Josef Flammer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Josef Flammer

Swiss ophthalmologist

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1948

Place of Birth: Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Profession: university teacher, ophthalmologist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Josef Flammer (born April 21, 1948) is a Swiss ophthalmologist and long-time director of the Eye Clinic at Basel University Hospital.
Flammer is a glaucoma specialist who developed a new pathogenetic concept of glaucomatous damage according to which unstable blood supply leads to oxidative stress, which in turn plays a major role in apoptosis (cell death) of cells in optic nerve and retina in glaucoma patients.