Euro Optometry and Vision Science

Rohit Sharma is a renowned Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon University Hospitals Derby and Burton, UK gaining his MBBS MS MRCSEd Edinburgh FRCOphth London. Rohit Sharma is working in Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Derby and Burton, UK. He publishes many articles in reputed journals.

Jerry Katzman is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Katzman has always been an entrepreneur, scientist, and pioneer in medical science. His focus has targeted various biotechnology companies, biopharma, and Wall Street. Upon completion of his medical training, Katzman joined a multi-specialty group practice in Brandon, FL where he founded and established the group’s department of ophthalmology. Katzman graduated from Boston University with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering in 1974 and thereafter earned his M.D. from the Universidad de Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico

Herbert Gould graduated from Bowdoin College and received an MD from Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. He served his internship at the 1stMedical Division, Bellevue Hospital and was a resident at the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, where, as senior resident, he initiated the Contact Lens Clinic. He continued his medical studies at the Institute of Ophthalmology (London), Harvard Medical School, and the Downstate Medical Center, NY, where he received a corneal fellowship which included Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. Gould was the founder and first president of the New York Keratorefractive Society. He has been a Teaching Fellow at State University of New York, was Assistant Clinical Professor in Ophthalmology at State University of New York (Downstate), Associate Clinical Professor at New York Medical College, and served as an Instructor at the American Academy of Ophthalmology

Matias S. Haffar, is an ophthalmologist who was born in Buenos Aires. Since the year 2006 he has been performing his activity uninterruptedly at the Hospital Santa Lucia in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He works as an instructor of surgeons in the Hospital Ocular Surgery Service, performing cataract, refractive, glaucoma, ocular surface and emergency surgeries.He also works as head of the anterior segment surgery service in the Centro de Investigación y Tratamiento Ocular (CITO). He had worked as a teacher at the University of El Salvador in the advanced course of Ophthalmology, andnow he teaches in theadvanced course at the Universidad de Buenos Aires office (UBA) in Hospital Santa Lucia.

Paul H Hughes is a renowned refractive surgeon in Australia gaining his BSc and MBBS from the University of NSW in Sydney, Australia. He introduced the early refractive procedures into Australia and was one of the first ophthalmologists to have his own private refractive suites, an ophthalmic centre of excellence (Southline eye centre). He has made the journey from Refractive Keratectomy (RK) through Automated Lamellar Keratoplasy (ALK) to Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) then to laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with the excimer laser and is now using the femtosecond laser (Visumax) to perform 3rd generation refractive surgery Small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). Hughes has published many peer reviewed papers and spoken regularly at international ophthalmic meetings over the years. As a refractive surgeon he is very aware of the importance of Ocular Surface Disease (OSD) and its effect on excellent surgical outcomes

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Clifford D Brown currently serves in the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System as Chief of the Eye Clinics and work closely with both the Neurology and TBI Team Leads to provide in depth diagnostic and rehabilitative care for veteran service members. Previously, his active duty assignments have included the Department of Homeland Security (Senior Health Adviser and Senior Analyst/Operations Chief, National Biosurveillance Integration Center), the US Public Health Service (multiple Indian Health Service Hospitals as Chief of Eye Service), the US Army Deputy Chief of Eye Services and Behavioral Vision Chief for the Exceptional Family Member Department (97th General Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany), in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada as a Rehabilitative Consultant for five school districts in Alberta, and Manitoba (private practice), and the US Air Force Security Services Command as the Chief of Eye Care. After completion of under graduate and professional degrees at Pacific University, Oregon in 1973, he completed Fellowship (1986) and Diplomate (2000) studies and a Master of Public Health in 2008. In 2006 the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States awarded him the 2006 David Sullins National Service Award. He served the past eight years as a Reviewer of professional articles for the Journal of Military Medicine and as Examination Board Member for American Academy Diplomate Public Health/Environmental Vision for ten years. He introduced TBI as diagnosis in need of military care in 2004 to Scientific and Research Symposium, and as a source of domestic violence nationally in 2008.

