PAAO 2023 in Photos
at the PAAO Booth
at the PAAO Booth with Fernando Arevalo, Teresa Brashaw,
The PAAO Booth
is a good place to sit down for a few minutes and connect with friends.
In the exhibit hall with Diego Murillo (Bolivia), Axel Orozco (Mexico) and Denise Loya (Mexico)
photo courtesy of Denise Loya
@La Rural
Valentina Franco Cardenas (Mexico), Arturo Ramirez Miranda (Mexico), Angela Fernandez (Colombia), Fernando Arevalo (USA), Ana Luisa Hofling Lima (Brazil)
photo courtesy of Santiago Encinas
Helena Filipe of the PAAO elearning Team
picks up an Argentina Tour book at our booth
Opening Ceremony
The PAAO Executive Commitee
Meets in person to make plans for the next two years. Photo courtesy of Rubens Belfort Neto
Friends
Juan Carlos Gil (Colombia), Adriana Solano (Colombia), Angela Fernandez (Colombia)
PAAO Booth
Jorge Valdez (Mexico), Francisco Martinez Castro (Mexico), Mapy Padilla (Peru), Fernando Barria (Chile)
PAAO booth
Rafael Cortez (Venezuela), Mapy Padilla (Peru), Teresa Bradshaw (USA)
Young Ophthalmologists
Young Ophthalmologists
Fernando Arevalo, PAOF Chair
Opening Ceremony, photo courtesy of Rubens Belfort Neto
Roberto Zaldívar, CAO Lecturer
Pablo Daponte, Miguel Burnier with Enrique S. Malbran, Guest of Honor
Paulo Dantas, PAAO President
Pablo Daponte, Congress President
Opening Ceremony
Miguel Burnier (Canada)
PAAO 2023 Guest of Honor
Enrique S. Malbran (Argentina), with Fernando Arevalo (USA), Paulo Dantas (Brazil), Angela Fernandez (Colombia)
Opening Ceremony PAAO2023
Pablo Daponte (Argentina), Miguel Burnier (Canada), Enrique S. Malbran (Argentina)
Carmen Barraquer Coll (Colombia)
received the 2023 Enrique Graue Wiechers Award for Transformational Leadership
2023 Benjamin F. Boyd Humanitarian Award for Service to the Americas
awarded to the Federal University of Sao Paulo, UNIFESP (Brazil), received by Ivan Maynart Tavares
Yazmin Baez Peralta (Dominican Republic), recipient of the Rich & Chita Curso Prize for Best Project
with Zelia Correa (USA), director of the Curso de Liderazgo 2003-2023
2023 Troutman-Véronneau Prize winner, Marcela Huertas Bello
with Angela Fernandez (Colombia), PAAO Executive Vice President
Rajeev Muni, University of Toronto, recipients of the 2023 Paul Kayser Global / RRF Award
Fernando Arevalo (USA), Rajeev Muni (Canada), Allan Slomovic (Canada)
Zelia Correa, 20 years of the PAAO Curso de Liderazgo Award
Angela Fernandez (Colombia), Zelia Correa (USA), Paulo Dantas (Brazil), Fernando Arevalo (USA)
Marina Roizenblatt, 2023 Fernando Arevalo Young Ophthalmologist Award Recipient
Fernando Arevalo (USA), Marina Roizenblatt (Brazil), Mauricio Maia (Brazil)
PAAO-YO REBECOS session, Discussing Cataract Surgery
Retina session
photo courtesy of Alex Iannaccone
Glaucoma session
photo courtesy of Manuel Justiniano
Ocular Oncology session
photo courtesy of Melina Morales (Brazil)
SMP157, Corneal Transplant layer by layer
Paulo Dantas (Brazil)
Faco Extrema @PAAO2023
Pediatric Ophthalmology at its finest
SMP151, organized by CLADE
Curso de Liderazgo friends
at the Presidents’ Reception, photo courtesy of Adriana Solano
at the Graue Award Reception
photo courtesy of Jorge Valdez
Pan-American event at Madero Tango
photo courtesy of the Venezuelan Society of Ophthalmology
Presidents’ Reception
where friends meet, photo courtesy of Ivan Maynart Tavares (Brazil)
Pan-American Madero Tango Event
Oly Azar-Arevalo (USA), Fernando Arevalo (USA), Marina Roizenblatt (Brazil), Mauricio Maia (Brazil), Rubens Belfort Jr. (Brazil)
Friends
Angela Fernandez (Colombia), Richard Abbott (USA), Dan Briceland (USA)
Friends, together again
Bob Sweeney (USA), Diego Piñeros (Colombia), Nathalie Azar (USA), Angela Fernandez (Colombia), Bronwyn Bateman (USA), Irene Maumenee (USA)
Graue Award Reception
Carmen Barraquer (Colombia), seated, recipient of the 2023 Graue Award