Dr. Alejandro Tello – Virgilio Galvis

Dr. Alejandro Tello Hernandez

Scientific Director – MD. Ophthalmologist, Phd.

Doctor in Research in Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties Lines of Vision Sciences, University of Oviedo, Spain.

Supra-specialist in Cornea and Refractive Surgery.

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SPECIALTIES

STUDIES

PUBLICATIONS

MENTIONS AND AWARDS

MEDICAL SOCIETIES TO WHICH IT BELONGS

Specialist in Ophthalmology. Santander Ophthalmological Foundation 1994 – 1997

Supra-specialist in Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery. Santander Ophthalmological Foundation / Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmological Center. 1997-1998

Doctor in Research in Surgery and Medical-surgical Specialties, Vision Sciences line, 2017. University of Oviedo (Oviedo, Spain).

English Grammar and Medical Terminology Course. Washburn University of Topeka (Kansas, USA). August-November 1989.

Andean Course of Ophthalmological Sciences. Medellín, January-February 1996.

Diploma in Clinical Research. Autonomous university of Bucaramanga. July-November 2010. Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Conferences, short courses and internships (last 5 years)

Fifth International Course on Ophthalmology FOSCAL – Guest Professor. Bucaramanga, January 2011.

Keratoconus Management Course – Guest Professor. Bucaramanga, January 2011.

Augenklinik Bellevue Internship, Doctor Detlef Uthoff and Doctor Detlef Holland, Kiel (Germany), June 2011.

29th Pan American Congress of Ophthalmology, Buenos Aires (Argentina). July 2011. Speaker.

International Course on Keratoconus, Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Jalisco Medical College – Guest Professor. Guadalajara Mexico). August 2011.

Sixth International FOSCAL Ophthalmology Course – Guest Professor. Bucaramanga, January 2012. Guest professor.

XXXV National and International Congress of Ophthalmology, Colombian Society of Ophthalmology. Cartagena, Colombia, August 2012. Speaker.

Seventh International FOSCAL Ophthalmology Course – Guest Professor. Bucaramanga, January 2013.

XIII International Congress of Ophthalmology. Cali ophthalmology clinic. Guest professor. Cali, May 2013.

Training for the use and pedagogical appropriation of ICT. Autonomous university of Bucaramanga. September of 2013.

XXXI Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS). October 2013, Amsterdam (Netherlands). Speaker (Scientific Poster).

Eighth International FOSCAL Ophthalmology Course. Floridablanca, Colombia, January 2014. Professor.

IV International Congress Barranquilla Facorefractiva, Barranquilla (Colombia). March 2014. Speaker.

Course: “How to write to publish in high-impact indexed journals: Keys to success.” Autonomous University of Bucaramanga, Floiridablanca, Colombia. May 2014.

Corneal Topography Course. Central University of Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador). October 2014. Professor.

Ninth International FOSCAL Ophthalmology Course. Floridablanca, Colombia, January 2015. Professor.

Sixth Annual Congress of Ophthalmology. Society of Ocular Surgery-National Ophthalmological Foundation. Bogota. February 2015. Speaker.

Strategies of pedagogical practice in the classroom and interdisciplinarity in integrative nuclei. UNAB, Bucaramanga, April 2015.

XXI Pan American Congress of Ophthalmology. Bogotá, August 2015.

Symposium on interdisciplinary approach to the ophthalmological patient: antibiotics and anti-inflammatories. Foscal/ UNAB Faculty of Health Sciences. September 25, 2015.

X FOSCAL International Ophthalmology Course. Teacher. January 2016.

World Congress of Ophthalmology. Guadalajara Mexico. February 2016.

International Ophthalmology Summit 2005 Barranquilla

New Paths of Ophthalmology ALLERGAN Laboratories 2005 Bogotá

Galvis V, Tello A, Guerra A, Acuña MF, Villarreal D. Antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria obtained from keratitis and intraocular infections at the Santander Ophthalmological Foundation (FOSCAL), Floridablanca, Colombia. Biomedical. 2014;34(Suppl.1).

Rangel CM, Galvis V, Tello A, Fierro A. Visual Results of Toric Multifocal Lenses at the Santander Ophthalmological Foundation. Rev. Colombian Society of Ophthalmology 2014, Vol. 47 (2): 118 – 126.

Galvis V, Tello A, Sánchez MA, Camacho PA. Cohort study of intracameral moxifloxacin in postoperative endophthalmitis prophylaxis. Ophthalmol Eye Dis. 2014 Jan 16;6:1-4. doi: 10.4137/OED.S13102. eCollection 2014.

