PAAO - Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology
 
 


 
Subspecialty Societies



ALACCSA (Asociación Latino Americana de Cirugía de Catarata y Segmento Anterior)
APABO (Asociación Pan Americana de Bancos de Ojos)
CLADE (Consejo Latino Americana de Estrabismo)
CLAN (Club Latino Americano de Neuroftalmología)
CLEO (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ecografía en Oftalmología)
Pan-American Association for Research in Ophthalmology
Prevention of Blindness Committee
Sociedad Iberoamericana de Córnea
Sociedad Panamericana de Baja Visión
Sociedad Panamericana de Glaucoma
Sociedad Panamericana de Lentes de Contacto y Refracción
Sociedad Panamericana de Oculoplástica
Sociedad Panamericana de Oncología Ocular
Sociedad de Patología Ocular Lorenz E. Zimmerman
Sociedad Panamericana de Retina y Vitreo
Sociedad Panamericana de Trauma
SOPLA (Sociedade de Oftalmopediátria Latino Americana)
SPEIO (Sociedad Panamericana de Enfermedades Inflamatorias Oculares (Uveitis))




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ALACCSA
(Asociación Latino Americana de Cirugía de Catarata y Segmento Anterior)
www.alaccsa.com
Jorge Villar Kuri MD
President, Mesa Ejecutiva
(2007 - 2009)
Mercaderes 129
San José Insurgentes
Mexico City, DF 03910 MEXICO
Tel.: (52-55) 5593-2454
Fax: (52-55) 5680-7225
Email: villark@prodigy.net.mx
Nestor Gullo Jr. MD
Vice President
, Mesa Ejecutiva
Calle 56 No. 625 entre 7 y 8
La Plata, 1900 ARGENTINA
Tel: (54-221) 427-0972
Fax: (54-221) 482-5210
Email: ngullojr@infovia.com.ar
Humberto Belloso MD
Secretary
, Mesa Ejecutiva
Mar - 1808
PO Box 025801
Miami, FL 33102-5801
Tel: (58-261) 791-5691 (Venezuela)
Fax: (58-261) 793-2671
Email: belsal@cantv.net
Eduardo Cornú MD
Treasurer
, Mesa Ejecutiva
Eduardo G. Cornú Máynez, MD
Guerrero 125
Col. Las Rosas
Gómez Palacio, Dgo. 35090 MEXICO
Tel: (52-871) 714-2587
Fax: (52-817) 823-1919
Email: oftalmej@racsa.co.cr
William De La Peña MD
Presidente, Mesa Directiva

2446 Whittier Blvd
Montebello, CA 90640-3041
Tel: (323) 728-5500
Fax: (323) 728-4408
Email: wdlpeye@aol.com
Email: alaccsa@aol.com
 
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APABO (Asociación Pan Americana de Bancos de Ojos)
http://www.apaboeyebanks.org  or  http://www.apabo.com.br
Mark J. Mannis MD
President

UC Davis
Department of Ophthalmology
4860 Y Street #2400
Sacramento, CA 95817-2307 USA
Tel.: (916) 734-6957
Fax: (916) 455-4337
Email: mjmannis@ucdavis.edu
Luciane Barbosa de Sousa MD
Vice President

Rua França Pinto 537/31
São Paulo, SP 04016-032 BRAZIL
Tel/Fax: (55-11) 5572-6334
Email: lucienebarbosa@pobox.com
Ana Maria Guimarães Garcia
Consultant

Caixa Postal 210
Pouso Alegre MG 37550-000 Brazil
Tel./Fax: (55-35) 3423-8661
Email: apabo@uninet.com.br
 
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CLADE (Consejo Latino Americana de Estrabismo)
www.cladeweb.org
María Felisa Shokida MD
President
(2006 - )
Argerich 4749
Buenos Aires 1419 Argentina
Tel (54-11) 4573-3292
Fax: (54-11) 4815-5236
Email: felisa.shokida@gmail.com
Fernando M. Prieto Díaz MD
General Secretary
(2003 - 2009)
Av. 53 No. 693
La Plata, BsAs 1900 Argentina
Tel.: (54-221) 425-7523
Fax: (54-221) 425-7523
Email: fernandoprietodiaz@speedy.com.ar
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CLAN (Club Latino Americano de Neuroftalmología)

Mariana Schweitzer MD
General Secretary

Hernando de Aguirre 1028 Dep. 602
Santiago CHILE
Tel.: (56-2) 234-1260
Fax: (56-2) 234-1260
Email: msclan88@gmail.com
 
