Dr. Victor M. Villegas is an ophthalmologist who practices in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His main areas of expertise include ocular oncology, vitreoretinal disease, and pediatric ophthalmology. Currently, he is the program director of the Ophthalmology Residency at the University of Puerto Rico and is also an Executive Board Member and past President of the Puerto Rico Society of Ophthalmology. His Research Keywords include ophthalmology, ocular oncology, vitreoretinal disease, and pediatric ophthalmology.
Andrzej Grzybowski, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, MAE is a Professor of Ophthalmology at, the University of Warmia and Mazury and head of the Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Foundation for Ophthalmology Development, Poznan, Poland. He is active in international scientific societies including Euretina (Co-opted Board member 2016-2018), President of the European Vision & Eye Research Association (EVER), ESCRS (curator of ESCRS Archive), and ISRS (member of the ISRS International Council), International Intraocular Implant Club and Cogan Society. He became a lifelong member (chair LIV) of the European Academy of Ophthalmology and its Treasurer, and a member of the Academia Europea. He was included in the TOP 2% ranking of world-best scientists prepared by Stanford University in 2019-2022. Expertscape worldwide ranking: No. 1 in the cataract field; No. 1 in the cataract extraction field; and No. 3 in the endophthalmitis field. In 2021, he received the ISRS (International Society for Refractive Surgery) Founders’ Award and published a book Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology (Springer). In 2022, he was awarded the OFFICERS' CROSS OF THE ORDER OF POLONIA RESTITUTA for outstanding achievements in research and teaching and support for international scientific cooperation by the President of Poland. He was listed on the “The Power List” by The Ophthalmologist magazine, a ranking of the Top 100 most influential people in the world of ophthalmology in 2022 and 2023 (ranked No 19th).
Dr. Stephen G Schwartz is a Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Naples. He specializes in diseases of the retina, vitreous, and macula.
