Prof Alio, one of the international figures of European Ophthalmology, has devoted his life to academic education, clinical work, research and innovation. His extensive CV includes a postgraduate medical training in the United States, England and

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• Prof Alio, one of the international figures of
  European Ophthalmology, has devoted his life to
  academic education, clinical work, research and
  innovation. His extensive CV includes a
  postgraduate medical training in the United
  States, England and Germany.
• He became Senior Professor of Ophthalmology in
  the University of Alicante 22
• years ago, and developed an extensive academic
  career and directed 55 doctoral thesis,
• ocular surgery, inflammation, cataract, and
  refractive surgery.
• He has 36 patents and original designs. He has
  been author or co-editor of 60 books, and 180
  book chapters has pronounced 436 conferences,
  participated in 200 round tables, and provided
  1,323 presentations in 410 scientific congresses
  . He has published 550 articles of which 320 are
  indexed in index medicus. His scientific
  publications have deserved 2,472 quotations in
  the peer review literature, with a Hirch index of
  26.
• Prof. Alio is Section Editor of the British and
  the European Journal of Ophthalmology, and
  Chairman of the European Asia Pacific edition of
  Ocular Surgery News member of the Executive
  Board of several Societies (Eur Soc Refr Surg
  Intl Soc Cat Refr Surg, Intl Ocul Inflam Soc),
  and Board Member in 10 scientific journals (BritJ
  Ophthalm Eur J Ophthalmol, Ophthalmic Research
  J. Cat Refr Surg, J Refr Surg).
• Honorary Professor of many Universities (Havanna
  Cuba-, Louisiana State
• University, Masachusssetts Eye and Ear and
  University of Cleveland, Seville). He achieved
  full professorship at Louisiana State University
  in 1999. He has 31 awards for clinical research.
• As a service to the community, Dr Alio has
  founded a Foundation which develops programs to
  support visual handicaps and prevention of
  blindness, and supports the contest Miradas of
  Hispanoamerica. He is also president of the
  Rotarian club in Spain.