Galvis V, Tello A, Castellanos YA, Camacho PA, Prada AM, Rangel CM. Outdoor activity during class recess reduces myopia onset and progression in school children (Ophthalmology 2013;120:1080-1085). Ophthalmology. 2014 Apr;121(4):e20. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.11.007.

Galvis V, Tello A, Jaramillo LC, Paredes D, Camacho PA. Prevalence of Punctate Keratopathy of West Indians in a Colombian Referral Center and a New Name Proposed: Rice's Keratopathy. Open Ophthalmol J. 2015 Jan 30;9:12-6.

Galvis V, Sherwin T, Tello A, Merayo J, Barrera R, Acera A. Keratoconus: an inflammatory disorder? Eye (London). 2015 May 1. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

Galvis V, Tello A, Barrera R, Niño CA. Inflammation in Keratoconus. Cornea. 2015 Jun 10.

Galvis V, Tello A, Niño CA, Parra MM. Total Corneal Astigmatism and Posterior Corneal Surface. J Refract Surg. 2015 Jun;31(6):423.

Galvis V, Tello A, Barrera R, Niño CA. Inflammation in Keratoconus. Cornea. 2015 Aug;34(8):e22-3.

Galvis V, Tello A, Ortiz AI. Corneal collagen crosslinking with riboflavin and ultraviolet for keratoconus: Long-term follow-up. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2015 Jun;41(6):1336-7.

Galvis V, Tello A, Blanco O, Parra MM. Refractive correction and myopia progression. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2015 Jul 31. [Epub ahead of print].

Galvis V, Tello A, Niño CA, Parra MM. Total Corneal Astigmatism Measurement. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Aug 1;56(9):5269-70.

Galvis V, Tello A, Cuadros MO, Carreño NI, Berrospi RD, Niño CA. Causes of Explantation of Phakic Intraocular Lenses. J Refract Surg. 2015 Aug;31(8):566-7.

Galvis V, Tello A, Niño CA, Parra MM. Total Corneal Astigmatism Measurement Precision. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Sep 1;56(10):5912.

Galvis V, Tello A, Niño CA, Parra M. Re: Ueno et al.: Corneal Thickness Profile and Posterior Corneal Astigmatism in Normal Corneas. Ophthalmology. 2015 Nov;122(11):e66.

Galvis V, Tello A, Parra MM, Leiva F. Comparison of Contrast Sensitivity and Through Focus in Small-Aperture Inlay, Accommodating Intraocular Lens, or Multifocal Intraocular Lens Subjects. Am J Ophthalmol. 2016 Jan;161:217.

Galvis V, Tello A, Prada AM, Rangel CM. Changing Trends in Keratoconus Management. Cornea. 2016 Mar;35(3):e6-7.

Galvis V, Tello A, Niño CA, Larrea J. Terrien Marginal Degeneration: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes. Am J Ophthalmol. 2016 Jan 28. pii: S0002-9394(16)30020-4.

Galvis V, Tello A, Sacoto JI. Intraoperative Aberrometry and Intraocular Lens Power Calculation. J Refract Surg. 2016 Feb 1;32(2):138

President's Honor Roll in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. Washburn University, Topeka (United States). November 1989.

Scientific Video Festival Finalist, with the production: “LASIK: Interesting cases, difficult cases, complications and their management”. Producers: Galvis V, Tello A. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, San Diego (United States), 1998.

Annual Medal Award for Scientific Research, awarded by Asocornea, Bogotá (Colombia). September, 2006.

Finalist of the Scientific Video Festival, with the production: “Ferrara's Technique for lamellar keratoplasty: Easy and Safe”. Producers: Ferrara P, Galvis V, Tello A. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, San Diego (United States), 2007.

First Place Free Work: “In Vitro Antibiotic Susceptibility of Fluoroquinolones at the Santander Ophthalmological Foundation-Clínica Ardila Lulle (FOSCAL). Authors: Virgilio Galvis, Alejandro Tello, Carlos Wong, Donaldo Villareal. XXXIV National and International Congress of Ophthalmology 2010, Colombian Society of Ophthalmology, Bogotá, August 2010.

First Free Work Position, Fifth National Congress of Residents, August 2011. Galvis V, Tello A, Álvarez L, Rey JJ. PREVALENCE OF DEMODEX FOLLICULORUM INFECTION IN PATIENTS WHO COME FOR A GENERAL OPHTHALMOLOGY CONSULTATION. Fifth National Congress of Residents, Paipa (Colombia). August 2011.

