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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilsloewen/
Employment Appointments and Positions
Artemis Eye Centers
10/2021 - Chair and Cluster Medical Officer, Artemis Eye Centers of Frankfurt
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology
07/2021 - Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology
Henan University of Science and Technology, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology
07/2021 - Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Würzburg, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology
10/2021 - Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology
04/2019 - 10/2021 Professor of Ophthalmology
04/2019 - 10/2021 Chair of Glaucoma and Glaucoma Service Director
04/2019 - 10/2021 Director, Glaucoma Fellowship Program
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Ophthalmology
03/2015 - 03/2019 Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
06/2016 - 06/2018 Vice Chair, Electronic Medical Records and Telemedicine, Department of Ophthalmology
07/2012 - 06/2018 Director, Glaucoma and Cataract Service
07/2012 - 06/2018 Director, Glaucoma Fellowship Program
07/2012 - 06/2016 Director, Electronic Health Records
07/2012 - 03/2015 Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science,
07/2009 - 07/2012 Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
07/2010 - 07/2012 Director, Glaucoma Fellowship Program
06/2010 - 07/2012 Director, Academic Associate Program
02/2011 - 07/2012 Director, Glaucoma Section
Mayo Clinic, Department of Molecular Medicine and University of Wisconsin, Department of Ophthalmology
07/2004 - 11/2008 Research Collaborator
Certification and Licensure
Specialty Certification
01/2016 American Glaucoma Society, Full Member
07/2010 Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology
01/2003 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG; 10/1996 USMLE Step 1, 04/1998 Step 2, 10/2002 Clinical Skills Assessment, 10/2003 Step 3)
10/1998 German Board Certification
Medical Licensure
07/2012 Pennsylvania Medical License MD446300
07/2009 Connecticut Medical License 48059 (inactive)
07/2008 California Medical License A103238 (inactive)
07/2005 Illinois Temporary License 125050449 (inactive)
07/2000 German Medical License
Education and Training
Undergraduate
1997 Dr. M.Sc. Electrophysiology. Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, FRG
Graduate
1998 M.D. Medicine. Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, FRG
2004 Ph.D. Molecular Medicine. Mayo Graduate School, Rochester, MN and The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Postgraduate
10/1998 - 02/2000 Intern. Department of Ophthalmology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, FRG
02/2000 - 06/2004 Research Fellow. Molecular Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
07/2004 - 06/2005 Intern. Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2005 - 06/2008 Ophthalmology Resident. Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
07/2008 - 06/2009 Glaucoma Fellow. Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, CA
Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Glaucoma Society
International Society for Eye Research
Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft
Visiting Professorships
9/2017 - Visiting Professor, Central South University, Xiangya School of Medicine
Research Support and Honors
NIH Funded Research
Structure and Function of the Outflow Tract.
04/2019 - 03/2024. $2,700,000 National Eye Institute R01 EY027861 (transfer to Würzburg pending)
Loewen NA (Principal Investigator), Watkins S (Collaborator).
Reverse Engineering of Trabecular Meshwork.
09/2012 - 08/2017. $1,155,322 National Eye Institute K08 EY022737
Loewen NA (Principal Investigator).
Career Development Awards
Optic Nerve Head Remodeling.
07/2015 - 07/2016. $50,000 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Foundation.
Loewen NA (Principal Investigator).
Ablation and Repopulation of the Outflow Tract.
07/2011 - 07/2012. $40,000 American Glaucoma Society. Clinician Scientist Award.
Loewen NA (Principal Investigator).
Visual Field Asymmetry and Sleep Position in Low-Pressure Glaucoma.
10/2009 - 10/2010. $10,000 American Glaucoma Society. Mentoring for Advancement of Physician-Scientists (MAPS) Award Program.
Ocular anti-neovascular gene therapy with an FIV vector transducing pigment epithelium-derived factor in a model of OIR.
06/2002 - 06/2003. $30,000 Knights Templar Eye Foundation.
Long-term in vivo Modification of Trabecular Meshwork with Regulated Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)-based Lentiviral Vectors.
06/2001 - 06/2002. $14,000 Fight For Sight Research Division of Prevent Blindness America.
Research Recognition Awards
04/2008 Beem-Fisher ($500)
06/2006 Midwest Eye-Banks Research Recognition Award ($2,500)
04/2006 Beem-Fisher ($500)
09/2004 Biennial Alcon Glaucoma Research Recognition Award ($3,000)
05/2001 Glaucoma Research Foundation Travel Grant ($800)
07/1998 German Society of Neuro-Ophthalmology ($100)
Other Awards
03/2019 Best Doctors of America
11/2018 Initiative to Cure Glaucoma. Philanthropic gift by Ritchie Battle ($100,000).
11/2017 Initiative to Cure Glaucoma. Philanthropic gift by Ritchie Battle ($100,000).
09/2017 American Association of Ophthalmology, Achievement Award for Distinguished Service
03/2017 Wiegand Fellowship. Outflow Tract Imaging ($30,000 in support of a research fellow)
02/2017 Initiative to Cure Glaucoma. Philanthropic gift ($3,000).
11/2016 Initiative to Cure Glaucoma. Philanthropic gift by Ritchie Battle ($100,000).
05/2016 Initiative to Cure Glaucoma. Philanthropic gift by Nancy Washington ($25,000).
11/2015 Initiative to Cure Glaucoma. Philanthropic gift by Ritchie Battle ($100,000).
05/2015 Quantifying Outflow. Private donation by Nancy McDonald ($3,000).
04/2015 A Novel Method for Quantitative Outflow Function Assessment Before and After Trabecular Meshwork Ablation. Neomedix Corp (unrestricted loan of trabectome research system).
02/2015 Subtractive Outflow Measurements. Private donation by Dr. Rosemarie Parse and husband ($500).
07/2014 Ablation of Trabecular Meshwork in a Porcine Model. Private donation by Nancy McDonald ($3,000).
01/2013 Bioengineering of the Outflow Tract. Private donation by Nancy McDonald ($5,000)
09/2011 Suprachoroidal Shunt Research. Private donation by Ernest F. and Cecilia Teitell ($10,000).
04/2010 Medical & Academic Partnership 2010 Pfizer Visiting Professorships in Ophthalmology to host Dr. Paul L. Kaufman: "The physiology, pharmacology, morphology, cell biology, genetic manipulation, neural control, biomechanics and aging of the aqueous humor formation and drainage and accommodative mechanisms in the eye."