AICCER (ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY) VICE PRESIDENT

SOI (ITALIAN OPHTHALMOLOGYCAL SOC.) MEMBER

CHAIRMAN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: INTRAOCULAR IMPLANT & REFRACTIVE SOCIETY, INDIA.

CHAIRMAN CUM MANAGING DIRECTOR (CMD):
DR.AGARWAL"S EYE HOSPITAL LTD.,CHENNAI

PROF. AMAR AGARWAL IS THE PIONEER OF PHAKONIT WHICH IS PHAKO WITH A NEEDLE INCISION TECHNOLOGY. THIS TECHNIQUE BECAME POPULARIZED AS BIMANUAL PHACO, MICROINCISION CATARACT SURGERY (MICS) OR MICROPHACO. HE IS THE FIRST TO REMOVE CATARACTS THROUGH A 0.7 MM TIP WITH THE TECHNIQUE CALLED MICROPHAKONIT.

M.D., PH.D., MBA, IS A PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND CHAIR OF DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY, OLSZTYN, POLAND AND HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AT POZNAŃ CITY HOSPITAL, POLAND.

HIS PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE INCLUDES CATARACT SURGERY, PRESBYOPIA TREATMENT, CLEAR–LENS EXCHANGE; NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY; VITREO-RETINAL SURGERY, GLAUCOMA PATHOGENESIS, MYOPIA PATHOGENESIS, AND HISTORY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. HE IS ACTIVE IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES INCLUDING EURETINA, EVER, ASCRS, AAO, EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, ISBCS, ICO (PROGRAMME COORDINATOR FOR WCO IN 2011-2016) AND COGAN SOCIETY. HE IS HONORARY MEMBER OF ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY OPHTHALMOLOGISTS OF INDIA (ACOIN). HE HAS BEEN ACTIVE EDITOR, EDITOR IN CHIEF AND AUTHOR OF MORE THAN 300 PEER-REVIEWED INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS (TOTAL IF HIGHER THAN 515), AND REVIEWER FOR MORE THAN 20 JOURNALS.

OFTALMÓLOGO EGRESADO DEL INSTITUTO BARRAQUER, DE BARCELONA, ESPAÑA.

MÁSTER DE POSTGRADO EN PATOLOGÍA DEL SEGMENTO ANTERIOR Y DIPLOMATURA DE POSTGRADO EN PATOLOGÍA VÍTREO-RETINO-COROIDEA. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO BARRAQUER. ACREDITACIÓN POR LA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA.

FELLOWSHIP EN RETINA Y VÍTREO. INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO BARRAQUER.

CERTIFICADO GLORY (GLOBAL REFRACTIVE SURGERY EDUCATION PROGRAM) BÁSICO Y AVANZADO, POR LA SOCIEDAD INTERNACIONAL DE CIRUGÍA REFRACTIVA (ISRS), MIAMI, ESTADOS UNIDOS (JULIO 1999).

OBTUVO EN EL AÑO 2008 “THE INTERNATIONAL OPHTHALMOLOGIST EDUCATION AWARD” Y EN EL AÑO 2011 “THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARD AWARD” DE LA ACADEMIA AMERICANA DE OFTALMOLOGÍA.

MEDICO CIRUJANO - OTORGADO POR LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA. FECHA: 26 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1968. FAC. CIENCIAS MÉDICAS. MATRÍCULA PROFESIONAL Nº 5971.

DOCTOR EN MEDICINA Y CIRUGIA - OTORGADO POR LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA, FECHA 7 DE MARZO DE 1977. TESIS DE DOCTORADO: INMUNOPATOLOGÍA DE LA ENDOFTALMITIS FACOANAFILÁCTICA Y DE OFTALMÍA SIMPÁTICA. APROBADO POR LA FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA, 1977 (ORIGINAL EN LOS ARCHIVOS DE LA UNC.). CALIFICACIÓN: DISTINGUIDO.

PROFESOR ADJUNTO DE CLINICA OFTALMOLOGICA - OTORGADO POR LA FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA, (1980).

ESPECIALISTA EN OFTALMOLOGIA - EXPEDIDO POR EL CONSEJO MÉDICO DE CÓRDOBA, 27 DE MAYO DE 1975. ESPECIALISTA Nº 2117.

PROFESOR TITULAR - POR CONCURSO DE LA CÁTEDRA DE CLÍNICA OFTALMOLÓGICA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA. RESOL. Nº 226 - A PARTIR DEL 17/09/91.

