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Venezuela
Oscar Beaujon Balbi
Oscar V. Beaujon-Balbi is an Ophthalmologist specializing in cornea and ocular surface, practicing at Luis Razetti Clinics and Vizcaya Ophthalmological Center in Caracas, Venezuela. He graduated as a Surgeon at the Venezuelan Central University and specialized in Ophthalmology at Francisco A. Rísquez Hospital in Caracas. He completed a fellowship in Glaucoma at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, USA, and Cornea and External Disease and Refractive Surgery at Paulista School of Medicine of Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. His primary interests are in ocular surface imaging and reconstruction, refractive and corneal surgery, and tear film alterations. He was President of the Venezuelan Ophthalmological Society. Currently, he is Chief Editor of The Venezuelan Ophthalmological Journal and Reviewer of Journal of Refractive Surgery. He is an active member of The Venezuelan Ophthalmological Society, Panamerican Association of Ophthalmology and the American Association of Ophthalmology.