Dr. med. Detlev Breyer

He has performed more than 45,000 operations on his own and is internationally recognized by his peers. Globally, he is one of the first ten surgeons using ReLEx SMILE and was one of the first ten European eye surgeons performing the minimally invasive laser cataract surgery.
Dr. Breyer has made a name for himself internationally in lens or cataract surgery by making a significant contribution to development of the micro incision surgery technique and being the first surgeon in the whole world to implant a toric lens in a live operation using an incision of only 1.5 mm. In 2012, the eye surgeon was among the pioneers using a femtosecond laser in refractive lens exchange. Internationally, Dr. Breyer is seen as a key opinion leader.
He was appointed to the review panel of the Journal of Refractive Surgery and the British Journal of Ophthalmology and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today Europe. In 2013, he was first awarded the FOCUS Siegel TOP Mediziner [seal for top doctors awarded by the magazine Focus] for refractive surgery and cataracts and has been included in the well-known FOCUS Ärzteliste [list of top doctors curated by the magazine Focus]. In 2019, he was awarded the Focus seal for the seventh time.

Founding member of the International Vision Correction Research Center Networks (IVCR.net) of the Universitäts-Augenklinik Heidelberg
Head of the research institution for innovative ophthalmologic surgery (I.I.O.), Düsseldorf
Since 2002: Partner and senior surgeon of Breyer, Kaymak & Klabe Eye Surgery, Düsseldorf

Professional experience and education
Assistant physician in the field of ophthalmology at the Klinikum Wuppertal and the eye clinic of the Universität Witten-Herdecke hospital, academic teaching institution of Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Resident, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, eye clinic, director: Prof. Dr. R. Sundmacher
German state examination in human medicine
US state examination in human medicine (USMLE I+II)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen/Nuremberg

International Clinical Experience
Will's Eye Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York University, USA

Education

• 1988-1995 Human medicine Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
• 1993/1994 United States Medical Licensing Examination (Steps I+II)
• 1997 Full admission to medical practice

Professional Experience

• 1995-1996 Internship Ophtalmology Department, Düsseldorf University Hospital
• 1997-1998 Assistant doctor Ophtalmology Department, Clinic Wuppertal GmbH (Düsseldorf University Teaching Hospital)
• 2000-2002 Senior physician Ophtalmology Department, Clinic Wuppertal GmbH
• 2002-2008 Leading surgeon Zeitz, Breyer und Taylor Eye Surgery Clinic, Düsseldorf
• since 2008 Leading surgeon & Partner Breyer, Kaymak and Klabe Eye Surgery Clinic, Düsseldorf

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