SCHAFFRATH, Kim Katharina
SCHAFFRATH, Kim Katharina
Dr.med.
Appointments
2016 – present | Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen |
Academic Qualification and Education
2008 – 2015 | Medical studies, RWTH Aachen University | |
2015 | State Examination Human Medicine, RWTH Aachen University | |
2019 | Doctor of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University |
Teaching Experience
2010 – 2013 | Student assistant, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University | |
2016 – present | Seminar for students on applied ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University |
Honors, Awards, Scholarships and Other Appointments (Selection)
06/2018 | Best abstracts award (travelling scholarship) at the Retinologische Gesellschaft (RG) annual meeting Title: “Pharmacological and electrical modulation of the spontaneous activity in degenerative retinas of rd10 mice“ | |
09/2018 | Best posters award at the Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (DOG) annual meeting Title: “Biocompatibility of epiretinal prostheses extended by an integrated circuit (IC) based optical capturing via photodiodes (OPTO-EPIRET)“ | |
2017 – 2018 | Fellowship in mentoring program „TANDEMpeerMED“ (Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University) |
Research Topics
Artificial Vision, Retinal Degeneration, Biomaterials, Epiretinal Prostheses
Key Publications
Lohmann, TK, Haiss F, Schaffrath K et al “The Very Large Electrode Array for Retinal Stimulation (VLARS) – A concept study" 2019 J. Neural Eng.https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ab4113).