6^th Global Pediatric Ophthalmology Congress

Fabrizio Bonucci MD, is a Surgeon and Aesthetic Medicine Doctor. He has got his degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1985, Sapienza University of Rome and specialization in Surgery of Digestive System and Surgical Digestive Endoscopy in 1988 from Sapienza University of Rome. He has completed Master in Facial Aesthetic Medicine, SIMEO, Rome in 2014. He has Experience and Partnership with: Department of General Surgery of Villa S.Pietro Hospital, Rome; Department of Oncologic Surgery of Regina Elena Hospital, Rome; Department of Endoscopy 1st Surgery Clinic, Umberto 1st General Hospital, Rome; Department of General Surgery of S.Eugenio Hospital, Rome.

Aesthetic Medicine

Ronni M Lieberman has received her Medical training at SUNY Downstate in New York, where she also completed her Ophthalmology Residency. She then went on to complete a 2 year Surgical Retina Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. She is the Director of Medical Retina Services for the Queens Hospital Network, an HHC affiliate. She has published extensively, participated in clinical trials and is involved in the training of ophthalmology residents in the HHC and at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Retina

Dr. Yassir Abou-Rayyah is a specialist in Oculoplastics; management of eyelid, lacrimal and orbital disorders; ocular trauma; cosmetic eye surgery; and paediatric ophthalmology. He is internationally recognised in the field of Paediatric Oculoplastics and the treatment of congenital anomalies of the eye, ocular adnexa and microphthalmia. Dr. Abou-Rayyah graduated from Cairo University and was a British Chevening Award scholar. He completed his ophthalmology training at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and has worked as a Consultant Ophthalmologist for more than 20 years, performing more than 13,000 ophthalmic and oculoplastic operations. He joined the medical teams at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in 2005. Dr. Abou-Rayyah has extensive experience in medical research, supervising seven postgraduate medical research degree students and publishing more than 50 research papers in national and international medical journals. He has also been a guest speaker at many national and international medical.

specialist in Oculoplastics; management of eyelid, lacrimal and orbital disorders; ocular trauma; cosmetic eye surgery; and paediatric ophthalmology.

Prof. Camelia-Margareta Bogdanici graduated General Medicine in University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa” Iasi, Romania in 1985. She did her residency on Iasi, Romania between 1990 -1994, in the same Hospital in which she is working now. She was Assistant Professor at University of Medicine and Pharmacy “ Grigore T. Popa” , first at Histology Department, between 1987-1990, and then at Ophthalmology Department between 1991 and 1999, Lecturer between 1999-2007 and then Associate Professor, since now, in the same University and Hospital. Her lectures are for Romanian and English students in Ophthalmology. She graduated Medical Degree (PhD) in 1999. The title of my thesis was “Clinical research for presor equilibrium at normal, ocular hypertension and glaucoma”. Some fellowships: Köln, Germany (1994), Kfar-Saba, Israel (1997), Louisville, Kentucky (1997), Regensburg, Germany (2006). Between 2007 and 2012, she was Medical Director of Hospital “Sf. Spiridon” Iasi, Romania, and between 2012 - 2016 Deputy in Romanian Parliament, in Health and Family Commission. She is the member of Romanian Board Society, Romanian Society of Ophthalmopediatry and Strabismus, member of Romanian Society of Contact Lenses, member of European Academy of Orthokeratology. She contributes as author in many Romanian and International Congresses, and also of scientific publications and books of ophthalmology. Her preferred topics are Ophthalmopediatry, Amblyopia, Ortokeratology, Contact lenses and Low vision.

Ophthalmopediatry, Amblyopia, Ortokeratology, Contact lenses and Low vision

Boris Gramatikov obtained his Dipl.-Ing. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany, and his Ph.D. from the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. He has completed a number of postdoctoral studies in Germany, Italy and the United States. He joined the faculty of The Johns Hopkins University in 1996, and works in the Laboratory of Ophthalmic Instrumentation Development since 2000. He is an active member of the IEEE, having chaired the Baltimore Section in 2006, and being the Section’s Director for Continuing EE Education since then. Dr. Gramatikov’s areas of expertise are electronics, optoelectronics, computers, computer modeling, signal/image processing, data analysis, electronic instrumentation design, biophotonics, ophthalmic optics, and biomedical optics, all applied to the development of diagnostic methods and devices for ophthalmology and vision research. His team has developed a series of pediatric vision screeners. Along with Dr. Cynthia Toth from Duke University, Dr. Gramatikov is the co-PI on a project for combining optical coherence tomography with retinal birefringence scanning, to enable OCT imaging in toddlers and young children. He has over 120 publications, 37 of which in high-impact peer-reviewed journals. He serves as a reviewer and editorial board member with a number of technical and medical journals.

