Susanne Trauzettel-Klosinski
MD, Professor of Ophthalmology
Head of Vision Rehabilitation Unit
Business address
Vision Rehabilitation Research Unit,
Institute for Ophthalmic Research,
University Eye Hospital
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 7
D-72076 Tübingen,
Germany
Phone: +49 7071 29-80818
Fax: +49 7071 29-5164
E-mail: susanne.trauzettel-klosinski@uni-tuebingen.de
Academic Education
| 1976 | General Medical Licence (Approbation), Medicin, Tübingen |
| 1974 | Exam of Educational Commission of foreign medical graduates ECFMG, Medicin, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Chicago, USA |
| 1974 | MD (thesis), Medicin (pediatrics), Tübingen |
| 1974 | Final exam, Medicin, Tübingen |
| 1972 | Student internship (Famulatur), Pediatrics, JJ-Hospital, Mumbai, India |
| 1968-74 | Medical student, Medicin, Tübingen |
Professional Experience
| Since 2013 | Head of Vision Rehabilitation Research Unit, Vision Rehabilitation, Univ. Eye Hospital Tübingen |
| 2000 | Professor of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Univ. Eye Hospital Tübingen |
| 1994 | Associate professor of Ophthalmology (Habilitation), Neuro-Ophthalmology, Univ. Eye Hospital Tübingen |
| 1991-2013 | Senior physician Founding director of the Low Vision Clinic and Research Lab 1991, Vision Rehabilitation, Univ. Eye Hospital Tübingen |
| 1990-91 | Research scholarship, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Univ. Eye Hospital Tübingen |
| 1989-1990 | Neuro-ophthalmological consultant, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Neurol. Department Inselspital Bern, Switzerland |
| 1985-89 | Associate scientist during stay in Switzerland, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Univ. Eye Hospital Tübingen |
| 1979-85 | Assistant Professor and Senior Physician, Neuro-Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen |
| 1980 | Qualification for Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology |
| 1976-79 | resident, Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Freiburg |
| 1974-76 | Internship, Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Freiburg |
| 1974-76 | Internship, Pediatrics, Neurology, Psychiatry, University of Tübingen |
| 1974-76 | Internship, Surgery, Nürtingen Hospital |
| 1974-76 | Internship, Intern Medicine, Robert Bosch Hospital Stuttgart |
Professional Activities and Functions
Organization of Academic Events
| 2002-2004 | Coordinator of a EU- Research project about reading in AMD (AMD-Read) (QLK6-CT-2002-00214): regular meetings of the research partners |
| 2001 | Host of the international meeting of the European Neuroophthalmology Society (EUNOS) 2001 in Tübingen |
| Since 2000 | Member of scientific committees of more than 30 scientific international meetings |
| Since 2010 | Organization of repeated meetings with the board of the European Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation (ESLRR) |
| Since 2010 | Organization of repeated meetings with the scientific committee of the European Neuroophthalmological Society (EUNOS) |
Academic Awards
| 1992 | Video-Award of the German Ophthalmology Society (Co-Author) |
| 1999 | Atwell Award for my doctoral student Jens Reinhard for „Excellence in Vision Rehabilitation Research“ |
| 2001 | Poster Award at the Fortüne Kolloquium Tübingen |
| 2002 | First Poster Award at „Vision 2002“ in Göteborg |
| 2002 | Hrubach Award for optics for my diploma student Andrea Stockum |
| 2003 | Dissertation-Award of the Bielschowsky Society for my doctoral student Jens Reinhard |
| 2003 | Fellow in the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) |
| 2004 | 1. Prize for the best Curriculum (Co-Author) at the Medical Faculty WS 03/04 |
| 2005 | Poster Award for my doctoral student A. Messias at VISION 2005 |
| 2009 | Research Award for Neurorehabilitation of the Fürst-Donnersmarck Foundation |
| 2014 | Dissertation-Award of the Bielschowsky Society for my doctoral student Ingelene Damm |
| 2017 | Elfriede Aulhorn Honorary Lecture 2017 at the German Ophthalomology Society |
Academic Teaching and Services
| 2002-2008 | Vice President of the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation (ISLRR) |
| 2010-2017 Since 2017 | Vice President of the European Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation (ESLRR) Advisory member of the board |
| 2010-2017, Since 2017 | Research Director of the European Neuroophthalmology Society (EUNOS) Advisory member of the Research Committee |
