Speakers
sLAG Members
We are honored to feature distinguished speakers from the Latin American Glaucoma Society (sLAG), professionals who represent the academic, clinical, and scientific excellence of our region.
Each of them brings a strong track record in the diagnosis, treatment, and research of glaucoma, actively contributing to the development of new perspectives and solutions to the current challenges of this disease.
Carlos Álvarez
MD, PhD
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Ophthalmologist specializing in Glaucoma and Ocular Inflammatory Diseases. Zambrano Hellion Hospital. Professor and Research Coordinator for the Ophthalmology Residency Program at Tecnológico de Monterrey. President of the Mexican Center for Ocular Inflammatory Diseases (CMEIO) 2025–2026.
John Jairo Aristizábal G.
MD

Vice President of the Colombian Society of Ophthalmology,
Former Vice President of Glaucoma Colombia.
Postgraduate Professor at the Pontifical Bolivarian University.
Martín Arrúa
MD

Past President of the Paraguayan Society of Ophthalmology; President of the Paraguayan Glaucoma Society; Professor at the Hospital de Clínicas of the National University of Asunción; Central Hospital of the Social Security Institute; Asunción Ophthalmological Center.
Paulo Augusto de Arruda Mello, MD

Full Professor of Ophthalmology at UNIFESP
Former President of the Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology; Former President of the Brazilian Glaucoma Society; Former President of the Pan-American Glaucoma Society;
Former President of the Latin American Glaucoma Society
Guillermo Barreto Fong
MD

Former President of the Latin American Glaucoma Society
Sandra Belalcázar Rey
MD

Member of the Colombian Glaucoma Working Group; Glaucoma Colombia; Colombian Society of Ophthalmology; Latin American Glaucoma Society; American Academy of Ophthalmology. National Ophthalmological Foundation of Bogotá.
Arturo Burchakchi
MD

Head of the Glaucoma Section, Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires
Cristiano Caixeta Umbelino
MD

Professor of Ophthalmology at Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo; Head of the Glaucoma Department at Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo.
Javier Fernando Casiraghi
MD

Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), and Adjunct Professor, Maimónides University (UMAI)
Head of the Glaucoma Service, Hospital de Clínicas, UBA Teaching Hospital
Deputy Director of the Specialist Training Program in Ophthalmology, UBA–CAO
Former President of the Argentine Council of Ophthalmology, the Argentine Glaucoma Association, and the Latin American Glaucoma Society
Vania Castro Tamanaja
MD

Former President of the Peruvian Glaucoma Society
Carlos Luis Chacón
MD

Former President of the Ecuadorian Society of Ophthalmology;
Former President of the Ecuadorian Glaucoma Society;
Board Member of the Pan-American Glaucoma Society
Sebastião Cronemberger Sobrinho, MD - PhD

Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
María Fernanda Delgado Morales, MD

Secretary of the Latin American Glaucoma Society / Former President of Glaucoma Colombia
Alberto Diniz Filho
MD

Head of the Glaucoma Service / Prof. Nassim Calixto – São Geraldo Hospital – Hospital das Clínicas of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG); Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Juan Alberto Dios Alemán
MD

Former President of the Peruvian Glaucoma Society
Héctor Fontana
MD

Head of the Glaucoma Department, Santa Lucía Ophthalmological Hospital / City of Buenos Aires. Former President of the Argentine Glaucoma Association.
Glaucoma Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Andrés Gerhard Castaño
MD

Former President of the Chilean Glaucoma Society