Dr. Gramatikov’s areas of expertise are electronics, optoelectronics, computers, computer modeling, signal/image processing, data analysis, electronic instrumentation design, biophotonics, ophthalmic optics, and biomedical optics, all applied to the development of diagnostic methods and devices for ophthalmology and vision research.

Alaa Radwan, Ophthalmology consultant in Uveitis and medical retina, Head of Egyptian Uveitis Society, Cairo, Egypt. He was graduated from Sohag School of Medicine, trained in Uveitis and inflammatory eye diseases at Massachusetts Eye Research and surgery Institution, Boston, USA. He had founded a tertiary uveitis service in Cortoba eye Center, Cairo Capital of Egypt and International Eye Clinic, Sohag, Upper Egypt. He is a visitor Uveitis and medical retina consultant in many hospitals at Gulf area; King Abdul-Aziz subspecialty hospital KSA and ALFarwanya Hospital, Kuwait. For the last 4 years he is educating young ophthalmologists in the field of Uveitis and Retina in Regular courses in Egyptian Medical Syndicate Teaching Center and Egyptian Ophthalmology Society yearly conference. He is interested now in the clinical and epidemiological studies of uveitis in Egypt. His researches were published in peer-reviewed journals and presented my work in regional and international symposia. Currently he is the Head and founder of Masr Uveitis and Retina Center, Cairo, Egypt. First established eye center in Uveitis and inflammatory eye diseases subspecialty in Egypt.

Uveitis and Medical Retina

Prof. C. Banu Cosar (1972), MD, has completed her education at Hacettepe University and Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital in Turkey. She is a former Fellow of the Cornea Service, Wills Eye Hospital, USA. Currently, she is the Director of Acibadem University, Department of Ophthalmology in Istanbul, Turkey. She is specialized in corneal diseases, cataract and refractive surgery. Prof. Cosar has published more than 130 articles, abstracts, and reports in professional journals and has delivered more than 25 invited lectures. She is the author of 22 ophthalmology book chapters. She is also a reviewer for 5 ophthalmology journals. She is also the founder of Matrix, a contract research organization providing support to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries.

Corneal diseases, Cataract and Refractive surgery

Cosimo Mazzotta Graduated from School of Medicine of University of Siena, Italy, Medical Doctor in 1997. He had a Specialist Diploma in Ophthalmology in 2001 and received his PhD in Ocular Pathology in 2006. He introduced the Corneal Cross Linking in Italy in 2004 being awarded by the Italian Society of Ophthalmology. In 2009 Assistant Professor of Corneal Surgery at Optometry School of University of Siena, Italy. Currently he is Assistant Professor of Corneal Pathology and Surgery at Post-Graduate Ophthalmology School of Siena University and Director of the Siena International Crosslinking Center. His areas of interest include corneal cross-linking, keratoconus, corneal transplants, corneal dystrophies, cataract and refractive surgery, in vivo confocal microscopy.

corneal cross-linking, keratoconus, corneal transplants, corneal dystrophies, cataract and refractive surgery, in vivo confocal microscopy.

