XIII Congress of the Latin American Glaucoma Society
September 23, 24 & 25
Quito - Ecuador
Speakers
The XIII sLAG Congress 2026 brings together a panel of internationally renowned speakers, including leaders and former presidents of the world’s leading scientific glaucoma organizations, as well as directors of centers of excellence across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Our experts represent benchmark institutions such as the World Glaucoma Association, the European Glaucoma Society, Harvard Medical School, Duke University, and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, ensuring a high-level scientific program grounded in innovation, evidence-based practice, and global academic leadership.
Luis Abegão Pinto
MD, PhD
Vice President of the European Glaucoma Society.
Head of the Glaucoma Clinic, Santa Maria Hospital, Portugal.
Sanjay Asrani
MD
Emeritus-Active Professor of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, USA.
Tin Aung
MD, PhD
Former President of the World Glaucoma Association.
President and Head of the Singapore Eye Research Institute.
Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
David S. Friedman
MD, PhD, MPH
Director of the Glaucoma Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear.
Co-Director, Glaucoma Center of Excellence, Harvard Medical School.
Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, USA.
Fabián Lerner
MD
Former President of the World Glaucoma Association.
Director and Professor of the Advanced University Diploma in Glaucoma, Universidad Católica Argentina.
Professor of Ophthalmology, Universidad Favaloro, Argentina.
Kaweh Mansouri
MD, MP
Executive Vice President of the World Glaucoma Association.
President of the Swiss Glaucoma Research Foundation, Switzerland.
Paul Palmberg
MD, PhD
Emeritus-Active Professor of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, USA.
Ingeborg Stalmans
MD, PhD
President of the European Glaucoma Society.
Head of the Glaucoma Service, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.
Remo Susanna
MD
Former President of the World Glaucoma Association.
Founder of the Latin American Glaucoma Society.
Professor of Ophthalmology, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Celso Tello
MD, FACS
Professor of Ophthalmology, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.
Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Director of Glaucoma Services, Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital (MEETH), USA.
Fotis Topouzis
MD, PhD
President of the World Glaucoma Association.
Head and Founder of the Laboratory of Research and Clinical Applications in Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Luis E. Vázquez
MD
Professor of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, USA.