Enric Bach has expertise in visual function evaluation and performance enhancement. He has passion in applying new digital techniques for improving visual-cognitive abilities. Master in Optometry and Vision Therapy. Specialization in Geriatric and Pediatric Optometry from “Centro de Especialización Optométrica” C.E.O (Madrid, Spain). Bachelor in Optics and Optometry (Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Terrassa, Spain)). Speaker in National and International Congresses. Technical director of TOT VISIO (Integrative Vision Therapy Clinic)

Sotiris Tsioumas is a Surgeon Ophthalmologist and graduate of the Medical School of the University of Modena in northern Italy. He completed his specialization at the "Aghios Savvas" Oncology Hospital where he gained valuable experience in a large number of surgeries, such as the restoration of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit disorders, blepharoplasty, cataract surgery using the phacoemulsification method, etc. He is a member of the Athens Medical Association,, the Greek Ophthalmological Society, the Greek and Italian Oculoplastic Society, the Italian Society of Cosmetic Medicine "AIME" and a member of the "European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery". The rich experience that he acquired at the University "Tor Vergata" as well as the strong friendships and continuous communication and the exchange of ideas and techniques with important and highly qualified and renowned professors and as well as his concurrent alertness on all matters that concern Cosmetic Medicine and the part of surgical ophthalmology are factors that constitute a modern scientific personality, ready to meet the needs of individuals interested in the health and aesthetics of their face and eyes. He then specialized in Cosmetic Medicine at the State University "Tor Vergata", in Rome. Objects of specialization are Botox, the removal of tumors and painless, bloodless and suture-free blepharoplasty using radio frequency ablation, hyaluronic acid (fillers) for filling wrinkles, mesotherapy, peelings, threads, the combat unsightly dark circles, etc. He has held Fellowship in Advanced Photo refractive Surgery for the laser correction of refractive defects. The constant alertness for scientific research of new methods related to the broader field of interest leads him to Brussels where at the Hall of Anatomy of the State University of Medicine he participates in a special course on the surgical rejuvenation of the face with the use of new techniques on blepharoplasty, mini lifting, lipofilling, botox.

Born in 1950 in the region of Transylvania, Romania. He Graduated from the Hebrew University – Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, Israel in 1974. In 1985 he finished his residency in Ophthalmology, and in 1990 a fellowship in Neuro-Ophthalmology at the University of Michigan in Ann-Arbor, MI, USA. For the last twenty-five years is the head of the Neuro-Ophthalmology service at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel. In addition to his longstanding clinical work, he has collaborated internationally with several medical services in research studies, wrote few chapters in medical textbooks, co-authored almost forty articles published in the international medical literature, lectured in many Ophthalmological & Neuro-Ophthalmological conferences and organized tens of courses along the years in Neuro-Ophthalmology in various meetings.

Dr.Fabrizio BONUCCI MDDSurgeon Doctor and Dental Practinioner; Aesthetic Medicine Doctor. Degree with praise in Medicine and Surgery in 1985, Univ. La SapienzaRome;-Specialization with praise in Surgery of Digestive System andSurgical Digestive Endoscopy in 1988, Univ. La Sapienza, Rome;-Master S.I.M.E.O. in Facial Aesthetic Medicine, Rome, 2014. Experience and Partnership with: Dpt of General Surgery of VillaS.Pietro Hospital, Rome; Dpt of Oncologic Surgery of Regina ElenaHospital, Rome; Dpt of Endoscopy 1st Surgery Clinic, Umberto 1stGeneral Hospital, Rome; Dpt of General Surgery of S.Eugenio Hospital,Rome.

Fatima Iqbal has her expertise in cornea, low vision and pediatric care. ‘Aim high and achieve high’ is the vision statement she carries. She is working as full time faculty at School of Optometry, The University of Faisalabad and private practice at Abdullah Memorial Hospital. She is also Global Ambassador of Tfos (Tear film and ocular surface society) and member of American academy of Optometry. Her interest in cornea and tear film led her to conduct this study to evaluate pre and post cycloplegic effects on axial length and corneal curvatures. Her study also unveiled role of accommodation on described ocular structures. Her publications majorly light on the role of optometrist in early detection of serious systemic disorders and uncovering features of optical coherence tomography. Diversity in interest, best academic skills and competency in research awarded her with Gold Medal twice in optometry conferences.

