PAAO - Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology
 
 

 
Board of Directors (2009 - 2011)



PAAO Executive Committee
PAAO Board of Directors
Pan-American Ophthalmological Foundation (PAOF)

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President
Cristián Luco MD
Fundación Oftalmológica Los Andes
Las Hualtatas 5951 Vitacura
Santiago CHILE
President Elect
Mark J. Mannis MD
UC Davis
Department of Ophthalmology
4860 Y Street #2400
Sacramento, CA 95817-2307 USA
Immediate Past President
Richard L. Abbott MD
UC San Francisco
Beckman Vision Center
10 Kirkham Street K301
San Francisco, CA 94143-0730 USA
Vice President
Michael W. Brennan MD
Alamance Eye Center
1016 Kirkpatrick Road
Burlington, NC 27215-9714 USA

Executive Vice President
José Antonio Roca Fernández MD
Clínica Ricardo Palma
Av. Javier Prado Este 1038 Piso 10
San Isidro
Lima PERU

Executive Director
Teresa J. Bradshaw
PAAO
1301 S Bowen Road #365
Arlington TX 76013 USA

Secretary, English Language Region
C.P. (Pat) Wilkinson MD
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
6569 N Charles Street Ste. 505
Baltimore, MD 21204-6831 USA

Associate Secretary,
English Language Region

Peter A. Quiros MD
USC Dept of Ophthalmology
Doheny Eye Institute
1450 San Pablo Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA

Secretary, Spanish Language Region
Lihteh Wu, MD
Instituto de Cirugía Ocular
PO Box 144-1225
Plaza Mayor
San José 1000 Costa Rica

Associate Secretary,
Spanish Language Region

J. Fernando Arévalo, MD FACS
Clínica Oftalmológica Centro Caracas
Centro Caracas PH-1
Av. Panteón
1010 Caracas Venezuela

Secretary, Portuguese Language Region
Paulo E.C. Dantas, MD
Rua Martinico Prado 26 cj 181
05462-020 São Paulo, SP Brazil

Associate Secretary,
Portuguese Language Region

Mauricio Maia MD
Av. Otto Ribeiro 901
Assis, SP 19800-320 Brazil

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2007 - 2009
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ARGENTINA

Gustavo Federico Bodino MD
Av. Las Heras 1635 3° A
Buenos Aires 1018 ARGENTINA

Roberto N. Ebner MD
Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires
Av. Cnel. Diaz 2277 5º D
Buenos Aires 1425 ARGENTINA

Ernesto Ferrer MD
Dr. Sabin 1075
San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy 4600 ARGENTINA
Enrique S. Malbrán Sr. MD *
Clínica Oftalmólogica Malbrán
Parera 164
Buenos Aires 1014 ARGENTINA
Julio E. Manzitti MD
Arenales 2161
Buenos Aires C1124AAG ARGENTINA
 
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BOLIVIA

Vania Licett García Aliaga MD
Casilla 4093
La Paz BOLIVIA

Rafael Molina Mery MD
Av. René Moreno 119
Casilla 1738
Santa Cruz BOLIVIA

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BRAZIL

Renato Ambrósio Jr. MD PhD
Clinical Director
Rua Visconde de Pirajá 595/808
Ipanema
Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22471-003 BRAZIL

Rubens Belfort Jr MD PhD *
Rua Augusta 2529
São Paulo, SP 01413-100 BRAZIL

Maria Regina Catai Chalita MD
SQSW 101 Bloco K Apt. 201
Brasilia, DF 70270-111 BRAZIL

Denise de Freitas MD
Rua Onze de Junho 977
São Paulo, SP 04041-053 BRAZIL

Nilo Holzchuh MD
Rua Luiziania 784/6
São Paulo, SP 04560-021 BRAZIL

Maria Cristina Nishiwaki-Dantas MD
Rua Martinico Prado 26 cj 181-182
Higienópolis
São Paulo, SP 01224-010 BRAZIL

Mário Junqueira Nóbrega MD
Rua Abdon Batista 172
Joinville, SC 89201-010 BRAZIL
Liana Maria V. de O. Ventura MD PhD
Rua Francisco Alves 887
Ilha do Leite
Recife, PE 50070-490 BRAZIL
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CANADA

