Dear Friends, “Yo creo que nada sucede por casualidad. Sabes? Que, en el fondo, las cosas tienen un plan secreto aunque nosotros no lo entendamos.” In his book entitled “La Sombra del Viento,” Carlos Ruiz Zafón reflects on the fact that things – in our lives...
Dear Friends, I remember how winning the Select Free Paper prize in 1992 changed my life. The winning prize was to present my paper at the Joint Spanish, Portuguese and PAAO Societies meeting in Sevilla, Spain. What an amazing experience. I wanted to recreate this...
Dear Friends, Every two years the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO) highlights achievements in Education, Prevention of Blindness and Humanitarian Service in the Americas and beyond. At the upcoming 34th Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology in...
Dear Friends, In an effort to stimulate research at the Pan-American level and recognize the efforts of our young investigators, the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO) has been organizing the Pan-American Research Day, in conjunction with the important...
Dear Friends, As the year is getting started, we are looking ahead to many Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO) exciting activities. We just came back from our leadership development course, the “PAAO Curso de Liderazgo”. Education and...
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Brennan International Leadership Scholarship Fund.
The purpose of the Michael W. Brennan International Leadership Scholarship Program is to provide financial aid to young leaders to participate in the PAAO’s Leadership Development Course (Curso de Liderazgo or “Curso”). Its primary objective is to cultivate a broad level of participation among the young leaders from the 26 partner national societies and the 19 affiliated subspecialty societies.
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