Background
Filipec, Martin was born in 1955 in Prague, Czech Republic. Son of Jindrich Filipec and Blanka Filipcova.
Filipec, Martin was born in 1955 in Prague, Czech Republic. Son of Jindrich Filipec and Blanka Filipcova.
Doctor of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague, 1988.
Resident, department ophthalmology Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, 1981—1985, head eye research laboratory, department ophthalmology Czech Republic, 1987—2005, senior house officer, department ophthalmology, 1987—1992, head of cornea clinic, department ophthalmology, 1991—2006, chairman, department ophthalmology, 1998—2003, director ocular tissue bank department ophthalmology Czech Republic, 2001—2006. Chief medical director Lexum Eye Clinic, Czech Republic, since 2004, Brno, Czech Republic, Ostrava, Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Consultant, surgeon Advance VisionCare, London, since 2007.
Cornea fellow, department ophthalmology Hotel-Dieu, Paris, 1985—1986. Research fellowship Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1989—1991. Chairman board Light World, Prague, since 2007.
Leader project, Wamba, Kenya, 1996, Berkat and Eye Clinic Lexum, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2005—2007. Chairman board Light World, Prague, Czech Republic, 2007. Member of Afghanistan Society Eye Doctors (First Honorary Member 2007), International Ocular Inflammation Society (executive board 2005-2007), American Academy Ophthalmology, European Society Cataract and Refractive Surgery, American Society Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Czech Society Ophthalmology.