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

Leonardo Fernández Irigaray is a Professor of Medicine and the head of strabismus Eye Clinique Dr Nano - Buenos Aires - Argentina Republic. He is the President of the Argentine Center of Strabismus and Latin American Council of Strabismus. Leonardo Fernandez Irigaray also served as the member of reputed ophthalmology associations and societies. He was recently nominated by the International Medical IOCIM Côme best professional specialty within it. You will receive the highest institutional distinction Health "prix à l'PAR MEDICAL POUR UNE VIE MEILLEURE achievement" Tribute savait played travail for life to help improve the human eats professional recognizing the best of health 2014-2015.

Strabismus

Dr. Ritch completed his M.D. at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in 1972. He is the Shelley and Steven Einhorn Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology and Chief of Glaucoma Services and Surgeon Director Emeritus at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. He has co-authored or edited nine textbooks and over 1700 medical and scientific papers, book chapters, articles and abstracts. He has presented 700 lectures worldwide, including 45 named lectures and has received 58 awards and medals.

Glaucoma

Harminder S Dua, MBBS, DO (Lond), DO, MS, MNAMS, FRCS, FRCOphth., FEBO, FRCP(Ed), MD, Phd; has been the chair and professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Nottingham since 1994. He is the immediate past President of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists UK and was Editor of the British Journal of Ophthalmology for 7 years. He is currently Editor-in-chief of a new journal called Journal of EuCornea. He has over 300 peer reviewed publications and scores of awards for research and teaching including the recent Times Higher Education Award (2014) for \'Research project of the year\'.

Cornea

Cathleen McCabe, MD is one of the foremost eye surgeons practicing today and is a vital asset to The Eye Associates' team, seeing patients in Sarasota, Bradenton and Ellenton, Florida. After Dr. McCabe received her medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, she went on to her residency training at the prestigious Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami’s School of Medicine. Dr. McCabe specializes in bladeless laser cataract surgery, clear lens replacement, LASIK and anterior segment diseases. Cathleen McCabe has received many prestigious and esteemed awards for her work in Ophthalmology, including being named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for Ophthalmology and to the Premier Surgeon 250 List of the leading innovators in premium IOL cataract surgery, and was selected as a LaserVision Top 100 Surgeon for her vast experience and excellent outcomes in LASIK and refractive surgery. Dr. McCabe’s other achievements and awards include being named an Outstanding Female Leader in Ophthalmology by Millenial EYE magazine, the recipient of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Achievement Award, and she was one of only four surgeons invited to perform LIVE cataract surgery at Texas Eye and Surgery Center in Hurst, Texas, which was telecast in real time to 1000 MDs attending the Alcon event from all over the world. Dr. McCabe’s ongoing commitment to continuing her education earned her the Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA), presented by the American Medical Association, and she has also been honored with the Lifelong Education for the Ophthalmologist (LEO) Continuing Education Recognition Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. McCabe was granted membership into the American College of Eye Surgeons (ACES) because of her commitment to excellence in eye surgery. She has also successfully fulfilled the requirements for Maintenance of Certification (MOC) to be recertified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology. Cathleen McCabe is a Board member of the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society, the Vice Chairman and a member of the Practicing Ophthalmologists Curriculum Panel (POCP)- Cataract and Anterior Segment Panel and a Board Member of the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society. Dr. McCabe also serves on the Editorial Board for Ophthalmic ASC, EyeNet, and Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today publications. Additionally she continues to share her expertise by publishing articles and book chapters, lecturing at ophthalmological and optometric seminars all over the country, and participating in residency training programs.

Cataract, Refractive, and Advanced Lens Technology

Nikolakopoulos Athanasios Born and resident of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is Graduated from the Aristotelio University (Greece)–Medical Department. He did his postgraduate studies (fellowship) at the Hospital of Addenbrook Cambridge England on the retina diseases with Mr J.D.Scott, on glaucoma with Mr J.D.Cairns and on inflammations with Mr P.Watson. Attended Moorefield Eye Hospital on Lasers in Ophthalmology and on the retina surgery of Giant tears. Attended the Rotterdam Clinic Center with Rellyo Zivojnoviz, as a representative of the Cambridge Hospital. He is also senior registrar at Adenbrooks Hospital, organized and directed the Retina department of St.Dimitrios Hospital of Thessaloniki and he became Director of Retina clinic of St.Dimitrios Hospital. Nikolakopoulos Athanasios was the former president of the Greek Ophthalmological Federation and The Greek Vitreoretinal Society.

