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PAAO Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship Experience: Dr. Lucas B. Farias
When I was selected for the 2019 Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship at UT Southwestern/Children’s in Dallas it was like a dream come true.
PAAO-YO Research: Dhariana Acón
PAAO Curso de Liderazgo: An experience that impacts your whole life!
PAAO Curso de Liderazgo: An experience that impacts your whole life! 20 September 2020It has already been nine years since a very nice group of colleagues from around the world and I met in San Francisco for one of the most interesting and wonderful experiences of my...
PAAO-YO Research: Miguel Angel Vázquez Membrillo
Scholarship Experience – Fabiola Jerez
My name is Fabiola Jerez from Honduras. I received a BCC Training Scholarship from the PAAO and PAOF.
PAAO-YO Research: Camila Ventura
Science Communication… Is there training?
As medical researchers, we know that the importance of research is as much about ideas as it is about knowing how to communicate them. Science communication is part of our daily life; as doctors we must inform our patients about their sufferings and treatments, give lectures, write scientific articles or proposals.
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Unique Experience in China: Miguel Angel Vázquez Membrillo MD PhD
Miguel Angel Vázquez Membrillo, Mexican ophthalmologist with subspecialty in retina and vitreous, shares his experience in the realization of his postdoctoral project (2015-2016) in rural communities in southern China.
Scholarship Experience – Returning home to COVID: Dhariana Acon
Scholarship Experience - Returning back home After a Life-changing Experience Abroad: Dhariana Acon 11 August 2020International Fellowship: Retuning Back Home After a Life-changing Experience Abroad Report by Dhariana Acon (Costa Rica) It’s been 3 months since...
SOPANOP Scholarship Experience: Gerardo Graue-Moreno MD
In 2013, I was lucky to be part of the first generation to receive the scholarship from the SOPANOP and the PAAO, sponsored by Allergan, to go for one month in an internationally prestigious center of oculoplastics in the United States or Europe...
PAAO-YO Research: Natasha Cruz
PAAO-YO Info representative Dra. Marcela Lonngi
Marcela Lonngi is the editor of the PAAO Young Ophthalmologists information segment (PAAO-YO Info), a collaboration with the American Academy of Ophthalmology – AAO...
Gillingham Fellowship Experience: Rafael Arango Botero
I had the privilege of being one of the first Gillingham Fellowship award recipients from the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO) in 1994.
Gillingham Fellowship Experience: Dr. Jaime D. Martinez
Thanks to Pan-American support, I was able to achieve my dreams. I highly recommend that any ophthalmology residents interested in gaining research experience in an international setting to apply.
Gillingham Fellowship Experience: Dr. Johanna M. Gonzalez Rodriguez
Along with pursuing a Retina fellowship, the possibility of training abroad was a big dream. I decided to take my chances and applied for an international vitreo-retinal fellowship in Canada...
COVID-19 and Ophthalmology: PAAO-YO Perspectives
Initially identified in late 2019 Dr Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist working in Wuhan Central Hospital in China, the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly spread globally reaching a pandemic scenario. In less than 6 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected 212...
COVID-19 in Mexico
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the lives of ophthalmology residents all over Mexico.
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