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February 14th and 15th, 2020
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The Intersection Between Public Health and Science
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Salud publica
II. INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON VISUAL HEALTH
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donde la salud pública y la ciencia se encuentran
Intermediate/advanced level course for both general and highly specialized ophthalmologists Objectives:
1. Provide epidemiological data on the main causes of visual disability. 2. Discuss the benefits of multi-disciplinary and comprehensive case management. 3. Emphasize the importance of early detection and referral of these pathologies. 4. Explore the benefits of telemedicine and artificial intelligence resources. 5. Highlight the value of visual rehabilitation.
February 14, 7:30 to 9:05 a.m 7:30: REGISTRATION
DR. JESÚS JIMÉNEZ ROMÁN AND DR. CLAUDIA PALACIO President, Centro Mexicano de Salud Visual Preventiva [Mexican Center for Preventive Visual Health of the Mexican Society of Ophthalmology] and Head of the Glaucoma Department of APEC (Asociación Para Evitar la Ceguera en México). *President-Elect, Sociedad Mexicana de Oftalmología [Mexican Society of Ophthalmology]
8:15 to 8:35
The ophthalmologist of the future: The need to modernize training programs and methodologies
10 min. DR. MARÍA JULIA MARINISSEN Health Attaché of the US Embassy in Mexico City
8.45 to 9:05
How to develop effective models for cooperation in global ophthalmology
8:00 to 8:15
Welcome and Inauguration
20 min. DR. JORGE E VALDEZ
Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences of ITESM (Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey)
8.35 to 8.45
Fostering International Research Collaborations to Prevent and Manage Eye Disease
20 min. DR. ZUBAIR ANSARI Bascom Palmer, Miami, USA (in-person)