Glaucoma and vitreoretinal surgery

Felipe Soria studied Medicine in the Adventist University in Argentina and did his specialty in Ophthalmology in the Vision Institute of Montemorelos University in Mexico. He made the subspecialties of Cornea, Refractive and Cataract surgery in Vissum Corporation with Dr. Jorge Alio for a period of two years. He has written more than 30 scientific articles and book chapters, being Editor of the book Femtosecond Laser Assisted Keratoplasty. He has participated with 40 communications in different international congress across the world. He owns the patent: Use of Mesothelial cells in Tissue Bioengineering and Artificial Tissues.
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Cornea, Refractive and Cataract surgery

Cristian Falcon is the Director of Optima Laser Clinic, Valencia, Spain and member of reputed ophthalmology societies. He is an Ophthalmology surgeon specialist in Refractive surgery: LASIK, SBK, Intraocular lenses and phacoemulsificaion. He is having an extensive experience in LASIK, SBK and LASIK(SBK) for Presbyopia & performed 12,000 procedure over this years of practice. He has published his research papers in various reputed journals and he is been invited in many scientific conferences around the world as a speaker.

LASIK, SBK and LASIK(SBK) for Presbyopia

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

Baswati Prasanth, Specialist Ophthalmology has 10 years of vast experiences from various hospitals in India and other countries, completed her MS Ophthalmology from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune and Fellowship in Glaucoma and Anterior segment from Dr Shroffs Eye Hospital, New Delhi. She is the winner of A D Patwardhan Gold medal from university of Pune. She is the Director of Ophthalmology, Ahalia hospital, Abudhabi. She has published more than 15 papers in reputed journals and has been part of several clinical trials.

Phacoemulsification, small incision cataract surgery, glaucoma surgery

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

George Beiko is a medical graduate of Oxford University and completed his ophthalmology specialty training at Queens University in Canada. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at McMaster University and a Lecturer at the University of Toronto. Dr. Beiko has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and also authored twelve book chapters. He has given over 500 scientific presentations at meetings throughout the world. He has been awarded 3 best papers of session at the ASCRS annual meeting, one best poster award at AAO, one Best Paper of Session (Cataract) at APAO-AAO Joint Meeting and the Best Original Paper in Cataract Surgery at AAO in 2010. He is on the review panel or editorial board of 25 ophthalmology journals. His honours include being elected to membership in the International Intraocular Implant Club, being named one of the “Premier Surgeons” of North America and being made an Officer of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, by Her Majesty The Queen of England. He has been honoured on 3 occasions with the Gold Medal by the Indian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, a Senior Achievement award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, an Achievement Award by the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, the Presidential Award of the International Society of Refractive Surgery and the Boberg-Ans Award of the Danish Ophthalmological Society.

Cataract

Supriyo Chatterjee is an educator and a practitioner in Optometry since 1990. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Human Physiology from Calcutta University and thereafter completed his 4 year PG Diplomas in Optometry and Contact Lens Practice from Indian Optical Institute& Refraction Hospital (Estd.1932), the pioneer Institute of Optometry in India, Calcutta. He went to USA for advanced studies and clinical internship in California under Optometric Extension Program Foundation and State University of New York – College of Optometry, in the areas of Binocular Vision, Pediatric Optometry and Behavioral Optometry. He was an Associate of College of Optometrists in Vision Development of USA and Clinical Associate of Optometric Extension Program Foundation, California. He has presented many papers in home on Behavioral Optometry, Sports Vision, Myopia, Near point Vision Stress, Non Strabismic Binocular Dysfunction and Vision Therapy. He was awarded Bausch & Lomb Certificate of Excellence in Contact Lens Practice as well as Silklens India Award for Outstanding Contribution to Optometry Education in Eastern India. He also represented India, particularly his Alma Mater in 4th World Council of Optometry Educators’ Meet in Atlanta, Georgia in 2002, as the Director of Academic Affairs of the AII India Institute of Optometrical Sciences (AIIOS). He was selected by ORBIS International, Ethiopia to serve as an Assistant Professor of Optometry, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Ethiopia in 2008. His areas of interest are: General & Pediatric Optometry, Infant Vision Development, Non-Strabismic Binocular Dysfunctions, Myopia, Computer Vision Syndrome, Sports Vision, Ocular Pathology & Therapeutics, Vision Therapy and Neuro-Optometry.

