Dr. Francisco Gómez-Ulla de Irazazábal

 Professional experience

• More than 45 years of experience
• Founder and Medical Director of the Gómez-Ulla Ophthalmological Institute .
• Head of the Ophthalmology Service at the University Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela (2014 - Present)
• Head of the Retina Medical and Ocular Diabetes Unit of the Ophthalmology Service at the University Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela (1984 - 2014)
• Clinical Assistant at the General Hospital of Galicia in Santiago de Compostela (1980-1983)
• Patents Method, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR automatic RETINAL IMAGE ANALYSIS. Patent No.: US 8,355,544 B2. Date of the patent: Jan 15, 2013.
• Patents Method, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR RETINAL IMAGE ANALYSIS Patent No. US 8,351,669 B2. Date of the patent Jan, 8, 2013.
• Patents Registration of the developed software ART_VENA. January 19, 2001. Six-year research recognized by the ANECA: 3

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 Positions in public associations

• Counselor-Former President of the Galician Society of Ophthalmology (News)
• Counselor-ex-president of the Spanish Society of Retina and Vitreo (News)
• President of the Spanish Society of Retina and Vitreo (2007-2011)
• President of the Galician Ophthalmology Society (2002-2010)
• President of the Spanish Foundation Retinaplus + (2011- Present) Patron-founder.

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 Teaching posts

• Titular Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (1984).
• Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (2002).
• Professor of the Interuniversity Master in Vision Sciences (UVA)
• Professor of the Doctorate Course (USC).
• Director and coordinator of Los Lunes de la Retina (Course with 15 credits of FMC)
• He has supervised 22 Bachelor Thesis and Master's Thesis
• Director of 16 Doctoral Theses, all qualified with outstanding cum laude
• Clinical trials: 45
• Projects and research grants: 24 Patents

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 Education

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Santiago de Compostela (1970-1975)
• Specialist in Ophthalmology (MEC 1978)
• Resident at the General Hospital of Galicia in Santiago de Compostela (1977-1979)
• Doctor in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Santiago de Compostela (1982)
• Postgraduate education in the following Hospitals and Research Centers: Quince-Vingt Hospital in Paris, at the University Hospital of Creteil-Paris, RWTH Hospital in Aachen (Germany) and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami.

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 Publications and conferences

• Organizer and director of numerous courses and congresses.
• He has taught 130 courses and Seminars
• He has made more than 500 communications and conferences
• Articles published in International and National Journals: More than 200 (80 of them in Pubmed)
• Published Books and Monographs: 21
• Book chapters: 27

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 Prizes and awards

• Crusade Award of the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology (1993)
• Castroviejo Prize (2001)
• Professor Barea National Award for Management and Evaluation of Health Costs (2005)
• Guest of Honor of the XVIII Argentine Congress of Ophthalmology. Buenos Aires (2007)
• Baush + Lomb Prize for the best Spanish retinologist (2012)
• Elected Best Spanish Doctor (2011)
• "Love at first sight" Award for the Report on Blindness in Spain (2015)
• "Gallego del Año 2015" Prize by the Grupo Correo Gallego
• Executive Award for Professional Prestige (2018)

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 Professional membership

• Member of the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology
• Member of the Spanish Retina and Vitreous Society
• Member of the French Society of Ophthalmology
• Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Member of the Galician Ophthalmology Society

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