Academy Council

 

The PAAO has a seat on the American Academy of Ophthalmology Council. Below is a list of the Pan-American’s representatives on the Council. For more information go to the Academy Council page on aao.org

Dr. Cortina is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and attending physician in the Cornea Service at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.  She serves as Director of the Keratoprosthesis Artificial Cornea Program, and Director of the Infirmary’s Comprehensive Ophthalmology Faculty Practice and General Eye Clinic. Dr. Cortina joined the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary as a board-certified cornea specialist in 2010.  She received her medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Argentina.  She completed her residency at Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Medicine; a research fellowship at Louisiana State University Neuroscience Center; and a clinical fellowship in cornea at UIC’s Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Cortina specializes in all forms of corneal transplantation and external eye diseases with a special interest in keratoprosthesis. Dr. Cortina’s research focuses on mechanisms of intraocular fibrosis and retroprosthestic membranes.