Partner National Societies
The Power of the Pan-American NetworkOur partner National Societies are integral to the Pan-American Network. They host our meetings and we visit their meetings. We work together to further education and research to end eye disease and blindness.
Argentine Council of Ophthalmology
Tte. Gral Juan D. Perón 1479, PB
Buenos Aires C1037ACA Argentina
Tel: (54-11) 4374-5400
Fax: (54-11) 4325-0128
President: Dr. Pablo Daponte
Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology
Rua Casa do Ator 1117 cj 21
Sao Paulo, SP 04546-004 BRAZIL
Tel: (55-11) 3266-4000
President: Dr. José Beniz Neto
Colombian Society of Ophthalmology
Calle 98 No. 21-36 Of. 701
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
Calle Santiago esq. Pasteur
Plaza Jardines de Gazcue, 2do Plata
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Tel: (809) 616-1810
Fax: (809) 616-1812
President: Dr. Luis Rafael Pérez
Haitian Society of Ophthalmology
10 Ruelle Saint-Cyr
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: Tamara Fountain MD
Canadian Ophthalmological Society
1525 Carling, Ste. 610
Ottawa, ON K1Z 8R9 CANADA
Tel: (613) 729-6779
Fax: (613) 729-7209
President: Colin Mann 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: Dra. Nancy Paola Alvarez Florencia
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: Dra. Irma Zamudio
Paraguayan Society of Ophthalmology
Av. Brasilia 1155 e/Florida y Concordia
Asunción, PARAGUAY
Tel: (595-21) 28-3323
Fax: (595-21) 28-3323
President: Dr. Martín F. Arrúa Caballero
Puerto Rico Ophthalmology Society
PO Box 366274
San Juan, PR 00936-6274
Tel: (787) 620-0170
Fax: (787) 620-0169
President: Dr. Gabriel A. Benítez Bajandas
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. Jose Luis Gallardo Castillo
Chilean Society of Ophthalmology
Av.Luis Pasteur 5280 Of. 104
Vitacura
Santiago, CHILE
Tel/Fax: (56-2) 2185950 – 2190969 – 2192163 – 2190842
President: Dr. Fernando Barría von B.
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: Dr. Cristian Rolando Acevedo Campos
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. Dino Natteri
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: Dr. Gerardo Antonio López Aguilar
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. Terrence Allen