Speakers sLAG Members

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.

Fátima Aliaga Tellez
MD

Former President of the Bolivian Glaucoma Society

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.

Héctor Borel Araneda
MD

Glaucoma Research Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USA; Vision Center

Arturo Burchakchi
MD

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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

Former President of the Latin American Glaucoma Society.

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Buenos Aires and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Maimonides University.

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

Andrés Gerhard Castaño
MD

Former President of the Chilean Glaucoma Society

Jair Giampani Junior
MD

Vice President of the Latin American Glaucoma Society; Member of the Brazilian Glaucoma Society and the World Glaucoma Association. Physician, Federal University of Mato Grosso.

Héctor Fernando Gómez Goyeneche, MD

Former President of the Colombian Glaucoma Working Group;
Former President of the Colombian Society of Ophthalmology;
Former President of the Latin American Glaucoma Society.
Emeritus Professor at the Central Military Hospital.

Daniel Grigera
MD

Former President of the Colombian Glaucoma Working Group;

Former President of the Colombian Society of Ophthalmology; Former President of the Latin American Glaucoma Society.
Emeritus Professor at the Central Military Hospital.

Marcelo Hatanaka
MD

Head of the Glaucoma Service at the Hospital das Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (HC-FMUSP).

Jesús Jimenez-Román
MD

Former President of the Pan-American Glaucoma Society

Manuel José Justiniano
MD

Founder of the Bolivian Glaucoma Society; Former President of the Bolivian Glaucoma Society

Gabriel Lazcano Gómez
MD

Attending Physician, Department of Glaucoma, “Association to Prevent Blindness in Mexico”; Director of Glaucoma Láser Clinic, Puebla

Jasbeth Jahaira Ledesma Gil, MD

Former President of the Mexican College of Glaucoma; Professor in the Department of Glaucoma at the “Institute of Ophthalmology Fundación Conde de Valenciana.”

Wilma Lelis Barboza
MD

President of the Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology; Former President of the Brazilian and Latin American Glaucoma Societies;
PhD in Ophthalmology from HCFMUSP

Fabián Lerner
MD

Former President of the World Glaucoma Association.

Director and Professor of the Advanced University Diploma in Glaucoma, Argentine Catholic University. Professor of Ophthalmology, Favaloro University, Argentina.

Marcelo Jordão Lopes da Silva, MD

Associate Professor at the Hospital de Clínicas; University of São Paulo (USP) – FMRP;
PhD in Medical Sciences from UNICAMP and FMRP USP/RP;
Postdoctoral Fellow in Ophthalmology at FMRP USP/RP;
MBA in Healthcare Management from USP/RP.

Jayter Silva
MD

Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, Paulista School of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil;
Glaucoma Fellowship & Visiting Professorship, University of California, San Diego, USA.

María Angélica Moussalli
MD

Head of Ocular Genetics, Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires / Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Buenos Aires.

Roberto Murad Vessani
MD

Former Vice President of the Brazilian Glaucoma Society; Former Head of the Glaucoma Sector, Department of Ophthalmology, Paulista School of Medicine – UNIFESP; Ophthalmology Higienópolis – São Paulo – SP.

Nara Ogata
MD

Specialist in the Department of Glaucoma at the Hospital das Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo / Member of the Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology (CBO).

Ricardo Augusto Paletta Guedes, MD

Former President of the Brazilian Society of Ophthalmology;
Member of the Scientific Council of the University Glaucoma Institute (Paris, France);
Paletta Guedes Eye Institute (Juiz de Fora – MG, Brazil).

Juan Camilo Parra Restrepo, MD

Specialist in Ophthalmology, Industrial University of Santander (UIS). Subspecialist, Glaucoma Fellow, University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.

Rodolfo Alfredo Pérez Grossmann, MD

Member of the World Glaucoma Association, Pan-American Glaucoma Society, European Glaucoma Society, and Peruvian Glaucoma Society. Glaucoma and Cataract Institute, Lima.

Marina Ramírez
MD

Member of the Mexican Society of Ophthalmology, Mexican Council of Ophthalmology, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Mexican College of Glaucoma, Western Glaucoma Association, and Latin American Glaucoma Society. Glaucoma Integral.

Juan Carlos Rueda
MD

Glaucoma Specialist, FOSCAL Ophthalmological Foundation

Heloisa Helena Abil Russ Giacometti, MD

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President-Elect of the Brazilian Glaucoma Society; Vice President of the Paraná Ophthalmology Association; Associate Professor in the Graduate Program at the Federal University of Paraná.

Lisandro Massanori
Sakata, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology at the Federal University of Paraná.

Renato Antunes Schiave Germano MD

Remo Susanna Jr.
MD

Former President of the World Glaucoma Association; Founder of the Latin American Glaucoma Society.

Professor of Ophthalmology, University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Emilio Rintaro Suzuki Junior, MD

Former President of the Brazilian Glaucoma Society; Professor of Ophthalmology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais.

Leonidas Traipe
MD

Former President of the Chilean Glaucoma Society; Clinical Hospital, University of Chile; Clínica Las Condes.

Ana María Vásquez García
MD

President of the Latin American Glaucoma Society (sLAG); Member of the Patient Committee of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA); Professor of Glaucoma at the Central University of Ecuador.

Rafael Vidal Merola
MD

MD in Vision Sciences from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG); Postdoctoral Fellow in Ophthalmology at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG); Associate Professor at Centro Universitário Professor Antônio Carlos (UNIPAC), Juiz de Fora; Clinical Director of Instituto de Olhos Merola, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.