Partner Subspecialty Societies

The Power of the Pan-American Network

Our partner Subspecialty Societies are integral to the Pan-American Network. They participate in the scientific program at our meetings and we visit their meetings. We work together to further education and research to end eye disease and blindness.

<img src="https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/handtower.jpg?w=1080&ssl=1" alt="" title="" height="auto" width="auto" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/handtower.jpg?w=300&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/handtower.jpg?resize=150%2C100&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" class="wp-image-205809" data-recalc-dims="1" />

$ALACCSA-R: Latin American Association of Cataract, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgeons$

<img width="500" height="142" src="https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/logo.png?resize=500%2C142&ssl=1" alt="ALACCSA-R: Latin American Association of Cataract, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgeons" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/logo.png?w=500&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/logo.png?resize=150%2C43&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" class="wp-image-205713" data-recalc-dims="1" />

ALACCSA-R: Latin American Association of Cataract, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgeons

www.alaccsa.com

President: Dr. Arnaldo Espaillat Matos (Dominican Republic)

Website

<img width="200" height="33" src="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/clan.jpg?resize=200%2C33&ssl=1" alt="CLAN: Latin American Neuro-Ophthalmology Club" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/clan.jpg?w=200&ssl=1 200w, https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/clan.jpg?resize=150%2C25&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" class="wp-image-205717" data-recalc-dims="1" />

CLAN: Latin American Neuro-Ophthalmology Club

President: Dr. Peter A. Quiros (USA)

<img width="200" height="40" src="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ico200.gif?resize=200%2C40&ssl=1" alt="ICO: International Council of Ophthalmology" class="wp-image-205720" data-recalc-dims="1" />

ICO: International Council of Ophthalmology

www.icoph.org

President: Dr. Neeru Gupta (Canada)

Pan-American Glaucoma Society

<img width="200" height="82" src="https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pags2.jpg?resize=200%2C82&ssl=1" alt="Pan-American Glaucoma Society" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pags2.jpg?w=200&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pags2.jpg?resize=150%2C62&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" class="wp-image-205736" data-recalc-dims="1" />

Pan-American Glaucoma Society

President: Dr. Marcelo Teixeira Nicolela (Canada)

Pan-American Low Vision Society

<img width="200" height="201" src="https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SocPanBajaVision2.jpg?resize=200%2C201&ssl=1" alt="Pan-American Low Vision Society" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SocPanBajaVision2.jpg?w=200&ssl=1 200w, https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SocPanBajaVision2.jpg?w=150&ssl=1 150w, https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SocPanBajaVision2.jpg?w=100&ssl=1 100w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" class="wp-image-207266" data-recalc-dims="1" />

Pan-American Low Vision Society

President: Dra. Vania Garcia Aliaga (Bolivia)

SPEIO: Pan-American Society of Inflammatory Ocular Diseases

President: Dr. Emilio Dodds (Argentina)

SPRV: Pan-American Retina Vitreous Society

<img width="200" height="68" src="https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sprv.jpg?resize=200%2C68&ssl=1" alt="SPRV: Pan-American Retina Vitreous Society" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sprv.jpg?w=200&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sprv.jpg?resize=150%2C51&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" class="wp-image-205731" data-recalc-dims="1" />

SPRV: Pan-American Retina Vitreous Society

www.sprv.org

President: Dr. Arturo Alezzandrini (Argentina)

<img width="200" height="45" src="https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/apabo200.jpg?resize=200%2C45&ssl=1" alt="APABO: Pan-American Association of Eye Banks" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/apabo200.jpg?w=200&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/apabo200.jpg?resize=150%2C34&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" class="wp-image-205715" data-recalc-dims="1" />

APABO: Pan-American Association of Eye Banks

www.apaboeyebanks.org

President: Dr. Enrique O. Graue Hernandez (Mexico)

Website

<img width="200" height="40" src="https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/clade.jpg?resize=200%2C40&ssl=1" alt="CLADE: Latin American Strabismus Council" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/clade.jpg?w=200&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/clade.jpg?resize=150%2C30&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" class="wp-image-205718" data-recalc-dims="1" />

CLADE: Latin American Strabismus Council

www.cladeweb.com

President: Dra. Angela M. Fernandez Delgado (Colombia)

Website

<img width="200" height="59" src="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/jcahpo-1.jpg?resize=200%2C59&ssl=1" alt="JCAHPO: Joint Commission on Allied Health" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/jcahpo-1.jpg?w=200&ssl=1 200w, https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/jcahpo-1.jpg?resize=150%2C44&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" class="wp-image-205722" data-recalc-dims="1" />

JCAHPO: Joint Commission on Allied Health

www.jcahpo.org

President: Dr. Neil T. Choplin (USA)

