Draft:Albert J. Augustin

Albert J. Augustin (born September 16, 1959 in Würzburg) is a German ophthalmologist, researcher and director of the university hospital, the Ophthalmology Municipal Hospital of Karlsruhe.

Biography
Albert J. Augustin grew up in Sulzfeld am Main in Lower Franconia. After graduating from the Armin-Knab-Gymnasium in Kitzingen in 1979, he studied biology and chemistry at the University of Würzburg. Then, he began his medical studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Heidelberg University and at the University of Würzburg until 1989. In 1990 followed the Doctor of Medicine at the University of Würzburg with a thesis on The Influence of Lipid Peroxidation in Mesenteric Occlusive Shock and the Approval as a physician.

Until 1991, Augustin worked as an assistant physician at University of Würzburg, Department of Physiology with J. Lutz on the topic Oxidative tissue damage following ischemia and reperfusion of the intestine; Burdening of the monocyte-macrophage-system by perfluorochemicals. In 1995, he became a Medical specialty in ophthalmology. In 1996, he received the right to professorship at the University of Würzburg. His post doctoral thesis was Investigation of oxidative and inflammatory tissue damage in hereditary retinal diseases, diseases of the retinal pigment epithelium, experimental uveitis, and dry eyes. He also became senior physician at the University of Bonn.

From 1998 to 2001, he worked as Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Mainz. Scince 2001, he has been Director of the university hospital, the Ophthalmology Municipal Hospital of Karlsruhe. Augustin is also Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv.

Augustin has authored several publications and is a member of the editorial board of numerous journals. He is an internationally recognized researcher and reviewer in the areas of "Pathobiochemistry and pathophysiology of oxidative damage to the eye," "Biochemistry of the tear fluid," "Immunology of experimental lens induced and autoimmune uveitis," and "Immunology of Graefe's disease."

Augustin holds manifold activities in scientific societies, for example as vice president of the German Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, DGVII since 2015 till 2022 and member of the scientific committee of the International Congress on OCT Angiography, En Face OCT and Advances in OCT since 2018. He is also member of the Bruno Lumbroso Lecture Committee and the Scientific Committee of the FLORetina. Society

Honors and awards

 * 1991: Prize of the “Gedenkjahrstiftung” of the University of Würzburg
 * 1996: Film Award (1st place) of the German Ophthalmic Surgeons, DOC
 * 2010: American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award
 * 2015: Gold Medal of the DOC

Books

 * Augustin A.J., Schwegler J.S.: Physiologie für die mündliche Prüfung. Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York (1st ed. 1992; 2nd ed., 1998; 3rd ed., 2000) ISBN 978-3-540-55656-5
 * Collins J.F., Augustin A.J.: Augenheilkunde. Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York (1st ed. 1997) ISBN 978-3-540-30454-8
 * Augustin A.J.: Augenheilkunde. Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York (2nd ed. 2001) ISBN 978-3-540-30454-8
 * Augustin A.J., Felzer P.: Rund ums Auge: Frühwarnzeichen erkennen. MVS Medizinverlage Stuttgart (2004) ISBN 978-3-8304-3210-4
 * Augustin A.J.: Nutrition and the eye (Karger, 2005) ISBN 978-3-8055-7838-7
 * Bandello F, Battaglia Parodi M, Augustin A.J., Iaconon P., Schlingemann R.O., Schmidt-Erfurth U. and Verbraak F.D.: Anti-VEGF. Karger. Freiburg Basel (2010) ISBN 978-3-8055-9529-2
 * Augustin A.J.: Intravitreal Steroids. Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York (2015) ISBN 978-3-319-14486-3

Selected publications of research results according to subject areas
Detection and quantification of inflammation as a major component in the pathophysiology of diabetic retinopathy
 * Augustin AJ, Breipohl W, Böker T, Lutz J, Spitznas M. Increased lipid peroxide levels and myeloperoxidase activity in the vitreous of patients suffering from proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology. 231(11), 647–650 (1993). PMID 8258399
 * Augustin AJ, Spitznas M, Koch F, Grus F, Böker T. "Indicators of oxidative tissue damage and inflammatory activity in epiretinal membranes of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, proliferative vitreoretinopathy and macular pucker". German Journal of Ophthalmology. 4(1), 47–51 (1995). PMID 7728110
 * Augustin AJ, Grus FH, Koch F, Spitznas M. Detection of eicosanoids in epiretinal membranes of patients suffering from proliferative vitreoretinal diseases. The British Journal of Ophthalmology. 81(1), 58–60 (1997). PMID 9135410
 * Armstrong D, Augustin AJ, Spengler R et al. Detection of vascular endothelial growth factor and tumor necrosis factor alpha in epiretinal membranes of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, proliferative vitreoretinopathy and macular pucker. Ophthalmologica. 212(6), 410–414 (1998). PMID 9787233
 * Augustin AJ, Dick HB, Koch F, Schmidt-Erfurth U. Correlation of blood-glucose control with oxidative metabolites in plasma and vitreous body of diabetic patients. European Journal of Ophthalmology. 12(2), 94–101 (2002). PMID 12022292

