Swiss Visio Siloah

Dr. med. Armin Koestinger

Ophthalmologist, eyelid and tear duct specialist

Languages
DE
Further accreditations (2)
  • Privatklinik Siloah
  • Swiss Visio

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Hospital (3)

Swiss Visio Siloah
Worbstrasse 316
3073 Gümligen

Work Experience

since 2020

Owner of Düdingen Eye Centre

since 2015

Consultant for oculoplastic and lacrimal duct surgery Klinik am Casinoplatz Bern, Switzerland

2011 - 2020

Head physician, Department of Oculoplastic and Lacrimal Surgery Vista Klinik Binningen, Switzerland

2006 - 2010

Senior Consultant, Ophthalmology Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital East Melbourne, Australia

2002 - 2005

Resident, Ophthalmology Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin Lausanne, Switzerland

2002

Resident, General Surgery Cantonal Hospital Frauenfeld, Switzerland

2001 - 2002

Resident, Neurology Cantonal Hospital Basel, Switzerland

2001

Resident, Neurosurgery Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Switzerland

2000 - 2001

Resident, Ophthalmology Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland

Memberships

Member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society BOPSS

Member of the Swiss Ophthalmological Society SOG

Member of the Swiss Medical Association FMH

Board Member of the Swiss Academy of Ophthalmology SAoO

Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology FEBO

Publications

Tappy L, Koestinger A et al. Measurement of the whole body clearance of infused glycerol as a test of liver function after major hepatectomy. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 2002; 22(4):266-70.

Koestinger A, McKelvie P, McNab A. Primary cutaneous anaplastic large-cell lymphoma of the eyelid. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Jan;28(1):e19-21.

Koestinger A, Bovey EB. Visual acuity after vitrectomy and epiretinal membrane peeling with or without premacular indocyanine green injection. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2005 Nov-Dec;15(6):795-9.

Koestinger A, Guex-Crosier Y, Borruat FX. Autoimmune retinal dysfunction in sarcoid chorioretinopathy. Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd. 2006 May;223(5):428-30.

Koestinger A, Tappy L et al. Effect of liver transplantation on hepatic glucose metabolism in a patient with type I glycogen storage disease. Transplantation 2000 May 27; 69(10):2205-7.

Education

2010 - 2011

Clinical Fellow, Department of Oculoplastic, Lacrimal and Orbital Surgery Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital East Melbourne, Australia

2010

Specialist in ophthalmic surgery Association of Swiss Physicians FMH, Switzerland

2009

Clinical Fellow, Ophthalmology Eye Unit, Royal United Hospital Bath, England

2009

Specialist in ophthalmology Association of Swiss Physicians FMH, Switzerland

2005

Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology FEBO, Paris, France

2001

Doctorate (Dr med.) Faculty of Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

1999

Diploma in Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

1995 - 1999

Faculté de Médecine Université de Lausanne, Switzerland

Research

2001-2002
Collaboration in various national and international studies in the field of stroke at the Department of Neurology, Division of Cerebrovascular Diseases, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

1998-1999
Experimental and clinical research in the field of glucose metabolism at the Institut de Physiologie, Université de Lausanne et Soins Intensifs Chirurgicaux, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

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