Dr. Dr. Dion Paridaens

Current position:

1. Medical Director, Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2. Oculoplastic Fellowship Director
3. Head of Residency Program (27 residents)
4. Head of Orbital Service, the Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam
5. Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon in Focuskliniek Oogziekenhuis Rotterdam
6. Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon in ELZA Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland

Other roles:

1. President European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (ESOPRS) (2023- )
2. Co-Editor, Acta Ophthalmologica
3. Section Editor The British Journal of Ophthalmology
4. Hon Secretary of Scientific Foundation SWOO-Flieringa
5. Supervisor of PhD students
6. Frequent (inter)national guest lecturer
7. Co-editor of the 2-volume ESOPRS textbook on Ophthalmic, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
8. (Co-)author of over 200 PubMed-listed publications
9. (Co-)author of various book chapters

Past roles:

1. Honorary Editor-in-Chief of Orbit Journal (1997-2011)
2. Visiting Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Hopitâux Universitaires de Genève (H.U.G.) (2011-2016)
3. Honorary Secretary of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (ESOPRS)

Past training:

1. Research fellowship, Institute of Ophthalmology/Moorfields Eye Hospital (1990-1992)
2. Residency in ophthalmology, FC Donders Institute of Ophthalmology, Utrecht (1992-1996)
3. Oculoplastic & Orbital fellowship, the Rotterdam Eye Hospital (1996-1997)
4. Orbital fellowship in Vancouver, Canada (1997)