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Nachlese zum DOG Kongress 2007 Überreichung der ersten von-Graefe-Medaille
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 Grußwort von Prof. Dr. Yasuo Tano (Osaka, Japan) Präsident der Asia-Pasific Academy of Ophthalmology
Mr. President, As a President of the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology representing all ophthalmologists and their allies from our region, I’d like to deliver a congratulatory message to all of you gathering here today to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the German Society of Ophthalmology. Congratulations! We, as Asian ophthalmologists, have learned and been deeply affected by German ophthalmology from our very beginning, especially since we started to participate in the International Congress of Ophthalmology some 120 years ago. For this reason I’d like to sincerely address our profound admiration and respects from which you inspired us during these years by your significant contributions to ophthalmology. When we look back at the history of your society, we must admit that it almost exactly synchronises the history of the world ophthalmology. And the world efforts on restoration of the sight. Indeed, your society has continuously been leading us with the highest standards of our speciality. We are currently exchanging and practising the most sophisticated knowledge of science in the global community of ophthalmology. Yet we must be aware of the fact that there are more than 160 million visually impaired people globally, majority of them living in Asia Pacific and sub-Saharan African regions. We must also be aware of the fact that these visual impairments are mainly from treatable diseases such as trachoma and cataract. We are overcoming previously incurable diseases such as age related macular degeneration and glaucoma. Yet many people are left untreated because of unawareness of their disorders even among the most developed countries. Under the rapidly ageing population and the dynamically changing economical structures, we must collaborate to actively prevent and overcome the underlying problems for restoration and conservation of the precious gift of sight. We believe, the glory of 150 years of history of the German Society of Ophthalmology will continue to enlighten the world ophthalmology and to brightly shed its glow even to the very corner of the world for the benefit of our patient. Congratulations again and thank you for your attention. |
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Grußwort von Dr. Dunera R. Ilako (Nairobi, Kenia) Leiterin der Augenklinik der Universität Nairobi
Mr. President, We really feel privileged and honoured, I in particular, to stand before you to celebrate with you your 150 years. It’s no mean task! My colleagues before have mentioned the problems of blindness and we all know that most of them are in Asia, most of them again in Africa, sub-Saharan Africa. As I stand before you here, I represent parts of Africa, East Africa, that has greatly benefited from the relationships that we have had with German organisations. Let me indulge you in that relationship has been existing between us and the Munich eye hospital for close to 30 years. We are slowly heading to a 150 years, which I think is great. And I would love to thank Professor Lund who had started it, Prof. Kampik, who is the current director and who continues to assist and help us let this relationship grow. We all know that among Vision 2020 problems, one of the issues that really concerns us, is human resource development. We have greatly benefited from almost all the German organisations in terms of short-term, long-term relationships with lecturers coming to our institutions and short-term lecturers coming to some of the German universities. One person in this room, that never gives up on us, is Professor Klauß. He is the one, I’m sure, our Central Republican, I’m sure they are here, our African brothers and sisters from Central African Republic, they have been coming to DOG for the last several years and because research is a big part, we’ve not been left behind but we have been assisted in trying to get what Europe can offer and also the kind of diseases that we do have. So we have collaborated with researchers in our areas. I hope this relationship will continue and we really want to wish you a wonderful, wonderful Happy Birthday. But as we individually have relationships with universities, we’d like that we have our relationship - right now we are trying to create a relationship between South and South, North and South. We have started a networking process between our societies in West Africa and with our societies in South Africa and now our Ophthalmological Society of East Africa, know as OSEA, OSEA has been in existence for at last 28 years or so. We started in 35 years but the relationship has been a little long-going. So as a society as well, we are wondering, if we could develop a link now between OSEA and DOG. So if we could start that linkage, I think the bond will be much stronger and will create a wonderful marriage. |
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Dear President, As a matter of fact between both our scientific societies, the correct words defining our links is friendship, co-operation and mutual respect. This was initiated a few years ago by Professor Dr. Christian Hartmann and we have to remember him each time we put a step forward in the organisation of the European ophthalmology. On behalf of the French ophthalmologists and as a President of the SFO it’s my pleasure and my honour to congratulate our friend, the DOG, for a splendid past and for the great and brilliant future that you will have with the drive of the President Professor Duncker and the Executive Secretary Professor Kampik. I would like to thank you very much. Merci et Félicitations! |
