Profile

Dr. Bissen-Miyajima is Director and Professor of Ophthalmology at Tokyo Dental College, Suidobashi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Keio University School of Medicine and completed three years of fellowship training at the University Hospital of Bonn in Germany. She specializes in cataract and refractive surgery, and received various video and paper awards at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS). In addition to having numerous peer-reviewed articles published, she has written books on LASIK, Multifocal IOL, Toric IOL, which have become standard textbooks in Japan. She served as the president for the Japanese Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (JSCRS), Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS), and International Intraocular Implant Club (IIIC). She started LASIK, presbyopia correcting IOLs, and femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) in their initial stages, and contributed to their development.

 

Dr. Bissen-Miyajima holds membership in many professional medical societies and is a regular reviewer for several medical journals as well as holding the position of Chairperson of the Editorial Board for Ocular Surgery News (Japanese edition).

Memberships in Professional Societies

Japanese Ophthalmological Society
Japanese Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (JSCRS)
Japanese Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons (JSOS)
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS)
The International Intraocular Implant Club (IIIC)(Past President)
International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
Asia-Pacific Assoc. of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (Lim Lecture Awardee)

Academic, Research and Hospital Appointments

1982

Resident – Department of Ophthalmology
Keio University School of Medicine (Tokyo, Japan)

1984

Fellow – Department of Ophthalmology
Bonn University School of Medicine (Bonn, Germany)

1987

Instructor – Department of Ophthalmology
Keio University School of Medicine (Tokyo, Japan)

1989

Assistant Professor – Department of Ophthalmology
Keio University School of Medicine (Tokyo, Japan)

1994

Assistant Professor – Department of Ophthalmology
Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital (Chiba, Japan)

2000

Assistant Professor – Department of Ophthalmology
Tokyo Dental College Suidobashi Hospital (Tokyo, Japan)

2003

Professor – Department of Ophthalmology
Tokyo Dental College Suidobashi Hospital (Tokyo, Japan)