ESPECIALISTA EN OFTALMOLOGIA – EXPEDIDO POR CONSEJO DE CERTIFICACIÓN DE PROFESIONALES MÉDICOS – ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA – 1994.

PROFESOR INTEGRANTEDEL CONSEJO DE PROFESORES DE ASOCIACION PANAMERICANA DE OFTALMOLOGIA DESDE 2002.

MEDICO CIRUJANO

ESPECIALISTA EN OFTALMOLÓGICA

MASTER EN OFTALMOLOGÍA.

EFE DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE SEGMENTO ANTERIOR EN CLÍNICA DE OJOS MALDONADO BAS

PROFESOR ADJUNTO EN LA CARRERA DE POST-GRADO PARA LA ESPECIALIZACIÓN EN OFTALMOLOGÍA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA.

DIRECTOR DEL CURSO BIENAL EN OFTALMOLOGÍA DE LA SOCIEDAD DE OFTALMOLOGÍA DE CÓRDOBA.

PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF CATARACT & IMPLANT SURGERY DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL (R&D, EDU) S.FYODOROV EYE MICROSURGERY STATE INSTITUTION

RUSSIAN SOCIETY OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS (RSO), BOARD MEMBER RSO CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY COMMISSION, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL INTRAOCULAR IMPLANT CLUB, MEMBER ESCRS, BOARD MEMBER

OPHTHALMIC SURGERY (RUSSIA), CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR THE NEWS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY (RUSSIA), ASSOCIATE EDITOR EUROTIMES (INTERNATIONAL), EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER EUROTIMES (RUSSIA), MEDICAL EDITOR CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY TODAY (EUROPE), EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER OCULAR SURGERY NEWS (EUROPE & ASIA-PACIFIC), EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER JOURNAL OF INTRAOCULAR IMPLANT & REFRACTIVE SOCIETY (INDIA), EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER ANNALS OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER EYE CARE REVIEW, EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

CURRENT NHS/UNIVERSITY POSTS

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMOLOGIST, MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL

DIRECTOR OF TRAINING, CATARACT SERVICE, MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS, FELLOW

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, FELLOW

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGEONS, MEMBER,

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL MEMBER

UK & IRELAND SOCIETY OF CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGEONS, MEMBER & EX-COUNCIL

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

FELLOW, HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY

NTERNATIONAL MEMBER CATARACT CLINICAL COMMITTEE, ASCRS

EDITORIAL BOARD, EXPERT REVIEW IN OPHTHALMOLOGY

MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL INTRAOCULAR IMPLANT CLUB

SERIES EDITOR, VIDEO ATLAS OF EYE SURGERY

VISITING PROFESSOR, OTAGA, NEW ZEALAND

VISITING PROFESSOR, IOWA, USA

PRINCIPAL UK EXPERT, BSI INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP

UK AMBASSADOR FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EYE CHARITY “ORBIS”

BRUCE ALLAN QUALIFIED IN MEDICINE FROM CAMBRIDGE IN 1985, AND WAS APPOINTED AT AS A CONSULTANT SURGEON AT MOORFIELDS IN 1998 AFTER ADVANCED SPECIALIST TRAINING IN THE UK, SOUTH AFRICA, AND AUSTRALIA. HE WAS TRANING DIRECTOR FOR THE CORNEAL SERVICE AT MOORFIELDS FOR OVER 10 YEARS, AND HAS BEEN SERVICE DIRECTOR FOR REFRACTIVE SURGERY SINCE 2012. 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:

NHS PRACTICE SPECIALISING IN CATARACT AND CORNEAL SURGERY

PRIVATE PRACTICE SPECIALISING IN REFRACTIVE SURGERY

REGULAR PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH MEETINGS, PRESS, RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMENT ON DEVELOPMENTS IN CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION, CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY

PEER REVIEW FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNALS AND RESEARCH GRANT FUNDING BODIES

SPECIALIST ADVICE FOR NICE AND MHRA

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS INCLUDE:

ENHANCING TREATMENT ACCURACY IN LASER REFRACTIVE SURGERY

NEW TECHNIQUES IN CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL TRANSPLANTATION

EARLY INTERVENTION AND VISUAL REHABILITATION IN KERATOCONUS

MÉDICO EGRESADO DE LA FACULTAD DE MEDICINA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR. ESPECIALISTA EN SEGMENTO ANTERIOR. DISEÑO JUNTO A LA DIRECCIÓN MÉDICA UN MODELO DE FUNCIONAMIENTO DE UN BANCO DE  CÓRNEAS, ADAPTADO  ESENCIALMENTE AL INSTITUTO OFTALMOLÓGICO PEDRO LAGLEYZE. CONSULTORIOS EXTERNOS

ESTUDIOS OFTALMOLÓGICOS QUIRÓFANOS

ACTUALMENTE

JEFE DEL SERVICIO DE OFTALMOLOGÍA DEL HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO QUIRÓN MADRID.

