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Name : Carl Peter HERBORT
Date of birth : June 18, 1953
Country of birth : Switzerland
Civil status : Married, 2 children
Country of citizenship : Switzerland

Address
Home : 12, Route de Chenaux
CH-1091 Grandvaux, Switzerland

Work : Centre for Ophthalmic Specialised care (COS)
Rue de la Grotte 6
CH-1003 Lausanne, Switerland

Phone: + 41 21 643 15 15
Fax: + 41 21 648 60 10
carl.herb@bluewin.ch

Professional status :

University: Privat-docent (PD) & Master of Education and Research (MER) at the University of Lausanne Medical School, Lausanne, Switzerland

Private : Founder of the Centre for Ophthalmic Specialised Care (COS) in 2004

Education & Titles :

1973 Swiss bachelor’s degree at the College of St.-Maurice, Switzerland
1973-1979 Medical School of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland
1979 Obtention of the Swiss Fedral Diploma of Medicine at the University of Lausanne School of Medicine.
1980 Passed ECFMG examination, in Geneva, Switzerland 1980 Passed VQE examination allowing the practice of medicine in the USA, in Paris, France
1986 Obtention of Dr M. Sc Title after acceptation of thesis presented at the Lausanne University School of Medicine
1986 FMH Certification by the Swiss Board of Ophthalmology
1994 Obtention of the academic titles of Privat-docent (PD) and Master of Education and Research (MER) at the Lausanne University School of Medicine, Switzerland
2005 Fellow European Board of Ophthalmology

Chronology of Emploment :     

1980 Internship, Dpt of Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital
1981 Resident in the Division of Neuropathology, University of Lausanne
1982-1986 Resident in the Dpt of Ophthalmology, Lausanne University Hospital
1987 Fellowship in the Dpt of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
1988 Fellowship at the Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, USA
1989 Fellowship in the  Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
1990-1994 Chef de Clinique in the Dpt of Ophthalmology, Lausanne University Eye Hospital
1994-2002, Médecin-adjoint in the Dpt of Ophthalmology, Lausanne University Eye Hospital
1994-present Privat-docent (PD) and Master of Education and Research (MER) at the Lausanne University School of Medicine
1994-present Director of La Source Eye Center, Lausanne, Switzerland
2004-present Chief uveitis clinic, Fondation Rothschild, Clinique Générale Beaulieu, Geneva, Switzerland      

Academic and Professional Recognitions :

1985: Ophthalmology Chibret Price presented by the Swiss Society of Ophthalmology (SSO)
1986: Grant-award by the Japanese Ministry of Education for a one year fellowship at the University of Tokyo
1987:. Grant-award by the Florian Verrey Foundation for a one year fellowship at the University of San Francisco
1988: Grant-award by the Swiss National Research Fund for a one year fellowship at the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
1990: Ophthalmology Chibret Price presented by the Swiss Society of Ophthalmology (SSO)
1991: Ophthalmology Poster Price presented by the Swiss Society of Ophthalmology (SSO)
1999: Ophthalmology Poster Price presented by the Swiss Society of Ophthalmology (SSO)
2000 “Achievement award” presented by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (first swiss ophthalmologist to receive this award)
2000 – present : President Society for Ophthalmo-Immunoinfectiology in Europe (SOIE)
2001 Ophthalmology Video Price awarded by the Swiss Society of Ophthalmology (SSO)
2005 – present : Treasurer Internationa Uveitis Study Group (IUSG)
2005 – present : Chief-editor of the journal "International Ophthalmology"
2005 – present : Official Examiner at the annual examination of European Board of Ophthalmology (Paris, France)
2006 Invited Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo Japan
2006 Elected Chair of Section, European Association for Vision and Eye Research
2007 Invited Clinical Professor, Postgraduate Institute, Chandigarh, India

Professional Societies :  

Swiss Medical Society, since 1980
Swiss Ophthalmological Society, since 1983
Nichigan, Japanese Ophthalmological Society, since 1990
French Ophthalmological Society, since 1991
Swiss Society of Infectious Diseases, since 1991
American Academy of Ophthalmology, since 1992
International Ocular Inflammation Society, founding member, since 1992
American Uveitis Society, since 1993
International Uveitis Study Group, since 1994
Société d’Ophtalmo-Immuno-Infectiologie Francophone (SOIF), founding member  and General Secretary, since 1996
Society for Ophthalmo-Immuno-Infectiology in Europe (SOIE), founding member and President, since 2000  

Publications :

More than 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals
Publication of Uveitis Textbook : Uveitis, Text & Imaging, Gupta, A, Gupta V, Herbort CP, Khairallah M. Jaypee brothers, Dehli, 2008

Lausanne, November 2008

Carl P. Herbort, MD, PD, MER, FEBO