Pan-American News
The Power of the Pan-American NetworkGillingham Fellowship Experience: Dr. Johanna M. Gonzalez Rodriguez
Along with pursuing a Retina fellowship, the possibility of training abroad was a big dream. I decided to take my chances and applied for an international vitreo-retinal fellowship in Canada...
PAAO President’s Message
June 2020
The secret of change is to focus your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
- Socrates
COVID-19 in Mexico
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the lives of ophthalmology residents all over Mexico.
Fellowship Experience during COVID19
In times of COVID-19: An Insight from a Fellow in Ophthalmology.
Message from the PAOF Chair
Dear Colleagues: When the Coronavirus epidemic began, we thought it would cycle through in a few weeks or a short couple of months. Then it turned into a pandemic and now it is proving that its impact is going to be longer, broader and deeper than anyone could have...
Message from the PAOF Chair
Dear Colleagues, During this time of COVID-19, most of us are still in quarantine or some level of sheltering-in-place. This gives us an opportunity for reflection on our purpose in life: not just clinical but more importantly our purpose in life as human beings....
PAAO President’s Message
May 2020
Everything will be all right
Todo va a estar bien
Tudo acabará bem
Ça va bien aller
Ventura Fellowship Experience: Dr. Dhariana Acon
Dhariana Acon from Costa Rica was the first recipient of the Liana & Marcelo Ventura International Fellowship in Pediatric Retina Award. She did her fellowship at Bascom Palmer in Miami and sent in this report.
PAAO President’s Message
April 2020
“The practice of Medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head.”
~ Sir William Osler, 1903
Message from the PAOF Chair
Dear Colleagues, We are finishing another month of the COVID-19 challenge. For most of us, our practices are greatly reduced. The experts say that the best way to face this time of challenge is to reach out to build bridges among our family, friends, and...