Manfred Zierhut
Manfred Zierhut is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University Eye Hospital in Tübingen. His scientific interests include clinical and experimental immunology, especially in uveitis, conjunctivitis and keratitis, eye diseases caused by systemic disorders, immunological mechanismsleading to uveitis, therapy of Behçet’s disease, allergies of the eye and dry-eye syndromes. Dr Zierhut is a member of the Intermedial Uveitis Study Group, the Inflammation Society and the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society (TFOS). He has 105 original publications in journals, 62 chapters in books and 190 posters/ proceedings of meetings and abstracts, is the editor of 24 books, has given more than 600 lectures and has been the chief organiser of 32 workshops or meetings. Dr Zierhut is Editor in Chief of Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. He also heads the German and European Uveitis Patient Interest Groups. He completed his residency at the Universities of Hannover and Tübingen and a fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School.