PAAO Executive Committee
PAAO Board of Directors
Pan-American Ophthalmological Foundation (PAOF)

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President Richard L. Abbott MD UC San Francisco Beckman Vision Center 10 Kirkham Street K301 San Francisco, CA 94143-0730 USA	President Elect Cristián Luco MD Fundación Oftalmológica Los Andes Las Hualtatas 5951 Vitacura Santiago, Chile
Immediate Past President Enrique L. Graue Wiechers MD Paseo de las Palmas 735-1006 Mexico City, DF, 11000 Mexico	Vice President Ana Luisa Höfling-Lima MD PhD MBA Centro Oftalmológico São Paulo Av. Ibijau 331 4º andar, Moema São Paulo, SP, 04524-020 Brazil
Executive Vice President José Antonio Roca Fernández, MD Clínica Ricardo Palma Av. Javier Prado Este 1038 Piso 10 San Isidro Lima Peru
Secretary, English Language Region Stephen A. Obstbaum MD 121 E 60th Street New York, NY 10022 USA	Associate Secretary, English Language Region Peter A. Quiros MD USC Dept of Ophthalmology Doheny Eye Institute 1450 San Pablo Street Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA
Secretary, Spanish Language Region Lihteh Wu, MD Instituto de Cirugía Ocular PO Box 144-1225 Plaza Mayor San José 1000 Costa Rica	Associate Secretary, Spanish Language Region J. Fernando Arévalo, MD FACS Clínica Oftalmológica Centro Caracas Centro Caracas PH-1 Av. Panteón 1010 Caracas Venezuela
Secretary, Portuguese Language Region Paulo E.C. Dantas, MD Rua Martinico Prado 26 cj 181 05462-020 São Paulo, SP Brazil	Associate Secretary, Portuguese Language Region Andrea Araujo Zin, MD Praia de Botafogo 206 Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22250-040 Brasil

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2007 - 2009

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Enrique S. Malbrán Sr. MD * Clínica Oftalmólogica Malbrán Parera 164 Buenos Aires 1014 ARGENTINA	Oscar B. Donato, MD Av. Libertador 6245 Buenos Aires 1428 ARGENTINA
Julio E. Manzitti, MD Arenales 2161 Buenos Aires C1124AAG ARGENTINA	Mario Joaquín Saravia, MD Arenales 981 2° Piso Buenos Aires 1061 ARGENTINA
Additional delegates to be announced

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Vania Licett García Aliaga MD Casilla 4093 La Paz BOLIVIA	Rafael Molina Mery MD Av. René Moreno 119 Casilla 1738 Santa Cruz BOLIVIA

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Rubens Belfort Jr MD PhD * Rua Augusta 2529 São Paulo, SP 01413-100 BRAZIL	Harley Edison Amaral Bicas MD Harley Edison Amaral Bicas, MD Av. Bandeirantes 3900 Ribeirão Preto, SP 14049-900 BRAZIL
Denise de Freitas MD Rua Onze de Junho 977 São Paulo, SP 04041-053 BRAZIL	Sergio Kwitko MD OftalmoCentro Av. Nilo Peçanha 724/401 90470-000 Porto Alegre RS BRAZIL
Paulo Henrique Morales MD Paulo Henrique Morales, MD Av. Pompeia 1014 São Paulo, SP 05022-000 BRAZIL	Oswaldo Moura Brasil MD Praia de Botafogo 206 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22250-040 BRAZIL
Maria Cristina Nishiwaki-Dantas MD Rua Martinico Prado 26 cj 181-182 Higienópolis São Paulo, SP 01224-010 BRAZIL

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Allan R. Slomovic, MA MD FRCS(C) Toronto Western Hospital Department of Ophthalmology 399 Bathurst Street Toronto, ON M5T 2S8 CANADA

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Ricardo Agurto Rivera, MD Poeta Winter 4162 Macul Santiago CHILE	Juan L. Arentsen S. MD * Av. Hollanda 723, Dep. 42 Santiago, Chile
Nicolas Berthet Edwards, MD Clínica Oftalmológica Pasteur Av. Luis Pasteur 5917 Vitacura Santiago 6670775 CHILE	Cristian Carpentier Giglio, MD Fundación Oftalmológica Los Andes Las Hualtatas 5951 Vitacura Santiago CHILE
Leonidas Guillermo Traipe Castro, MD Las Hualtatas 5951 Vitacura Santiago CHILE	Juan Verdaguer Taradella, MD * Fundación Oftalmológica Los Andes Las Hualtatas 5951 Vitacura Santiago CHILE

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Carlos Alberto Abdala Caballero, MD Continental Medical Center Cra. 59 No. 81-49 Apto. 6B Barranquilla COLOMBIA	Juanita Carvajal Puyana, MD Clínica Barraquer de América Calle 100 No. 18A-51 Bogotá, DC COLOMBIA
Hector Fernando Gómez Goyeneche, MD Carrera 16 No. 82-95 Cons. 701 Bogotá, DC COLOMBIA	Angela María Gutiérrez Marín, MD Clínica Barraquer Avenida 100 No. 18A-51 Bogotá, DC COLOMBIA
Gabriel Enrique Ortiz Arismendi, MD Calle 159A No. 13A-43 Int 9 Apto 102 Bogotá, DC 11001 COLOMBIA	José Ramiro Prada Reyes, MD Transversal 30 No. 144-48 Dpto. 303 Bogotá, DC COLOMBIA
Alvaro Rodríguez González, MD * Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional Calle 50 No. 13-50 Bogotá, DC COLOMBIA

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Raquel Benavides González, MD Apartado 210-2150 Moravia San José COSTA RICA	Joaquín Martínez Arguedas, MD PO Box 16-6151 Santa Ana COSTA RICA

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Luis Curbelo Cunill, MD Av. 199080 Havana CUBA	Meisy Ramos López, MD Hospital Oftalmológico Ramón Pando Ferrer Servicio de Vítreo-Retina Ave 31 y 76 No. 3104 Marianao Havana CUBA

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Juan F. Batlle, MD Centro Microcirugía Ocular Laser c/Fantino Falco #3 NACO Santo Domingo DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Faroche Antonio Melgen Acra, MD Av. Anacaona 21 Bella Vista Torre Almaden III Apto. 201 Santo Domingo DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

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Additional delegates to be announced

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José Joaquín Flores Rivera, MD Residencial Pinares de Suiza Pol 14A No. 28 Senda 2 Santa Tecla EL SALVADOR	Gabriel Quesada Larez, MD Centro Panamericano de Ojos 91 Av. Norte No. 541 Col. Escalon San Salvador EL SALVADOR

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Additional delegates to be announced

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Carole Cadet Day, MD Centre Thérapeutique 115 Rue Capois Port-au-Prince HAITI
Additional delegates to be announced

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Additional delegates to be announced

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René A. Cano Hidalgo, MD Amores 407 Col. Del Valle Mexico City, DF 03100 MEXICO	Benito Celis Suazo, MD Paseo de los Abetos 75 Col. Paseo de Tasqueña Coyoacan Mexico City, DF 04250 MEXICO
Eduardo Chávez Mondragon, MD Querétaro 154 Piso 3 Col. Roma Mexico City, DF 06700 MEXICO	Marco A. De La Fuente Torres, MD MSC Matias Romero 1212-902 Col. del Valle Mexico City, DF 03100 MEXICO
Enrique L. Graue Wiechers, MD * Paseo de las Palmas 735-1006 Col. Lomas de Chapul Mexico City, DF 11000 MEXICO	Raul Macedo Cué, MD Calz. de las Bombas 128-303 Col. Ex Hacienda Coapa Mexico City, DF MEXICO
Tito Ramírez Luquín, MD Gelati 29 Piso 12 Of. 5 Col. Chapultepec Mexico City, DF 11850 MEXICO	Rafael Sánchez Fontán, MD Cerrada de Cuautemoc 2-D San Jeronimo Mexico City, DF 10200 MEXICO
Jaime Villaseñor Solares, MD Asociación para Evitar Ceguera Vicente García Torres 46 Col. San Lucas Coyoacán Mexico City, DF 04030 MEXICO

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Additional delegates to be announced

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Benjamín F. Boyd, MD * PO Box 0819-06890 Panama City PANAMA	Samuel Boyd Lewis, MD Apartado 6-3299 El Dorado Panama City PANAMA
Félix Emilio Ruiz Díaz, MD PO Box 6A-6802 El Dorado Panama City PANAMA

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Sergio Arce Salomon, MD 4 de Julio 3226 entre Cnel Escurra y Talavera - Barrio Herrera Asunción PARAGUAY
Additional delegates to be announced

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Patricia Magali Buendia Benavides, MD Pablo Carriquiry 883 San Isidro Lima 27 PERU	Francisco Contreras Campos, MD * Instituto de Ojos Primavera Av. Prolongación Primavera 821 Chacarilla - San Borja Lima PERU
Juan Carlos Corbera Gonzalo, MD Jr. Grau 359 San Miguel Lima 32 PERU	Elver Dueñas Agüero, MD Calle Macaela Bastidas Mz Z Lt 30 Santa Patricia La Molina Lima 12 PERU
Luis Izquierdo, Jr., MD Instituto Oftalmo Salud Av. Javier Prado Este 1142 San Isidro Lima 27 PERU

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Additional delegates to be announced

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María Hortencia Berrocal, MD 6 Calle Joffre Apto. PH B San Juan, PR 00907-1613	Ian K. Piovanetti Pérez, MD PO Box 10431 San Juan, PR 00922-0431
Carmen I. Santos, MD Hyde Park Ophthalmology Group Avenida Piñero 269 Hyde Park Rio Piedras, PR 00927

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José F. Alfonso Sánchez, MD Instituto Oftalmológico Fernández-Vega Av. Drs. Fernandez-Vega 114 Oviedo, Asturias 33012 SPAIN	José Manuel Benítez del Castillo Sánchez, MD PhD Calle de los Espinos 23 K Aravaca Madrid 28023 SPAIN

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Additional delegates to be announced

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Eduardo C. Alfonso, MD Interim Chair Bascom Palmer Eye Institute PO Box 016880 Miami, FL 33101-6880	J. Bronwyn Bateman, MD * 1133 Race Street #17N Denver, CO 80206
David F. Chang, MD 762 Altos Oaks Drive Ste. 1 Los Altos, CA 94024	David K. Coats, MD Texas Children's Hospital 1102 Bates Ste. 300 MC 3-2700 Houston, TX 77030-2600
Robert C. Drews, MD * 9512 Red Bud Tree Lane St. Louis, MO 63122	I. Howard Fine, MD 1550 Oak Street Ste 5 Eugene, OR 97401-7701
John A. Irvine, MD USC Dept of Ophthalmology Doheny Eye Institute 1450 San Pablo Street #5703 Los Angeles, CA 90033-1042	Stephen S. Lane, MD Associated Eye Physicians 2950 Curve Crest Blvd Stillwater, MN 55082
Hilel Lewis, MD Professor & Chair 2408 Beachwood Blvd Beachwood, OH 44122-1547	Paul R. Lichter, MD * Professor & Chair University of Michigan Medical School W.K. Kellogg Eye Center 1000 Wall Street Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1912
Thomas J. Liesegang, MD Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville 4500 San Pablo Road Jacksonville, FL 32224	Stephanie Jones Marioneaux, MD 300 Medical Parkway Ste. 180 Chesapeake, VA 23320
Malcolm L. Mazow, MD Houston Eye Associates 2855 Gramercy Drive Houston, TX 77025-1635	James P. McCulley, MD Professor & Chair UT Southwestern Medical School Department of Ophthalmology 5323 Harry Hines Blvd Dallas, TX 75390-9057
Alice R. McPherson, MD * 6560 Fannin Ste. 2200 Houston, TX 77030-2715	Carl D. Regillo, MD 311 Airdale Road Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Nelson R. Sabates, MD Univ Missouri-KC School of Medicine Truman Medical Ctr Eye Foundation KC 2300 Holmes Street Kansas City, MO 64131-2761	Alfredo A. Sadun, MD PhD USC Doheny Eye Institute Department of Ophthalmology 1450 San Pablo Street Room 5802 Los Angeles, CA 90033
Jerry A. Shields, MD Wills Eye Hospital Oncology Service 900 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19107-5509	Bradley R. Straatsma, MD JD * Jules Stein Eye Institute 100 Stein Plaza UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA 90095-7065
C.P. Wilkinson, MD Greater Baltimore Medical Center 6569 N Charles Street Ste. 505 Baltimore, MD 21204-6831

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Magalis Hernández de Belisario, MD Instituto Popular para los Ojos Av. Fuerzas Armadas esq. San Luis Edif Ayacucho Mezzanina Caracas VENEZUELA	Rafael Cordero-Moreno, MD * Instituto de Oftalmología Av. Cajigal 48 San Bernardino Caracas VENEZUELA
Claudia Ana Pacillo Gagliardi, MD Caurimare Calle C-5 Qta. Vila Maria Teresa Caracas, Miranda 1061 VENEZUELA	Gema Josefina Ramírez Cordova, MD POBA Int'l 576 Box 025255 Miami, FL 33102-5255
Pedro José Rivas Agüiño, MD Urb. Santa Maria Calle Montaña No. 24-B Mérida 5101 VENEZUELA	Karen Salcedo Mosquera, MD Apartado de Correos 3534 Carmelitas Caracas, DF 1010 VENEZUELA
Alvaro Elias Sanabria Villarruel, MD Urb. El Cigarral Calle 1 Res Los Angeles III Apto. 14-4 La Boyera Caracas 1083 VENEZUELA

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Additional delegates to be announced

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ARGENTINA Ernesto Ferrer Abad MD President Consejo Argentino de Oftalmología Tte. Gral. Juan D. Perón 1479 2º piso Oficina 4 Buenos Aires C1037ACA ARGENTINA	BOLIVIA Gustavo Aguirre Pérez MD President Sociedad Boliviana de Oftalmología Casilla Postal 1014 Av. Belgrano 1746 La Paz Bolivia
BRAZIL Hamilton Moreira, MD President Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia Alameda Santos 1343 cj 1109/1110 São Paulo, SP 01419-001 BRAZIL	CANADA Alan Cruess, MD President Canadian Ophthalmological Society 1525 Carling Ste. 610 Ottawa, ON K1Z 8R9 CANADA
CHILE Sergio Morales Estupiñan, MD President Sociedad Chilena de Oftalmología Av. Luis Pasteur 5280 Of. 104 Vitacura Santiago CHILE	COLOMBIA Angela María Gutiérrez Marín, MD President Sociedad Colombiana de Oftalmología Calle 98 No. 21-36 Of. 701 Bogotá, DC COLOMBIA
COSTA RICA Joaquín Martínez Arguedas, MD President Asociación Oftalmológica de Costa Rica PO Box 16-6151 Santa Ana COSTA RICA	CUBA Marcelino Rio Torres, MD President Sociedad Cubana de Oftalmología Hospital Ramón Pando Ferrer 76 e/31 y 41 Marianao Havana 11400 CUBA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Cynthia Cunillera Batlle, MD President Sociedad Dominicana de Oftalmología Av. Pasteur 158 Plaza Jardines de Gazcue Local 326 Gazcue Santo Domingo DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	ECUADOR José Francisco Rivera Delgado, MD President Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Oftalmología Checoslovaquia 185 y 6 de Diciembre Edif. Samedam (Planta Baja) Quito ECUADOR
EL SALVADOR Gabriel Quesada Larez, MD President Asociación Salvadoreña de Oftalmología Centro Panamericano de Ojos 91 Av. Norte No. 541 Col. Escalon San Salvador EL SALVADOR	GUATEMALA Sergio Byron Deutschmann Villatoro, MD President Asociación Guatemalteca de Oftalmología Unidad Nacional de Oftalmología 9 Calle A no. 3-44 Zona 1 Guatemala City 01001 GUATEMALA
HAITI Frantz Large, MD President Haitian Society of Ophthalmology 115 Rue Capois Port-au-Prince HAITI	HONDURAS Doris Alvarado de Jáuregui, MD President Sociedad Hondureña de Oftalmología Oftalmocentro Boulevard Suyapa N 4021 Tegucigalpa, DC HONDURAS
MEXICO L. Leticia Arroyo Muñoz, MD President Sociedad Mexicana de Oftalmología Boston 99 Col. Nochebuena Mexico City, DF 03720 MEXICO	NICARAGUA Amelia Salvatierra Isaba, MD President Sociedad Nicaragüense de Oftalmología Clínica del Ojo, Res Lomas del Valle Calle Ruben Dario Casa G-11 Managua NICARAGUA
PANAMA Maritza López Moreno, MD President Sociedad Panameña de Oftalmología Apartado 87-4673 Panama City 7 PANAMA	PARAGUAY Walter Martínez Gill, MD President Sociedad Paraguaya de Oftalmología Av. Brasilia 1155 e/Florida y Concordia Asunción PARAGUAY
PERU Carlos Siverio Zaffirio, MD President Sociedad Peruana de Oftalmología Parque Luis F. Villarán 957 San Isidro Lima 27 PERU	PORTUGAL Jorge Fernandes Ribeiro Breda, MD President Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia Campo Pequeno 2-13º Lisbon, 1000-078 PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO Emilio A. Arce López, MD President Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Oftalmología PO Box 366274 San Juan, PR 00936-6274	SPAIN Joaquín Barraquer, MD President Sociedad Española de Oftalmología c/Donoso Cortés 73 1º Madrid 28015 SPAIN
URUGUAY Miguel Zylberglajt Cordones, MD President Sociedad Uruguaya de Oftalmología Basilea 6215 Montevideo 11500 URUGUAY	USA David W. Parke, MD President American Academy of Ophthalmology PO Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
VENEZUELA Kenton Perret-Gentil, MD President Sociedad Venezolana de Oftalmología Av. Prinicpal de los Ruices P5 Of. 507 Centro Empresarial Los Ruices Caracas VENEZUELA	WEST INDIES Terrence Allen, BSc MBBS FRCS President Ophthalmological Society of the West Indies 11 Igneri Road Valsayn, South TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

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Nicolas Bazan, MD Chair Pan-American Assn for Research in Ophthalmology LSU HSC Neuroscience Ctr for Excellence 2020 Gravier Street Ste. D New Orleans, LA 70112	Francisco Contreras Campos, MD Chair Comité de Prevención de Ceguera Instituto de Ojos Primavera Av. Prolongación Primavera 821 Lima PERU
Juan Oscar Croxatto, MD President Sociedad Panamericana de Patología Ocular Lorenz E. Zimmerman Azcuenaga 1077 2º B Buenos Aires 1115 ARGENTINA	Rosario Espinoza Carrillo, MD President Sociedad Panamericana de Baja Visión Diego de Aguero 208 Monterrico - Santiago de Surgo Lima 33 PERU
Zoraida Fiol-Silva, MD Sociedad Panamericana de Lentes de Contacto y Refracción Wills Eye Hospital-Contact Lens Div 900 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19107-5509	Ana Luisa Höfling-Lima, MD President Sociedad Iberoamericana de Córnea Centro Oftalmológico São Paulo Av. Ibijau 331 4to andar Moema São Paulo, SP 04524-020 BRAZIL
Careen Y. Lowder, MD President SPEIO (Sociedad Panamericana de Enfermedades Inflamatorias Oculares) Cole Eye Institute 9500 Euclid Avenue Ste. 7-32 Cleveland, OH 44195	Mark J. Mannis, MD President APABO (Asociación Pan Americana de Bancos de Ojos) UC Davis-Ophthalmology 4860 Y Street #2400 Sacramento, CA 95817-2307
Alicia Martínez de Pacheco, MD President Sociedad Panamericana de Trauma Clínica Ponsomby Centro de Microcirugía Lord Ponsomby 2424 Montevideo, 11600 URUGUAY	Susana Ochoa, MD Secretaria General CLAN (Club Latino Americano de Neuro-Oftalmología) Santos Dumont 2515 4 B Buenos Aires 1426 ARGENTINA
Mario Pérez Genovesi, MD President Sociedad Panamericana de Oncología Oftalmológica Arenales 1662 Piso 2 A Buenos Aires 1061 ARGENTINA	José Antonio Roca, MD President Sociedad Pan-Americana de Retina y Vitreo Av. Javier Prado este 1038 Piso 10 San Isidro Lima PERU
María Felisa Shokida, MD President CLADE (Consejo Latino Americana de Estrabismo) Argerich 4749 Buenos Aires 1419 ARGENTINA	Cecilio Francisco Velasco Barona, MD President CLEO (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ecografía en Oftalmología) Paseo de la Reforma No. 2608 Piso 10 Col. Lomas de Chapultapec Mexico City, DF 11950 MEXICO
Jorge Villar Kuri, MD President ALACCSA (Asociación Latino Americana de Cirugía de Catarata y Segmento Anterior) Mercaderes 129 San José Insurgentes Mexico City, DF 03910 MEXICO	Marlene Vogel G., MD President SOPLA (Sociedade de Oftalmopediátria Latino Americana) Puerta del Sol No. 36 Las Condes Santiago, CHILE