General & Pediatric Optometry, Infant Vision Development, Non-Strabismic Binocular Dysfunctions, Myopia

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.

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

Ashli Milling is a Lecturer in Orthoptics at The University of Liverpool, UK. Ashli graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2009 with a First class honours. After graduating Ashli worked as a clinical Orthoptist in Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, UK for 5 years. During this time Ashli also completed a Masters of Research in Health Sciences and a Clinical Education course before taking on a full time role as a lecturer at The University of Liverpool. Currently, Ashli is in the process of studying a Masters of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and is involved in several clinical and educational research projects alongside her teaching.

Diagnosis and non-surgical management of strabismus

Dr. Safiah Mulla is a faculty staff at the Department of Optometry, King Saud University (KSU), since 1997. She holds a BSc in Optometry from KSU (1987), an orthoptic diploma and an MSc in Clinical Vision Science from Dalhousie University (2000 – 2007). From 1990 to 1997, she was running an Optometry clinic at Security Forces Hospital, Outpatient Department. Dr. Safiah held many leadership positions such as a Board Member for the Saudi Association of Optometry as well as a Member of the Canadian orthoptic society. Currently, she is the university rector' advisor for Maintenance and Operating Affairs, for Female Campus.

Pediatric vision screening, Amblyopia, Strabismus managements, Orthoptic and Refraction.

Director and Vitreoretinal Consultant at Oftalmo Abad, Clínica de Ojos, Santa Cruz, Argentina. Ambassador at UNESCO for Argentina. Board of Research Advisor at Sastra Angkor University, the Kingdom of Cambodia. Academic Representative in Argentina and worldwide, California University FCE, California, USA. President, International Research Group, Abad Eye Research, Ballsbridge University, Distinguished University Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology at Ballsbridge University, Roseau, Dominica and Republic of Ghana. Honorable Global Member Council of the Board of Quality Standards, Ireland, UK. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) as a researcher, International Philosophical Institute, India. Doctor of Letters (D. Litt) in Medical Research, Maha Sastra University, Sastra Angkor Institute, The Kingdom of Cambodia. Doctor of Sciences (DSC) in Ophthalmology “ad eundem” (education and practice in Ophthalmology), Ballsbridge University, Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica. Honorary Fellow, Institute the Chartered Professionals (optics researcher), Ireland, UK. Doctor of Sciences Award, (DSC) Research Training & Treatment Institute, Jodhpur, India.

Eye Biotechnology and Ocular Nanomedicine Stem Cells.

Dr. Edna Joyce Santos has been a dedicated ophthalmologist for the past 28 years. She has recently joined in Department of Ophthalmology, Al Khalayleh Medical Center at United Arab Emirates. She has recently been awarded Global Goodwill Ambassador for the UAE for her Humanitarian projects. She is also a published author and her book, "Are You Crazy?” is published in Amazon. She also co-authored a book with Jack Canfield entitled "Success Mastery". She is also a member of the National Society of Expert Writers and Speakers in the United States. She was Past-President of the Southern Tagalog Society of Ophthalmology and Past-President of the Philippine Medical Women's Association. She is an international reviewer for a lot of Ophthalmological journals and has been invited as an international speaker in different conferences abroad. She is also a member of the board of advisors and consultant to several companies, namely, YGB Hybrid Currency, Wefsech Ocean Nexus Solutions, Engrid Solutions, ELV Solutions, Laurel Resources International, Sheema Africa Safaris and Saccadic Suites, a comprehensive eye examination in Telemedicine in Ophthalmology.

Ophthalmology

Dr. Bader Tarek Toffaha MD, Ph.D., Consultant Ophthalmologist working at Royal Bahrain Hospital in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He finished his training in Ophthalmology in the Egyptian fellowship board program. He made the subspecialties of Cornea, Refractive and Cataract Surgery in Vissum Corporación Oftalmológica in Alicante, Spain with Prof.Jorge Alio for a period of two years. After that, he joined the Ophthalmology department of Bahrain Defence Force Hospital. Dr.Toffaha obtained his doctorate Ph.D. in Refractive surgery with a degree of honor from Ophthalmology division, Miguel Hernandez University. Spain.H e is a co-author in many international research studies and book chapters in the field of cornea and refractive surgery. He is a member of the Spanish Society of Cataract and Refractive surgery(SECOIR).

Cornea, Refractive and Cataract Surgery