Partner National Societies
The Power of the Pan-American Network

Argentine Council of Ophthalmology
Buenos Aires C1037ACA Argentina
Tel: (54-11) 4374-5400
Fax: (54-11) 4325-0128
President: Dr. Juan S. Rivero

Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology
Sao Paulo, SP 04546-004 BRAZIL
Tel: (55-11) 3266-4000
President: Dr. Cristiano Caixeta Umbelino

Colombian Society of Ophthalmology
Edificio Centro 98
Bogotá COLOMBIA
Tel: (57-1) 635-1592
Fax: (57-1) 635-1598
President: Dr. Juan Manuel Sanchez Alvarez

Dominican Society of Ophthalmology
Plaza Jardines de Gazcue, 2do Plata
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Tel: (809) 616-1810
Fax: (809) 616-1812
President: Dra. Frine L. Salazar Hernandez

Haitian Society of Ophthalmology
Port-au-Prince HAITI (W.I.)
President: Dr. Florence Burr-Reynaud
Panamanian Society of Ophthalmology
Apartado 8870, Zona 5
Panama City, Panama
Tel: (507) 264-8101
Fax: (507) 263-9417
President: Dr. Rodolfo Yi

Portuguese Society of Ophthalmology
Campo Pequeno 2-13º
Lisbon, 1000-078 PORTUGAL
Tel: (351) 21 782-0443
Fax: (351) 21 782-0445
President: Rufino M. Silva MD PhD

Spanish Society of Ophthalmology
c/Arcipreste de Hita 14-1º derecha
Madrid 28015 SPAIN
Tel: (34-91) 544-8035
Fax: (34-91) 544-1847
President: Dr. Antonio Piñero Bustamante

Uruguayan Association of Ophthalmologists
Av. Damasco A. Larrañaga 3913 Ap 110 BL I
Montevideo Uruguay
President: Dra. Patricia Schimchak

American Academy of Opthalmology
PO Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120
Tel: (415) 561-8500
Fax: (415) 561-8533
President: Daniel Briceland MD

Canadian Ophthalmological Society
1525 Carling, Ste. 610
Ottawa, ON K1Z 8R9 CANADA
Tel: (613) 729-6779
Fax: (613) 729-7209
President: Philip L. Hooper MD

Costarican Association of Ophthalmology
PO Box 8040-1000
San José COSTA RICA
Tel: (506) 2203-2020
Fax: (506) 2291-5784
President: Dr. Mario Alpízar Roldán

Ecuadorian Society of Ophthalmology
Checoslovaquia 185 y 6 de Diciembre
Edif. Samedam (Planta Baja)
Quito ECUADOR
Tel: (593-2) 243-225
Fax: (593-2) 243-235
President: Dr. Giuseppe Miotto Montesinos

Honduran Society of Ophthalmology
Hospital y Clinica Santa Lucia
Blvd La Hacienda
Tegucigalpa, MDC HONDURAS
Tel: (504) 2239-2077
President: Dr. Mariela Castillo

Mexican Society of Ophthalmology
Boston #99
Col. Nochebuena
Mexico 03720, DF MEXICO
Tel: (52-55) 5563-9393 or (52-55) 5563-7812
Fax: (52-55) 5611-1343
President: Dr. Silvia Moguel Ancheita

Paraguayan Society of Ophthalmology
Av. Brasilia 1155 e/Florida y Concordia
Asunción, PARAGUAY
Tel: (595-21) 28-3323
Fax: (595-21) 28-3323
President: Dra. Mirtha Ramírez Dittrich

Puerto Rico Ophthalmology Society
PO Box 366274
San Juan, PR 00936-6274
Tel: (787) 620-0170
Fax: (787) 620-0169
President: Dr. Ricardo J. Cumba Bermudez

Venezuelan Society of Ophthalmology
Av. Luis de Camoens, Boulevard La Jolla
Centro Empresarial Loma Vista, P 4, Of. 4-2
Urb. Macaracuay, Sector La Guairita
Caracas Venezuela
Tel/Fax: (58-212) 419-2644
President: Dr. Francisco A. Millán Moreno

Bolivian Society of Ophthalmology
President: Dr. Jorge Ramiro Aguilar Ayala

Chilean Society of Ophthalmology
Av.Luis Pasteur 5280 Of. 104
Vitacura
Santiago, CHILE
Tel/Fax: (56-2) 2185950 – 2190969 – 2192163 – 2190842
President: Dr. Rosa Balcells

Cuban Society of Ophthalmology
Instituto de Oftalmologia ‘Ramon Pando Ferrer’
76 e/ 31 y 41, Marianao
Habana 11400 CUBA
Tel: (53-7) 260-6414
Fax: (53-7) 267-0965
President: Dr. Juan Raul Hernández Silva

Guatemalan Association of Ophthalmology
9a Calle 3-69 Edif El Campo Of. A-1
Guatemala City GUATEMALA
Tel: (502) 2366-6255
Fax: (502) 2337-2531
President: Dra. Andrea E. Arriola Lopez

Nicaraguan Society of Ophthalmology
Ofiplaza El Retiro Edif 7, 2do Piso Ste. 712
Managua, Nicaragua
President: Gloria A. Gaitán Gutiérrez

Peruvian Society of Ophthalmology
Parque Luis F. Villarán 957
San Isidro
Lima 27 Peru
Tel: (51-1) 440-2698
Fax: (51-1) 440-6740
President: Dr. Gustavo Avilés

Salvadorian Association of Ophthalmology
Paseo General Escalón
Centro Comercial Villas Españolas, Local D-23
Paseo General Escalón, Colonia Escalón
San Salvador EL SALVADOR
Tel: (503) 2264-0371
Fax: (503) 2264-0371
President: Dra. Miriam E. Flores Contreras

Ophthalmological Society of the West Indies
11 Igneri Road
Valsayn, South
Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
Tel: (868) 662-1226
Fax: (868) 645-2363
President: Dr. Rajrishi Sharma