Clinique Générale-Beaulieu

Dr. med. Christopher Van Issum

FMH, FEBO Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Surgery

Fellowships (advanced training) from Auckland and Bristol in the subspecialty of Oculoplastic surgery :

Diseases and surgery of the eyelids, orbits, lacrimal ducts (watering problems) and ocular prostheses.
Eyelid aesthetics
Graves' disease (oculothyroid problems)

Languages

FR EN DE

Areas of specialisation (1)

Ophthalmology

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Hospital (1)

Chemin Taverney 3
1218 Le Grand-Saconnex

+41 22 798 85 05

Education

RCOPHT Fellowship in Orbito-Palpebral Surgery in Bristol, UK

FMH Ophthalmic Surgery

Ophthalmic surgery training in Ipswich (UK), Auckland (NZ) and Bristol (UK)

RANZCO Fellowship in Orbito-Palpebral Surgery in Auckland, New Zealand

FMH and FEBO in Ophthalmology

Medical degree: University of Geneva

Publications

C. van Issum, Courvoisier DS, Scolozzi P, Post-traumatic orbital emphysema: incidence, topographical classification and possible pathophysiological mechanisms. A retrospective study of 137 patients,

accepted for publication in Triple-O ; Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology. Orally presented at the ESOPRS 2011

C. van Issum, N. Mavrakanas, J.S. Schutz, T. Shaarawy, Topiramate-induced acute bilateral angle closure and myopia: pathophysiology and treatment controversies. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2011 Jul-Aug;21(4):404-9

Zuercher D, Tajouri N, van Issum C, Safran AB, Spontaneous orbital haemorrhage into the lateral rectus muscle. Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd. 2008 May;225(5):435-7

N. Mavrakanas, S. Axmann, Issum CV, J.S. Schutz, T. Shaarawy, Phacolytic glaucoma: are the two forms? J Glaucoma. 2012 Apr-May ;21(4) :248-9

Schouman T, Courvoisier DS, Imholz B, Van Issum C, Scolozzi P, Computational area measurement of orbital floor fractures: Reliability, accuracy and rapidity. Eur J Radiol. 2012 Sep ;81(9): 2251-4

Schouman T, Courvoisier DS, Terzic A, Van Issum C, Scolozzi P, Can systematic CT-scan assessment predict treatment decision in pure orbital Blow-out fractures? Accepted for publication, J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2012 Jul ;70(7): 1627-32.

Perera N, Liolitsa D, Iype S, Croxford A, Yassin M, Lang P, Ukaegbu O, van Issum C. Phlebotonics for haemorrhoids. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Aug 15;8:CD004322. Review.