International Speakers | Slag2026

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XIII Congress of the Latin American Glaucoma Society

September 23, 24 & 25
Quito - Ecuador

International 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

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Vice President of the European Glaucoma Society.

Head of the Glaucoma Clinic, Hospital Santa Maria, Portugal.

Sanjay Asrani
MD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University.

Director of the Duke Eye Center and Duke Glaucoma OCT Reading Center, USA.

Tin Aung
MD, PhD

Past President of the World Glaucoma Association.

Executive Director of the Singapore Eye Research Institute and 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 of the Glaucoma Center of Excellence and Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, USA.

Fabián Lerner
MD

Past President of the World Glaucoma Association.

Director and Professor of the Advanced University Diploma in Glaucoma, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina.

Professor of Ophthalmology, Favaloro University, Argentina.

Kaweh Mansouri
MD, MPH

Executive Vice President of the World Glaucoma Association.

President of the Swiss Glaucoma Research Foundation, Switzerland.

Paul Palmberg
MD, PhD

Active Emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology, 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, PhD

Past President of the World Glaucoma Association.

Founder of the Latin American Glaucoma Society.

Professor of Ophthalmology, University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Celso Tello
MD, FACS

Professor of Ophthalmology, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.

Chair of Ophthalmology and Director of Glaucoma Services, Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital (MEETH), USA.

Fotis Topouzis
MD, PhD

President of the World Glaucoma Association.

Founder and Head of the Laboratory of Research and Clinical Applications in Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Luis E. Vázquez
MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, USA.

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