Accompanied by his medical, administrative, and healthcare teams, he is carrying out a technological transformation at all of his locations, modernizing and including his COS San Gil headquarters.

Construction is underway on the 5th branch of the FOSCAL International Clinic, located on the 9th floor. It will serve patients with a variety of specialties, including glaucoma, retinal, vitreous, uveitis, and neuro-ophthalmology. Its offices offer the comfort, technology, and warmth that defines us.

The "Let's Help Others See" program begins, a program designed for vulnerable populations, accompanied by medical and healthcare teams on the roads of Santander.

We provide optometry and ophthalmology screening services to all provinces of Santander.

The 14th anniversary of the FOSCAL International Ophthalmology Course is being celebrated, led by Dr. Virgilio Galvis and our Scientific Director, Dr. Alejandro Tello Hernández, accompanied by Dr. Rubén Berrospi, Medical Director of the Institution.

At the onset of the pandemic, which changed the course of our history, rigorous biosafety protocols were implemented for the peace of mind of our patients.

On December 15, 2019, Vioptica stores opened in Santander. They are a comprehensive solution for people who need glasses and lenses. Vioptica was born as an initiative between the Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmological Center and the Santander Ophthalmological Foundation to reach all families in Santander.

The opening and reopening of the El Cacique Shopping Center in Barrancabermeja, San Gil, Piedecuesta, and soon Girón and Bucaramanga will take place.

The Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmology Center has consolidated its position with the opening of its COTA Advanced Technology Center, featuring state-of-the-art equipment, the Orobela Comprehensive Facial Aesthetics department, and the Optical business unit to meet the need for comprehensive eye care for all our national and international patients.

Dr. Virgilio Galvis Ramírez, founder and manager of the organization, launches the new mega growth and expansion project: The Foscal International Clinic, which was born as a response to the need to cover the health care deficit in the region. That same year, the Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmological Center was created. Striving to provide specialized ophthalmological care with high standards of quality and warmth, for which we always seek to have highly qualified human talent and the latest technology at the service of vision for patients and their families.

The modern 140,000-square-meter building features a high-tech infrastructure that integrates medical and hospital services, innovation, scientific research, and knowledge development to serve national and international patients requiring highly complex services.

The development of the Foscal International Clinic, located in the El Bosque sector of Floridablanca, across from the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga, included ample common areas, waiting rooms, specialized units, patient comfort on the inpatient floors, an outpatient clinic, a specialized clinic, and a large surgical suite supported by modern intensive care units.

Since 2012, the Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmology Center has also opened its offices in the new FOSCAL INTERNATIONAL medical complex. Both the original and new locations have maintained constant technological updates and have consistently recruited highly qualified specialists to provide high-quality services.

The Santander Ophthalmology Foundation/Ardila Lulle Clinic (FOSCAL) was founded as one of the most important comprehensive medical complexes in the country, encompassing not only ophthalmology but all medical specialties.

Dr. Virgilio Galvis established a high-tech ophthalmology center within this medical complex, offering comprehensive ophthalmology services using the highest and most advanced technology available.

He July 27, 1982, the modern 5,800 square meter building of the Santander Ophthalmological Foundation – FOS, one of the most modern in the country at its time, is inaugurated in the south of the metropolitan area.

Initially the FOS operated in an old house on 34th Street and 28th Avenue in Bucaramanga, where in 1979 And with the technological restrictions of any good beginning, the first experiences of community service were obtained and ophthalmological care was provided for two years, thanks to the work of the professional and paramedical human resources committed to the institutional mission of 'Helping Others See'.

Dr. Galvis began his professional services in a private practice in Bucaramanga, but determined to achieve his goals of advancing in the constant search to perform and lead the most up-to-date and advanced ophthalmological techniques and to have the latest technological advances in this area to serve the community and to be linked to the university as a teacher in the training of medical specialists, he embarked on a larger project: the Santander Ophthalmological Foundation (FOS).

Dr. Virgilio Galvis arrives in Bucaramanga full of dreams as a graduate of the University of Antioquia, having strengthened his skills as an Ophthalmologist with advanced courses in Colombia and the United States in refractive and ocular plastic surgery, as well as studies in Hospital Management and Healthcare Auditing.