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
Current Council Member M. Soledad Cortina, MD (2020-2025)
M. Soledad Cortina, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary
Cornea and External Eye Disease
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.
| Previous Council Members |
Begin Date | End Date |
| Zelia M Correa MD | 1/1/2015 | 12/31/2020 |
| Stephanie Jones Marioneaux MD | 1/1/2009 | 12/31/2014 |
| William F Mieler, MD | 1/1/2006 | 12/31/2008 |
| Michael W Brennan MD | 1/1/2005 | 12/31/2005 |
| Alice R McPherson MD | 1/1/1999 | 12/31/2004 |
| John Alexander Irvine MD | 1/1/1993 | 12/31/1997 |
| Stephen J. Ryan MD | 1/1/1987 | 12/31/1992 |