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 (Consejo 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
Dr. Carlos Nicoli
President

Instituto Oftalmológico Oftalmos
Av. Córdoba 1830
Buenos Aires, 1120 Argentina
Tel.: (54-11) 4816-9100
Fax: (54-11) 4816-9999
Email: cnicoli@oftalmos.com
Dr. William De La Peña
Executive Director

2446 Whittier Blvd
Montebello, CA 90640
Tel: (213) 728-5500
Fax: (213) 728-4408 fax
Email: wdlpeye@aol.com
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APABO (Asociación Pan Americana de Bancos de Ojos)
Dr. Elcio H. Sato
President ( thru October 2004)

Banco de Olhos do Hospital Sao Paulo
Av. Paulista 726/301
São Paulo, SP 01310-910 Brazil
Tel.: (55-11) 3284-4033
Fax: (55-11) 288-5987
Email: cornea@pobox.com
Dr. Alejandro Grondona
Vice President
Centro de Estudios Oftalmológicos
Av. Santa Fe 1159 P.B. Depto.2
Buenos Aires, 1059 Argentina
Tel.: (54-11) 4811-9909
Fax: (54-11) 4816-7186
Mr. Jeffry Penta
Executive Director

San Diego Eye Bank
9444 Balboa Avenue #100
San Diego, CA 92123-4351
Tel.: (619) 694-0444 / (800) 393-2265
Fax: (619) 694-0581
Email: jeffpenta@sbed.org
Dra. Iliana Gensini Paéz
Secretary

Clínica de Oftalmología
Carrera 47 No. 8C-94
Cali Colombia
Tel.: (57-2) 553-3831
Fax: (57-2) 552-0896
Email: ilianagensini@yahoo.com
Dr. Raul Suárez Sánchez
Treasurer

Raúl Suárez Sánchez, MD
Durango 243-302
Col. Roma
Mexico City, DF 06700 Mexico
Tel./Fax: (52-55) 5514-7213
Email: pavis@prodigy.net.mx
 
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CLADE (Consejo Latino Americana de Estrabismo)
Dr. Hernan Iturriaga Valenzuela
President (December 2003 - )
Fundación Oftalmológica Los Andes
Las Hualtatas 5951 Vitacura
Santiago Chile
Tel (56-2) 370-4617
Fax: (56-2) 371-8934
Email: iturriaga@entelchile.net
Dr. Fernando Prieto Díaz
General Secretary (2003 - 2009)
Fernando Prieto-Díaz, MD
Av. 53 No. 693
La Plata, BsAs 1900 Argentina
Tel.: (54-221) 425-7523
Fax: (54-221) 425-7523
Email: prietbec@satlink.com
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CLAN (Consejo Latino Americano de Neuroftalmología)
Dra. Lidia López
General Secretary (thru Sept 2005)

Rio de Janeiro 640-1F y G
Capital Federal
Buenos Aires, 1663 Argentina
Tel.: (54-11) 4982-4877
Fax: (54-11) 5777-3209
Email: lidia1943@ciudad.com.ar
 
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CLEO (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ecografía en Oftalmología)
Dr. Alberto Betinjane
Presidente (April 2003 - March 2005)

Rua Prof. Artur Ramos 96 8º andar
São Paulo, SP 01454-010
Brazil
Tel.: (55-11) 3814-2462
Fax: (55-11) 3814-8051
Email: ajbetinjane@aol.com
Dr. Cecilio Velasco Barona
Vice President

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
Dr. J. Ramiro Prada Reyes
Secretary-TreasurerVice Presidente

Transversal 30 No. 144-48 Dpto. 303
Santafé de Bogotá Colombia
Tel./Fax: (57-1) 625-5218
Email: ramiroprada@yahoo.com
 
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PAN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
Dr. Nicolas Bazan
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
Dr. Francisco Contreras Campos
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: oftcont@infonegocio.com.pe
Dr. Newton Kara José
Co-Chair

Newton Kara José, MD
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
Dra. Denise de Freitas
President (April 2003 - March 2005)

Rua Loefgreen 1587/24
São Paulo, SP 04040-032 Brazil
Tel.: (55-11) 5579-3922
Fax: (55-11) 5549-6824
Email: dfreitas@pobox.com
Dr. Elcio Sato
Vice President

Elcio H. Sato, MD
Banco de Olhos do Hospital Sao Paulo
Av. Paulista 726/301
São Paulo, SP 01310-910 Brazil
Tel.: (55-11) 3284-4033
Fax: (55-11) 288-5987
Email: cornea@pobox.com
Dr. Eduardo Alfonso
Executive Director

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
900 NW 17th Street
Miami, FL 33131
Tel.: (305) 326-6366
Fax: (305) 326-6367 fax
Email: ealfonso@bpei.med.miami.edu
Dra. Lourdes Moreno
Secretary

Lourdes Moreno Corral, MD
Ejercito Nacional 613 Sala 8 Cons. 5
Col. Granada
Mexico City, DF 01120 Mexico
Tel.: (52-55) 5545-6370
Fax: (52-55) 5531-8040
Email: lubymorco@mx.inter.net
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SOCIEDAD PANAMERICANA DE BAJA VISIÓN
Dr. Federico G. Hermes Beltranena
Presidente (April 2003 - 2007)

6a Avenida 7-39 Zona 10
Local 108 Edif. Medico Las Brisas
Guatemala City Guatemala
Tel.: (502-2) 34-5846
Email: fvhermes@intelnett.com
 
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SOCIEDAD PANAMERICANA DE GLAUCOMA
Dr. Felix Gil Carrasco
President