DIRECTOR OFTALMÓLOGO DEL CENTRO BENÉFICO SAN ANTONIO.

DIRECTOR OFTALMÓLOGO DE LA FUNDACIÓN ALZHEIMER REINA SOFÍA.

MIEMBRO DEL CONSEJO ASESOR CIENTÍFICO DE LA REBOTICA.

MIEMBRO Y COORDINADOR SANITARIO DE LA EDITORIAL JURCAM.

DIRECTOR DE PUBLICACIONES DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE CIRUGÍA OCULAR IMPLANTO-REFRACTIVA.

DIRECTOR DE LA REVISTA INDEXADA JOURNAL OF EMMETROPIA.

BOARD DE LA REVISTA CIRUGÍA REFRACTIVA Y CATARATA PANAMERICANA.

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

• UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA. ESCUELA LUIS RAZETTI - CARACAS, VENEZUELA
• TRANSITIONAL YEAR RESIDENCY (INTERNSHIP)
• EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE- ATLANTA, GA
• RESIDENCY IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
• DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY - ATLANTA, GEORGIA
• FELLOWSHIP IN CORNEA, EXTERNAL DISEASE AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY
• EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY - ATLANTA, GEORGIA

AWARD AND NOMITATIONS

• AWARD FOR EXCELLENCY IN NEURO-ANATOMY. UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA
• BEST PAPER OF SESSION: EARLY REGIONAL CHANGES IN CORNEAL STROMAL THICKNESS AFTER COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING. ASCRS ANNUAL MEETING, CHICAGO.
• BEST PAPER OF SESSION: FLAP THICKNESS ARCHITECTURE COMPARISON OF FEMTOSECOND AND MICROKERATOME FLAPS. ASCRS ANNUAL MEETING, SAN FRANCISCO.
• FEATURED AS “ONE TO WATCH”. SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER ISSUE OF MILLENNIAL EYE E-JOURNAL
• ISRS BEST OF ANTERIOR SEGMENT SPECIALTY MEETINGS THE ROLE OF THE POSTERIOR CÓRNEA IN CORNEAL, CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY. TO BE PRESENTED AT AAO ANNUAL MEETING, LAS VEGAS.

PROFESSOR, SURGERY

PROFESSOR, OPHTHALMOLOGY

PROFESSOR, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

OSU EYE AND EAR INSTITUTE

ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS – MILPITAS, CA: SR. MANAGER, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

SPECIALTIES:

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT/NPI; DESIGN CONTROL; IP PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; CLINICAL TRIALS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; CAPITAL EQUIPMENT; ALGORITHMS; VISION SCIENCE

EDUCATION

UC IRVINE - IRVINE, CA (2007): LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

UC BERKELEY - BERKELEY, CA (1996-2001): PH.D. IN VISION SCIENCE, MAY 2001. THESIS: “ROLE OF ACTIVE VISION IN SCENE ANALYSIS AND REPRESENTATION.”

BOSTON UNIVERSITY, BOSTON, MA (1992-1994): MASTER’S DEGREE. COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS.

BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, WALTHAM, MA (1990-1992): BACHELOR’S DEGREE OF SCIENCE. MATHEMATICS AND BIOLOGY.

MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY, MOSCOW, RUSSIA (1987-1988): GENERAL SCIENCE AND MATH STUDIES.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN VISION AND OPHTHALMOLOGY (ARVO)

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING (SPIE)

ELIZABETH A. DAVIS, M.D., F.A.C.S. IS AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST WITH SUBSPECIALTY TRAINING IN CORNEAL, CATARACT, AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY. SHE WAS BORN IN BOSTON AND GREW UP IN ANNAPOLIS, MD, WHERE SHE WAS THE VALEDICTORIAN OF HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS. SHE ATTENDED CORNELL UNIVERSITY AS AN UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATING SUMMA CUM LAUDE IN MATHEMATICS WITH DISTINCTION IN ALL SUBJECTS (TOP 5% OF HER CLASS). SHE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE PHI BETA KAPPA, PHI KAPPA PHI, AND MORTAR BOARD NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETIES.

PROFESOR DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE SEGMENTO ANTERIOR Y CIRUGÍA REFRACTIVA EN EL INSTITUTO BARRAQUER DE AMÉRICA

AREA DE ESPECIALIDAD:
SEGMENTO ANTERIOR Y CIRUGÍA REFRACTIVA

ESCUELA DE MEDICINA:
FACULTAD DE MEDICINA DE LA PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA

RESIDENCIA:
ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE OFTLAMOLOGÍA INSTITUTO BARRAQUER DE AMÉRICA

FARHAD HAFEZI MD PHD IS PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, AND CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AT THE KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (USC) LOS ANGELES.

DR. HAFEZI’S CLINICAL EXPERTISE INVOLVES REFRACTIVE LASER AND ANTERIOR SEGMENT SURGERY WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE CORNEA. HIS KNOWN SPECIALTIES INCLUDE CORNEAL CROSSLINKING (CXL AND PACK-CXL) AND COMPLICATION MANAGEMENT AFTER REFRACTIVE LASER SURGERY.

PHILANTHROPICALLY, DR. HAFEZI IS A COFOUNDER OF LIGHT FOR SIGHT. THIS INITIATIVE’S MISSION IS TO ELIMINATE PREVENTABLE BLINDNESS AMONG CHILDREN / ADOLESCENTS WITH KERATOCONUS, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE DOWN POPULATION.

DR. HAFEZI HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS, INCLUDING THE HIGHEST NATIONAL AWARDS OF SWITZERLAND AND BELGIUM AND MOST RECENTLY, THE 2014 ARVO FOUNDATION / CARL CAMRAS TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD. HE IS AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY AND AN EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER OF TRANSLATIONAL VISION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND CURRENT EYE RESEARCH.

EL DIRECTOR MÉDICO DE NOVAVISION LÁSER CENTER MÉXICO, EL DR. FRANCISCO SÁNCHEZ LEÓN, ES CONSULTOR DE ALGUNAS DE LAS MEJORES COMPAÑÍAS AMERICANAS PARA EL DESARROLLO DE NUEVAS TÉCNICAS DE CIRUGÍA EN EL CAMPO DE LA OFTALMOLOGÍA.

ESPECIALIDADES

CIRUGÍA REFRACTIVA (PROCEDIMIENTOS CON TECNOLOGÍA LÁSER DE FEMTOSEGUNDOS Y EXCIMER PARA LA CORRECCIÓN DE MIOPÍA) ASTIGMATISMO E HIPERMETROPÍA (LENTES FÁQUICOS PARA CORRECCIÓN ALTA MIOPÍA)
MICROCIRUGÍA DE CATARATA MEDIANTE FACOEMULSIFICACIÓN (LENTES MULTIFOCALES, ALTA MIOPÍA Y PRESBICIA)
TRASPLANTE DE CÓRNEA: ESPECIALIDAD EN QUERATOCONO, RECONSTRUCCIÓN DEL SEGMENTO ANTERIOR.
CIRUGÍA CORNEAL CON TECNOLOGÍA DE LASER DE FEMTOSEGUNDO 150HZ INTRALASE

DR. HYUNG-JIN KOO GRADUATED FROM SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY AND HAD INTERNSHIP IN SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND RESIDENCY IN SAMSUG MEDICAL CENTER. DR. KOO WAS APPOINTED AS PROFESSOR IN KONYANG UNIVERSITY, KANGWON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, AND IS NOW AN OUTSIDE PROFESSOR IN SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY AND DIRECTOR IN NUNEMISO EYE CENTER.

MEMBERSHIPS

DR. AHMED IS BOARD CERTIFIED IN OPHTHALMOLOGY IN CANADA AND THE US AND IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY, ASSOCIATION FOR VISION AND RESEARCH IN OPHTHALMOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF GLAUCOMA SURGERY, CANADIAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY AND THE AMERICAN.

