11^th Global Ophthalmology Meeting

Don Minckler, MD, MS B.A. Reed College Portland, OR 1962, M.D. Cum Laude University of Oregon in 1964. Internship San Diego Naval Hospital 1964; USN Aviation Medicine, Pensacola, Florida 1966. General and Neuropathology 1969-70 University of Washington (UW) Seattle.  Ophthalmology UW, 1970-73.  Ophthalmic Pathology (AFIP) Washington, D.C. 1973-75.  ABO 1975 and Anatomic Pathology in 1978; 53 Visiting Professorships, 218 Peer-reviewed publications, 132 abstracts, Coauthor 18 published symposia, 30 chapters, 37 editorials, 8 manuals.  Research interest Pathogenesis of Glaucoma Optic Nerve Injury  Editor-in-Chief Ophthalmology 1995-2003.  Retired from Gavin Herbert Eye Institute faculty & Laboratory Medicine at UCI 2020, Reappointed as Recall Professor for Teaching 2021.

Pathogenesis of Glaucoma Optic Nerve Injury

Professor of the Chair of Ophthalmology, Faultad de Cs. Medical National University Rosario. Chief Ophthalmology Service of the Centennial Provincial Hospital. Director of the Specialist Medical Career in Ophthalmology at the UNR. Distinguished Doctor from the city of Rosario (Deliberative Council of Rosario, 2005). Advisor to the Argentine Council of Ophthalmology. Former President Soc. Of Ophthalmology of Rosario. Evaluation partner of CONEAU, on behalf of the UNR. Professor of the Chair of Ophthalmology of the UAI.

Ophthalmology

Jerry Katzman is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Katzman has always been an entrepreneur, scientist, and pioneer in medical science. His focus has targeted various biotechnology companies, biopharma, and Wall Street. Upon completion of his medical training, Katzman joined a multi-specialty group practice in Brandon, FL where he founded and established the group’s department of ophthalmology. Katzman graduated from Boston University with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering in 1974 and thereafter earned his M.D. from the Universidad de Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico

Ophthalmology

Paul H Hughes is a renowned refractive surgeon in Australia gaining his BSc and MBBS from the University of NSW in Sydney, Australia. He introduced the early refractive procedures into Australia and was one of the first ophthalmologists to have his own private refractive suites, an ophthalmic centre of excellence (Southline eye centre). He has made the journey from Refractive Keratectomy (RK) through Automated Lamellar Keratoplasy (ALK) to Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) then to laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with the excimer laser and is now using the femtosecond laser (Visumax) to perform 3rd generation refractive surgery Small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). Hughes has published many peer reviewed papers and spoken regularly at international ophthalmic meetings over the years. As a refractive surgeon he is very aware of the importance of Ocular Surface Disease (OSD) and its effect on excellent surgical outcomes

Ophthalmology