Prof. Dr. Jorge Alió MD, PhD, FEBOphth, FWCRS
Is Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology, University Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain, founder of Vissum Corporation, Spain and the Jorge Alió Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness.

He is a high-volume surgeon in cataract, cornea and refractive surgery with over 60,000 surgeries performed. His main research interests include Lens, Refractive, and Corneal surgery. Pioneer in the area of intraocular lenses such as multifocal, accommodative, and toric IOLs in which he has made relevant contributions. Also, a pioneer in Excimer laser refractive surgery, phakic IOLs, and, recently in topics such as corneal regeneration surgery, advanced corneal cell biology surgery. Also, he is the creator of the new keratopigmentation surgical techniques, a ned type of corneal cosmetic surgery. He is the author at the present moment of 581 ophthalmic peer-review papers, 376 book chapters, and 94 books about Refractive; Cornea, and Cataract Surgery among other topics such as Ocular Inflammation.

Extremely active at congresses with over 2200 presentations, lectures, and courses. In 2020 because of his scientific publications, he was acknowledged with a Hirsch factor (h-factor) of 64 (Scopus). He is Professor and Chairman of Miguel Hernandez University in Alicante (Spain), occupies the LXIII Chair of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis, the XLIX chair of the European Academy of Ophthalmology, is Member of the American Ophthalmological Society. He has been elected in two terms as Board Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) and has been the President of the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS from 2006 to 2008). Prof. Alió has received over 103 international and national awards such as the Lifetime Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (2019), Founders Award (ISRS), Presidential Award (ISRS/AAO, 2015), Barraquer Award (ISRS/AAO, 2009, 2010), Arruga Award (Spanish Ophthalmological Society 1990), Charles Kelman Awards (HSIOIRS Athens 2003, Videocataratta-Refractiva Milan 2008),

Waring’s Medal 2012 (Slack Pub.), AECOS Award (American European Congress of Ocular Surgery, 2016) Alberto Sols Research Award (2019), among many others.

He is the creator and Director of the online “International Specialization Course in Refractive, Cornea and Lens Surgery”.

Prof. Alió has been recently acknowledged by the medical specialty analysis organization Expertscape (USA) (www.expertscape.com) as listed number 1 in refractive surgical, cataract extraction, cornea, anterior eye segment, intraocular lens implantation, ophthalmological surgical procedures, and number 2 in refractive errors, visual acuity, laser corneal surgery, laser therapy, and LASIK.

Jorge L. Alió del Barrio MD, PhD, FEBOS-CR, FWCRS
Consultant & Surgeon in Ophthalmology: Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Unit, Vissum Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante (Spain)

Jorge L. Alió del Barrio graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain). After completing the degree in 2008, he had obtained one of the highest records of his Medical School promotion and had been the recipient of the scholarship “Excellent Academic Achievement” granted by the state of Madrid in the years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. After achieving one of the first positions of the MIR (national examination of access to medical specialties, position No. 56 among more than 12,000 participants), he performed the specialty of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital of Ramón y Cajal (Madrid, 2009-2013). After finishing the residency of Ophthalmology, he subspecialized in the area of ​​Cornea, Cataract, Ocular Surface and Refractive Surgery after completing respective international Fellowships in two of the most prestigious centers at an international level: Guy`s and St Thomas’ Hospital (2013-2014, London, UK) and Moorfields Eye Hospital (2014-2015, London, UK).

In 2014 he defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Development of experimental models of autologous humanized corneal prosthesis” at the University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), obtaining the qualification of “Cum Laude”. From this work, he obtained 2 research publications in international journals, three book chapters of international research books, 2 presentations to national congresses, 3 presentations to international congresses, and 4 national and international scientific awards.

He is currently working as a cornea, cataract, ocular surface and refractive surgery surgeon at the prestigious ophthalmology center Vissum (Alicante, Spain; beginning 2015) and he is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology in the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad Miguel Hernández (Alicante, Spain; beginning 2018).

More than 60 publications in prestigious journals and international scientific books support his research and scientific background, and he has been the recipient of 4 national and 7 international scientific awards.

