Course Directors
Ellen Koo, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Director, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Palm Beach Gardens
Cornea & External Diseases Fellowship Program
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Jaime D. Martinez, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Associate Director of Solemia Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Alan M. Fisch Endowed Lectureship on Corneal and External Diseases
Damien Gatinel, MD, PhD
Head, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery Dept.
Rothschild Foundation Hospital
International University Abulcasis of Health Sciences, Rabat, Morocco
Guest Speakers
Carlos Buznego, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Florida International University College of Medicine
Center for Excellence in Eye Care
Miami, FL
Javier Cabrerizo, MD, PhD, FEBO
Copenhagen Eye Institute
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sophie Deng, MD, PhD, FARVO
Professor of Ophthalmology
Walton Li Chair in Cornea and Uveitis
Co-Chief, Cornea Division
Vice Chair for Inspiring Excellence
Stein Eye Institute
Vishal Jhanji, MD, FRCS (Glasgow), FRCOphth, FARVO
Professor of Ophthalmology
Clinical Co-Director, Funderburgh Cornea Regeneration Project
UPMC Vision Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Michael E. Snyder, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Cincinnati
Board of Governors, Cincinnati Eye Institute/CVP
Cincinnati, OH
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
Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Rodgers Clark Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology
Medical Director, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Plantation
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
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Carolina L. Mercado, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Sotiria Palioura, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical 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