Dr. Ruben Berrospi
Medical Director – MD. Ophthalmologist
Supra specialist in cataract surgery, cornea and refractive surgery.
Colombian Med Reg. 9294-15
Peruvian Med Reg. 60089 RNE 24053
Ophthalmologist with Supra-specialty in Cataract, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, with postgraduate studies in Ophthalmology at the Santander Ophthalmological Foundation and the Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmological Center in Colombia.
Medicine studies at the San Martín de Porres University of Peru.
English Studies in the United States United with advanced command of speaking, grammar and reading.
Supra-specialization in Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery at the Virgilio Galvis Ramirez Ophthalmological Center (COVGR) in the medical and surgical area. Surgical record: more than 300 combined anterior segment procedures between January 2011 – January 2012
Residency in Ophthalmology at the Santander Ophthalmological Foundation – Carlos Ardila Lulle Clinic (FOSCAL) with clinical and surgical practices at FOSCAL and with the Ophthalmological Mobile Unit (UMO) program in the different municipalities of the provinces of Santander and Norte de Santander .
Surgical record of more than 300 lens phacoemulsification procedures with intraocular lens implantation, more than 150 extracapsular lens extraction procedures with intraocular lens implantation and more than 300 pterygium resections plus free plasty among other procedures.
Virgilio Galvis Ramirez Ophthalmology Center – Bucaramanga, Colombia
Supra-Specialization in Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2012
Santander Ophthalmological Foundation (Foscal) Bucaramanga, Colombia
Specialization Program in Ophthalmology 2010
San Martin De Porres University Lima, Peru Human Medicine Program 2006
Certification by the Pan American Association of Eye Banks (APABO) as MEDICAL DIRECTOR in eye banks, as well as as an expert in tissue procurement and manipulation of ocular tissues. Medellín, Colombia August 19-27, 2011.
More than 500 hours in the FOSCAL experimental surgery room performing different types of sutures and surgical procedures on animal eyes and artificial eyes.
Practice of preparing corneal tissue for donation using the Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK) and Descemet membrane endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) technique. North Carolina, United States – October 2014. Miracles in Sight Eye Bank
Aphakic iris-claw intraocular lens pseudophakic pseudo accommodation. Galvis V, Tello A, Carreño NI, Berrospi RD, Niño CA, Cuadros MO. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2017 Jan;43(1):146. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2016.11.036. Re: Schwartz et al.: Intracameral antibiotics and cataract surgery: endophthalmitis rates, costs, and stewardship
Galvis V, Tello A, Berrospi RD, Camacho PA, Rey JJ. Ophthalmology. 2017 Mar;124(3):e30-e31. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.05.045. Endothelial loss with AcrySof® Cachet® angle-supported phakic lens. Galvis V, Tello A, Carreño NI, Berrospi RD, Niño CA, Cuadros MO.
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol. 2017 Sep;92(9):e53-e54. doi: 10.1016/j.oftal.2016.11.020.
Keratoconus and Bowman Layer Transplantation. Galvis V, Tello A, Carreño NI, Berrospi RD, Niño CA, Leiva F. Córnea. 2017 Mar;36(3):e8. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000001142.
Wavefront-Guided LASIK and Preoperative Higher Order Aberrations. Galvis V, Tello A, Carreño NI, Berrospi RD, Niño CA. J Refract Surg. 2016 Dec 1;32(12):862. doi:10.3928/1081597X-20161018-06.
Risk Factors for Keratoconus: Atopy and Eye Rubbing. Galvis V, Tello A, Carreño NI, Berrospi RD, Niño CA. Cornea. 2017 Jan;36(1):e1.
Descemetorhexis Without Endothelial Graft in Fuchs Dystrophy. Galvis V, Tello A, Berrospi RD, Cuadros MO, Blanco NA. Cornea. 2016 Sep;35(9):e26-8. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000931 Causal Management of Keratoconus: Controlling Inflammation. Galvis V, Tello A, Carreño NI, Berrospi RD, Niño CA.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 Apr 1;57(4):2164. doi: 10.1167/iovs.16-19144. Small-incision lenticule extraction and corneal collagen crosslinking in keratoconus. Galvis V, Tello A, Carreño NI, Berrospi RD, Niño CA.J Cataract Refract Surg. 2016 Mar;42(3):506. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2016.01.035.
Causes of Explantation of Phakic Intraocular Lenses. Galvis V, Tello A, Cuadros MO, Carreño NI, Berrospi RD, Niño CA. J Refract Surg. 2015 Aug;31(8):566-7. doi: 10.3928/1081597X-20150728-04.
Peruvian Society of Ophthalmology (SPO)
Colombian Society of Ophthalmology (SOCOFTAL)
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
Latin American Association of Cataract Surgeons, Anterior Segment and Refractive
(ALACSA-R)
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