Bringing the future into focus

Dr. Thomas Theelen

Dr. Theelen is specialized in retinal imaging, vitreoretinal surgery, medical retina and glaucoma. He has developed novel minimal invasive vitrectomy techniques and pioneered the use of non penetrating glaucoma surgery (canaloplasty) in the Netherlands.

Experience

  •  Medical studies and doctorate (summa cum laude) in Aachen
  •  Residency at University Eye Clinic Magdeburg and Mülheim a/d Ruhr
  •  Since 2003: associate professor at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

Expertise

  •  Imaging (fundus autofluorescence, functional imaging, optical coherence tomography)
  •  Digital image analysis in ophthalmology
  •  Pharmacological therapy of macular degeneration

Tasks

  •  Patient evaluation
  •  Development of new imaging modalities

Selected publications

  •  Theelen T, Berendschot TT, Hoyng CB, Boon CJ, Klevering BJ. Near-infrared reflectance imaging of neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2009;247(12):1625-33.
  •  Theelen T, Berendschot TT, Boon CJ, Hoyng CB, Klevering BJ. Analysis of visual pigment by fundus autofluorescence. Exp Eye Res. 2008;86(2):296-304
  •  Van der Veen RLP, Fuijkschot J, Willemsen MAAP, Cruysberg JRM, Berendschot TTJM, Theelen T. Patients with Sjögren-Larsson syndrome lack macular Pigment. Ophthalmology 2009 «in press»
  •  Boon CJ, Klevering BJ, Cremers FP, Zonneveld-Vrieling MN, Theelen T, Den Hollander AI, Hoyng CB. Central areolar choroidal dystrophy. Ophthalmology. 2009;116(4):771-82, 782.e1.
  •  Theelen T, Boon CJ, Klevering BJ, Hoyng CB. [Fundus autofluorescence in patients with inherited retinal diseases : patterns of fluorescence at two different wavelengths].  Ophthalmologe. 2008;105(11):1013-22.