Dr. PAOLO BRUSINI was born in Italy. He is specialized in ophthalmology at the University of Messina. He was head of the Ophthalmic Unit at the Hospital of San Donà di Piave, Chief of the Department of Ophthalmology at Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital and Città di Udine” Health Center and founder and president of the Italian Society of Perimetry. He is a member of numerous international professional societies. He was a guest speaker at lectures and invited presentations in more than 200 national and international congresses and conferences in various fields of Ophthalmology and conducted more than 350 clinical courses.

Lisa Brothers Arbisser teaches cataract and anterior segment surgery worldwide. Currently Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah Moran Eye Center after an NIH research fellowship in neurobiology and retina, Texas MD and residency at the University of Iowa, she specializes in refractive and complex adult and pediatric cataract surgery. Known for teaching complication avoidance and management, as a surgical coach, researcher and lecturer, she retired from patient care, after 30 years of high volume surgery in the practice she co-founded. Having performed live interactive satellite surgery at major national and international meetings, she regularly teaches vitrectomy for the anterior segment surgeon and skills transfer labs. She reviews, edits and authors textbook chapters, journal articles, the American Academy Online News and Education Network, Focal Points and writes two regular columns. She is former president of the American College of Eye Surgeons, serves on the Arunodaya CharitableTrust board, is secretary of Women in Ophthalmology and has been designated a Living Legend by the American Women’s Medical Association. She is honored with numerous awards and distinctions both educational and philanthropic. Designated in the top 50 ophthalmic opinion leaders by CRST.

Clifford D Brown serves in the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System as Chief of the Eye Clinics. He was Senior Health Adviser and Senior Analyst/Operations Chief of National Biosurveillance Integration Center and the U. S. Army Deputy Chief of Eye Services and Behavioral Vision Chief for the Exceptional Family Member Department and served as a rehabilitative consultant for five school districts in USA.

Shroug Aldaham has recently graduated from Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain with a PhD degree in Optics, Optometry and Vision. She has a BSc (Hons) in Optometry from King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and a Master of Science in Vision Science from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She has joined the Optometry department at KSU as a demonstrator (an academic position that prepares for professorship) before joining the Master program in Canada. After her masters she returned to Riyadh and later joined the PhD program at UCM. Both of her Masters and PhD studies were Saudi government-funded research grants. She has a research experience in pediatric vision screening and visual function testing in diabetics and has published in international optometric and vision research meetings. Her research interests are pediatric and diabetic visual function

Head of Radiology Science Dept. CAMS Low Vision Specialist, Elite Center Applied Medical Science College (CAMS), Assistant Professor. Low Vision Specialist. Optometry department. KSU 2000-2002 : Applied medical Science collage, Lecturers. Low Vision Specialist. Optometry department. KSU 1998-2000 : Ministry of Labor and Social Affair, Rehabilitation Specialist. 1997-1998 : Pennsylvania Collage of Optometry, Low Vision Specialist. 1989-1991 : Special Education Center, Rehabilitation Specialist.

Dr Gupta did his MS in 1984 and has ever since been working as faculty member at the Institute of Ophthalmology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh India. He was awarded the Prestigious Colonel Rangachari National Award in 1988 at Madras. He was awarded the University of Montreal fellowship Award in 2008 in Montreal, Canada. Dr Gupta has filed two patents for Intra Ocular Lens designs. He has presented papers in USA, Canada, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, etc and has been invited as Guest speakers to many prestigious Conferences. He has several publications of original articles in Journals like the Graefe's Archives for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology-(USA), Visual Impairment Research-(Germany) and Asian Journal of Ophthalmology. His research field is innovative ophthalmology Devices based on Optics and electronics. He has more than 85 International internet citations.

Dr. Maitreyee Roy is a Senior Lecturer and a Deputy Director of Optics & Radiometry Laboratory at the School at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. She was awarded her PhD in Physical Optics from School of Physics at the University of Sydney. She is an accomplished Optical Physicist with broad experience in government and academic institutions with strong R&D background from conception, design to implementation particularly in optical metrology, 3D optical imaging and nanoparticle metrology. One of her major contributions was to demonstrate the fundamental principle of geometric phase in optics and its achromatic nature, which has opened up new insights in to broadband interferometry with application ranging from biological systems, electronics to astronomy.

