PAAO President’s Message

February 2023

Encouraging Submissions to Advance Eye Health in the Americas…
The Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO) is proud to serve as a hub for ophthalmologists in the Americas, promoting the advancement of ophthalmology and visual sciences, and advocating for eye health at the regional and international levels.

PAAO President’s Message

January 2023

New year, new everything…
After a long period without face-to-face events, we are at the door of our biggest event, the Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology.

PAAO President’s Message

December 2022

And another year has passed…
A year with a mix of distrust, fear and hope. Distrust and fear that the nightmare of Covid-19 has not passed. Hope in having overcome the worst phase of this disease and with the certainty that the science of prevention, vaccines and scientific knowledge have brought us to the end of another year, alive and with life plans for a better year, together with our dearest ones.

PAAO President’s Message

October 2022

This month, the PAAO partnered with Bascom Palmer Eye Institute to organize the joint 26th Pan-American Regional Course of Ophthalmology and the 44th Interamerican Course of Clinical Ophthalmology. More than 600 ophthalmologists from all over the world attended.

PAAO President’s Message

September 2022

This month, my “Chat with the President” is with Dr. Martin Arrúa Caballero, president of the Paraguayan Society of Ophthalmology.

PAAO President’s Message

August 2022

This month, my “Chat with the President” is with Dr. Florence Burr-Reynaud, president of the Haitian Society of Ophthalmology.