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CLEO (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ecografía en Oftalmología)
Cecilio Velasco Barona MD
Presidente
(March 2005 - June 2007)
Cecilio Francisco Velasco Barona, MD
Palmas 735-1102
Lomas de Chapultepec
Mexico City, DF 11000 Mexico
Tel.: (52-55) 5520-1596
Fax: (52-55) 5520-5478
Email: cfvelasco@terra.com.mx
 
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PAN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
Nicolas G. Bazan PhD
President
LSU Health Sciences Center
Neuroscience Center of Excellence
2020 Gravier Street Ste. D
New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
Tel.: (504) 599-0832
Fax: (504) 568-5801
Email: nbazan@lsuhsc.edu
 
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PAN-AMERICAN PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS COMMITTEE
Francisco Contreras Campos MD
Chair

Clínica Ricardo Palma
Av. Javier Prado Este 1038 Piso 10, San Isidro
Lima Peru
Tel.: (51-1) 224-6593
Fax: (51-1) 224-1603
Email: fcontreras@oftalmologoscontreras.com
Newton Kara José MD
Co-Chair

Rua Madre Teodora 281
São Paulo, SP 01428 Brazil
Tel.: (55-11) 3813-0675
Fax: (55-11) 3816-2287
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SOCIEDAD IBEROAMERICANA DE CÓRNEA
Ana Luisa Höfling-Lima MD
President
(2007 - 2009)
Centro Oftalmológico São Paulo
Av. Ibijau 331 4º andar, Moema
04524-020 São Paulo, SP Brazil
Tel.: (55-11) 5055-1177
Fax: (55-11) 5055-9557
Email: coftalmo@uol.com.br
 
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SOCIEDAD PANAMERICANA DE BAJA VISIÓN
www.spbajavision.org
Rosario Espinoza Carrillo MD
President
(2007 - 2009)
Diego de Aguero 208
Monterrico - Santiago de Surco
Lima, 33 Peru
Tel.: (51-1) 9945-1909
Email: respinoza@spbajavision.org / respinoza@apoyovisual.com
Byron Polanco MD
Vice Presidente

Hospital Rodolfo Robles
13 Avenida 10-44
Ciudad Nueva Zone 2
Guatemala City Guatemala
Tel.: (502) 2362-2429
Fax: (502) 2361-2448
Email: byronpolanco@gmail.com
Lourdes Medina y Alvarez Tostado MD
Past Presidente

Cerro del Cubilete 141 PB
Col. Campestre Churubusco
Mexico City, DF 04210 Mexico
Tel.: (52-55) 5544-9874
Fax: (52-55) 5544-7948
Email: lourmedina@yahoo.com.mx
 
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SOCIEDAD PANAMERICANA DE GLAUCOMA
Remo Susanna Jr. MD
President
(2009 - 2011)
Universidade de São Paulo
Av. São Gualter 99
São Paulo, SP 05455-000
BRAZIL
Tel.: (55-11) 3022-2738
Fax: (55-11) 3022-4300
Email: rsusanna@terra.com.br
 
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SOCIEDAD PANAMERICANA DE LENTES DE CONTACTO Y REFRACCIÓN
Zoraida Fiol-Silva MD
Contact

Wills Eye Hospital
910 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Tel.: (215) 928-3182
Fax: (215) 928-3453
Email: zfiolsilva@aol.com
 
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SOCIEDAD PANAMERICANA DE OCULOPLASTICA
www.sopanoc.org/
Pedro Bravo Cristóstomo MD
President
(2007 - 2009)
Pedro Bravo Crisóstomo, MD
Guardia Vieja 339 Providencia
Santiago 650694 CHILE
Tel.: (56-2) 234-2777
Fax: (56-2) 231-7818
Email: pbravoc@yahoo.es
 