Recognition as Junior Researcher. Colciencias, Bogotá, Colombia. Validity: April 2014-April 2015.

First Free Work Place, XXXVI National and International Congress of Ophthalmology – Colombian Society of Ophthalmology, Medellín, August 2014. Virgilio Galvis, Alejandro Tello, Nestor Carreño, Miguel Ochoa, Alvaro Iván Ortiz. “Determination of Efficacy and Safety of Corneal Crosslinking (Crosslinking) over 5 years in patients with Keratoconus at the Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmology Center.”

Recognition as Senior Researcher. Colciencias, Bogotá, Colombia. Validity: April 2015-April 2016.

Virgilio Galvis, Arantxa Acera, Alejandro Tello, Jesus Merayo-Lloves, Rubén Berrospi, Tatiana M. Suarez-Cortes. SF-36 as a quantitative assessment of the quality of life in patients with keratoconus and its relationship to severity of the disease. Scientific poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Orlando (United States), May 2014.

Virgilio Galvis, Alejandro Tello, Angela Marcela Rojas, Carlos Julián Rodriguez, Paul A. Camacho. Alcohol-Assisted Photorefractive Keratectomy Versus Transepithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy. Clinical Results. Free Work presented at the XXXVI National and International Congress of Ophthalmology – Colombian Society of Ophthalmology, Medellín, August 2014.

Virgilio Galvis, Alejandro Tello, Nestor Carreño, Miguel Ochoa, Alvaro Iván Ortiz. “Determination of Efficacy and Safety of Corneal Crosslinking (Crosslinking) over 5 years in patients with Keratoconus at the Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmological Center.” Free Work presented at the XXXVI National and International Congress of Ophthalmology – Colombian Society of Ophthalmology, Medellín, August 2014.

Alejandro Tello. Multifocal intraocular lenses: What does the evidence say? Sixth Annual Congress of Ophthalmology National Ophthalmological Foundation and Society of Ocular Surgery. Bogotá, February 2015.

Virgilio Galvis; Alejandro Tello; Maria Isabel Corrales. Cosmetic Iris Implants. Scientific poster. XXI Pan American Congress of Ophthalmology. Bogotá, August 2015.

Virgilio Galvis; Alejandro Tello; Jesus Merayo Rodrigo Barrera; Trevor Sherwin; Arantxa Acera. Is keratoconus an inflammatory disease? Free work. XXI Pan American Congress of Ophthalmology. Bogotá, August 2015.

Angela Castillo; Luis Antonio Pareja; Virgilio Galvis; Alejandro Tello; Luis Carlos Jaramillo; Carlos Julian Rodriguez; Paul Anthony Camacho. Determination of corneal power after refractive surgery with excimer laser with two corneal tomographs. Free work. XXI Pan American Congress of Ophthalmology. Bogotá, August 2015.

Virgilio Galvis Ramirez; Alejandro Tello Hernandez; Alvaro Ivan Ortiz Zapata; Victor Viaña Pongo; Maria Isabel Corrales; Carlos Julian Rodriguez; Miguel Ochoa Comparison of three optical biometers. Free work. XXI Pan American Congress of Ophthalmology. Bogotá, August 2015.

Mario Leandro Revelo Alvarez; Virgilio Galvis Ramirez; Alejandro Tello Hernandez; Carlos Julian Rodriguez; Paul Camacho. Validity of automated refraction after implantation of apodized diffractive monofocal and multifocal lenses. Free work. XXI Pan American Congress of Ophthalmology. Bogotá, August 2015.

Virgilio Galvis; Alejandro Tello; Gabriel Frederick; Andrés Serrano; Marlon Dueñas. Comparison of six biometric formulas with the Restor lens. Free work. XXI Pan American Congress of Ophthalmology. Bogotá, August 2015.

Virgilio Galvis; Alejandro Tello; Camilo Niño; Maria Margarita Parra. Is the effect of posterior corneal astigmatism on the calculation of the toric intraocular lens clinically significant? XXI Pan American Congress of Ophthalmology. Bogotá, August 2015.

Member of the FOSCAL Research Group. Code COL0009439. Category B (Colciencias). Floridablanca, Colombia.

Director of the UNAB Clinical Research Group. Code COL0119923. Category B (Colciencias). Floridablanca, Colombia