Your perfect vision – our mission

Your perfect vision – our mission

AOZ Eye Center + Practice Heidelberg –
custom eye-surgery for all distances and all ages.

The AOZ Augen-OP Zentrum + Praxis is an independent, privately run ophthalmological surgery center in the city of Heidelberg – a center of medical science, well networked and close to medical progress. You will find us centrally located opposite Bismarckplatz. At the AOZ Heidelberg, we combine the many years of experience of our surgeons with current diagnostic procedures and state-of-the-art medical technology to provide customized vision from near to far at any age.

Our goal ist to help patients obtain the best possible result. We live service and quality.

Life without glasses or contacts up to 45

Life without reading glasses from 45

Good vision from 60 years on

Ophthalmology and healthy eyes

Best recommendations – how others rank us

Our knowledge, our know-how – your advantage

Prof. Dr. med. Frank Schlichtenbrede, as owner and director of the AOZ Heidelberg, specializes in lens surgery and the anterior and posterior segment of the eye. Rainer Volz, MD, is a specialist in ICL and eye surgery. Jaron Schilling, MD, is our top surgeon for PRESBYOND Laser Blended Vision, SMILE pro and LASIK. Together they have performed thousands of intraocular procedures. Christiane Schiltenwolf, MD, specializes in conservative ophthalmology.

The AOZ Augen-OP Zentrum on Germany's major (doctor) recommendation portals:

Board certified Ophthalmosurgeon
Owner and Medical Director of the AOZ Heidelberg
Board certified Ophthalmosurgeon
Medical Director Refractive Surgery

Board certified Ophthalmosurgeon
Expert for ICL and eye surgery

Board certified Ophthalmologist

Board certified Ophthalmologist

Board certified Anaesthesiologist

We have been awarded

AOZ Eye Center + Practice, Heidelberg is an official Carl ZEISS Meditec Reference Center for refractive surgery 2021 / 2022. We offer inpatient clinical treatment and care in cooperation with the ATOS Clinic Heidelberg, which is within walking distance. Since 2020, the AOZ Eye Surgery Center Heidelberg has been an “Akademische Lehrpraxis für Augenheilkunde“ of the Universitätsklinikum Mannheim. The groundbreaking and extraordinary practice concept was awarded the GERMAN DESIGN AWARD in 2018 and the ICONIC AWARDS architecture award in 2017.

Akademische Lehrpraxis Augenheilkunde

Your eyes are as individual as our procedures

Many good reasons to choose AOZ Heidelberg

Board certified medical doctors and surgeons

At the AOZ Heidelberg all medical doctors and surgeons are specialists in their respective fields.
Many good reasons

Experience meets continued medical education

All doctors at AOZ Heidelberg have a summarized professional experience of over 50 years. Permanent training and continued medical education ensure updated medical expertise.
Many good reasons

Quality and Service

Our goal ist o provide utmost service and quality for our patients.
Many good reasons

Procedures & Technology

Worldwide recognized technologies, medical equipment of renown brand producers and the use of premium products reflect our continued quest for quality.
Many good reasons
What our patients say

Feedback from our patient is very important for us. Therefore we ask patients for their personal opinion and to give us a rating. This helps us to develop things further and to improve.
Read patient reviews below and look at the videos.

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