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XLVIII Inter-American Course in Clinical Ophthalmology (CURSO)
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PROGRAM
All Times are ET
Program is subject to change

Saturday, October 31, 2026

3:00 to 5:00 pm Early Registration
 

Sunday, November 1, 2026

7:50 am Registration and Light Breakfast
8:50 Welcome Remarks
Eduardo C. Alfonso, MD, Guillermo Amescua, MD, and Carol L. Karp, MD
9:00 Cataract I
Moderator: Allister G. Gibbons, MD
10:30 Imaging
Moderator: Richard K. Lee, MD, PhD
12:00 pm Group Photograph
12:30 Exhibits / Lunch
2:00 Retina I
Moderator: William E. Smiddy, MD
3:30 Refreshment Break
4:00 Retina II
Moderator: Luis J. Haddock, MD
5:30 Opening Ceremony and Raffle
 

Monday, November 2, 2026

7:00 am Light Breakfast
8:00 Glaucoma Surgical Videos
9:00 Glaucoma I
Moderator: Paul F. Palmberg, MD, PhD, Elena Bitrian, MD, and Luis E. Vazquez, MD, PhD
10:30 Refreshment Break
11:00 Glaucoma II
Moderators: Paul F. Palmberg, MD, PhD, Elena Bitrian, MD, and Luis E. Vazquez, MD, PhD
12:30 pm Exhibits/Lunch
2:00 Cornea and External Diseases
Moderator: Sotiria Palioura, MD
3:30 Refreshment Break
4:00 Ocular Surface Diseases Symposium
Moderator: Victor Perez, MD
5:30 Raffle
6:00 - 8:00 "Young" Curso Film Festival
 

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

7:00 am Light Breakfast
8:00 Cataract Videos
9:00 Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology
Moderator: Felipe Medeiros, MD
10:30 Refreshment Break
11:00 Refractive Surgery
Moderator: Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS
12:30 pm Exhibits / Lunch
2:00 Cataract II
Moderator: Jaime D. Martinez Martinez, MD
3:30 Refreshment Break
4:00 Pediatric Ophthalmology
Moderators: Hilda Capo, MD and Craig A. McKeown, MD
5:30 Raffle
6:00 Cocktail Reception
 

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

7:00 am Light Breakfast
8:00 Best of Grand Rounds Videos
9:00 Oculoplastics
Moderator: Thomas E. Johnson, MD
10:30 Refreshment Break
11:00 Ocular Oncology
Moderator: Carol L. Karp, MD
12:30 pm Exhibits / Lunch
2:00 Uveitis
Moderator: Raquel Goldhardt, MD, FACS
3:30 Refreshment Break
4:00 Neuro-Ophthalmology
Moderator: Carlos E. Mendoza, MD
5:00 Teleophthalmology
Moderator: Giselle Ricur, MD, MBA, MSc, FATA
5:10 Raffle

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