Bonnie Molloy has been studying postoperative visual loss (POVL) and conducting research in this field since 2005. She completed her doctoral dissertation in 2010 in the Development of The Molloy / Bridgeport Anesthesia Associates Observation Scale (MBOS). She presently is the Chief CRNA in the Bridgeport Anesthesia Associates practice at Bridgeport Hospital and as a Yale healthcare affiliate has conducted research at Yale New Haven and the Hospital of St. Raphael. She is the Research Director of the Anesthesia Department at Bridgeport Hospital as well as a clinical and didactic faculty member for the Fairfield University Doctor of Nursing Practice Program.

Manijeh Razeghi joined Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, as a Walter P. Murphy Professor and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices in Fall 1991, where she created the undergraduate and graduate program in solid-state engineering. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, pioneering in the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices. She has authored or coauthored more than 1000 papers, more than 30 book chapters, and 16 books. She holds 55 U.S. patents and has given more than 1000 invited and plenary talks. She received the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize in 1987, the Achievement Award from the SWE in 1995, the R.F. Bunshah Award in 2004 and many best paper awards. Dr. Razeghi is an elected Fellow of SWE (1995), SPIE (2000), IEC (2003), OSA (2004), APS (2004) IOP (2005), IEEE (2005) and MRS (2008), and IBM teacher of excellence 2013. She is editor, associate, and Board member of many journals, including Nano Science and Nano technology.

Shroug Aldaham has recently graduated from Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain with a PhD degree in Optics, Optometry and Vision. She has a BSc (Hons) in Optometry from King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and a Master of Science in Vision Science from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She has joined the Optometry department at KSU as a demonstrator (an academic position that prepares for professorship) before joining the Master program in Canada. After her masters she returned to Riyadh and later joined the PhD program at UCM. Both of her Masters and PhD studies were Saudi government-funded research grants. She has a research experience in pediatric vision screening and visual function testing in diabetics and has published in international optometric and vision research meetings. Her research interests are pediatric and diabetic visual function

Marc Bodman, MD is from Brooklyn, NY, USA, and grew up between Brooklyn, NY, Tel-Aviv, Israel, and Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Bodman attending college at the University of California, San Diego, CA and graduated with a BSc. with Honors in Biology. He attended medical school at Memorial University, in St. John's Canada, and completed a residency in Ophthalmology at the Louisiana State University, New Orleans. Dr. Bodman completed a research fellowship in Glaucoma under the late Dr. David Epstein, at Duke University, and a clinical fellowship at Yale University, and the Universite de Montreal. In the past Dr. Bodman has taught residents ophthalmic surgery as the Site Director of residency training in ophthalmology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC with adjunct professorship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Currently Dr. Bodman works at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, where he helped open a new ophthalmology program and is a staff ophthalmologist.

Since 2009 he works as consultant at the Department of Ophthalmology of Catholic University (Roma – ITALY). He attended a lot of stages in Ophthalmological Department abroad (Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany …). He is author of a monograph entitled “Genetics of eye diseases”, I.N.C. Editor 2000 and of more than 80 papers on Italian and international peer-review journals.

Dr. Maitreyee Roy is a Senior Lecturer and a Deputy Director of Optics & Radiometry Laboratory at the School at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. She was awarded her PhD in Physical Optics from School of Physics at the University of Sydney. She is an accomplished Optical Physicist with broad experience in government and academic institutions with strong R&D background from conception, design to implementation particularly in optical metrology, 3D optical imaging and nanoparticle metrology. One of her major contributions was to demonstrate the fundamental principle of geometric phase in optics and its achromatic nature, which has opened up new insights in to broadband interferometry with application ranging from biological systems, electronics to astronomy.

Professor Tyler is a visual neuroscientist specializing in visual and oculomotor function and disorders who joined City University London in 2013. He previously worked at several universities in the United States and has been a long-established researcher at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, where he established its Brain Imaging Center. Christopher Tyler received his training in Experimental Psychology at the Universities of Leicester, Aston and Keele before taking postdoctoral fellowships at Northeastern University, Boston, University of Bristol and Bell Laboratories. He then took up a position at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, where he retains an affiliation, and has taught courses at Northeastern, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley and the University of Paris along the way. He has had widespread collaborations across the globe and has given numerous keynote addresses to scientific meetings across many disciplines, from microscopy to Renaissance art.