MÉDICO OFTALMÓLOGO SUBESPECIALISTA SEGMENTO ANTERIOR, CÓRNEA Y CIRUGÍA REFRACTIVA

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, JOURNAL OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY

JOHN H. AND HELEN S. HUGHES PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, EMORY UNIVERSITY

DIRECTOR, CORNEA, EXTERNAL DISEASE, & REFRACTIVE SURGERY EMORY EYE CENTER & EMORY VISION

• PROFESSOR CATEDRÁTICO, DIRECTOR DA FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DA UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA E DIRECTOR DE SERVIÇO DE OFTALMOLOGIA, CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA (CHUC)
• RESPONSÁVEL PELA ORIENTAÇÃO DE INÚMERAS TESES DE MESTRADO E DOUTORAMENTO EM OFTALMOLOGIA
• MEMBRO DO CONSELHO EDITORIAL E REVISOR DE REVISTAS CIENTÍFICAS NACIONAIS E INTERNACIONAIS
• INVESTIGADOR PRINCIPAL DE PROJECTOS DE INVESTIGAÇÃO NACIONAIS E INTERNACIONAIS
• RESPONSÁVEL E REPRESENTANTE NACIONAL DE INÚMEROS ORGANISMOS NACIONAIS E ESTRANGEIROS
• AUTOR DE NUMEROSAS PUBLICAÇÕES EM REVISTAS CIENTÍFICAS NACIONAIS E INTERNACIONAIS
• PROFESSOR CONVIDADO DA MCGILL UNIVERSITY – MONTREAL (CANADA) E DA MANSOURA UNIVERSITY– MANSOURA (EGIPTO)

ÁREAS DE ESPECIALIZAÇÃO

CÓRNEA

(TRANSPLANTES LAMELARES E PENETRANTES, DOENÇAS DA SUPERFÍCIE OCULAR)

CIRURGIA REFRACTIVA

CIRURGIA DE CATARATA E DO SEGMENTO

ANTERIOR DO GLOBO OCULAR

NOMEADAMENTE TRAUMATOLOGIA

GLAUCOMA

(TRATAMENTO MÉDICO E CIRÚRGICO )

OFTALMOLOGIA PEDIÁTRICA

CONSULTA GERAL

INVESTIGAÇÃO

(TRANSPLANTAÇÃO OCULAR, CIRURGIA REFRACTIVA E DE CATARATA)

PRE-GRADO: 1980-1986 UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA, FACULTAD DE MEDICINA, ESCUELA LUIS RAZZETTI. CARACAS / TITULO OBTENIDO: MÉDICO CIRUJANO

POST – GRADO: 1988-1991 HOSPITAL PÉREZ CARREÑO, UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA. TITULO OBTENIDO: MÉDICO OFTALMÓLOGO

ESPECIALIDAD: 1991-1992 ENTRENAMIENTO EN LA SUBESPECIALIDAD DE CIRUGÍA OCULOPLÁSTICA REALIZADO EN EL HOSPITAL MIGUEL PÉREZ CARREÑO. UCV. CARACAS. MÉDICO SUB-ESPECIALISTA EN OCULOPLASTIA / MIEMBRO HONORARIO DE LA SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE OFTALMOLOGÍA Y ORTÓPTICA DE ECUADOR. AÑO 2006 / MIEMBRO HONORARIO DE LA SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA .AÑO 2006

M.D, PH.D IS A SUB-SUBSPECIALIST IN CATARACT, CORNEA & REFRACTIVE SURGERY. DR. ROCHA HAS RECEIVED AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE IN OPHTHALMOLOGY INCLUDING THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY'S ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN 2012, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY FOUNDATION RESIDENT EXCELLENCE AWARD IN 2012 AND THE CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE TEACHING EXCELLENCE RECOGNITION AWARD IN 2013. DR. ROCHA IS ACTIVE IN CLINICAL RESEARCH, HAVING PUBLISHED OVER 100 SCIENTIFIC WORKS INCLUDING PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND ABSTRACTS IN SOCIETY MEETINGS. AS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL, DR. ROCHA IS ACTIVE IN TEACHING AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL OPHTHALMOLOGY CONFERENCES. SHE HAS SERVED AS A COURSE INSTRUCTOR AT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY LASER REFRACTIVE SKILLS TRANSFER COURSE SINCE 2009 AND TEACHES COURSES ON CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING, REFRACTIVE SURGERY AND CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY. DR. ROCHA IS A REGULAR REVIEWER FOR THE JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY, JOURNAL OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY, CORNEA, AND THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. DR. ROCHA IS ALSO AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR THE ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS DE OFTALMOLOGIA (ABO) AND THE JOURNAL OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY (JRS).

