Background
Naumann, Gottfried Otto Helmut was born on April 25, 1935 in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany. Son of Otto and Margarete (Fuerer) Naumann.
Naumann, Gottfried Otto Helmut was born on April 25, 1935 in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany. Son of Otto and Margarete (Fuerer) Naumann.
Doctor of Medicine, University Leipzig, 1957. Doctor (honorary), Semmelweis University, 2000. Doctor (honorary), Lublin University, 2002.
Intern Ventnor Foundation, Atlantic City, 1959—1960. Resident department ophthalmology University Hamburg, Germany, 1961—1964, instructor department ophthalmology, 1967, associate professor ophthalmology, 1968—1974. Fellow Armed Forces Institute Pathology, Washington, 1965—1966.
International visiting professor Associate University Professional Ophthalmology, Baltimore, 1972. Professor, chairman department ophthalmology University Tübingen, Germany, 1975—1980, University Erlangen, Germany, 1980—2004. Co-founder European Board Ophthalmology, London, 1992, president, 1996-1998.
7th Harvard lecturer ophthalmology, Boston, 1994. 30th Bjerrum lecturer Danish Ophthalmological Society, 1995. 11th European guest lecturer Oxford intern Congress, 1996.
Special lecturer International Academy Ophthalmology, Chicago, 1996. Zimmerman lecturer American Academy Ophthamology, 2003.
Member Founding Council University, Dresden, Germany, 1992-1994. Reviewer World Health Organization, Geneva, 1972-1995. Co-founder German-Speaking Ophthalmological Pathologists, Hamburg, 1972, European University Professor Ophthalmology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 1986.
Fellow: American Academy Ophthalmology (Honor award 1992, Senior Achievement award 2001, Lorenz E. Zimmerman medal 2003, International Blindness Prevention award 2007), German Ophthalmological Society (councillor 1970-1975, 1978-1985, honorary member, Bavarian Order of Merit 2001), Royal College Ophthalmology (United Kingdom) (honorary). Member: European Ophthalmological Pathological Society (president 1990-1993), German University Professors Ophthalmology 1985-1988, European Ophthalmology Society (general secretary 1976, 6th Charamis medal 1995), Hungarian Ophthalmological Society (honorary), Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (life), Italian Ophthalmological Society (honorary), Polish Ophthalmological Society (honorary), International Agency Prevention Blindness (vice president 1998—2006), International Council Ophthalmology (president 1998—2006), Academy Ophthalmology Internat (special lecturer Chicago), Rotary.
Married Lieselotte Regine Mueller, November 27, 1964. Children: Uta-Rike, Maike-Liesel, Doerte-Iris, Frauke-Elke.