Dr.Prof. Jorge Alió

 Professional experience

• More than 30 years of experience
• Vissum Corporation Medical Director of Ophthalmology (2004-present)
• Founder of the Foundation Jorge Alio (1995-present)
• Founder and Medical Director of the Ophthalmological Institute of Alicante (1995-2004)
• Creator and Director of the Center for the Prevention of Blindness (1987-1997)
• Head of Section at the Hospital General Universitario de Salamanca (1982-1986)
• Assistant doctor in the Miguel Servet (1980-1982) Hospital
• Medical Resident in the FJD (1977-1980)

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 Teaching posts

• Professor of Ophthalmology at the University Miguel Hernandez de Elche (1997-present)
• Program Director Continuing Medical Education in Ophthalmology College of Physicians of Alicante (1996-2005)
• Director of the PhD Program in different universities (1988-2004)
• Assistant Professor of practical classes at the University of Salamanca (1982-1983)
• Assistant Professor of practical classes at the Autonomous University of Madrid (1976-1980)

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 Education

• training scholarship Timberlawn Center (1971)
• Ayerst Pharmaceuticals training scholarship (1976)
• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the Complutense University of Madrid (1976)
• training scholarship at Georgetown University (1977)
• Specialist in Ophthalmology at the Autonomous University of Madrid (1979)
• Specialist in Occupational Medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid (1980)
• training scholarship at the Complutense University of Madrid (1979-1980)
• Doctorate in Medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid (1980)
• training scholarship by the Ministry of Education and Science (1980-1983)
• training fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns (1985-1986)
• Research on new project called "Queropigmentación" which manages to change the eye color, with a reversible method

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 Publications and conferences

• Communications to National Congresses: 584
• Communications to International Congresses: 1568
• National and International Publications in scientific journals (Peer Review): 733 (- Indexed: 487- Not indexed: 246)
• Scientific contributions in tabloids and popular articles: 348
• Books (Author, Publisher and Co-editor): 86
• Book chapters: 323
• Assistance to the 8th Symposium of the American-European Congress of Ophthalmological Surgery organized by AECOS - American-European Congress of Ophthalmology Surgery (2019)

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 Prizes and awards

• He has received 93 awards, of which 48 are international
• Chosen by the magazine The Ophthalmologist as one of the ten most influential ophthalmologists in the world
• SSRIs Presidential Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
• Achievement Award, received in the last Congress of the Academy of Ophthalmology Asia-Pacific (APAO)
• Doctor No. 10 in The Power List, worldwide recognition

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 Professional membership

• Full member of 26 scientific societies, several of which form part of its management structure
• Founder and Chairman of the International Ocular Inflammation Society (1990-1998)
• Member of the International Society Refractive Surgery, American Academy of Ophthalmology (ISRS / AAO)
• Member of the International Society of Ocular Inflammation (IOIs)
• Member of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
• Member of the Mediterranean Society of Ophthalmology (MSO)
• Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
• Member of the European Academy of Ophthalmology
• Member of the European Scientific Committee Aniridia

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