Distinciones

DISTINCIONES

SCIENTIFIC APPOINTMENTS

1979-80 Internship (1 year), Federico Lleras Hospital Ibague, Tolima. 1980-81 Rural Service, San Rafael Hospital Rioblanco, Tolima, Colombia.
1987-89 Medical Consultant, Bausch and Lomb, Baltimore, MD USA.
1987-98 Director Surgical Department, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia.
1987-98 Director Cataract Surgery Clinic, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia.
1993-97 Member of the Board of Directors Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia.
1995-00 Instructor in Phacoemulsification techniques for Alcon Lab., Colombia.
1995-97 Vice President of the Board, EXILASER S.A.
1997-00 President of the Board, EXILASER S.A.
1995-today Appointed as VISX Global Advisor, Santa Clara, CA USA.
1997-today Appointed as International Physician Trainer for AMO-VISX, Incorporated, Santa Clara, CA USA.
1987-1998 Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Anterior Segment Surgery, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
1999-2006 Appointed as USA Physician Trainer for AMO-VISX, INC.
1999-03 Professor, Proctor and Medical Director of THE REAL LASIK COURSE in Bogotá, Colombia for USA Ophthalmologists.
2000 Appointed as a Clinical Investigator for the FDA approval of the S3 Software.
2001-today Elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY/ AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY.
2002-2007 Appointed as International Medical Monitor for AMO-VISX Inc.
2007-today Appointed as Member of the AMO Advisory Board
2006-2010 Elected Member of the Subspecialty Day Program at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting.
2007-today Appointed as Scientific Advisor of MORIA Inc, in Paris, France.
2008 SubDirector of the Subspecialty Refractive Surgery Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting.
2009 Director of the Subspecialty Refractive Surgery Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting.

SCIENTIFIC AWARDS

1977-78 Best students, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
1980 Best Intern, Rotatory Internship, Federico Lleras, Hospital Ibague, Colombia.
1985 Fullbright Commission Scholarship, Iowa City, Iowa. USA.
1993 Bausch and Lomb Scholarship: Clinical Research, Walterloo University, Canada.
1995 Young Executive of the year, Junior Chamber, Bogotá, Colombia.
1998 Award from the National Academy of Medicine (Rhone Poulanc Lab.) Basic Sciences Category.
2001 Distinguished with the McCullough Award.
McCullough Award Lecturer
University of Texas Medical Branch
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Vision 2001 Spring Meeting
March 24, 2001
2003 Best paper of the ASCRS meeting, San Francisco, California: Lasik vs.
Lasek for treatment of irregular astigmatism.
2005 Key-Note Lecture at the 2005 Argentinean Meeting of the Argentinean
Refractive Surgery Society in Alvear Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2005 Poster Contest Finalist in European Society of Refractive Surgery Meeting
In Lisbon, Portugal: VSS Treatment of Presbyopia.
2007 Achievement Award
American Academy of Ophthalmology
November 2007
2008 Kritzinger Memorial Lecture (For contribution to the development of Refractive Surgery around the world)
International Society of Refractive Surgery
American Academy of Ophthalmology
October 2008, Atlanta USA.
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