Emergency

Are you a patient of the Eye Center Bern?
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Do you suffer from acute vision problems or pain?
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Please call our emergency number: +41 79 918 65 16 (emergencies ONLY!)..
If you cannot reach anyone, please contact the emergency gate of the Inselspital: +41 31 632 24 02
Bitte kontaktieren Sie morgen Ihren Augenarzt.
Were you undertaken eye-surgery during the past 7 days?
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Bitte melden Sie sich morgen telefonisch bei uns:
+41 31 302 21 21
(08:00 – 12:00 und 13:30 – 17:00)
Do you suffer from acute vision problems or pain?
yes no
Please call our emergency number: +41 79 918 65 16 (Emergencies ONLY!)
Bitte melden Sie sich morgen telefonisch bei uns:
+41 31 302 21 21
(08:00 – 12:00 und 13:30 – 17:00)
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Dr. med. Álvaro de Santiago

Specialist in Ophthalmology

Dr. med. Álvaro de Santiago

SPECIALIZATION

  • General ophthalmology

Biography

Álvaro de Santiago grew up in Bern and completed his medical studies from 2012 to 2018 at the Universities of Lausanne and Bern. In 2019, he earned his doctorate at the University of Bern under the supervision of Prof. Dr. med. T. Pabst. As part of his external year, he worked for one year in internal medicine at Tiefenau Hospital. He then began his specialized training in ophthalmology at the Jules-Gonin University Hospital in Lausanne under Prof. Dr. med. T. J. Wolfensberger and continued it at the University Hospital Inselspital in Bern under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. med. S. Wolf and Prof. Dr. Dr. med. M. Zinkernagel. He passed the FEBO specialist examination in May 2024. Since August 2024, Álvaro de Santiago has been part of the team at the Bern Eye Center and also works at the Bern Eye Clinic.

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