PAAO Leadership Development Program

“Curso de Liderazgo”
2023-2025

2023-2025 Curso

Below are the future leaders in ophthalmology. Check out their projects.

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Beatriz Quesada Mendez

Beatriz Quesada Mendez

Costa Rica

Asociación Oftalmológica de Costa Rica

Project:  Development of the application of the neonatal screening law

Brenda Peña

Brenda Peña

Argentina

Sociedad Panamericana de Retinopatía del Prematuro (SP-ROP)

Project: Retinopathy of prematurity: a review of epidemiology and current screening and treatment strategies in Latin America

Camara Brown

Camara Brown

Jamaica

Ophthalmological Society of the West Indies (OSWI)

Project: Establishing a Glaucoma Screening Day for Staff at type A Hospital in Jamaica

Camila Netto

Camila Netto

Brazil

Sociedad Panamericana de Glaucoma (PAGS)

Project: Establishment and Implementation of a guideline for the diagnosis of congenital glaucoma with the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics

David Arturo Ancona Lezama

David Arturo Ancona Lezama

Mexico

Pan-American Ocular Oncology Society (PAOOS)

Project: Ocular Cancer Awareness and First-Contact Medical Education Program for Mexico

Gonzalo Sepúlveda Moreno

Gonzalo Sepúlveda Moreno

Chile

Sociedad Chilena de Oftalmología

Project: Virtual retina meetings for Chilean Society of Retina and Vitreous

Harumi Burga Kuroda

Harumi Burga Kuroda

Peru

Sociedad Peruana de Oftalmología

Project: Tips and Tools in the learning curve for Cataract surgery with the Phacoemulsification technique of Young Ophthalmologist of Northern Peru

Inês Leal

Inês Leal

Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia

Project: Uveitis NLP Data Transformation for Research (UNiTE)

Laura Sofia Reyna Soberanis

Laura Sofia Reyna Soberanis

Guatemala

Consejo Latinoamericana de Estrabismo (CLADE)

Project: Fundación de la Society Guatemalteca de Oftalmología Pediátrica y Estrabismo

Leonardo Ferlini

Leonardo Ferlini

Argentina

Consejo Argentino de Oftalmología

Project: Departamento de Herramientas Digitales

Lisseth Chinchilla Colmenares

Lisseth Chinchilla Colmenares

Venezuela

Sociedad Venezolana de Oftalmología

Project: App and telemedicine in RoP

Luis Javier Cárdenas Lamas

Luis Javier Cárdenas Lamas

Mexico

Sociedad de Oftalmopediatría Latino Americana (SOPLA)

Project: Latin American Platform for Pediatric Ophthalmologist

Luisa Fernanda Anaya Admadé

Luisa Fernanda Anaya Admadé

Colombia

Asociación Latinoamericana de Cirujanos de Catarata, Segmento Anterior Y Refractiva (ALACCSA-R)

Project: Implementing Innovation and Business development departments in the universities in Colombia for improve and shape the future of healthcare

Marcelo Carvalho Ventura Filho

Marcelo Carvalho Ventura Filho

Brazil

Sociedad Panamericana de Retina y Vitreo (SPRV)

Project: Pan-American International Retina Exchange Program

Noelia Mercado Montaño

Noelia Mercado Montaño

Bolivia

Sociedad Boliviana de Oftalmología

Project: Young ophthalmologist integral training

Pedro Arriola-Villalobos

Pedro Arriola-Villalobos

Spain

Sociedad Española de Oftalmología

Project: Creation and Development of a Sustainability Committee within the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology

Ruben Berrospi Salcedo

Ruben Berrospi Salcedo

Colombia

Sociedad Colombiana de Oftalmología

Project: Enhancing Ophthalmic Residency Training: Making Simulated Surgery Mandatory

Sandra María Eliud Dixon Rosas

Sandra María Eliud Dixon Rosas

Mexico

Sociedad Mexicana de Oftalmología

Project: Líderes Comunitarios en Salud Visual: Oftalmología para la comunidad