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Grußwort von Dr. Charles P.Wilkinson (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) Präsident der American Academy of Ophthalmology
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Grußwort von Prof. Dr. Rubens Belfort (Sao Paolo, Brazil) Präsident des Congresso Mundial de Oftalmologia, Mitglied des ICO
As an observer of what goes on in life, in medicine, in ophthalmology in the last many years, I see with pride what goes on in our field. The international congress had been revitalised a lot thanks to Professor Naumann and the group that now has a leadership of the International Council of Ophthalmology. The next congress in Hong Kong is going to be a huge success. We all know how important China is for the world, we all know the huge problems they still have regarding vision and blindness. And your presence there - not only as individuals but as a country, as societies - is essential to improve education. After that, we are going to have a fantastic meeting here in Berlin. And again, as an observer and also as a member of the Committee I see with happiness and pride what goes on under the right leadership of Professor Lang and his high-level committees. After that we are going to meet in Dubai and then in Japan and every two years we continue to have the most important congress under the name of WOC. A congress not only for friends to get together but a congress that will provide the right environment for our profession to go ahead. We are in ophthalmology because we care for vision and it’s important not to make medicine go ahead. The challenge is to make modern medicine available to everybody. As an ophthalmologist, as an ophthalmologist from Brazil, I think I can represent every ophthalmologist in the world saying that we all depend a lot on what goes on in Europe and what goes on in Germany and we are proud of continuing to have Germany as one of the leaders in the whole field of vision and prevention of blindness. Thank you very much for the great opportunity to be with you here today to celebrate these fantastic 150 years of your history. Thank you. |
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Grußwort von Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c.mult. G. O. H. Naumann (Erlangen) Immediate Past-President of ICO
First of all I want to thank you for the opportunity - or I should better say - for the privilege to participate in this celebration. I stand here as a proud member of the German Ophthalmologic Society by presenting the International Council at the official request of my successor Bruce Spivey, the current President of the ICO. He does regret that he cannot be here in person, his letter is printed in the programme on page 7. On his behalf and the rest of the ophthalmologists of the world, I bring you congratulations and the reassurance that the world of ophthalmology is quite aware of the contributions of members of our society in the last 150 years. Second point: I’m delighted to note that several outstanding members of the 3-member International Council are attending this meeting. I mention them in alphabetic order: Rubens Belfort from Brazil. He was the President of the very successful World Congress in Sao Paulo last year and we consider him a hero for future world congresses in our profession. Jean-Jacques De Laey. He is the Secretary General of the ICO and an old friend from many fights for better ophthalmology in Europe. Zdenek Gregor represents the European society of Ophthalmology, Gerhard Lang is ex-officio President of the World congress 2010 and belongs in the international council. Nag Rao from Hyderabad, India. He is the President of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. And Serge Resnikoff, we have not seen him yet but he will be on the programme tomorrow. He is the Chairman of the Chronic Disease Group of the World Health Organisation. Yasuo Tano. He is the Treasurer of the ICO, very important person and he is also the President of the World Ophthalmology Congress in the year 2014, seven years from now. Zbigniew Zagorski. He is the Chairman of one of the four curricula for continuous medical education. My dear presence, these outstanding members demonstrate that they are also convinced, that we celebrate not only the 150 years of the Heidelberg later German Ophthalmologic Society but also of the international congress, international council starting exactly 10 days after the informal meeting of the Heidelberg meeting. And we know that both, the Heidelberg and the International Council are the longest continuing meeting in all of medicine not just in ophthalmology. For both of these entities we can reaffirm that they not only had and have sense but they continue to make sense. Third point, Pat Wilkinson. We know each other for 40 years. He is President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology that most intensely supports the International Council of Ophthalmology by sheer size in membership. And on a personal note I would like to add, many young ophthalmologists after the War they are grateful to our American colleagues, who