Portrait von Dr. Karsten Klabe
Dr. Karsten Klabe

Leitender Operateur

Dr. Klabe during a surgery.
Dr. Karsten Klabe beim Vortrag.
Dr. Klabe giving a lecture.

Dr. Karsten Klabe: Your experienced ophthalmologist for minimally-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS)

The specialty of Dr. Karsten Klabe, ophthalmologist and our head surgeon, is the minimally-invasive surgical treatment of glaucoma. He is among the first to use micro-implants and is using a new laser therapy in addition to surgical treatments.

In corneal transplantation, he is using the particularly gentle DMEK technique in which only individual corneal layers are transplanted. Until the end of 2014, Dr. Klabe was the chief physician of the ophthalmologic clinic at the Marien Hospital Düsseldorf for ten years. We are very happy that he has been working as an ophthalmologist and head surgeon for us since 2015.

Specialties of Dr. Karsten Klabe

  • Laser therapy using selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT)
  • Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) with and without microimplants
  • Glaucoma surgery, e.g. 360 degree canaloplasty
  • Corneal transplantation using the DMEK technique (selective transplantation of the Descemet membrane)
  • Minimally invasive vitreous and retinal surgery
  • Laser cataract surgery

Professional experience, CV and lecturing activities

Medical and scientific experience
  • Since 2015: Head surgeon of Breyer, Kaymak & Klabe Augenchirurgie
  • Since 2010: Co-operation partner of the International Vision Correction Research Venter Networks (IVCR.net) of Universitäts-Augenklinik Heidelberg
  • Since 2010: Head of the research institute for international innovative ophthalmologic surgery (I.I.O.), Düsseldorf
  • 2005 to 2014: Chief physician of the ophthalmologic clinic at the Marien Hospital Düsseldorf
  • 2003-2014: Consultant of the ophthalmologic department at St. Martinus Krankenhaus, Düsseldorf (chief physician PD (private lecturer) Dr. K. D. Lemmen)
  • 2000-2003: Senior physician of the ophthalmologic clinic at Helius Klinikum Wuppertal (director Prof. Dr. E. Gerke)
  • 1996-2000: Universitäts-Augenklinik Bochum-Langendeer under Prof. Dr. U. Gronemeyer
Education and graduation
  • 1996: Graduation with a thesis in the field of medical microbiology on the resistance of gram-positive pathogens against beta-lactam antibiotics and gyrase inhibitors at Universität Rostock
  • 1994-1996: Augenklinik Schwerin PD Dr. E. Koester
  • 1993-1994; Universitätsaugenklinik Rostock under Prof. Dr. R. Guthoff
  • 1988-1993: Studies in human medicine at Universität Rostock
International lecturing

For many years, Dr. Klabe has been giving lectures at the congresses of the following professional associations:

  • DOC: Deutsche Ophthalmochirurgen (German ophthalmological surgeons)
  • DOG: Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (German ophthalmologic society)
  • ESCRS: European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
  • SOE: European Society of Ophthalmology
  • EURETINA
  • ICGS: International Congress of Glaucoma Surgery
  • RG: Retinologische Gesellschaft
  • AAO: American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • ASCRS: American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
  • WOC: World Ophthalmology Congress

Lectures Publications

Dr. Klabe operiert, im Hintergrund steht seine Assistentin.