Dr. med. Robert Blum

Dr. Robert Blum

BSc, MBBS, FEBO, FRCOphth, MD

Professional Training and Qualifications

Current Employment:

Since 13 July 2020:

• Senior Consultant (Vitreoretinal Surgeon), Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

1 March 2023 – 30 September 2023:

• Consultant Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic Zürich Oberland, Wetzikon, Switzerland

4 February 2019 – 12 July 2020:

• Unemployed (I had been trying for many months to obtain my medical license in Germany)

29 January 2018 – 3 February 2019:

• Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia

16 October 2017 – 22 December 2017:

• Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist with surgical duties, Barnsley Hospital, UK

15 August 2016 – 15 August 2017:

• Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK

23 February 2016 – 14 August 2016:

• Locum Ophthalmologist, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK

1 July 2015 – 12 February 2016:

• Fellowship in Cornea and Anterior Segment Surgery, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, Worthing & St Richard’s Hospitals, UK

20 April 2015 – 26 June 2015:

• Locum Ophthalmologist, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK

16 March 2015 – 18 April 2015:

• Locum Ophthalmologist, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK

1 May 2014 – 28 February 2015:

• Resident Physician, Department of Ophthalmology, Triemli City Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

27 April 2011 – 31 December 2013:

• Research Fellow & PhD Student, Department of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Vienna Reading Center, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (Under Prof. Dr. Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth)

5 August 2013 – 13 September 2013:

• Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, UK (Supervisor: Dr. Michael Smith)

5 March 2012 – 20 April 2013:

• Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, North Cumbria University Teaching Hospitals, UK (Supervisor: Dr. Gerard Ainsworth)

4 August 2010 – 3 March 2011:

• Resident, Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Edinburgh, UK (Supervisor: Dr. Jas Singh)

3 February 2010 – 3 August 2010:

• Resident, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, UK (Supervisor: Dr. Benjamin Browne)

5 August 2009 – 2 February 2010:

• Resident, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, UK (Supervisor: Dr. Clifford Weir)

4 February 2009 – 4 August 2009:

• Resident, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, UK (Supervisor: Dr. Alisdair Purdie)

5 August 2008 – 3 February 2009:

• Resident, Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride, UK (Supervisor: Dr. Prodromos Savides)

24 March 2008 – 4 August 2008:

• Resident, Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, UK (Supervisor: Dr. Roshini Sanders)

14 January 2008 – 18 March 2008:

• Junior House Officer in Emergency Medicine

1 January 2007 – 31 December 2007:

• Internship (Rotations):
• Emergency Medicine (Feb – Apr 2007)
• Orthopedic Surgery (Apr – May 2007)
• Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery (May – Jul 2007)
• Internal Medicine (Jul – Sep 2007)
• Neurosurgery (Oct 2007 – Jan 2008)
• Medical License obtained in January 2008

Additional Professional Training:

• European VitreoRetinal Training School (EVRS), Bremen, Germany (May 2017)
• Training the Trainers: Teaching & Learning, Royal College of Ophthalmologists Congress, Birmingham, UK (May 2016)
• Ophthalmic Study Design & Statistical Analysis, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, UK (Feb 2016)
• Adult Basic Life Support (BLS), Royal Surrey County Hospital, UK (Feb 2016)
• Complex Cataract Course, Bausch and Lomb, Cambridge, UK (Nov 2015)
• Management Essentials Workshop, British Medical Association, Birmingham, UK (Nov 2015)
• CESR Pathway Workshop, Royal College of Physicians & Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, UK (Sep 2015)
• Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Seminar, Alcon Eye Care UK, Guildford, UK (Jun 2015)
• Multiple Wetlabs & Symposia at World Ophthalmology Congress, Berlin, Germany (Jun 2010)
• Jephcott Symposium on Medical Education, Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK (Apr 2010)
• Glasgow Cornea Course, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, UK (Mar 2010)
• Basic Sciences Revision for FRCOphth Part 1, London, UK (Sep 2008)
• Microsurgical Skills & Basic Phacoemulsification, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, UK (May 2008)
• CRuSE Clinical Rural Skills Course, Brisbane, Australia (Jan 2008)