In September 2018, Dr. Alió del Barrio received the prestigious international recognition “Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology-Specialist Diploma in Cataract and Refractive Surgery (FEBOS-CR)” from the European Society of Ophthalmology (EBO), which credits him as a European expert in the area of ​​refractive surgery.

Mohamed El Bahrawy, MD, Msc

Director, Watany Research and Development Center (WRDC) Cataract and Refractive Specialist, Watany Eye Hospital (WEH), Egypt.

Mohamed El Bahrawy received his bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery from Tanta University in Egypt with the degree of honor in 2006. After that, he received his training at the ophthalmology department of the main military medical hospitals in Cairo, while completing his postgraduate degree in hospital and healthcare management from the American University in Cairo (AUC) and the master’s degree in ophthalmology from Ain Shams University, after that he joined the team of the Watany Eye Hospital (WEH) as a fellow of cataract and refractive surgery. In 2013, he was one of the founding members of the Egyptian chapter of the association of research in vision and ophthalmology (ARVO-Egypt), and he is still appointed as the secretary of the chapter and representative in the international chapter affiliate committee (ICAC) of ARVO. In the same year, he moved to Spain, to complete a 2 years clinical research fellowship in cataract and refractive surgery, at the VISSUM institute of ophthalmology, Alicante, Spain.

In 2015, he obtained a master’s degree in clinical and surgical research at the University of Miguel Hernández, where he is currently completing his doctorate in ophthalmology and refractive surgery. He was appointed as clinical practice tutor for the years 2015-2016, then honorary collaborator for the years 2017-2020 at the department of pathology and surgery, University of Miguel Hernandez (UMH), Alicante.

Dr. El Bahrawy has a remarkable record of international peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. Which entitled him to numerous presentations in international congresses.

Currently, he holds the positions of the director of Watany research and development center, as well as a cataract and refractive specialist at Watany eye hospitals and platinum eye clinics in Cairo, Egypt.

Richard L. Lindstrom, MD (U.S.A)
Dr. Lindstrom is the founder and attending surgeon at Minnesota Eye Consultants, Adjunct Clinic Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota Department of Ophthalmology and visiting professor at the UC Irvine Gavin Herbert Eye Institute.

He is a board-certified ophthalmologist and internationally recognized leader in corneal, cataract, refractive, glaucoma and laser surgery. He has been at the forefront of ophthalmology’s evolutionary changes throughout his career, as a recognized researcher, teacher, inventor, writer, lecturer, and highly acclaimed physician and surgeon.

After graduating Magna Cum Laude from the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Lindstrom completed his doctorate in medicine in 1972. He conducted research, residency, and fellowship training in Cornea at the University of Minnesota and affiliated hospitals and extended his anterior segment surgery fellowship training at Mary Shiels Hospital in Dallas followed by a Heed Fellowship in Glaucoma at University Hospital in Salt Lake City. After two years of private practice in Dallas, TX. In 1980 Dr. Lindstrom returned to the University of Minnesota, where he spent ten years on the faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology, the last two as a full professor and the Harold G. Scheie Research Chair. He continues as Adjunct Clinical Professor Emeritus and a Trustee for the University of Minnesota Foundation. He entered private practice in 1989 and has helped lead the growth and expansion of Minnesota Eye Consultants having served as managing partner for 15 years. He is Chief Medical Editor of the USA and International editions of Ocular Surgery News, which reaches 82,000 ophthalmologists worldwide.

Dr. Lindstrom served as President (2007-2008) of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery; he later served as chair of the ASCRS Foundation for 6 years and continues to serve on the ASCRS Executive Committee and its Foundation. He has also served as the President of the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, The International Intraocular Implant Club, and the International Refractive Surgery Club.

He has served for 25 years Chairman and CEO of Lindstrom Cleaning and Construction, a three-generation family business. He has endowed funds supporting the University of Minnesota Department of Ophthalmology, the Eye Bank Association of America, and the University of Minnesota Tennis Team.

