Course Directors
Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Rodgers Clark Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology
Medical Director, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Plantation
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Ellen Koo, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Alan M. Fisch Endowed Lectureship on Corneal and External Diseases
William J. Dupps, Jr., MS, PhD, MD, FARVO
Professor of Ophthalmology & Biomedical Engineering
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Guest Speakers
Anthony J. Aldave, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Bartly J. Mondino, M.D., Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology
The Stein Eye Institute
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA
Rosa Braga-Mele, MD, MEd, FRCSC
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Carlos Buznego, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Florida International University College of Medicine
Center for Excellence in Eye Care
Miami, FL
Nidhi Gupta, MD
Senior Consultant Cornea, Cataract, and Ocular Surface
Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital, Delhi, India
Adj. Clinician Scientist, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore
Adj. Faculty, SingHealth Duke-NUS Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
New Delhi, India
Mitchell P. Weikert, MD, MS
Professor, Cullen Eye Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Faculty
Mohamed F. Abou Shousha, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Electrical and Computer Engineering,
and Biomedical Engineering
Director, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Augmented Vision Lab
Guillermo Amescua, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Medical Director, Ocular Surface Program
Zubair Ansari, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
William W. Culbertson, IV, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Lou Higgins Chair in Ophthalmology
Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
The J. Donald M. Gass Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology
Anat Galor, MD, MSPH
Professor of Ophthalmology
Allister G. Gibbons, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Thomas E. Johnson, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Carol L. Karp, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Richard K. Forster Chair in Ophthalmology
Dr. Ronald and Alicia Lepke Endowed Professor in Corneal and External Diseases
Stephanie M. Llop Quintana, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Jaime D. Martinez Martinez, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Carolina L. Mercado, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Sotiria Palioura, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Victor L. Perez, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Cornea Research
Higgins Clark Chair in Ophthalmology
Alfonso L. Sabater, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Medical Director, Ocular Surface Program
Director, Corneal Innovation Lab
Priscilla Sotomayor, OD, FSLS
Senior Optometrist
Despoina Theotoka, MD
Instructor
Sonia H. Yoo, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Biophysics
Greentree Hickman Chair in Ophthalmology