Sociedad Panamericana de Glaucoma
Vicente García Torres 46
Mexico City, DF 04030 Mexico
Tel.: (52-55) 5568-8167
Fax: (52-55) 5554-0322
Email: fgilglaucoma@apec.com.mx
Dr. Daniel Grigera
President Elect

Marconi 920
Olivos, BsAs 1636 Argentina
Tel.: (54-11) 4797-6899
Fax: (54-11) 4799-8880
Email: dgrigera@arnet.com.ar
Dr. Jesús Jiménez Roman
Secretary

Durango 49 Piso 4
Col. Roma
Mexico City, DF Mexico
Tel.: (52-55) 5208-4914
Fax: (52-55) 5208-4914
Email: jimenez_roman@yahoo.com
 
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SOCIEDAD PANAMERICANA DE LENTES DE CONTACTO Y REFRACCIÓN
Dra. Zoraida Fiol-Silva
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
Dr. Guillermo Salcedo Casillas
President (April 2003 - March 2005)

Tlaxcala 180 Piso 3
Col. Hipódromo Condesa
Mexico City, DF 06100 Mexico
Tel.: (52-55) 5286-8312
Fax: (52-55) 5286-9731
Email: oculoplastica@prodigy.net.mx
Dr. Mario Pérez Genovesi
Executive Director

Arenales 1662, 2do Piso
Buenos Aires, 1061 Argentina
Tel.: (54-1) 813-1914
Fax: (54-1) 813-1914
Email: mariopg@ar.inter.net
Dr. A. Augusto Velasco e Cruz
Vice Presidente

Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
Av. Bandeirantes 3900
Ribeirão Preto, SP 14049-900 Brazil
Tel.: (55-16) 602-2862
Fax: (55-16) 602-2860
Email: aavecruz@fmrp.usp.br
Dr. José Luis Tovilla Canales
General Secretary

José Luis Tovilla Canales, MD
Clínica Florida
Enrique Sada Muguerza No. 1
Cto. Centro Comercial Cd. Satelite
Naucalpán, Mex. 53100 Mexico
Tel.: (52-55) 5572-3095
Fax: (52-55) 5572-6867
Email: jltovilla@yahoo.com
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SOCIEDAD DE ONCOLOGIA OCULAR
Dra. Clélia Maria Erwenne
President

Rua Afonso Brás 191-2º andar
São Paulo, SP 04511-011 Brazil
Tel.: (55-11) 3044-2244
Fax: (55-11) 3842-3538
Email: erwenne@picture.com.br
Dr. Miguel N. Burnier Jr.
Vice President

McGill Univ, Dept. of Ophthalmology
Royal Victoria Hospital
687 Pine Avenue West Room H7.53
Montreal, PQ H3A 1A1 Canada
Tel.: (514) 843-1544
Fax: (514) 843-1624
Email: miguel.burnier@mcgill.ca
Dr. Francisco Contreras Campos
Treasurer

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: oftcont@infonegocio.com.pe
Dr. Mario Pérez Genovesi
Executive Director

Arenales 1662, 2do Piso
Buenos Aires, 1061 Argentina
Tel.: (54-1) 813-1914
Fax: (54-1) 813-1914
Email: mariopg@ar.inter.net
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SOCIEDAD DE PATOLOGÍA OCULAR LORENZ E. ZIMMERMAN
Dr. Ramon Font
President

Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory
Cullen Eye Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX 77030
Tel.: (713) 790-4644
Fax: (713) 798-4364 fax
Email: rfont@bcm.tmc.edu
Dr. Miguel N. Burnier Jr.
McGill Univ, Dept. of Ophthalmology
Royal Victoria Hospital
687 Pine Avenue West Room H7.53
Montreal, PQ H3A 1A1 Canada
Tel.: (514) 843-1544
Fax: (514) 843-1624
Email: miguel.burnier@mcgill.ca
Dr. J. Oscar Croxatto,
Parera 15 - 8º Piso
Buenos Aires 1014 ARGENTINA
Fax: (54-1) 814-4853 voice
Email: ocroxatto@elsitio.net
 
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SOCIEDAD PANAMERICANA DE RETINA Y VITREO (Formerly GLADAOF)
Dr. Francisco José Rodríguez
President (June 2004 - May 2006)
Francisco J. Rodríguez, MD
President
Calle 50 No. 13-50
Santafé de Bogotá Colombia
Tel.: (57-1) 345-1754
Fax: (57-1) 217-8541
Email: fjrodriguez@fon.org.co

Dr. J. Fernando Arévalo
Executive Director
Clínica Oftalmológica Centro Caracas
Centro Caracas PH-1
Av. Panteón
Caracas, 1010 Venezuela
Tel.: (58-212) 576-8687
Fax: (58-212) 576-8815
Email: areval1@telcel.net.ve

Dr. Lihteh Wu
Secretary-Treasurer
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
 
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SOCIEDAD PANAMERICANA DE TRAUMA
Dra. Alicia Martinez de Pacheco
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)
Rosana Nogueira Pires da Cunha MD
President

Al. Gabriel M. da Silva 1000
São Paulo, SP 01442-000 Brazil
Tel.: (55-11) 883-3300
Fax: (55-11) 282-7570
Email: rocunha@netpoint.com.br
 
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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
Dra. Lourdes Arellanes García
General Secretary

Vicente García Torres 46
Col. San Lucas Coyoacán
Mexico 04030, DF MEXICO
Tel.: (52-5) 659-3597
Fax: (52-5) 659-3308
Email: agml@servidor.unam.mx
 

   
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