Emeritus head and chief of the department of ophthalmology of the Antwerp University Hospital and University of Antwerp, appointed as such at both Institutions (2017-current).
CEO of the P.E.D Tassignon company for medical expertise in Ophthalmology (2017- current)
Coach educator at University Hospital VUBrussel (2023-current)
KEY POSITIONS:
- Treasurer Belgian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- President committee Fellow Eur. Board Ophthalmol. Exam on Cataract and Refr. Surg (FEBOS-CR)
- Immediate past president of Academia Ophthalmology Internationalis (Chair L)
- Chair IV of the European Academy Ophthalmology
- Past Chair program committee WOC 2020-2022
- Chair Anterior Segment section of European Vision Institute Clinical Trial-network (EVICR-net)
- Member Education Committee ESCRS
- Member advisory committee European Board of Ophthalmology
- President Belgian Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology
- President Belgian Society Prevention of Blindness
- Co editor of Journal Cataract Refractive Surgery/ section review papers
- Co editor of Ophthalmic Research/ section cataract
AWARDS last 5 years:
- 2019: Teddy Epstein Medal of the South African Society Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- 2020: Kanski medal lecture at World Society Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
- 2020: Bjerrum Medal Lecture of Danish Ophthalmology Society
- 2022: Honoree lecturer Chinese Opthalmological Society
- 2022: Barraquer award from VideoCatarattaRefrattiva-Milan
- 2023: Heritage Lecture at European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons- Vienna
- 2023 : Heritage Medal Lecture at European Eye and Vision Research- Valencia
- 2024: Power List of “The ophthalmologists”
RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS
Publications in peer reviewed journals: 371
Author of book chapters: 27
Editor of full text books in ophthalmology: 2
H index: 52
PATENTS: 10
Tassignon Marie-José, MD, PhD, FEBOS-CR