Alan F. Cruess MD
Dalhouse University
Department of Ophthalmology/Eye Care Ctr
1278 Tower Road 2W Victoria Rm 2035
Halifax, ON B3H 2Y9 CANADA

Allan R. Slomovic MA MD FRCS(C)
Toronto Western Hospital
Department of Ophthalmology
399 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON M5T 2S8 CANADA

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CHILE
Ricardo Agurto Rivera MD
Poeta Winter 4162 Macul
Santiago CHILE
Nicolas Berthet Edwards MD
Clínica Oftalmológica Pasteur
Av. Luis Pasteur 5917
Vitacura
Santiago 6670775 CHILE

Cristian Carpentier Giglio MD
Fundación Oftalmológica Los Andes
Las Hualtatas 5951 Vitacura
Santiago CHILE

Sergio Morales Estupiñan MD
Hospital del Trabajador
Santa Maria 217
Santiago 8420513 CHILE

Leonidas Guillermo Traipe Castro MD
Fundación Oftalmológica Los Andes
Las Hualtatas 5951 Vitacura
Santiago CHILE

Juan Verdaguer Taradella MD *
Fundación Oftalmológica Los Andes
Las Hualtatas 5951 Vitacura
Santiago CHILE

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COLOMBIA
Angela María Dolmetsch MD
Carrera 47 sur No.8C-94 C.211
Cali COLOMBIA
Hector Fernando Gómez Goyeneche MD
Carrera 16 No. 82-95 Cons. 701
Bogotá, DC COLOMBIA

Angela María Gutiérrez Marín MD
Clínica Barraquer
Avenida 100 No. 18A-51
Bogotá, DC COLOMBIA

Luis Fernando Mujica Reyes MD
Calle 67 No. 18C-50 Apto. 604 Torre 4B
Barrancabermeja, Santander COLOMBIA

Gabriel Enrique Ortiz Arismendi MD
Calle 159A No. 13A-43 Int 9 Apto 102
Bogotá, DC 11001 COLOMBIA

Alvaro Rodríguez González MD *
Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional
Calle 50 No. 13-50
Bogotá, DC COLOMBIA

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COSTA RICA

Raquel Benavides González MD
Apartado 210-2150 Moravia
San José COSTA RICA

Joaquín Martínez Arguedas MD
PO Box 16-6151
Santa Ana COSTA RICA

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CUBA

Frank Eguia Martínez MD
ICO Ramón Pando Ferrer 76 y 31
Marianao
Havana 10600 CUBA

Carmen de Prada Sánchez MD
Hospital Docente Calixto Garcia
27 y Av. Universidad Plaza
Havana CUBA

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Additional delegates to be announced

 

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ECUADOR
Additional delegates to be announced  
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EL SALVADOR

Jaime Ricardo Avila Guerra MD
Instituto de Ojos
Blvd Tutunichapa 326 Local 312
San Salvador EL SALVADOR

Erlinda Rivera de Castillo MD
15 Calle Oriente 257
Col. Santa Eugenia
San Salvador EL SALVADOR

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GUATEMALA
Additional delegates to be announced  
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HAITI
Additional delegates to be announced  
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HONDURAS
Additional delegates to be announced  
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MEXICO

Enrique L. Graue Wiechers MD *
Paseo de las Palmas 735-1006
Col. Lomas de Chapul
Mexico City, DF 11000 MEXICO

José Luis Tovilla Canales MD
Clínica Florida
Enrique Sada Muguerza No. 1
Cto. Centro Comercial Cd. Satelite
Naucalpán, MEX 53100 MEXICO

Jorge Eugenio Valdez García MD MA
Loma Grande 2717-5
Col. Lomas de San Francisco
Monterrey, NL 64710 MEXICO

Cecilio Francisco Velasco Barona MD
Paseo De La Reforma No. 2608 Int 21
Col. Lomas de Chapultepec
Mexico City, DF 11950 MEXICO

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NICARAGUA
Additional delegates to be announced  
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PANAMA

Benjamín F. Boyd MD
PO Box 0819-06890
Panama City PANAMA

Samuel Boyd Lewis MD
Apartado 6-3299
El Dorado
Panama City PANAMA

Maritza López Moreno MD
Edif Cocos View 11
Coco del Mar
Panama City PANAMA

 