COMPLETED HER POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN CORNEA & REFRACTIVE SURGERY AT COLE EYE INSTITUTE, CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION IN 2009 WHERE SHE WORKED INTIMATELY WITH ADAPTIVE OPTICS. SHE PUBLISHED ONE OF THE FIRST CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF ADAPTIVE OPTICS CHARACTERIZING THE EXACT AMOUNT OF HIGHER ORDER ABERRATIONS THAT BALANCES DEPTH OF FOCUS WITH QUALITY OF VISION, WORK THAT IS WIDELY CITED IN OPHTHALMIC RESEARCH. DR. ROCHA COMPLETED A SECOND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN CORNEA & REFRACTIVE SURGERY AT EMORY UNIVERSITY IN 2010 WHERE SHE PLAYED INSTRUMENTAL ROLES IN THE LEAD INVESTIGATIONAL STUDY ON CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS-LINKING, CORNEAL BIOMECHANICS AND TOPOGRAPHY-GUIDED LASER ABLATION.

RECEIVED HER MEDICAL DEGREE FROM STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA IN PARANÁ, BRAZIL IN 2002. AFTER OBTAINING HER MD, SHE COMPLETED TRAINING IN OPHTHALMOLOGY AT FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO AND WAS CERTIFIED BY THE BRAZILIAN COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY IN 2005. AS A SECOND YEAR RESIDENT SHE RECEIVED THE XXXIII BRAZILIAN COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY SURGICAL SKILLS PRIZE.  DR. ROCHA COMPLETED HER FELLOWSHIP IN ANTERIOR SEGMENT SURGERY (GLAUCOMA AND CATARACT) IN 2007 AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO, BRAZIL. SUBSEQUENTLY, SHE COMPLETED HER PHD “OPTICAL ABERRATIONS IN PSEUDOPHAKIC AND CATARACTOUS EYES”, ALSO AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO.  DR. ROCHA COMPLETED HER SECOND OPHTHALMOLOGY RESIDENCY AT THE COLE EYE INSTITUTE-CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION IN CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DR. ROCHA JOINED THE FACULTY OF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (MUSC) - STORM EYE INSTITUTE IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA IN 2014 IN THE CATARACT, CORNEA AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY DIVISION.

MD, PHD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

CO-DIRECTOR, INTERMOUNTAIN OCULAR RESEARCH CENTER

JOHN A. MORAN EYE CENTER

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

SHE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL WITH AN AVERAGE OF 9.85 POINTS AND GOLD MEDAL. THEN SHE OBTAINED HER MEDICAL DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES (UBA) SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, BEING ONE OF THE BEST GRADES IN HER CLASS AND HAVING HONOR DIPLOMA. SHE COMPLETED HIS RESIDENCY IN OPHTHALMOLOGY AND HAD SUBSPECIALTY IN CORNEA AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY, CONDUCTING A CLINICAL-SURGICAL FELLOWSHIP. AT THE HOSPITAL DE CLINICAS SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AS ASCRIBED PROFESSOR FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES. SHE HAS DEVELOPED MORE THAN 200 RESEARCH PAPERS, VIDEOS AND PHOTOS AND COLLABORATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC BOOKS. SHE HAS EDITED A REFRACTIVE SURGERY BOOK. MANY OF THESE WORKS HAVE WON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS. SHE PARTICIPATES REGULARLY AS A SPEAKER, COORDINATOR AND DIRECTOR IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS. SHE IS PAST-PRESIDENT OF THE ARGENTINIAN SOCIETY OF CORNEA, CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY (SACRYC) AND BOARD DIRECTOR OF THE LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SURGEONS OF ANTERIOR SEGMENT (ALACCSA-R/LLASCRS). SHE IS CO-EDITOR OF ALACCSA-R NEWS AND REVIEWER OF INTERNATIONAL PEER REVIEW JOURNALS. ALSO, SHE IS MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE OF ARGENTINIAN COUNCIL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY JOURNAL.

