Dr. Borja Corcóstegui Guraya

Dr. BORJA CORCÓSTEGUI

• Born in San Sebastián, October 1950.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Zaragoza (1974).
• Specialist in Ophthalmology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1978).
• PhD in Medicine from the University of Zaragoza (1986).

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

• Assistant Doctor, Head of Section and Head of Department at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital (1991–1997).
• Founder of the Retina and Vitreous Center (1985).
• Founder and Medical Director of the Institut de Microcirurgia Ocular (IMO) (1993–present).
• Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1988–1992).
• Full Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1992–2002).
• Holder of the IMO Chair at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2002–2011).
• Professor at the European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO), Lugano (Switzerland), where he served as Director of Programme Development (2009–2015) and President (since 2015).
• President of the Spanish Society of Retina and Vitreous (1996–2004).
• Board Member of EURETINA (President 2004–2005).
• Board Member of the American Society of Retina Specialists (1998–2000).
• Member of the Jules Gonin Club (2010–2015).
• Honorary Member of the Catalan, Aragonese, Valencian, Northern and Galician Ophthalmological Societies.
• Cooperation Award of the Official College of Physicians of Barcelona (2009).
• Numerary Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia (2017).
• Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of Ulls del món since 2000.
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the IMO Foundation (basic and clinical research).

PUBLICATIONS

• Editor-in-Chief of Ophthalmic Research (Basel, Switzerland) (2012–2015).
• Co-author of the most cited publication in Ophthalmologica (Karger, 2016).
• Author or co-author of 74 peer-reviewed papers, 16 book chapters, and editor of 4 monographs.
• Speaker at more than 600 international medical meetings.

AWARDS AND HONOURS

• 26 awards and distinctions, including the Achievement Award and the Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
• Honorary Member of the EURETINA Society.
• Membre Honoraire of the Société Française d’Ophtalmologie.
• Honor Guest of the Retina Society (San Francisco, 2007).
• Award and Lecture of the British and Eire Association of Vitreoretinal Surgeons (Manchester, 2007).
• Pohl Lecture, Frankfurt (2005).
• Richardson Cross Lecture, British Ophthalmological Society, Bristol (2008).
• Stanley Chang Award and Lecture, Columbia University, New York (2012).
• Gisbert Richard Lecture, EURETINA Meeting, Barcelona (2017).