Troutman-Véronneau Prize
The Power of the Pan-American NetworkThe Troutman Véronneau Prize was established in 1993 to recognize the best work submitted by an ophthalmologist under the age of 45, alternating between cornea and strabismus. The winner receives a $10,000 prize and presents the winning paper at the PAAO congresses. The Troutman-Véronneau Prize has been established by Richard C. Troutman, MD, and Suzanne Véronneau, MD, of New York City.
List of Historical Recipients
| 2023 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Recipient: Marcela Huertas Bello MD (Colombia) | |
| Title: The therapeutic potential of Genipin corneal crosslinking in a Fusarium Solani species keratitis Ex vivo Model | |
| 2019 | Cancun, Mexico |
| Recipient: Cristian M. Salgado Alarcon MD (Chile) | |
| Title: Histological changes in inferior oblique muscle in humans with fourth cranial nerve palsy and secondary inferior oblique overaction: A stereological study | |
| 2017 | Lima, Peru |
| Recipient: Juan Carlos Serna Ojeda MD MSc (Mexico) | |
| Title: Análisis de los resultados a corto plazo del trasplante alogénico de células troncales expandidas in vitro con fenotipo ABCB5+/p63+ en pacientes con deficiencia bilateral de células de limbo | |
| 2015 | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Recipient: María Carolina Ortube MD (Argentina) | |
| Title: Fusion after Treatment of Patients with Acquired Strabismus due to Brain Lesions | |
| 2013 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Recipient: Balamurali Krishna Ambati MD PhD MBA (USA) | |
| Title: Raver2 Preserves Corneal Avascularity by Inhibiting Splicing of the VEGF Decoy Receptor sFlt1 | |
| 2011 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Recipient: Bruna Lana Ducca MD (Brazil) | |
| Title: Measurement of the Ocular Torsion Variation After Superior Oblique Tenectomy | |
| 2009 | San Francisco, California (none) |
| 2007 | Cancún, Mexico |
| Recipient: Vanesa Macedo Batista Fiorelli MD (Brazil) | |
| Title: Intermittent Exotropia: Comparative Surgical Results of Lateral Recti-Recession and Monocular Recess-Resect | |
| 2005 | Santiago, Chile |
| Recipient: Rocío Carolina Gutiérrez C. MD (Venezuela) | |
| Title: Cultivo de células epiteliales limbales en membrana amniótica humana en el tratamiento de las quemaduras corneales por alcali | |
| 2003 | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Recipient: Maria Estela Arroyo Llanes, MD (Mexico) | |
| Title: Tratamiento de la Desviación Vertical Disociada (DVD) espontánea con la penalización farmacológica del ojo fijador | |
| 2001 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Recipient: José A. Gomes, MD (Brazil) | |
| Title: Efeito do hialuronato de sódio (HS) na migração e proliferação das células do épitelio de córnea humana | |
| 1999 | Orlando, Florida |
| Recipient: Jonathan C. Horton, MD (USA) | |
| Title: Metabolic Mapping Suppression Scotomas in Striate Cortex of Macaques with Experimental Strabismus | |
| 1997 | Cancún, México |
| Recipient: Peter McDonnell, MD (USA) | |
| Title: Effects of Gene Transfer into Keratocytes on Corneal Wound Healing after Excimer Laser Keratectomy | |
| 1995 | Quito, Ecuador |
| Recipient: William Lavin, MD (USA) | |
| Title: Evaluation of the Microsurgical Technique of Anterior Ciliary Artery Preservation during Strabismus Surgery | |
| 1993 | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Recipient: John D. Gottsch, MD (Baltimore, MD, USA) | |
| Title: Mooren’s Ulcer After Penetrating Keratoplasty: Evidence of a New Graft Rejection Process” — FIRST PRIZE AWARDED | |