helped us to rebuild ophthalmology after that period of time. Two short further comments: We all know that ophthalmology was the first speciality to separate from surgery. That was a breakthrough in itself. But our profession also pioneered the breakthrough in international scientific exchange from solitary individual travel across the borders to internationally attend meetings. And this is usually not known to colleagues outside our profession. In the past decades, the International Council evolved from a selecting entity to one that has programmes and concrete activities. Together with the WHO, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, a non-government organisation, we have formed a unique partnership - Vision 2020 - with the goal to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020. Tomorrow, a session is devoted to the crucial question headed by Volker Klauß, our most engaged colleague in this area, with the question „Can we meet the deadline?“. For the International Council the answer, in spite of the gigantic task, must be and can only be a confident yes. But it is conditioned by two „ifs“. First, we must convince the public and politic that preservation and the restoration of vision must be a priority in healthcare. We have cost-effective methods as stated by the World bank, who considers cataract surgery the most cost-effective procedure in all of medicine. Second, we should make use of the educational tools that have been developed by the International Council of Ophthalmology on a global basis with experts from all over the globe and adapt them to the local needs following the old suggestion of the Club of Rome “think globally act locally”. I mention from the tools of the International Council that have been developed in the last decade the four ICO curricula for medical students, residents, paraophthalmic personal and continuous medical education, the assessment tests for young ophthalmologists that have been taken by 17.000 colleagues from around the world, the ICO three months fellowship, that has given 250 colleagues and more the opportunity to come to eye departments in the developed world. There are 18 clinical guidelines and standards that are an opportunity to follow or to adapt to the local needs. But they are available and you can find them via the internet www.icoph.org and find a lot of information there. But it all depends on all and each of us. Let us get involved in spite of our daily struggles. The question is why. And the answer can be put very bluntly: Because we are physicians. Thank you. |
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Überreichung der ersten von-Graefe-Medaille sowie von Briefen Albrecht von Graefes Dr. Ingo von Graefe (Urenkel von Albrecht von Graefe)
als sie mich vor einigen Wochen anriefen und mich fragten, ob ich irgendeinen Beitrag leisten könne zu diesem Festakt, hatte ich an die Graefe Medaille gedacht, die bei mir Zuhause liegt von Helmholtz. Es wurde bereits erwähnt, er war der erste Preisträger im Jahre 1886. Ich habe sie leider nur in Bronze, es gibt sie auch in Silber, sicherlich auch in Gold, aber sie ist verschollen. Nun sehe ich draußen in der Ausstellung, dass es diese Medaille bereits gibt, also mein Vorschlag ist folgender: Wenn Sie möchten, können Sie eine Medaille von Herrn Gulstrandt haben, die haben Sie hoffentlich noch nicht. Sie haben Helmholtz ja auch in der Gestaltung Ihres Programms berücksichtigt und ihn neben Graefe und Donders gestellt, der eine Arzt, der eine Physiologe, der dritte Physiker. Diese drei Männer haben natürlich der Augenheilkunde ganz entscheidende Impulse gegeben und stehen auch für eine interdisziplinäre Arbeit, von der wir nur träumen können. Mitgebracht habe ich Ihnen auch einige Briefe von der Mutter von Albrecht von Graefe gerichtet an ihren Sohn aus dem Jahre 1848/1849. Dies war natürlich eine sehr bewegte politische Zeit, die auch an Albrecht von Graefe nicht vorübergegangen ist. Und Sie wissen vielleicht, dass Albrecht von Graefe diesem preussischen Staat äußerst kritisch gegenüber eingestellt war und diese Kritik hat er auch überdeutlich in einem Brief an seinen Freund Horner einige Jahre später formuliert. Ihre Fachgesellschaft, die DOG, hat sich über die Jahre sehr verdient gemacht um das Vermächtnis von Albrecht von Graefe. Ich erinnere an das Denkmal, wir haben es vorhin an die Wand geworfen gesehen, das 1970 anlässlich des 100. Todestages von Albrecht von Graefe hier in Berlin in der Nähe der Charité, des Tiergartens errichtet worden ist. Ich erinnere daran, dass vor einigen Jahren unter der Ägide von Prof. Hartmann, auch freundlicherweise bereits erwähnt, das durch Vandalismus zerstörte Grabmal von Albrecht von Graefe wiederhergestellt worden ist und die DOG hatte sich auch an der Restaurierung des Grabmals vor der Charité Schumannstraße beteiligt. Es steht jetzt noch folgendes Projekt an: Sie wissen vielleicht, dass der schriftliche Nachlass von Albrecht von Graefe vor einigen Jahren von Heidelberg nach Berlin transferiert worden ist und jetzt hier in Berlin im medizin-historischen Museum der Charité unter der Leitung von Professor Schnalke liegt. Dieser Nachlass muss aufgearbeitet werden und das kostet Geld. Wiederum hat die DOG ihre Unterstützung zugesagt. Für soviel Großzügigkeit seitens Ihrer Fachgesellschaft wollte sich die Familie bei Ihnen bedanken mit der Medaille, die auswechselbar ist und mit den Briefen, die wirklich Originale sind. Danke sehr. |
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