Partner Subspecialty Societies
The Power of the Pan-American NetworkOur 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.
ALACCSA-R: Latin American Association of Cataract, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgeons
President: Dr. Arnaldo Espaillat Matos (Dominican Republic)
CLAN: Latin American Neuro-Ophthalmology Club
President: Dr. Peter A. Quiros (USA)
ICO: International Council of Ophthalmology
President: Dr. Neeru Gupta (Canada)
Pan-American Glaucoma Society
President: Dr. Jesús Jiménez Román (Mexico)
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
President: Dr. Arturo Alezzandrini (Argentina)
APABO: Pan-American Association of Eye Banks
President: Dr. Enrique O. Graue Hernandez (Mexico)
CLADE: Latin American Strabismus Council
JCAHPO: Joint Commission on Allied Health
President: Dr. Neil T. Choplin (USA)
Pan American Inherited Retina Disease Society
President: Dr. Carlos Mendoza-Santiesteban (USA)
PanCornea: Pan-American Cornea Society
President: Dr. Juan Carlos Abad (Colombia)
SOPLA: Latin American Pediatric Ophthalmology Society
President: Dr. Jose Fernando Perez Perez (Mexico)
SP-ROP: Pan-American Retinopathy of Prematurity Society
President: Dr. Pedro J. Acevedo (Colombia)
APTO: Pan-American Association of Ocular Trama
President: Dr. Carlos Andrés Wong (Peru)
CLEO: Latin American Ophthalmic Ultrasound Council
President: Dr. Mario D. De La Torre J. (Peru)
LASOA: Latin American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators
President: Dr. Ronald Fonseca Cavalcanti (Brazil)
PAOOS: Pan-American Ocular Oncology Society
SOPANOP: Pan-American Oculoplastics Society
Sociedad Panamericana de Patología Ocular Lorenz E. Zimmerman
President: Dr. Miguel N. Burnier Jr. (Canada)