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SOCIEDAD PANAMERICANA DE ONCOLOGIA OCULAR
Arun Singh MD
President
(2010-2015)
Director, Department of Ophthalmic Oncology
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cole Eye Institute (i-329)
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195 USA
Francisco Contreras Campos MD
Executive Director
(2010-2015)
Instituto de Ojos Primavera
Av. Prolongación Primavera 821
Chacarilla - San Borja
Lima PERU
A. Linn Murphree MD
Treasurer
(2010-2015)
Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd MS 88
Los Angeles, CA 90027-6062 USA
Javier Elizalde MD
Secretary
(2010-2015)
Javier Elizalde, MD
Muntaner 314
Barcelona 08021 SPAIN
David Pelayes MD
Executive Director
(2010-2015)
Emilio Mitre 477 Piso 5 A
Buenos Aires 1424 ARGENTINA
Dan Gombos MD
Secretary, English
(2010-2015)
1515 Holcombe Blvd Box 441
Houston, TX 77030-4009 USA
Raul S. Cordero MD
Secretary, Spanish
(2010-2015)
Nestor Batanero 137 Dpto. 302
Lima 33 PERU
Rubens N. Belfort MD
Secretary, Portuguese
(2010-2015)
Henry C. Witelson Ocular Pathology Lab
Room 216 Duff Medical Bldg
3775 University Street
Montreal, PQ H3A 2B4 CANADA
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SOCIEDAD DE PATOLOGÍA OCULAR LORENZ E. ZIMMERMAN
J. Oscar Croxatto MD
President

Azcuenada 1077 - 2ºB
Buenos Aires 1115 ARGENTINA
Tel.: (54-11) 4823-2327
Fax: (54-11) 4823-2327
Email: juan.croxatto@gmail.com
 
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SOCIEDAD PANAMERICANA DE RETINA Y VITREO (Formerly GLADAOF)
José Antonio Roca MD
President (2008 - 2010)
Clínica Ricardo Palma
Av. Javier Prado Este 1038 Piso 10
San Isidro
Lima Peru
Tel.: (51-1) 225-6288
Fax: (51-1) 224-1603
Email: jaroca62@yahoo.com

J. Fernando Arévalo MD
Past President (2008 - 2010)
Clínica Oftalmológica Centro Caracas
Centro Caracas PH-1, Av. Panteón
Caracas, 1010 Venezuela
Tel.: (58-212) 576-8687
Fax: (58-212) 576-8815
Email: arevalojf2020@gmail.com

Lihteh Wu MD
Executive Director (2008 - 2010)
Instituto de Cirugia Ocular
PO Box 144-1225, Plaza Mayor
San José, 1000 Costa Rica
Tel.: (506) 256-2134
Fax: (506) 220-3502
Email: lw65@cornell.edu
Michel E. Farah MD
General Secretary (2008 - 2010)
Michel Eid Farah, MD
Rua Ibijau 331/4 andar Moema
São Paulo, SP 04525-020 BRAZIL
Tel.: (55-11) 5055-1177
Fax: (55-11) 5055-6998
Email: mefarah@uol.com.br
María H. Berrocal MD
Treasurer (2008 - 2010)
6 Calle Joffre Apto. PH B
San Juan, PR 00907-1613
Tel.: (787) 724-5464 / (787) 725-9315
Fax: (787) 724-4654 / (787) 723-7909
Email: mariahberrocal@hotmail.com
 
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SOCIEDAD PANAMERICANA DE TRAUMA OCULAR
Alicia Martinez de Pacheco MD
President

Clínica Ponsomby
Centro de Microcirugía Ocular
Lord Ponsomby 2424
Montevideo, 11600 Uruguay
Tel.: (598-2) 708-3731
Fax: (598-2) 707-3231
Email: ponsomby@hotmail.com
 
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SOPLA (Sociedade de Oftalmolpediátria Latino Americana)
www.sopla.org
Marlene Vogel MD
President

Puerta del Sol 36 Piso 2 Las Condes
Santiago, 7580069 Chile
Tel.: (56-2) 206-6767
Fax: (56-2) 207-4891
Email: marlenevogel@mi.cl
 
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SPEIO (Sociedad Panamericana de Enfermedades Inflamatorias Oculares)
Careen Y. Lowder MD PhD
President

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Avenue A-31
Cleveland, OH 44195-0001
Tel.: (216) 444-3642
Fax: (216) 445-8475
Email: lowderc@ccf.org
Jacobo Melamed Cattan MD
Vice President

Av. Alegrete 126/304
Porto Alegre, RS 90460-100 Brazil
Tel.: (55-51) 224-0322
Fax: (55-51) 332-8324
Email: melamed@conex.com.br
Lourdes Arellanes García MD
General Secretary

Vicente García Torres 46
Col. San Lucas Coyoacán
Mexico 04030, DF MEXICO
Tel.: (52-55) 5659-9006/5659-9007/5574-0617/5574-9739
Fax: (52-55) 5659-3635
Email: lourdes.arellanes@apec.com.mx
 
   
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