the Order of Oranje Nassau by the Queen of the Netherlands in April 1994
Medical qualifications:
•Studied at Medical college of Utrecht
•Title: Medical Doctor, granted March 24, 1955
•Postgraduate qualification in ophthalmology at University Eye Hospital Groningen
•Registered as ophthalmologist 7-03-1960
•Doctor in Ophthalmology, “cum laude” granted November 30, 1966 on his thesis: “Pathogenesis of Congenital Glaucoma”.
1955-1959
University Eye Hospital Groningen as Resident
1959-1968
University Eye Hospital Groningen as “Chef de Clinique”, first ophthalmologist, assistant professor.
1968 - 2000
Ophthalmic Surgeon in Refaja Hospital Stadskanaal
1968 - today
Senior Ophthalmologist in Ophthalmological Medical Center (group of five practising ophthalmologists) and Outpatient surgeon in private clinic, Groningen
1990 - 1991
Boerhaave Professorship, University of Leiden, Ophthalmology Department (Anatomy and Physiology of the Vitreous Body)
Guest surgery
From 1966 till today invited for “Guest Surgery” in various countries:
France
Foundation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris
University Eye Hospital, Nancy
Dr. Amar’s Hospital, Cannes
Switzerland
Dr. Bangerter’s Clinic, St. Gallen
Germany
University Eye Hospital, Giessen
Italy
Hospital Desenzano
University Eye Clinic, Bologna
Eye Hospital, Avelino
University of Parma
Brasil
Campinas, Sao Paulo
England
Charing Cross Hospital, London
University Eye Clinic, Newcastle upon Tyne
Pakistan
Christian Hospital, Taxila
U.S.A
University of Southern California Medical Centre, Los Angeles
Nepal
Kathmandu
Nepalganj
India
Bombay
Spain
Barcelona
Tunesia
Tunis
Russia
Intersectoral Research + Technology Complex, “Eye Micro Surgery”, Moscow
Egypt
As-Salam, International Hospital Cairo
Inventions
Inventor of a number of intraocular lens designs and ophthalmological instruments.
Publications
•Author of a number of scientific publications on the subject of innovations of instrumentation, of surgical techniques and clinical concepts in ophthalmology
•Author of the book: “Cisternal Anatomy of the Vitreous”. Publicated in 1995 by Kugler Publications, New York
•Author of a 3-D book: “The Vitreous Body in 3-D” Publicated in 2001 by the Jan Worst Research Group (JWRG), The Netherlands
Instructional courses
•Since 1968 Course Director for instructional courses on the subject of Intraocular Lens Implantation for aphakia and refractive surgery. (Artisan Intra Ocular Lens)
Awards
•Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brasil 1971 Brasilian Congress of Ophthalmology
•Binkhorst Award, 1976 American Intra Ocular Implant Society
•Association Française des Implants Intraoculaires, 1979 1e festival du film sur l’implantation intraoculaire, Cannes.
•Ruth Gray Lecture Award, 1981
•Canadian Implant Association, 1983 Temoignage d’Honneur
•Snellen Penning (medal), 1983 Utrecht, Holland
•Jorn Boberg-Ans Award, 1985 Film Festival, Cannes
•Rayner Medal Lecture, 1986 United Kingdom Intraocular Implant Society
•American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), 1987. Film Festival, U.S.A
•Honorary member Nepalese Society of Ophthalmology, 1989
•The Leslie Drews Lecture, 1990 Bethesda Eye Institute, U.S.A
•Jan G.F. Worst Lectureship, 1999 (to be held yearly by an IIIC-member)
•Binkhorst Lecture, 2000 European Society of Cataract Refractive Surgery (ESCRS) Brussels, Belgium
•Wubbo Ockels Award, 2002 Groningen, The Netherlands. An award for people who made an important contribution to science.
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