Dr. Lindstrom has been awarded over 40 patents in ophthalmology and has developed several corneal preservation solutions, intraocular lenses, drugs, devices, and instruments that are used in clinical practices globally. He serves on the Board of Directors of Lindstrom Restoration, Minnesota Eye Consultants, TearLab, Ocular Therapeutix, Imprimis, Refractec, AcuFocus, Lentechs, Lensar, CorneaGen, Surface, Combangio, LaGrande, MDBackline, ForSight#6, IICayr, Equinox, Visionary Ventures, and Flying L Ventures. Prior Boards of acquired companies include Eyeonics, Advanced Vision Science, Midwest Surgical Services, Laserboyz, Citation Ventures, LVCI Vision, Vision Correction, TLC Vision, Sightpath, Onpoint Medical Diagnostics, Vision Twenty-One, Occulogix, IanTech, and Wavetec. Not for profit Board service includes Trustee, University of Minnesota Foundation, InnerCity Tennis, the ASCRS Executive committee and its Foundation Board, and The International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

A frequent lecturer throughout the world on cornea, cataract, glaucoma, laser, and refractive surgery, he has presented over 40 named lectures and keynote speeches before professional societies in the U.S. and abroad, more recently giving the Kelman Lecture at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Castroviejo Lecture at the Cornea Society, The Barraquer Lecture at ISRS, The Worst Medal Lecture at IIIC, and the Binkhorst and innovator lectures at ASCRS. Internationally, he has delivered, amongst others, The Blumenthal Memorial lecture in Jerusalem, Israel, the Benedetto Strampelli Medal Lecture in Rome, Italy, and the Albrecht von Garefe-Vorlesung Innovator’s Lecture in Nurenberg, Germany

Dr. Lindstrom serves on a number of journal editorial boards, including JCRS and JRS. He is the Honorary Editor-in-Chief of the U.S./Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology. He has co-edited seven books, published over 350 peer-reviewed journal articles and 60 book chapters. His professional affiliations are extensive.

He is the recipient of numerous awards for distinguished service by national and international ophthalmology associations, including the LANS, Barraquer and the first lifetime achievement award from the International Society of Refractive Surgery in October 1995 and also was honored with A SECOND lifetime achievement award in October 2002, the Binkhorst and Kelman Lecture Award from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Bausch and Lomb Lifetime Achievement Award, April 2005, and the Paton Award and NACT Award from the Eye Bank Association of America.

Dr. Lindstrom lives in Minneapolis on the shores of Lake Minnetonka with his wife Jaci and has two children and 5 grandchildren.

Lucio Buratto, MD (Italy)
Dr. Buratto Lucio is the Director of the Centro Ambrosiano Oftalmico – Camo S.p.A. (Ophthalmic Microsurgery Centre) – and practices in Milan. He is among the most important pioneers in the development of the current techniques in Refractive and Cataract surgery and a world expert in medical education on these topics.

As a  pioneer, he has significantly contributed to several techniques and surgeries: ocular techniques of IOL (Intra Ocular Lens) implantation, phacoemulsification procedure for the cataract, laser techniques for myopia, astigmatism, and hyperopia (to date, has performed more than 45.000 eye surgery operations), excimer laser intrastromal keratomileusis, PRK techniques to treat low myopia, Intralase laser for refractive surgery, Femtosecond laser for cataract surgery and Down-Up Lasik.

He has performed live surgery in many international and Italian congresses, and surgery during satellite broadcasts to a number of countries on 4 different continents. Among his many activities, he has designed and produced 161 instruments for ocular surgery, and has organized and presided over many congresses, organized practical courses for the teaching of eye surgery, and has been a spokesman and teacher in numerous courses and congresses.

Dr. Buratto has published over 130 scientific articles and 84 monographs. He was Honorary President of AISO (Italian Academy of Ophthalmological Sciences), AICCER (Italian Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgery), member of AAO (American Academy of Ophthalmology), ESCRS (European Society of Refractive Surgery) and 8 other national and international ophthalmological associations. Over the years, Dr. Buratto has received numerous awards for new surgical techniques, and research and innovations.