SHE IS MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTO DE LA VISION IN BUENOS AIRES AND SHE IS DEDICATED TO THE CLINICAL-SURGICAL, HEALTH CARE PROGRAM, TEACHING AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

M.D., FEBRUARY 1995

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

RESIDENCY (MARCH 1996 – FEBRUARY 2000)

DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, ASAN MEDICAL CENTER, SEOUL, KOREA

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (MAY 2003 – FEBRUARY 2005)

DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, ASAN MEDICAL CENTER

PH. D., FEBRUARY 2005

DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (MARCH 2005 - MARCH 2010)

UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, SEOUL, KOREA

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (APRIL 2010 – PRESENT)

UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, SEOUL, KOREA

FACULTY OPHTHALMOLOGIST (MARCH 2005 – PRESENT)

CORNEA/EXTERNAL DISEASE, REFRACTIVE SURGERY, DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, ASAN MEDICAL CENTER, SEOUL, KOREA

VISITING SCHOLAR (JULY 2008 - MAY 2009)

KERATOREFRACTIVE SURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, SHILEY EYE CENTER, LA JOLLA, CA, USA

VISITING PROFESSOR (JUNE 2009 - SEPTEMBER 2009)

ADVANCED PHYSIOLOGICAL OPTICS LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, ROCHESTER, NY, USA

PAST PRESIDENT OF BSCRS ( BELGIAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGEONS)

PRESIDENT OF BELS ( BELGIAN EYE LASER SOCIETY)

COFOUNDER OF OOGKLINIEK-ANTWERPEN

A NATIVE OF MINNEAPOLIS, MN, DR. PINEDA COMPLETED HIS MEDICAL DEGREE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL, AND WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE HOWARD HUGHES NIH-HHMI RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM AT THE CLOISTERS IN BETHESDA MARYLAND WHERE HE WORKED WITH RETINOBLASTOMA CELL LINES AT THE NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE. HE WENT ON TO COMPLETE HIS RESIDENCY IN OPHTHALMOLOGY AT THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL WHERE HE SERVED AS CHIEF RESIDENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR. AS A HEED FELLOW RECIPIENT, HE COMPLETED HIS CORNEA FELLOWSHIP AT THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY. CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY AT THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, AND FORMER DIVISION CHIEF OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AT THE BRIGHAM AND WOMENS HOSPITAL. DR. PINEDA HAS PUBLISHED OVER 40 PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS AND CO-AUTHORED 5 BOOKS INCLUDING THE AWARD WINNING MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ILLUSTRATED MANUAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. HE HAS RECEIVED THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. HE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY (AAO) ETHICS COMMITTEE AND ON THE AAO PRACTICING OPHTHALMOLOGY COMMITTEE IN CATARACT. DR. PINEDA REGULARLY PARTICIPATES IN THE FLYING EYE HOSPITAL PROGRAMS RUN BY ORBIS INTERNATIONAL SINCE 1998 INCLUDING HIS MOST RECENT TRIP TO THE MONGOLIA IN 2011.

STEVE SCHALLHORN IS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN SAN DIEGO, CA, A CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO AND THE CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR OPTICAL EXPRESS.

AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, CAPTAIN SCHALLHORN ENTERED THE US NAVY IN 1977 AND WAS TRAINED AS AN F-14 NAVAL AVIATOR. FOLLOWING SEVERAL DEPLOYMENTS ON USS RANGER, HE WAS SELECTED AND SERVED AS A NAVY FIGHTER WEAPONS SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR (TOPGUN) TEACHING AIR COMBAT TO FLEET FIGHTER PILOTS. HE THEN COMPLETED A MEDICAL DEGREE AT THE UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES, OPHTHALMOLOGY RESIDENCY AT THE NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO, AND CORNEA FELLOWSHIP AT THE DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE RETIRED FROM THE NAVY IN FEBRUARY, 2007 AS THE US NAVY’S REFRACTIVE SURGERY PROGRAM MANAGER WHERE HE DIRECTED THE CENTER AT THE NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO. HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REFRACTIVE SURGERY PROGRAM WHICH NOW CONSISTS OF OVER 20 CENTERS PROVIDING MISSION-ENHANCING SURGERY TO ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL.

