Rubens Belfort Jr. MD, PhD, MBA.  Senior Professor of Ophthalmology, Fed Univ of Sao Paulo. President of the Vision Institute.

-        Leading group in Geriatric Ophthalmology, Infectious Ocular Diseases-AIDS, ZYKA, COVID and Uveitis - Ocular Toxoplasmosis 

-        Over 50 years of work in the Amazonia Blinding Diseases- Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment.

-        The most important Vision Institute and Ophthalmology Department in Latin America.

Former Positions

President National Academy of Medicine (Brazil), President of the World Ophthalmology Congress, Pan American Congress, Pan American Association of Ophthalmology, Chair Pan American Foundation of Ophthalmology, Member Int Council Ophthalmology.

Member

National Academy of Medicine (Brazil); Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis; Brazilian Academy of Sciences; Brazilian Academy of Pharmacy, International Uveitis Study Group, AAO, ARVO.

Awards

Champalimaud Award

Golden Apple Award

Senior Achievement Award,  American Academy of Ophthalmology

O’Connor/ Schlaegel Gold Medal

Pan-American Medal for Distinguished Services

The Asian Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology(APJO)   the World Eye-Cons-21  world of Ophthalmology of the 21st century

Brazilian Medal of Scientific Merit, President of Brazil

Honor Conferences

Duke Elder Medal and Lecture

Jackson Memorial Lecture      

American Journal of Ophthalmology Lecture

Pan American Association of Ophthalmology Lecture

The Mourad Khalil Lecture

Gradle Lecture

Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia Lecture

·       H Google index 78 - More than 900 peer-reviewed articles

·       Over 150 review article and book chapters, different languages.

·       Edited and co-authored 15 Ophthalmological Books in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

·       Conferences, Lectures and Talks in 33 countries.