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PARAGUAY
Sergio Arce Salomon MD
4 de Julio 3226 entre Cnel Escurra
y Talavera - Barrio Herrera
Asunción PARAGUAY
 
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PERU

Rocio Ardito Vega MD
Calle Los Cisnes 457 Dpto. C
Lima 27 PERU

Francisco Contreras Campos MD *
Instituto de Ojos Primavera
Av. Prolongación Primavera 821
Chacarilla - San Borja
Lima PERU

Juan Carlos Corbera Gonzalo MD
Av. Juan de Aliaga 625 Dpto 603
Magdalena
Lima L-17 PERU

Juan Fernando Mendiola Solari MD
Jr. José Nicolás Rodrigo 616 Dpto. 401
Urb. Los Pinos de Monterrico
Lima 33 PERU

Dino Fernando Natteri Marmol MD
Diego de Almagro 629
Jesús Maria
Lima PERU

 

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PORTUGAL
Additional delegates to be announced  
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PUERTO RICO

 

 

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SPAIN

Carlos Cortés Valdés MD
c/Mejía Lequérica 19 2º
Madrid 28004 SPAIN

Miguel A. Zato MD PhD
Paseo Castellana 121 esc izq. 6 A
Madrid 28046 SPAIN

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URUGUAY
Additional delegates to be announced  
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UNITED STATES
Richard L. Abbott MD *
UC San Francisco
Beckman Vision Center
10 Kirkham Street K301
San Francisco, CA 94143-0730
Eduardo C. Alfonso MD
Interim Chair
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
PO Box 016880
Miami, FL 33101-6880
J. Bronwyn Bateman MD *
1133 Race Street #17N
Denver, CO 80206
David F. Chang MD
762 Altos Oaks Drive Ste. 1
Los Altos, CA 94024
David K. Coats MD
Texas Children's Hospital
1102 Bates Ste. 300 MC 3-2700
Houston, TX 77030-2600
Robert C. Drews MD *
9512 Red Bud Tree Lane
St. Louis, MO 63122
Francisco E. Fantes MD
Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital
320 West Heather Dr.
Key Biscayne, FL 33149
John A. Irvine MD
USC Dept of Ophthalmology
Doheny Eye Institute
1450 San Pablo Street #5703
Los Angeles, CA 90033-1042
Paul R. Lichter MD *
Professor & Chair
University of Michigan Medical School
W.K. Kellogg Eye Center
1000 Wall Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1912
Thomas J. Liesegang MD
Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville
4500 San Pablo Road
Jacksonville, FL 32224
Stephanie Jones Marioneaux MD
300 Medical Parkway Ste. 180
Chesapeake, VA 23320
Malcolm L. Mazow MD
Houston Eye Associates
2855 Gramercy Drive
Houston, TX 77025-1635
James P. McCulley MD
Professor & Chair
UT Southwestern Medical School
Department of Ophthalmology
5323 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75390-9057
Alice R. McPherson MD *
Baylor Eye Clinic
7200B Cambridge
Mail Stop BCM 633
Houston, TX 77030
Carl D. Regillo MD
311 Airdale Road
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Nelson R. Sabates MD
Univ Missouri-KC School of Medicine
Truman Medical Ctr Eye Foundation KC
2300 Holmes Street
Kansas City, MO 64131-2761
Bradley R. Straatsma MD JD *
Jules Stein Eye Institute
100 Stein Plaza
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7065
 
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VENEZUELA

Oscar Vicente Beaujón Balbi MD
Av. Principal Res Mucubaji Apto 22A
Los Naranjos
Caracas 1061 VENEZUELA

Rafael Cordero-Moreno, MD *
Instituto de Oftalmología
Av. Cajigal 48
San Bernardino
Caracas VENEZUELA
Claudia Ana Pacillo Gagliardi MD
Caurimare
Calle C-5 Qta. Vila Maria Teresa
Caracas, Miranda 1061 VENEZUELA
Gema Josefina Ramírez Cordova MD
Av. Francisco de Miranda
Edif. Cavendes Piso 6 Of. 606
Caracas DF VENEZUELA
Pedro José Rivas Agüiño MD
Urb. Santa Maria
Calle Montaña No. 24-B
Mérida 5101 VENEZUELA
Karen Salcedo Mosquera MD
Apartado de Correos 3534
Carmelitas
Caracas, DF 1010 VENEZUELA
Alvaro Elias Sanabria Villarruel MD
Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad
Av. Intercomunal La Trinidad El hatillo
CMDLT Ed 2 Piso 1
Caracas 1080 VENEZUELA
 