DOCTOR SCHALLHORN HAS LED MANY STUDIES ON THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF EYE SURGERY WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON EVALUATING THE PHYSIOLOGIC IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMES, SUCH AS HYPOXIA, HYPOBARIA, AS WELL AS THE QUALITY OF VISION. HE ROUTINELY RECEIVES CONSULTATION REQUESTS FROM GOVERNMENTAL AND CIVILIAN ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. THIS INCLUDES NASA WHERE HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE NASA APPROVAL OF LASIK

PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

DIRECTOR OF CORNEAL RESEARCH

CORNEA AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY FELLOWSHIP DIRECTOR

STAFF REFRACTIVE AND CORNEAL SURGEON

COLE EYE INSTITUTE

THE CLEVELAND CLINIC

DR. SEILER IS TEACHING IN GENERAL OPHTHALMOLOGY AND IS SPECIALIST IN CORNEAL AND REFRACTIVE THERAPY, PHYSIOLOGIC OPTICS, LASER IN OPHTHALMOLOGY, AND ANTERIOR SEGMENT SURGERY.

DR. SEILER WAS SENIOR CLINICAL MONITOR IN MANY FDA-STUDIES (FOR WAVELIGHT AND SUMMIT).

DR. SEILER HAS PUBLISHED MORE THAN 300 ARTICLES. A SEPARATE PUBLICATION LIST IS AVAILABLE.

MEDICAL LICENSURE
FULL MEDICAL LICENSE (JAPAN)

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:
NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICINE
JAPANESE BOARD OF OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

PRESENT POSITION
VICE DIRECTOR OF KOZAWA EYE HOSPITAL, IBARAKI, JAPAN.
BOARD MEMBER OF THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF CATARACT REFRACTIVE SURGERY (JSCRS)
BOARD MEMBER OF THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF OPHTHALMIC SURGERY (JSOS).
VICE-PRESIDENTS OF IBARAKI OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

HONORS AND AWARDS

1. ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS ：AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY(AAO) 2008 /ATLANTA
2. THE INTERNATIONAL OPHTHALMOLOGIST EDUCATION AWARD：AAO 2008/ATLANTA
3. THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR AWARD ：AAO 2013　/ NEW ORLEANS

WILLIAM J. DUPPS JR., MD, PHD, A NATIVE OF CATAWBA ISLAND, OHIO, JOINED THE STAFF OF CLEVELAND CLINIC IN 2006 AND HAS APPOINTMENTS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND TRANSPLANTATION. HE ALSO HOLDS AN ADJUNCT APPOINTMENT AS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY. AFTER GRADUATING WITH AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY, HE COMPLETED HIS MASTER’S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE ALSO EARNED HIS MEDICAL DEGREE WITH HONORS AS A FELLOW IN THE MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAM. HE COMPLETED AN OPHTHALMOLOGY RESIDENCY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCES, A RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN OCULAR GENE THERAPY AT THE NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE, AND A TWO-YEAR CORNEA AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY FELLOWSHIP AT THE COLE EYE INSTITUTE. HE SPECIALIZES IN REFRACTIVE SURGERY, CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION, AND CATARACT SURGERY.

WITH FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL KERATOCONUS FOUNDATION, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, AND A RESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDNESS CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD, DR. DUPPS LEADS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH TEAM IN THE OCULAR BIOMECHANICS AND IMAGING LABORATORY AT THE COLE EYE INSTITUTE FOCUSED ON THE BIOMECHANICS OF KERATOCONUS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING REFRACTIVE SURGERY OUTCOMES WITH PATIENT-SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELING. DR. DUPPS IS LISTED IN WHO’S WHO IN MEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE, WHO’S WHO IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, AND AMERICA’S TOP OPHTHALMOLOGISTS, AND WAS NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE COLE EYE INSTITUTE IN 2010.

DR. DUPPS IS ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL OF CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY, THE LEADING JOURNAL IN THE FIELD OF ANTERIOR SEGMENT EYE SURGERY, AND HAS AUTHORED NUMEROUS JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS. HE IS NAMED ON SEVERAL PATENTS AND RECEIVED THE CLEVELAND CLINIC’S FIRST EARLY CAREER INNOVATION AWARD IN 2009.

Médico Oftalmólogo Cirujano en segmento anterior. Egresado de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Realizó el programa de International Fellowship in Cataract Surgery en el Jules Stein Eye Institute de la Universidad de California (UCLA), Los Angeles, USA. Médico de staff del Instituto Oftalmológico de Alta Complejidad OFTALMOS, en la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Miembro Titular de la Sociedad Argentina de Oftalmología (SAO). Miembro de la Comisión Directiva de la Sociedad Argentina de Cornea, Refractiva y Catarata (SACRyC). Miembro de la ASCRS. Miembro de la ALACCSA-R y CHAIR ALACCSA-R Jóvenes Oftalmólogos.