Dr Safiah Mulla is faculty staff in the Department of optometry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she has been Orthoptic from the University of Dalhousie and a BSc (1987) in Optometry from the king Saud University a member of the academic staff since 1997. She holds an MSc (2007) in Clinical Vision Science \. From 1990 to 1997, she was running an Optometry clinic at Security Forces Hospital, outpatient department, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2000; she has a scholarship to Canada to get her Master degree in clinical vision science. She is also a. Board Member for the Saudi Association of Optometry and Vision Science as well as a Member of the Canadian orthoptic society.

Manijeh Razeghi joined Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, as a Walter P. Murphy Professor and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices in Fall 1991, where she created the undergraduate and graduate program in solid-state engineering. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, pioneering in the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices. She has authored or coauthored more than 1000 papers, more than 30 book chapters, and 16 books. She holds 55 U.S. patents and has given more than 1000 invited and plenary talks. She received the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize in 1987, the Achievement Award from the SWE in 1995, the R.F. Bunshah Award in 2004 and many best paper awards. Dr. Razeghi is an elected Fellow of SWE (1995), SPIE (2000), IEC (2003), OSA (2004), APS (2004) IOP (2005), IEEE (2005) and MRS (2008), and IBM teacher of excellence 2013. She is editor, associate, and Board member of many journals, including Nano Science and Nano technology.

PRESIDENT of the National CONGRESS OF STUDENTS X Days Madridø' and IX National Congress for research for undergraduate students in Health Sciences.President of the Conference of Deans of Faculties of optics and optometry of Spain.Dean of the School of Optometry of the U.C.M.Professor of Optometry and contact of the Complutense University of Madrid

Bonnie Molloy has been studying postoperative visual loss (POVL) and conducting research in this field since 2005. She completed her doctoral dissertation in 2010 in the Development of The Molloy / Bridgeport Anesthesia Associates Observation Scale (MBOS). She presently is the Chief CRNA in the Bridgeport Anesthesia Associates practice at Bridgeport Hospital and as a Yale healthcare affiliate has conducted research at Yale New Haven and the Hospital of St. Raphael. She is the Research Director of the Anesthesia Department at Bridgeport Hospital as well as a clinical and didactic faculty member for the Fairfield University Doctor of Nursing Practice Program.

Prof.Antonio Carlos Centelhas is head of ophthalmology of CRMED Ministery of Health, Nise da Silveira Hospital , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ex- Professor of ABC University , SãoPaulo, Brasil and Gama Filho University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Prof. Centelhas is international advisory board Of Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology,New Delhi, India. Panelist in many Congress and Universities ( EUA

Dr. Navendu Goswami is a Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) in Department of Physics & Materials Science & Engineering. Dr. Goswami did his M.Sc. in 1999 followed by Ph.D. in Physics from School of Physical Sciences, JNU, New Delhi. Qualified UGC-CSIR JRF and NET for two times and was among the top 20% CSIR JRF awardees in Physics. During his Ph.D. and afterwards his research area is Nanoscience and Technology. He has supervised diverse Nanotechnology projects at M.Tech. and B.Tech. levels. He published 27 peer-reviewed research papers; 20 in international journals and 7 in conference proceedings. He attended/presented research papers in about 36 international/national conferences, attended 18 scientific workshops and delivered 4 invited talks in India and abroad. Dr. Navendu Goswami is member of Material Research Society (MRS) USA, MRS India, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Indian Physics Association (IPA), Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT). He is Editorial board member and referee for several journals; Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Applied Physics A, International Nano Letters, Applied Surface Science and Materials Chemistry and Physics etc. He is recipient of various academic and teaching awards; to name a few, Chancellor’s Silver Medal and Vice-Chancellor’s Gold Medal for Topper in all M. Sc. level exams (1999-2000) and in M. Sc. Physics exam (1999-2000) of Bundelkhand University, Jhansi; District Winner (Ghaziabad, U.P.) of Broad Outlook-Learner Teacher (BOLT-2008) award (by Air-India & Dainik Jagran), award for highest marks in Physics at B.Sc. (1996), BBC Genius –1998 and U.P. Government’s ‘A’ category Scholarship etc.