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WEST INDIES
Additional delegates to be announced  
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AFFILIATED NATIONAL OPHTHALMOLOGY SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES

ARGENTINA
Ernesto Ferrer MD
President
Consejo Argentino de Oftalmología
Tte. Gral. Juan D. Perón 1479 2º piso Oficina 4
Buenos Aires C1037ACA ARGENTINA

BOLIVIA
Remberto Monasterio Mendoza MD
President
Sociedad Boliviana de Oftalmología
Clinica Oftalmológica Monasterio
Calle Victor Sanjines 2883
La Paz BOLIVIA

BRAZIL
Paulo Augusto de Arruda Mello MD
President
Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia
Alameda Santos 1343 cj 1109/1110
São Paulo, SP 01419-001 BRAZIL
CANADA
Lorne Bellan MD
President
Canadian Ophthalmological Society
1525 Carling Ste. 610
Ottawa, ON K1Z 8R9 CANADA

CHILE
Alejandro Siebert E. MD
President
Sociedad Chilena de Oftalmología
Av. Luis Pasteur 5280 Of. 104 Vitacura
Santiago CHILE

COLOMBIA
Gabriel Enrique Ortiz Arismendi MD
President
Sociedad Colombiana de Oftalmología
Calle 98 No. 21- 36 Oficina 701
Bogotá, DC COLOMBIA
COSTA RICA
Joaquín Martínez Arguedas MD
President
Asociación Oftalmológica de Costa Rica
PO Box 16-6151
Santa Ana COSTA RICA
CUBA
Marcelino Rio Torres MD
President
Sociedad Cubana de Oftalmología
Hospital Ramón Pando Ferrer
76 e/31 y 41 Marianao
Havana 11400 CUBA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Abraham Khouri MD
President
Sociedad Dominicana de Oftalmología
Calle Santiago esq. Pasteur
Plaza Jardines de Gazcue Segunda Planta
Santo Domingo DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
Patricio Flor MD
President
Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Oftalmología
Checoslovaquia 185 y 6 de Diciembre
Edif. Samedam (Planta Baja)
Quito ECUADOR
EL SALVADOR
Carlos Eduardo Alas Gudiel MD
President
Asociación Salvadoreña de Oftalmología
Centro Comercial Villa Españolas
Local D-23 Paseo Gen Escalón Col Escalón
San Salvador EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
Rudy Oliver Gutiérrez Díaz MD
President
Asociación Guatemalteca de Oftalmología
10a Calle 3-01 Edif Artes M
Zona 14
Guatemala City GUATEMALA
HAITI
Frantz Large MD
President
Haitian Society of Ophthalmology
115 Rue Capois
Port-au-Prince HAITI
HONDURAS
Doris Alvarado de Jaúregui MD
President
Sociedad Hondureña de Oftalmología
Oftalmocentro
Boulevard Suyapa N 4021
Tegucigalpa, DC HONDURAS
MEXICO
Manuel Saenz de Viteri MD
President
Sociedad Mexicana de Oftalmología
Boston 99
Col. Nochebuena
Mexico City, DF 03720 MEXICO
NICARAGUA
Amelia Salvatierra Isaba MD
President
Sociedad Nicaragüense de Oftalmología
Clínica del Ojo, Res Lomas del Valle
Calle Ruben Dario Casa G-11
Managua NICARAGUA
PANAMA
Maritza López Moreno MD
President
Sociedad Panameña de Oftalmología
Apartado 87-4673
Panama City 7 PANAMA
PARAGUAY
Myriam Blaires MD
President
Sociedad Paraguaya de Oftalmología
Av. Brasilia 1155 e/Florida y Concordia
Asunción PARAGUAY
PERU
Nicanor Tinageros MD
President
Sociedad Peruana de Oftalmología
Parque Luis F. Villarán 957
San Isidro
Lima 27 PERU
PORTUGAL
António Casa Nova Tavares Travassos MD
President
Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Campo Pequeno 2-13º
Lisbon 1000-078 PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
Priscila L. Bacó Bagué MD
President
Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Oftalmología
PO Box 366274
San Juan, PR 00936-6274
SPAIN
Joaquín Barraquer MD
President
Sociedad Española de Oftalmología
c/Donoso Cortés 73 1º
Madrid 28015 SPAIN
URUGUAY
Miguel Zylberglajt Cordones MD
President
Sociedad Uruguaya de Oftalmología
Basilea 6215
Montevideo 11500 URUGUAY
USA
Michael W. Brennan MD
President
American Academy of Ophthalmology
PO Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424

