Dr. Virgilio Galvis Ramirez
Manager and Founder – Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmological Center
M.D. Ophthalmologist, Phd.
Doctor in Research in Surgery and Medical-Surgical specialties, Vision Sciences lines, University of Ovied, Spain.
Supra – specialist in Anterior Segment, Cornea and Refractive Surgery.
Specialist in Ophthalmology. University of Antioquia San Vicente de Paul Hospital 1975
Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery Santander Ophthalmological Foundation FOSCAL 2000
Plastic Surgery and Ocular Surface Santander Ophthalmological Foundation FOSCAL 1980
Previous Segment 1980 Barraquer Institute of America, Santa Fe de Bogotá
Ophthalmic Pathology 1981
Ocular Plastics 1974 Exchange of ophthalmology service Manhattan University Eye, Ear Thro to New York Hospital
Subnormal Vision Exchange of the University of Antioquia ophthalmology service and Boston University 1975
University Teaching Autonomous University of Bucaramanga 1996
Foscal International Ophthalmology Course – Founding Director January 2006 Floridablanca Colombia
Annual National and International Ophthalmology Congress last participation as speaker March 2013
VI International Congress of Refractive Surgery, Cataract and Glaucoma March 2012 Lima Peru
III International Congress Barranquilla Facorefractiva Guest 2009 Barranquilla
Medical Update Congress 2008 Bucaramanga
Participation in SWINGD 2008 Cartagena talk
XXXIII National Congress of Ophthalmology 2008 Cartagena
XXVIII FUNDONAL Annual Course 2007 Bogota
II International Phacorefractiva Congress 2007 Barranquilla
XXVII Annual Course FUNDONAL 2006 speaker experience with EPILASIK Bogotá
Speaker ALCON Advanced Cataract Symposium of Colombia 2006 Bogotá
XXXII National Congress of Ophthalmology 2006 Medellin
2nd Ibero-American Congress Vision 20/20 Participant and Speaker 2006 Barranquilla
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
Cataract and cornea colloquium Panamanian Society of Ophthalmology Panama May 2013
ARVO Annual Congress Seattle USA May 2013
ASCRS Congress Houston USA 2013
ESCRS XXX Congress of the European Cataract and Cornea Society – Milan Italy 2012
EUCORNEA IV Congress of the European Cornea Society – Milan Italy 2012
FALCOELCHE 2011 Lex Artix Elche Spain 2011
WORLD KERATOCONO MEETING Update on diagnostics of keratoconus sensitivity and specificity of topographic keratoconus indices Ouro Preto Brazil 2010
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON SURFACE ABLATION FEMTO LASER & CROSS LINKING Instruction surface ablation femtosecond lasers and corneal cross linking Weston Florida 2010
Cross linking and Femto Congress – New york USA 2010
Medical fair 2010 – Dusseldorf Germany
Hospital Technical Visit Spain Germany 2010
Training Rings Femto second Zurich 2009
International Ophthalmology Summit 2005 Barranquilla
New Paths of Ophthalmology ALLERGAN Laboratories 2005 Bogotá
First Place Free Work at the XXXIV National Congress of Ophthalmology 2010: In Vitro Antibiotic Susceptibility of Fluoroquinolones at the Ophthalmological Foundation of Santander-Clínica Ardila Lulle (FOSCAL). COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY – August 2010
Member of the World Keratoconus Society,WORLD KERATOCONUS SOCIETY – August 2010
LIONS/PAAO Prevention of Blindness Award 2015, PAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF OPHTHALMOLOGY – August 2015
NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR COLOMBIA, NATIONAL VISION 2020 COMMITTEE – 2002
CONSULTANT FOR THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS AND,CHRISTOFFEL BLINDENMISSION – 1986
Medal of merit ¨Jose Marin Cordoba¨, PRESIDENT JULIO CÉSAR TURBAY AYALA – from 1982
GRAN CRUZ, MAYOR OF BUCARAMANGA LUIS FERNANDO COTE – 1999
ORDER OF MERIT “JOSÉ ANTONIO GALAN”, GOVERNOR OF SANTANDER MIGUEL JESÚS ARENAS PRADA – 1999
President of the Board of Directors
International Prosecutor Special Free Trade Zone 2012 to present
Founding Director
Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmological Center 1998 to present
President of the Board of Directorsto
Santander Ophthalmological Foundation 1994 to present
Member of the board
Autonomous University of Bucaramanga UNAB 1994 to present
Health Minister
Republic of Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 1998 – 2000
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
Autonomous University of Bucaramanga UNAB 1995
Director
Carlos Ardila Lulle Clinic and Medical Center 1993 – 1998
Professor Department of Surgery
Health Division Industrial University of Santander 1978 – 2005
Managing Director
Ramón González Valencia University Hospital 1977
Director
Santander Ophthalmological Foundation 1976
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