Ronni M Lieberman has received her Medical training at SUNY Downstate in New York, where she also completed her Ophthalmology Residency. She then went on to complete a 2 year Surgical Retina Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. She is the Director of Medical Retina Services for the Queens Hospital Network, an HHC affiliate. She has published extensively, participated in clinical trials and is involved in the training of ophthalmology residents in the HHC and at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Retina

Irina Trifanenkova has completed his PhD at the age of 45 years from «MNTK «Eye Microsurgery» named after acad. S.N. Fedorov». She is the Deputy Director on scientific work in Kaluga branch of FGAU «MNTK «Eye Microsurgery» named after acad. S.N. Fedorov», a leading eye microsurgery clinic in Russia. She has published more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

ROP

Anna Laura Giacomin has completed her Medical degree in 1986 at the Padua University. She has joined as the Ophthalmological Specialist at the Padua University in 1991. In 1996, she joined in the Ophthalmology Unit of the Camposampiero PD Civil Hospital, responsible for the Ophthalmoplastic Service. She has obtained Homeopathy clinic course and in 2011, Master 2° level in Ophthalmoplastic Surgery from Naples Federico II University. From 2005, she is a full Member of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

eyelid disorders

Samantha Harding was a Chemist, Polymer Scientist and Journalist before entering medicine. She was a Resident and Fellow at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London where she developed her interest in pediatric ophthalmology. She was the first in the history of the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus to win best of show twice as first author for posters in 2008 and 2011 and was the first to publish a series of pediatric deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty cases with Ken Nischal. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

Strabismus and Neurology

Pedro Mattar M.D. Consultant at the Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Division at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Education: Paediatric Ophthalmology Fellow at University of Colorado, Denver, USA. Ophthalmology: A.V.A.O. Venezuela. Medicine: Universidad Central de Venezuela. Associations: American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Venezuelan Society Ophthalmology, Pan American Association of Ophthalmology, Latin-American Pediatric Ophthalmology Society and Pan American Society of Retinopathy of Prematurity.

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Daniel Valverde is currently working as a Faculty of Medical Sciences at University of Guayaquil. He is a Specialist in Retina Medicinal, Ocular Nutrition, Low Vision, Pediatric Vision, Public Health and Community Development Projects in Public Health.

Low Vision, Pediatric Vision and Retina

Dr Neelam Pawar has done Fellowship in anterior segment surgery and IOL from Aravind Eye Hospital ,Tirunelveli,India.(2007-2009).Currently working as Pediatric Consultant in a tertiary eye care center with 7 years of experience in Pediatric Ophthalmology.Have published 6 original articles in various national and international indexed journals.Had presentations in national and international conferences.Wide experience in Pediatric cataracts and their management.Involved in various pediatric school screening programme ,community ophthalmology and research activities.Had special interest in OCT in pediatric population and its implication.

OCT

Janardan Kumar holds a Ph.D. degree in chemistry under kind supervision of Dr. C. M. Gupta, ex-director, CDRI, Lucknow, India. In the United States, first he received postdoctoral training on motor proteins in the laboratory of Michael P. Sheetz, a lasker award winner, at Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina. He published his work on kinectin, a myocilin like protein, in Science (1995), and an abnormality in myocilin has been predicted to be involved in the pathogenesis of glaucoma.Prior to coming to Becker College, while a research assistant professor at Tufts University, Kumar engineered a new real time perfusion system used for the discovery of drugs to treat glaucoma. Presently, Kumar is chair of the natural sciences department, and is actively engaged in the advancement of course curriculum in microbiology, chemistry, and developing the biotechnology/biology major at Becker College.

glaucoma, microbiology and chemistry

Chris (tiane) Lange-Küttner obtained her Ph.D. at the Max Planck Institute of Human Development, Berlin, and worked thereafter as a post-doc in Cognitive Science at the Free University of Berlin. Since 1994, she holds an academic faculty position in the UK, initially at the University of Aberdeen, and up to now at the London Metropolitan University. From 2009-2011 she was Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Konstanz, Germany. She is also affiliated faculty at the University of Bremen, Germany. She was honor with 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century and she also served as the editorial board member of various reputed journal of psychology.