Inflammation as a major pathway in the pathogenesis of dry eye disease
 * Augustin AJ, Spitznas M, Kaviani N et al. Oxidative reactions in the tear fluid of patients suffering from dry eyes. Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology. 233(11), 694–698 (1995). PMID 8566825
 * Grus FH, Augustin AJ, Evangelou NG, Toth-Sagi K. Analysis of tear-protein patterns as a diagnostic tool for the detection of dry eyes. European Journal of Ophthalmology. 8(2), 90–97 (1998). PMID 9673477
 * Grus FH, Augustin AJ. Analysis of tear protein patterns by a neural network as a diagnostical tool for the detection of dry eyes. Electrophoresis. 20(4-5), 875–880 (1999). PMID 10344262
 * Grus FH, Dick B, Augustin AJ, Pfeiffer N. Analysis of the antibody repertoire in tears of dry-eye patients. Ophthalmologica. 215(6), 430–434 (2001). PMID 11741110
 * Grus FH, Sabuncuo P, Augustin AJ. Analysis of tear protein patterns of dry-eye patients using fluorescent staining dyes and two-dimensional quantification algorithms. Electrophoresis. 22(9), 1845–1850 (2001). PMID 11425241
 * Grus FH, Augustin AJ. High performance liquid chromatography analysis of tear protein patterns in diabetic and non-diabetic dry-eye patients. European Journal of Ophthalmology. 11(1), 19–24 (2001). PMID 11284480
 * Grus FH, Sabuncuo P, Herber S, Augustin AJ. Analysis of tear protein patterns for the diagnosis of dry eye. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 506(Pt B), 1213–1216 (2002). PMID 12614054

Development of combination therapy in neovascular AMD
 * Augustin AJ, Dick HB, Offermann I, Schmidt-Erfurth U. Bedeutung oxidativer Mechanismen bei Erkrankungen der Netzhaut. Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde. 219(9), 631–643 (2002).
 * Augustin AJ, Schmidt-Erfurth U. Verteporfin and intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide combination therapy for occult choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 141(4), 638–645 (2006). PMID 16564797
 * Augustin AJ, Schmidt-Erfurth U. Verteporfin therapy combined with intravitreal triamcinolone in all types of choroidal neovascularization due to age-related macular degeneration. Ophthalmology. 113(1), 14–22 (2006). PMID 16360209
 * Schmidt-Erfurth U, Michels S, Augustin A. Perspectives on verteporfin therapy combined with intravitreal corticosteroids. Archives of Ophthalmology. 124(4), 561–563 (2006). PMID 16606885
 * Augustin AJ. Change of treatment paradigms for wet age-related macular degeneration. European Pharmacotherapy(1), 1–6 (2006).
 * Augustin AJ, Schmidt-Erfurth U. Verteporfin therapy and triamcinolone acetonide: convergent modes of action for treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration. European Journal of Ophthalmology. 16(6), 824–834 (2006). PMID 17191188
 * Augustin AJ, Offermann I. Combination therapy for choroidal neovascularisation. Drugs & Aging. 24(12), 979–990 (2007). PMID 18020531
 * Augustin AJ, Puls S, Offermann I. Triple therapy for choroidal neovascularization due to age-related macular degeneration: verteporfin PDT, bevacizumab, and dexamethasone. Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.). 27(2), 133–140 (2007). PMID 17290193
 * Augustin AJ, Scholl S. Combination Therapy for Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration. European Ophthalmic Review. 03(02), 98 (2009).
 * Augustin A. Triple therapy for age-related macular degeneration. Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.). 29(6 Suppl), S8-11 (2009). PMID 19553805

Member of the editorial board of scientific journals

 * Case Reports in Ophthalmology
 * Clinical Practice, published under Future Science Group Ltd.
 * Ophthalmology Times
 * Retina Today
 * Ophthalmic Research
 * Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases
 * Opthalmo-Chirurgie
 * American Journal of Clinical Case Reports