^12th Global Ophthalmology Conference May 22-24, 2017 Mexico city, Mexico

Dr. Ticho Uriel is the Emmeritus asc.proffesor of Ophthalmology. He is the Head of glaucoma service at Hadasssah for 30 years. He is also the Chairman of International Glaucoma Conferences in Jerusalem.

His research interests includes the use of anti-metabolites in glaucoma surgery, Glaucoma: laser applications in glaucoma anti- glaucoma drugs; glaucoma detection and prevention Automatic visual field studies to evaluate blue stimuli, threshold modulation and other parameters.

Master Luis Carlos Fliguer is perhaps one of the most prominent in the world eye care. His contributions to the Latin American contactology are invaluable. He has always been at the forefront of new technologies in materials and designs in parameters and their professional opinion always was reference in lot of research.

His research interest involves Dyslexia - phoria in vision- Syndrome computerized vision - Vision behavioral.

He is experienced eye-care business professional into Optical / Ophthalmology and Optometry industry channels in Latin America with twenty-six years of clinical, academic and business experience.

Contact lenses.

Dr. Hugo Quiroz-Mercado is a Former Director of Ophthalmology Service at Denver Health Medical Center. He was also Professor of ophthalmology at University of Colorado, School of Medicine ophthalmologist specializing in diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy prematurity as, and his current position is as Research Director at Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico. Dr. Mercado completed his medical degree at Faculty of Medicine Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, and completed his postgraduate residency at Luis Sanchez Hospital for the Prevention of Blindness in Mexico City. Dr. Mercado then furthered did a fellowships in Vitreo-Retinal Diseases at APEC in Mexico City and Schepens Eye Research Institute in Boston. With over 25 years of practice experience, Dr. Mercado has held previous appointments as the Chief of Retina Service and Chief of the Experimental Surgery Laboratory at the Prevention of Blindness, Luis Sanchez Hospital, as well as a professor of Ophthalmology at the Faculty of Medicine Universidad Autonoma de Mexico. He specializes in treating patients with retina diseases.

His research interest include External radiotherapy and anti-angiogenic therapy for the treatment of AMD. Artificial Vision by Direct Optic Nerve Stimulation (AV-DONE) in blind patients with retinitis pigmentosa in collaboration with Osaka University and University of Colorado with surgeries being performed in Mexico City at the Hospital APEC. Vitreous Liquifaction and Vitreolysis from the Cal Tech and Vitreoretinal Technologies (VRT) from Irvine CA. With clinical studies underway in Mexico and other sites in the United States. DRCRNet. – Diabetic Retinopathy Collaborative Research network PACORES – Pan-American Collaborative Retina Research

Dr. Paul Lee serves as F. Bruce Fralick Professor and Chair in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Michigan Medical School and Director of the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center.Dr. Lee has published over 250 papers on glaucoma and eye care delivery in general, particularly on understanding and improving eye and health care. He has been principal investigator on research projects to evaluate the appropriateness of cataract surgery, the quality of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy care, utilization patterns of eye care, provider workforce analyses for ophthalmology and orthopedics, and analyses of failure patterns for the treatment of diabetes related eye disease and glaucoma. r. Lee has served in several leadership capacities, including as the chair of the ARVO Foundation, an at-large member of the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), chair of the American Glaucoma Society’s Quality of Care Subcommittee, and original co-chair of the AMA-AAO Consortium Task Force for Eye Care Quality Indicators (PQRI). He has received the Lew Wasserman Merit Award from Research to Prevent Blindness, the Alcon Institute Research Award, the Senior Achievement Award from the AAO, the Gold Fellow from ARVO, and has been inducted into Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis. He has also delivered the American Glaucoma Society Lecture, the Parker-Heath Lecture of the AMA section of ophthalmology, and the Shaffer Lecture at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, as well as numerous lectureships around the world.

Evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma; glaucoma surgery complications; complex glaucoma surgeries

He is the Ex-President of the Mexican Cornea Society (CMCCR), He is currently the member of Member of the Mexican Ophthalmology Society (SMO), Assoiciation of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO. He is a ophthalmologist at APEC Hospital

Cornea & Refractive Surgery

He is the Secretary Centro Mexicano de Cirujanos de Catarata at CMCC. He was also associated as an Associate Researcher at the Department of Biomedical Research at Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. He was even the Director, Anterior Segment Surgery Service at Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmología I.A.P. He has completed his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Medical Research, 2011 - 2015 Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro and Master of Science, Medical Sciences, Biomedicine, 2009 - 2011 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Anterior segment surgery Fellowship, Cataract phacoemulsification surgery, 2006 - 2007

cataract, cataract surgery

He is the PROFESSOR at Universidad Nacional de Rosario (National University of Rosario), School of Medicine, Ophthalmology College and PROFESSOR at Universidad Abierta Interamericana, School of Medicine, Ophthalmology College. He has also been the EX-PRESIDENT of the Ophthalmology Society of Rosario. He is the Member of CONEAU: National Committee for the Evaluation of University Quality. Member of the Course Board in the XXIII PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE ARGENTINE COUNCIL OF OPHTALMOLOGY. He is also considered as CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE BEST VITRORETINAL SURGERY SERVICES IN THE COUNTRY He has been awarded as "DISTINGUISHED PHYSICIAN FROM ROSARIO", awarded by the Honorable City Council of Rosario. Decree N° 25132 Rosario, February 17th 2005 and many more.

ocular stem cells

Optician, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Specialist in Contact Lenses. Specialist and manufacturer of ocular prosthesis. Scientific adviser for ocular prosthesis in APO (Asociación Profesional de Optómetras in Argentina). Precursor and creator of multiperforated orbital implant, JUMAT. Precursor and creator of expander orbit asmotic hydrogel filling for microophthalmia. Director of CEPROC. Director of Ocular Prosthesis Division in Perfect Vision, Santiago, Chile. Developer of one-hour customized ocular prosthesis method, unique in Latinamerica. Precursor and creator of the first prosthetic scleral lens.

prosthetic lens