Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth

Prof. Dr.

Professorin für Augenheilkunde und Optometrie an der Medizinischen Universität Wien

Full Member of the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences since 2019

  • Department of Ophtalmology and Optometry, Medical University of Vienna

Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth

Orcid-ID:

0000-0002-7788-7311

Research Areas:

  • Clinical Medicine
  • Ophthalmology

Profile:

CV/Website

Selected Memberships:

  • European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Academy of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • American Sociecy of Retinal Specialists
  • Club Jules Gonin
  • European Sociecy of Retinal Specialists (EURETINA)

Selected Prizes:

  • Donald Gass Medal/USA
  • Achievement Award of the American Ophthalmological Society
  • Roger Johnson Award/University of Washington
  • Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award/Macula Society
  • Carl Zeiss Research Award/Stifterverband der Deutschen Wissenschaft
  • Arnall Patz Award/USA

Selected Publications:

  • Guidelines for the Management of Retinal Vein Occlusion by the European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA). Schmidt-Erfurth U, Garcia-Arumi J, Gerendas BS, Midena E, Sivaprasad S, Tadayoni R, Wolf S, Loewenstein A. Ophthalmologica. 2019;242(3):123-162. doi: 10.1159/000502041. Epub 2019 Aug 14
  • Predicting Topographic Disease Progression and Treatment Response of Pegcetacoplan in Geographic Atrophy Quantified by Deep Learning. Vogl WD, Riedl S, Mai J, Reiter GS, Lachinov D, Bogunović H, Schmidt-Erfurth U.Ophthalmol Retina. 2023 Jan;7(1):4-13. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2022.08.003. Epub 2022 Aug 7
  • Characterization of Drusen and Hyperreflective Foci as Biomarkers for Disease Progression in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Using Artificial Intelligence in Optical Coherence Tomography. Waldstein SM, Vogl WD, Bogunovic H, Sadeghipour A, Riedl S, Schmidt-Erfurth U.JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 Jul 1;138(7):740-747. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.1376
  • Retinotopic cortical mapping in objective functional monitoring of macular therapy. Ritter M, Hummer A, Pawloff M, Ledolter AA, Linhardt D, Woletz M, Deak GG, Sacu S, Ristl R, Ramazanova D, Holder GE, Windischberger C, Schmidt-Erfurth UM.Br J Ophthalmol. 2024 May 29:bjophthalmol-2021-320723. doi: 10.1136/bjo-2021-320723. Online ahead of print
  • Identification of Subclinical Microvascular Biomarkers in Coronary Heart Disease in Retinal Imaging. Aschauer J, Aschauer S, Pollreisz A, Datlinger F, Gatterer C, Mylonas G, Egner B, Hofer D, Steiner I, Hengstenberg C, Schmidt-Erfurth U.Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2021 Nov 1;10(13):24. doi: 10.1167/tvst.10.13.24.