Corneal cross-linking has been shown to be a effective treatment for arresting the progression of keratoconus, and this study adds to the growing body of evidence supporting its use in patients of all ages.
This month’s issue of Ophthalmology Times Europe saw the publication of a review article, “The pathophysiology and pathomorphology of corneal ectasia” authored by Prof. Hafezi, Medical Director of the ELZA Institute, and Dr. Omid Kermani, Managing Director at Augenklinik am Neumarkt in Cologne.
Can combining corneal OCT and air puff tonometry help better diagnose the earliest stages of keratoconus? That was the question ELZA researcher, Dr. Nanji Lu,
Ophthalmology Times Europe interviewed the Medical Director of ELZA Institute, Prof. Farhad Hafezi, for this month’s cover feature story: An In-Depth Look at Corneal Ectasia.
Dr. Emilio Torres-Netto, MD, PhD, is a cornea and cataract surgeon at the ELZA Institute in Zurich. Emilio was featured in this month’s issue of
Insieme21, an association for people with trisomy 21, their parents, carers, and relatives in German-speaking Switzerland, recently featured the ELZA Institute in the 2021 edition
Accelerated CXL. For many years now, cornea specialists have used the excellent 10 minutes at 9 mW/cm² protocol to cross-link adults with keratoconus. Why? Because
Prof. Farhad Hafezi, Medical Director of the ELZA Institute, Zurich, Switzerland was the second-placed winner of the VSY Biotechnology’s Ophthalmology Star awards 2021, presented at
Prof. Farhad Hafezi was recently profiled in the Swiss newspaper, Limmattaler Zeitung, in which he discussed everything from his pioneering research into corneal cross-linking (CXL), how he has spent the last two decades improving CXL to better treat not just keratoconus, but infections of the cornea too – in a way that doesn’t require antibiotics or antifungal drugs to kill the infectious organisms.
Here’s the latest news from Expertscape: ELZA’s consultant surgeons are world leaders! Prof. Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, FARVO ranked in the world’s top ten –