Perspective Mapping, Psychology

Janardan Kumar holds a Ph.D. degree in chemistry under kind supervision of Dr. C. M. Gupta, ex-director, CDRI, Lucknow, India. In the United States, first he received postdoctoral training on motor proteins in the laboratory of Michael P. Sheetz, a lasker award winner, at Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina. He published his work on kinectin, a myocilin like protein, in Science (1995), and an abnormality in myocilin has been predicted to be involved in the pathogenesis of glaucoma.Prior to coming to Becker College, while a research assistant professor at Tufts University, Kumar engineered a new real time perfusion system used for the discovery of drugs to treat glaucoma. Presently, Kumar is chair of the natural sciences department, and is actively engaged in the advancement of course curriculum in microbiology, chemistry, and developing the biotechnology/biology major at Becker College.

glaucoma, microbiology and chemistry

Jacob Lorenzo-Morales completed his PhD in the University of La Laguna in 2001 and held postdoctoral positions at the University of Edinburgh until December 2011 when he was granted a Ramón y Cajal Tenure Track Fellowship by the Spanish Government. His work has been focused in Free-Living Amoebae infections mainly Acanthamoeba keratitis. He has published more than 60 papers in reputed journals in the parasitology and tropical medicine fields. He has been the Scientific Secretary in the last two editions of the International free-living amoebae meetings (FLAM 2009 and 2011), invited speaker at the symposium of free-living amoebae of the International Congress of Parasitology 2014. In November 2013 he was awarded the Individual Award for Young Canary Islands Citizens by the Canary Islands Government in recognition to his research career.

Contact lens, Ocular diseases

Ingrid Kreissig is currently a Professor at Department of Ophthalmology Univ. Mannheim-Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany. She is also serving as Adjunct Professor at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York. Her specialization includes, Posterior Segment of the Eye: St. Gall/Switzerland, Bonn/Germany, and New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center/USA. During 1979-2000, she has been the Chairman of Univ. Tuebingen/Germany. She has published more than 404 papers, those are been published in national and international journals of ophthalmology, basically on topics such as surgery of retinal detachment with long-term follow-up of anatomic and functional results, cryopexy histology, tumors, AMD, diabetic retinopathy, and intravitreal pharmacotherapy. She has also published many books.

AMD, diabetic retinopathy, and intravitreal pharmacotherapy.

Luiz Guilherme, is graduated in Medicine from the University of Grande Rio - RJ- Brazil, He did his Ophthalmology residency at the Hospital de Olhos Santa Luzia / Santa Luzia Foundation (Recife - PE - Brazil). He did his fellowship in Retina and Vitreous by Federal University of Goias, after graduating from the Federal University of Goias. He is a member of the Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology (CBO), Brazilian Society of Retina and Vitreous, International Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists also he posses the membership of Scientific reviewer of the Brazilian Archives of Ophthalmology, the Expert Board and Scientific reviewer of the International Journal of Ophthalmology. He contributes as author of scientific publications and chapters books of ophthalmology, he is serving as a professor of the Ophthalmology Residency at the Hospital de Olhos Santa Luzia.

Retina

Miguel Rechichi has completed his training in ophthalmology at 28 and his PhD at 32 from Magna Graecia University and Diploma of Specialist Superior in Ophthalmology from University of Lugano (Switzerland). He’s actually a researcher for Magna Graecia University and Director of corneal and refractive Surgery service of S.Lucia Eye Clinic, Cosenza, Italy. He was a pioneer of crosslinking clinical application and actually is involved in developing new accelerated cxl protocols for which he’s invited as opinion leader to several meetings. He has published several papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of reputed Journals.

Optical Coherence Tomography, Cornea

Sarah Zhang is currently a tenured Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Biochemistry, and Neuroscience at School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York. She is a faculty member at the SUNY Eye Institute and Graduate School at SUNY Buffalo. Sarah Zhang is a well-established clinician-scientist and vision researcher and has published over 75 peer-reviewed journal articles, reviews and book chapters. Her laboratory studies disease mechanisms and ER stress signaling in diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and glaucomatous retinopathy. Dr. Zhang has served on Editorial boards for 7 professional journals and on NIH and international grant review panels.

Diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and glaucomatous retinopathy

Yoko Miura has completed her M.D. in 1997 and Ph.D. in 2002 from Osaka City University in Japan. Clinical training was completed in eye clinic of Osaka City University Hospital and since 2002 a specialist of ophthalmology. In 2005 started research work in University of Kiel in Germany and in 2009 moved to Institute of Biomedical Optics, University of Luebeck. Today engages in the research and clinical works in Institute of Biomedical Optics and Department of Ophthalmology, University of Luebeck. Leading some research projects related to retinal cell biology. Since 2010 adjunct lecturer of Osaka City University.

Biomedical Optics