<img width="199" height="64" src="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/PANIRD_logo_final-200px.png?resize=199%2C64&ssl=1" alt="Pan American Inherited Retina Disease Society" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/PANIRD_logo_final-200px.png?w=199&ssl=1 199w, https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/PANIRD_logo_final-200px.png?resize=150%2C48&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px" class="wp-image-217010" data-recalc-dims="1" />

Pan American Inherited Retina Disease Society

President: Dr. Carlos Mendoza-Santiesteban (USA)

<img width="200" height="41" src="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pancornea.jpg?resize=200%2C41&ssl=1" alt="PanCornea: Pan-American Cornea Society" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pancornea.jpg?w=200&ssl=1 200w, https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pancornea.jpg?resize=150%2C31&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" class="wp-image-205729" data-recalc-dims="1" />

PanCornea: Pan-American Cornea Society

President: Dr. Juan Carlos Abad (Colombia)

SOPLA: Latin American Pediatric Ophthalmology Society

<img width="96" height="124" src="https://i0.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/soplalogo.jpg?resize=96%2C124&ssl=1" alt="SOPLA: Latin American Pediatric Ophthalmology Society" class="wp-image-205727" data-recalc-dims="1" />

SOPLA: Latin American Pediatric Ophthalmology Society

www.sopla.org

President: Dr. Jose Fernando Perez Perez (Mexico)

SP-ROP: Pan-American Retinopathy of Prematurity Society

<img width="196" height="196" src="https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sp-rop.jpg?resize=196%2C196&ssl=1" alt="SP-ROP: Pan-American Retinopathy of Prematurity Society" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sp-rop.jpg?w=196&ssl=1 196w, https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sp-rop.jpg?w=150&ssl=1 150w, https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sp-rop.jpg?resize=100%2C100&ssl=1 100w" sizes="(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px" class="wp-image-205732" data-recalc-dims="1" />

SP-ROP: Pan-American Retinopathy of Prematurity Society

President: Dra. Luz Gordillo Robles (Peru)

APTO: Pan-American Association of Ocular Trama

<img width="200" height="120" src="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/apto200.jpg?resize=200%2C120&ssl=1" alt="APTO: Pan-American Association of Ocular Trama" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/apto200.jpg?w=200&ssl=1 200w, https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/apto200.jpg?resize=150%2C90&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" class="wp-image-205716" data-recalc-dims="1" />

APTO: Pan-American Association of Ocular Trama

President: Dr. Giuseppe Miotto Montesinos (Ecuador)

<img width="200" height="58" src="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cleo-1.jpg?resize=200%2C58&ssl=1" alt="CLEO: Latin American Ophthalmic Ultrasound Council" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cleo-1.jpg?w=200&ssl=1 200w, https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cleo-1.jpg?resize=150%2C44&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" class="wp-image-205734" data-recalc-dims="1" />

CLEO: Latin American Ophthalmic Ultrasound Council

President: Dr. Mario D. De La Torre J. (Peru)

LASOA: Latin American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators

<img width="205" height="125" src="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/LASOA.jpg?resize=205%2C125&ssl=1" alt="LASOA: Latin American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/LASOA.jpg?w=205&ssl=1 205w, https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/LASOA.jpg?resize=150%2C91&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px" class="wp-image-205723" data-recalc-dims="1" />

LASOA: Latin American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators

www.lasoa.org

President: Dr. Ronald Fonseca Cavalcanti (Brazil)

PAOOS: Pan-American Ocular Oncology Society

<img width="200" height="88" src="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/paoos.jpg?resize=200%2C88&ssl=1" alt="PAOOS: Pan-American Ocular Oncology Society" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/paoos.jpg?w=200&ssl=1 200w, https://i2.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/paoos.jpg?resize=150%2C66&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" class="wp-image-205726" data-recalc-dims="1" />

PAOOS: Pan-American Ocular Oncology Society

www.paoos.org

President: Dr. Sonia A. Callejo (Canada)

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<img width="200" height="60" src="https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sopanop200.png?resize=200%2C60&ssl=1" alt="SOPANOP: Pan-American Oculoplastics Society" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sopanop200.png?w=200&ssl=1 200w, https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sopanop200.png?resize=150%2C45&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" class="wp-image-205730" data-recalc-dims="1" />

SOPANOP: Pan-American Oculoplastics Society

www.sopanop.org

President: Dra. Cristina S. Hidalgo Landeros (Chile)

Website

Sociedad Panamericana de Patología Ocular Lorenz E. Zimmerman

<img width="200" height="76" src="https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Zimmerman.jpg?resize=200%2C76&ssl=1" alt=" Sociedad Panamericana de Patología Ocular Lorenz E. Zimmerman " srcset="https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Zimmerman.jpg?w=200&ssl=1 200w, https://i1.wp.com/paao.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Zimmerman.jpg?resize=150%2C57&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" class="wp-image-205737" data-recalc-dims="1" />

Sociedad Panamericana de Patología Ocular Lorenz E. Zimmerman

President: Dr. Miguel N. Burnier Jr. (Canada)