VENEZUELA
Kenton Perret-Gentil MD
President
Sociedad Venezolana de Oftalmología
Av. Prinicpal de los Ruices P5 Of. 507
Centro Empresarial Los Ruices
Caracas VENEZUELA

WEST INDIES
Terrence Allan BSc MBBS FRCS
President
Ophthalmological Society of the West Indies
Caribbean Eye Institute
11 Igneri Road
Valsayn, South TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
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SUBSPECIALTY SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES

Nicolas Bazan, MD
Chair
Pan-American Assn for Research in Ophthalmology
LSU HSC Neuroscience Ctr for Excellence
2020 Gravier Street Ste. D
New Orleans, LA 70112

Francisco Contreras Campos, MD
Chair
Comité de Prevención de Ceguera
Instituto de Ojos Primavera
Av. Prolongación Primavera 821
Lima PERU

Juan Oscar Croxatto, MD
President
Sociedad Panamericana de Patología Ocular Lorenz E. Zimmerman
Azcuenaga 1077 2º B
Buenos Aires 1115 ARGENTINA
Rosario Espinoza Carrillo, MD
President
Sociedad Panamericana de Baja Visión
Diego de Aguero 208
Monterrico - Santiago de Surgo
Lima 33 PERU
Zoraida Fiol-Silva, MD
Sociedad Panamericana de Lentes de Contacto y Refracción
Wills Eye Hospital-Contact Lens Div
900 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5509
Ana Luisa Höfling-Lima, MD
President
Sociedad Iberoamericana de Córnea
Centro Oftalmológico São Paulo
Av. Ibijau 331 4to andar Moema
São Paulo, SP 04524-020 BRAZIL
Careen Y. Lowder, MD
President
SPEIO (Sociedad Panamericana de Enfermedades Inflamatorias Oculares)
Cole Eye Institute
9500 Euclid Avenue Ste. 7-32
Cleveland, OH 44195
Mark J. Mannis, MD
President
APABO (Asociación Pan Americana de Bancos de Ojos)
UC Davis-Ophthalmology
4860 Y Street #2400
Sacramento, CA 95817-2307
Alicia Martínez de Pacheco, MD
President
Sociedad Panamericana de Trauma
Clínica Ponsomby Centro de Microcirugía
Lord Ponsomby 2424
Montevideo, 11600 URUGUAY
Susana Ochoa, MD
Secretaria General
CLAN (Club Latino Americano de Neuro-Oftalmología)
Santos Dumont 2515 4 B
Buenos Aires 1426 ARGENTINA
Mario Pérez Genovesi, MD
President
Sociedad Panamericana de Oncología Oftalmológica
Arenales 1662 Piso 2 A
Buenos Aires 1061 ARGENTINA
José Antonio Roca, MD
President
Sociedad Pan-Americana de Retina y Vitreo
Av. Javier Prado este 1038 Piso 10 San Isidro
Lima PERU
María Felisa Shokida, MD
President
CLADE (Consejo Latino Americana de Estrabismo)
Argerich 4749
Buenos Aires 1419 ARGENTINA
Cecilio Francisco Velasco Barona, MD
President
CLEO (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ecografía en Oftalmología)
Paseo de la Reforma No. 2608 Piso 10
Col. Lomas de Chapultapec
Mexico City, DF 11950 MEXICO
Jorge Villar Kuri, MD
President
ALACCSA (Asociación Latino Americana de Cirugía de Catarata y Segmento Anterior)
Mercaderes 129
San José Insurgentes
Mexico City, DF 03910 MEXICO
Marlene Vogel G., MD
President
SOPLA (Sociedade de Oftalmopediátria Latino Americana)
Puerta del Sol No. 36 Las Condes
Santiago, CHILE

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