Background
Kohnen, Thomas Benedikt was born on February 28, 1963 in Wermelskirchen, Germany. Son of Helmut and Ingeborg Kohnen.
Kohnen, Thomas Benedikt was born on February 28, 1963 in Wermelskirchen, Germany. Son of Helmut and Ingeborg Kohnen.
Student, Rhein-Westf. Technology Hoschschule, Aachen, Germany, 1982—1985. Doctor of Medicine, Friedrich-Wilhelms University, Bonn, Germany, 1989.
Intern University Bonn./U. Minneapolis, 1988—1989. Resident in ophthalmology Eye Clinic Dardenne, Bonn, 1989—1992, University Giessen, Germany, 1992—1993. Visiting research fellow Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1995—1996.
Associate professor Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Clinic, Frankfurt, Germany, 1997—2002, professor opthalmology, since 2003. Visiting professor Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1997. Vice-chairman German Refractive Surgery Commission, since 2002.
DGII president German Society Intraocular Lens Implantation, Interventional Refractive Surgery. Associate editor Journal Cataract Refract Surgery Ophthalmology. Served with German military, 1994-1996.
Active Frende der University, Frankfurt, since 2004. Member of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Society Cataract and Refractive Surgery, International Society Refractive Surgery, European Society Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (co-opted board directors since 1997), Baylor College Medicine Alumni, International Intraocular Implant Club.
Married Christiane Kohnen. Children: Karl, Paul, Jakob. Married Eva-Maria Schnitzler, October 27, 2001.
Children: Ben, Luis.