Doctor Philippe Koch - Ophtalmologist in Brussels

Philippe Koch obtained his degree of medicine in the Free University of Brussels since june 2002 with summa cum laude.

• Ophthalmology sub-speciality in Prof C Verougstraete and J Libert wards in CHU Brugmann and St-pierre from 2002 to 2006.
• Ophthalmology sub-speciality in Prof JV Forrester ward in NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, Scotland (UK) in 2005: uveitis clinics.
• European diploma of ophthalmology (Paris, EBO) in may 2006.
• Resident in Ophthalmology in CHU St-pierre since 2006.
• Chief clinical assistant in Ophthalmology in CHU St-Pierre since 2011.
• Part-time researcher in IRIBHM-Campus Erasme (ULB) since 2001.
• European diploma of vitreo-retinal surgery (Bremen, EVRTS) in may 2008.
• Laureate for the fund for research in ophthalmology (FRO) in 2002, 03, 04, and 08.
• Laureate for the Vesale foundation in 2003, 04, and 05.
• Laureate for the Saucez-Van Poucke foundation in 2008.
• Degree of Medicals sciences (PhD) in the Free University of Brussels since march 2011 following the defense of an original thesis entitled: "Study and treatment of intraocular inflammation by anti-inflammatory gene transfer to the retina" followed by an annex thesis: "Study of molecular mechanisms of Retinogenesis using Embryonic Stem Cells".