Program Directors
Eduardo C. Alfonso, MD
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
Kathleen & Stanley J. Glaser Endowed Professor in Ophthalmology
Director, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Guillermo Amescua, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miami, FL
Carol L. Karp, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Richard K. Forster Chair in Ophthalmology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miami, FL
Paul F. Palmberg, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miami, FL
Guest Speakers
J. Fernando Arevalo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASRS
Chairman of Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Professor of Ophthalmology
The Wilmer Eye Institute-Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
Juan F. Batlle, MD
Chief of Ophthalmology, Dr. Elias Santana Hospital
President, Laser Center
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Voluntary Associate Professor
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miami, FL, USA
Miguel N. Burnier, Jr., MSc, PhD, FRCSC, FARVO
Professor of Ophthalmology, Pathology, Medicine and Oncology
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Paulo E.C. Dantas, MD, PhD
President, 2022-2025, Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology
Editor-in-Chief, The Pan-American Journal of Ophthalmology
Clinical and Surgical Cornea and External Disease
Oftalmologistas Asociados of São Paulo and Sorocaba Eye Hospital
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Angela Maria Fernandez, MD
Chief, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Central Military Hospital
Professor of Ophthalmology Nueva Granada Military University
Associated Ophthalmologist, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota
Professor of Ophthalmology, Universidad de los Andes
Bogota, Colombia
Felipe Medeiros, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Duke University
Durham, NC, USA
Victor L. Pérez, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Stephen and Frances Foster Distinguished Professor of
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC, USA
Neda Shamie, MD
Maloney-Shamie Vision Institute
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Roberto Warman, MD
Director, Division of Ophthalmology
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Miami, FL, USA
Voluntary Assistant Professor
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miami, FL, USA
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Faculty
Chris R. Alabiad, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Thomas A. Albini, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Zubair Ansari, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Audina M. Berrocal, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Elena Bitrian, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Nathan W. Blessing, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Florence Cabot, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Hilda Capo, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
John T. Flynn Chair in Ophthalmology
Kara M. Cavuoto, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Ta Chen Peter Chang, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Victoria Chang, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Zelia M. Correa, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
William W. Culbertson, IV, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Lou Higgins Chair in Ophthalmology
Janet L. Davis, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Leach Chair in Ophthalmology
Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Sander R. Dubovy, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Victor T. Curtin Chair in Ophthalmology
Michelle Falcone, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
J. Donald M. Gass Chair in Ophthalmology
Jorge A. Fortun, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Anat Galor, MD, MSPH
Professor of Ophthalmology
Allister G. Gibbons, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Raquel Goldhardt, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Alana L. Grajewski, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Kolokotrones Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology
David S. Greenfield, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Douglas R. Anderson Chair in Ophthalmology
Luis J. Haddock, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Hong Jiang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Thomas E. Johnson, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Ellen Koo, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Byron L. Lam, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Robert Z. & Nancy J. Greene Chair in Ophthalmology
Richard K. Lee, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Walter g. Ross Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmic Research
Jaime D. Martinez Martinez, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Carlos E. Mendoza, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Terrence P. O’Brien, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Charlotte Breyer Rodgers Chair in Ophthalmology
Joshua Pasol, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Giselle Ricur, MD, MBA, MSc, FATA
Executive Director, Virtual Care
Alfonso L. Sabater, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
William E. Smiddy, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
M. Brenn Green Chair in Ophthalmology
Jayanth Sridhar, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Rahul S. Tonk, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Brian C. Tse, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
David T. Tse, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Dr. Nasser Ibrahim Al-Rashid Chair in Ophthalmology
Luis E. Vazquez, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Mariam Vila Delgado, MD
Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellow
Sara T. Wester, MD, FACS
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Nicolas A. Yannuzzi, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Angela Y. Zhu, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology