The 2011 Troutman-Véronneau Prize of US $10,000.00, funded by a permanent endowment from the Microsurgical Research Foundation to the Pan American Ophthalmological Foundation for the most original, previously unpublished paper on the subject of Pediatric Ophthalmology, emphasizing Strabismus, and Strabismus microsurgery will be awarded at the opening session of the 29th Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology in Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 7, 2011. The selected paper will be a featured part of the 29th Pan-American Congress.

The awardee (first author) must be:

• 45 years of age or younger at the time of submission of his/her paper
• Be or become a PAAO Active Member (Miembro Titular) prior to the congress
• Be certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology or by the Ophthalmology Board of his/her respective country, or be Board eligible. If no Board exists, he/she must be a member in good standing with the national ophthalmological society affiliated with the PAAO.

Deadline for submission: To be Announced

Troutman-Veronneau Prize winning papers and authors**:

2007 – Vanessa Macedo Batista Fiorelli, MD (Brazil) - "Intermittent Exotropia: Comparative Surgical Results of Lateral Recti-Recession and Monocular Recess-Resect"
2005 – Rocio Carolina Gutiérrez Colina, MD (Venezuela) - "Cultivo de Células Epiteliales Limbales en Membrana Amniótica Humana en el Tratamiento de las Quemaduras Corneales por Alcali "
2003 – Maria Estela Arroyo Yllanes, MD (Mexico) - "Tratamiento de la Desvación Vertical Disociada (DVD) espontánea con la penalización farmacológica del ojo fijador "
2001 – José A.P. Gomez, MD (Brazil) - "Efeito do hialuronato de sódio (HS) na migração e proliferação das células do épitelio de córnea humana "
1999 – Jonathan C. Horton, MD (USA) - "Metabolic Mapping Suppression Scotomas in Striate Cortex of Macaques with Experimental Strabismus "
1997 – Peter J. McDonnell, MD (USA) - "Effects of Gene Transfer into Keratocytes on Corneal Wound Healing after Excimer Laser Keratectomy "
1995 – William Lavin, MD (USA) - "Evaluation of the Microsurgical Technique of Anterior Ciliary Artery Preservation during Strabismus Surgery "
1993 – John D. Gottsch, MD (USA) - "Mooren’s Ulcer After Penetrating Keratoplasty: Evidence of a New Graft Rejection Process "

** Subject matter for submissions for the Troutman-Véronneau Prize alternate between Strabismus, Amblyopia, and/or related genetics, or strabismus microsurgery and Cornea and/or Corneal Refractive Surgery.

The 2011 prize topic will be expanded to "Pediatric Ophthalmology,  emphasizing Strabismus, and Strabismus microsurgery ".