The Ophthalmology Centre at the Solingen Hospital offers a full range of eye care procedures, the centre specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases from children to adults.
The Ophthalmology Centre is a partner of the Akademie Hospital Solingen. The head of the centre, Kadir Koçadağ and Harun Akgül, MD, have extensive experience and extensive training in conservative and surgical eye care at the renowned university eye clinics in Heidelberg and Essen. Doctor Koçadağ is a leading specialist and is widely known both in Germany and in European countries. The Ophthalmology Centre uses only advanced treatment methods with state-of-the-art equipment.

Specialities:

• Macular degeneration
• Cataract treatment
• Glaucoma treatment
• Treatment of eye tumours
• The successful treatment of many severe eye diseases has been made possible thanks to the head of the centre, Dr. Kadir Kocadag, MD.

Dr Kocadag has many years of professional experience gained at renowned university ophthalmology clinics and is a leading specialist in the field of eye diseases in Germany and in Europe. Under his leadership, the centre provides state-of-the-art treatment through regular continuing education and presentations at national and international congresses as well as participation in numerous ophthalmological associations. The centre provides many specialised eye examinations and treatments using state-of-the-art equipment.

Work Experience:
Kadir Kocadag, MD was born in Gelsenkirchen and completed his medical studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He started his career as a specialist physician at the University Hospital Essen. As a leading physician, he worked in the Department of Macula, Retina and Tumours at the University Hospital Essen. Until 2015, he worked as a leading consulting physician at the St. Elisabeth Hospital in Essen.
Dr Kocadag brilliantly defended his thesis on “Episcleral venous pressure in patients with endocrine orbitopathy in the anterior eye”. Dr Kocadag regularly gives numerous papers and presentations at renowned national congresses and continuing education courses. Since 2015, he has been working at the Eye Disease Centre at the Academic Hospital Solingen.

Dr Kadir Kocadag – Head of center, specialising in the macula, retina and tumour department
Dr Harun Akgül – Head of center, specialising in the macular, retina and tumour department

Nava Kashani – Intraocular drug administration as therapy for various retinal diseases, therapeutic laser procedures on the anterior and posterior segments of the eye, entire spectrum of conservative ophthalmology
Dr Alexandros E. Doulis – Specialisation in ophthalmoplasty (eyelids, tear ducts, conjunctiva and orbit) and ophthalmooncology

Dr Sema Kaya – RWA Science Award 2021, Research Award 2022 of the Sponsors and Friends of the University Hospital Düsseldorf e.V., Sicca Sponsorship Award 2023
Dr Hüsnü Berk (FEBO) – Specialisation and surgical training in the field of cataract, refractive, retinal and glaucoma surgery
Caroline Chan – Assistant doctor

Treatment of macular degeneration

• Early stages – regular monitoring and lifestyle adjustments may be recommended to slow the progression of the disease.
• Late stages – drug therapy such as intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF drugs.
• Laser treatment or photodynamic therapy.
• Rehabilitation techniques such as low vision aids and visual training sessions

Cataract treatment

• Surgical removal of the clouded lens.
• Replacement with a clear artificial lens
• Phacoemulsification – the lens is removed by ultrasonic fragmentation.
• Extracapsular cataract extraction
• Premium lenses tailored to the individual needs of patients, with additional features

Glaucoma treatment

• laser treatment – selective laser trabeculoplasty
• Surgical intervention (trabeculectomy or implantation of drainage devices)
• Treatment of ocular tumours
• surgical removal of the tumour
• Radiotherapy, chemotherapy or a combination of both
• For small tumours, local treatment such as photodynamic therapy or cryotherapy may be considered
• Close co-operation with oncology specialists to determine the optimal treatment strategy