Major Breakthrough in Myopia Control
World Congress on Myopia Control

China
 

Professor of Ophthalmology and principal investigator of Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Clinical Intervention Research. Major goals: establish a worldwide shared medical, environmental and genetic database of natural population and patients with eye diseases; clarify clinical characteristics, determine classification criteria and molecular typing, creating risk and prognosis prediction models; carry out evidence-based evaluation and randomized controlled studies of new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, and gradually establish a standard and accurate medical system for ophthalmic diagnosis and treatment.

China

Dr Lan is a full professor in Central South University, China and the vice director of Aier Institute of Optometry and Vision Science, Aier EYE Hospital Group. He finished his clinical training as an Ophthalmologist in Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (China) and achieved his M.D / Ph.D in Neuroscience from the University of Tuebingen (Germany). His main interest is to understand the pathogenesis of myopia and to develop new approaches to correct and control myopia. He has led more than 10 clinical trials investigating the efficacy and safety of anti-myopia interventions. He is also the co-inventor of the first wearable device to collect myopia-related environmental factors in the world, called Clouclip®. Recently he and his team won the bid of hosting the International Myopia Conference (IMC) 2023 in China.

Japan

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MD, PhD, MBA is the CEO of Tsubota Laboratory, Inc., established in 2015. He is also a professor emeritus of the Dept. of Ophthalmology at Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan, his alma mater. Dr. Tsubota completed clinical and research fellowships at Harvard Medical School in 1987 and is an internationally recognized dry eye specialist.

Brazil

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Director of the Ocular Surface Study Group at the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of São Paulo (USP);

Surgical Optics Sector (Cataract and Refractive) – Department of Ophthalmology – Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP);

Cataract Sector – Department of Ophthalmology – University of São Paulo (USP); and President of ​​BLOSS – the Brazilian Society of Laser and Ophthalmic Surgery​​​

Argentiina

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Main physician at the Service of Ophthalmology at Notti children’s Hospital in Mendoza Argentina; Associate Professor in Ophthalmology at the School of Medicine, National University of Cuyo, in Mendoza; completed training programs in France, the USA, and India; interested in Optometry, ophthalmic pediatrics and refractive surgery with several papers published in different journals; member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology since 1993 and other scientific organizations; editor of the MO journal of the Argentine Council of Ophthalmology ; member of the Argentine Scientific Group of Myopia Control.