Prof. Jod S Mehta MD, PhD (Singapore)
Head of the Corneal Service Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC). Head of the Tissue Engineering and Cell therapy group at the Singapore Eye Research Institute and Professor with DUKE-NUS GMS. Named Professor of Clinical Innovation at SNEC/SERI. Director of Education, Singhealth Transplant, and Deputy Executive Director at SERI.

He has published >390 peer-reviewed papers and 20 book chapters.  Current H-index 52, citations 9340. He has given >250 invited plenary, symposium, and named lectures globally with over 50 national and international awards. His research work as generated 15 patents, 5 of which have been licensed to companies. Has trained 26 international fellows, 5 masters students, and 8 Ph.D. students. He leads a clinical service and runs a research program comprising of clinical and translational studies. His work is focused on corneal transplantation, femtosecond laser technology, corneal imaging, corneal infections, corneal refractive surgery, keratoprosthesis surgery, and corneal genetics.

Dan Zoltan Reinstein, MD, MA (Cantab), FRCSC, DABO, FRCOphth, FEBO, CertLRS (U.K)
Professor Reinstein is a GMC registered specialist in ophthalmology in the United Kingdom, equally certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

He is a subspecialist in cornea and a formally trained specialist in refractive surgery. In his clinical practice at the London Vision Clinic in London/UK, he combines extensive post-doctorate fellowship sub-specialty training in cornea, external diseases, refractive surgery, ophthalmic ultrasound, and ultrasound bioengineering with his extensive experience as a research scientist. His special interests include the systematization of surgical technique and the assessment and correction of the complications of refractive surgery.

Professor Reinstein is the former Chief Medical Officer of LASIK Vision Corporation/Canada. During his tenure, the company grew to be not only the largest provider of laser vision correction services in the world (performing over 100,000 procedures per year) but the first large refractive surgery multi-clinic system with a full outcomes and safety tracking system. Professor Reinstein was responsible for the training and quality control of a body of 58 staff surgeons operating in 31 clinics in both Canada and the USA under standardized protocols largely defined by his research on the safety and accuracy of LASIK. In addition to these responsibilities, Professor Reinstein has performed over 20000 refractive surgical procedures and regularly teaches his techniques to surgeons internationally.

In scientific research, Professor Reinstein has led the development and use of the ‘Artemis’: A 3-D very high- frequency (VHF) digital ultrasound scanning system that for the first time can provide thickness measurements of individual corneal layers as well as ocular dimensions of the anterior segment with one-micron precision. He has developed and pioneered the use of this technology with a focus on studying the healing responses within the cornea and analysis of the complications of corneal refractive and intraocular lens implant surgery. Because the Artemis VHF ultrasound technology can determine the exact anatomical basis for surface corneal irregularities it provides unique information for the analysis of the optical complications of refractive surgery. The integration of epithelial thickness profiles, stromal surface shape, and residual stromal bed have led to an unprecedented level of measurements that are currently being utilized for the experimental customization of corneal laser refractive surgery and has enabled the repair of many cases in which no other possible solution appeared possible. The Artemis’ ability to measure internal ocular dimensions (angle-to-angle and sulcus-to-sulcus) also promises to greatly improve the safety of refractive phakic intra-ocular lenses; custom sizing of phakic IOLs promises to become the standard of care worldwide. He is also working on algorithms for new intra-ocular lens power calculation in cataract surgery that will incorporate measurements of the true anterior-chamber depth to the zonular and sulcus plane and lead to much higher refractive accuracy applied to the new field of Femto-cataract surgery.

Professor Reinstein had held appointments as an Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist and Senior Research Associate in the Department of Ophthalmology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, Kings College, London, under the pioneer developer of the excimer laser used for refractive surgery, Professor John Marshall. He also held the position of Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research Director of Refractive Surgery at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York. Professor Reinstein was appointed full Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Paris VI, France, and has an ongoing appointment as Professeur Associé at the Centre Hospitalier National d’Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, Paris, France’s national ophthalmological referral center where he consults with Professor Laurent Laroche. He was appointed Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at Columbia University, New York in December 2010. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (UK). He was appointed Visiting Professor of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Science Research Institute, Ulster University, Northern Ireland in July 2015, and achieved a distinction in the Postgraduate Diploma in Cataract and Refractive Surgery (Theory).

