Øygunn Utheim 

Øygunn Utheim is a Senior Consultant at Oslo University Hospital, specialising in retinal diseases and uveitis. Alongside her hospital role, she co-manages the Eye Health Clinic with her colleagues, combining clinical practice with a strong commitment to research and education.

Øygunn lectures on uveitis and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) at the University of South-Eastern Norway and earned her PhD in 2018. Since then, she has successfully supervised three PhD candidates through to completion.

Her particular expertise lies within both neovascular and dry AMD, with a special focus on emerging treatment approaches for dry AMD. At her clinic, she provides treatment using Valeda photobiomodulation while actively researching the potential of this innovative therapy.