| 2013-2015 | Member of the “guideline commission developmental dyslexia” (representative of the German Ophthalmology Society) |
| 2012-2018 | Member of the „working group ophthalmology“ at the German Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs |
| 2015 | Member of the consortium for the WHO-Consensus Conference on Low Vision |
Memberships
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
- Bielschowsky Society
- Berufsverband der Augenärzte Deutschlands (BVA)
- Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (DOG)
- European Neuro-Ophthalmological Society (EUNOS)
- North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) fellow
- International Society of Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation (ISLRR)
- European Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation (ESLRR)
- Low Vision Research Group (LVRG)
Further Activities
- Advisory member in the Research Committee of the European Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (EUNOS)
- Advisory member in the Board of the European Society of Low Vision research and Rehabilitation (ESLRR)
Selected Publications
Vision Rehabilitation (general)
- Trauzettel-Klosinski S (2010) Rehabilitation for Visual Disorders. J Neuro-Ophthalmol 30: 73-84
https://journals.lww.com/jneuro-ophthalmology/pages/default.aspx - Trauzettel-Klosinski S, Dietz K and the IReST Study Group (2012) Standardized Assessment of Reading Performance: The new International Standardized Reading Texts IReST. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 53:5452-5461. https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2166061
Hemianopia
- Trauzettel - Klosinski S (1997): Eccentric fixation in hemianopic field defects - a valuable strategy to improve reading ability and an indication for cortical plasticity. Neuro - Ophthalmol 18: 117-131
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/01658109709044129 - Trauzettel - Klosinski S, Reinhard J (1998) The vertical field border in human hemianopia and its significance for fixation behavior and reading. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 39. 2177-2186
https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2161929 - Reinhard J, Schreiber A, Schiefer U, Sabel BA, Kasten E, Kenkel S, Vonthein R, Trauzettel-Klosinski S (2005) Does visual restitution training change absolute homonymous scotoma? British Journal of Ophthalmology 89: 30-35
https://bjo.bmj.com/content/89/1/30.long - Horton JC, Fahle M, Mulder T, Trauzettel-Klosinski S (2017). Adaptation, perceptual learning, and plasticity of brain functions Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 255:435–447, DOI 10.1007/s00417-016-3580-y
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00417-016-3580-y
Training
- Roth T, Sokolov AN, Messias A, Roth P, Weller M, Trauzettel-Klosinski S. (2009) Comparing explorative saccade and flicker training in hemianopia: a randomized controlled study. Neurology 72(4): 324-331.
https://n.neurology.org/content/neurology/72/4/324.full.pdf - Ivanov IV, Kuester S, MacKeben M, Krumm A, Haaga M, Staudt M, Cordey A, Gehrlich C, Martus P, Trauzettel Klosinski S (2018) Effects of visual search training in children with hemianopia. PLoS One 13(7): e0197285. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197285.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0197285 - Kaltenegger K, Kuester S, Altpeter E, Eschweiler GW , Cordey A , Gehrlich C, Ivanov IV, Martus P, Knipp C, Trauzettel-Klosinski S (2019) . Effects of home reading training on reading speed and depression in AMD -A randomized and controlled study. Graefe`s Archives Exp Clin Ophthalmol, Nr. XXX
Free download: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00417-019-04328-9
Optic neuritis
- Trauzettel-Klosinski S (1989) Various stages of optic neuritis assessed by subjective brightness of flicker. Arch Ophthalmol 107: 63-68.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/article-abstract/637633 - Pihl-Jensen G, Ivanov IV, Hinze D, Trauzettel-Klosinski S, Frederiksen J (2019)
Sensitive assessment of acute optic neuritis by a new, digital flicker test. Ophthalmic Research, DOI: 10.1159/000503304 . https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/503304
Developmental dyslexia
- Trauzettel-Klosinski S, Mackeben M, Reinhard J, Feucht A, Dürrwächter U, Klosinski G (2002). Pictogram naming in dyslexic and normally reading children assessed by SLO. Vision Research 42: 789-799
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vision-research