Concurrently with his medical career Professor Reinstein has been playing the saxophone for 35 years including two years of study on a performance scholarship at the Berkley College of Music, Boston, USA, and he is continuing to play jazz on a regular basis in the UK but also worldwide on any given occasion.

1. Adel Barbara, MD (Israel)
2. Arturo Chayet, MD (Mexico)
3. Daniel B. Goldberg, MD (U.S.A)
4. Enrique Graue, MD (Mexico)
5. Francesca Toto , MD (Italy)
6. Ibrahim Toprak, MD (Turkey)
7. Jesper Hjortdal, MD (Denmark)
8. John Kanellopoulos, MD (Greece)
9. Jose M. Benitez del Castillo (Spain)
10. Karim Tourkmani, MD (U.K.)
11. Myoung Joon Kim, MD (Korea)
12. Roberto Fernández Buenaga, MD (Spain)
13. Victoria de Rojas, MD (Spain)
14. Ali Al Noroozi, MD (Spain)
15. Alireza Eslampoor, MD (India)
16. Amanda Ortiz, MD (Spain)
17. Ana Belen Plaza OD PhD (Spain)
18. Antonio Marinho, MD (Portugal)
19. Arun Gulani, MD (U.S.A)
20. Chiara Fariselli, MD (Italy)
21. Dan Z. Reinstein, MD (UK)
22. David Hardten, MD (USA)
23. David O`Brart, MD (U.K.)
24. Dimitri Azar, MD (USA)
25. Elena Rubio, MD (Spain)
26. Farhad Hafezi, MD (Switzerland)
27. Francesco Carones, MD (Italy)
28. Francesco D’Oria, MD (Italy)
29. Francisco Arnalich, MD (Spain)
30. George Kymionis, MD (Greece)
31. George O. Waring IV, MD (U.S.A)
32. Geunyoung Yoon, MD (Korea)
33. Geunyoung Yoon, MD (Korea)
34. Graham Barrett, MD (Australia)
35. Guy Kezirian, MD (U.S.A)
36. Hungwon Tchah, MD (Korea)
37. Ioanis Pallikaris, MD (Greece)
38. Jae-Hyung Kim, MD (Korea)
39. Jaime Aramberri, MD (Spain)
40. Jose Salgado Borges, MD (Portugal)
41. Leila Ghiasian, MD (Iran)
42. Len Zheleneznyak, MD (USA)
43. Leonardo Matropasqua, MD (Italy)
44. Lucio Buratto, MD (Italy)
45. Mahmoud Ismail, MD (Egypt)
46. Maite Sainz de la Maza, MD (Spain)
47. Marco Fantozzi, MD (Italy)
48. Maria Gessa, MD (Spain)
49. Miguel Maldonado, MD (Spain)
50. Mohamed Alaa El Danasoury, MD (Saudi Arabia)
51. Mohamed Shafik, MD (Egypt)
52. Mounir Khalifa, MD (Egypt))
53. Osama Ibrahim, MD (Egypt)
54. Paolo Vinciguerra, MD (Italy)
55. Rafael Barraquer, MD (Spain)
56. Ramkumar Sabesan, MD (USA)
57. Ramón Gutiérrez, MD (Spain)
58. Ramon Lorente, MD (Spain)
59. Renato Ambrosio, MD (Brazil)
60. Richard Hoffman, MD (USA)
61. Richard Packard, MD (U.K.)
62. Roberto Bellucci, MD (Italy)
63. Saad Al Amri, MD (Saudi Arabia)
64. Samuel Masket, MD (U.S.A)
65. Scott MacRae, MD (U.S.A)
66. Seyed  Hashemian, MD (Iran)
67. Shmuel Levinger, MD (Israel)
68. Suphi Taneri, MD (Germany)
69. Thanakrit Sorasit, MD (Thailand)
70. Timothy J. Archer, MD (UK)
71. Verónica Vargas , MD (Perú)
72. Warren Hill, MD (USA)