Gold medal conferred on Dr. Maria at EyeAdvance 2010 Mumbai

Dr. Maria Clara Arbelaez was awarded the gold medal at the recently held EyeAdvance conference in Mumbai, India for her contributions to ophthalmology advances and refractive surgery. She was honoured by Shanta Motwani, senior ophthalmologist and Dr. Kirit Modi, co-chairman of EyeAdvance.

The 8th International Congress for Advances of Ophthalmology, EyeAdvance 2010, was held in conjunction with India’s most prestigious ophthalmological society, Bombay Ophthalmologist’ Association. Held every alternate year, EyeAdvance is an iconic conference with emphasis on presenting something new and a focus on latest developments and contributions every time. Speakers are told to bring up essential points in their speech so that all listeners, irrespective of their experience, would derive some benefit that they could apply to their daily practice. EyeAdvance has always attracted a legion of international speakers. This year 28 doctors from 18 countries attended the conference in addition to 1786 delegates from all over India.

Dr. Maria’s paper titled ‘Bilateral Symmetry after Refractive Surgery’ was highly appreciated and she was lauded for her ‘Meritorious and Exemplary Service to Ophthalmology’. “It was a pleasure for me to be a part of EyeAdvance and I am deeply honoured that my work was acknowledged and received so well,” said Dr. Maria, an internationally recognised refractive surgeon and corneal specialist, who has been successfully performing surgeries and has crossed 50,000 eye surgeries during a professional career spanning more than 20 years.

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