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Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS

Past President, COS
Participates in 4 items

Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS is originally from Mexico City, Mexico. He trained in Ophthalmology at McGill University in Montreal and has completed subspecialty training in Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, and Cornea and External Diseases. He completed the Physician CEO Executive Program at the Kellogg School of Management (2016) and the Foundations of Clinical Research Certificate Program, Harvard Medical School (2022).

He is Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at McGill University and Chief, Division of Ophthalmology at MUHC in Montréal, Canada, President of the COS Foundation, Past President of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (2016-2018), and past President of the Canadian Cornea, External Diseases and Refractive Surgery Society. 

In 1995, he was awarded the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation & Medical Research Council of Canada Resident Research Award for his work on the causative factors of ocular inflammation. Dr. Rocha was the recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba iCare Award for 2014. In 2015, he was recognized as one of the 10 Most Successful Mexicans in Canada, followed by an award as one of the 10 Most Influential Hispanic Canadians in 2016. Dr. Rocha performs Anterior Segment, Refractive and Corneal Surgeries. 

 

Financial disclosure: Dr. Rocha has/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization:

  1. AbbVie
  2. Alcon
  3. Allergan
  4. Bausch + Lomb
  5. Baxis
  6. Johnson & Johnson
  7. Staar
  8. SunPharma
  9. Labtician Ophthalmics 
     

Sessions in which Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS participates

Thursday 15 June, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 307 AB | Salle 307 AB

Symposium

Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Moderator)

Dr. Cody Lo, University of Ottawa (Moderator)

Stuti Tanya, McGill University (Moderator)

This is the first medical student symposium at the COS annual meeting. There will be keynote presentat...

Friday 16 June, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
3:45 PM
3:45 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 309 AB | Salle 309 AB

STC | CTC

Adam Muzychuk, MD, FRCSC (Speaker)

Yi Ning Strube (Moderator)

Annick Fournier, MD, FRCSC (Instructor)

Stephanie Dotchin, MD (Instructor)

Kamiar Mireskandari (Instructor)

Yi Ning Strube (Instructor)

Dr. Vivian Hill (Instructor)

Matthew Quinn, MD (Instructor)

Dr. Alfred Basilious (Instructor)

Dr. Marie-Claude Robert, MD, MSc (Instructor)

Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Instructor)

Dr. Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Instructor)

Peter Huang (Instructor)

Dr. Jamie Bhamra (Instructor)

Dr. Ahmed Al-Ghoul, MD, MBA, FRCSC, DipABO (Instructor)

Dr. Davin Johnson, Queen's University (Instructor)

Dr. Maya Tong (Instructor)

Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Instructor)

Dr. Mahshad Darvish (Instructor)

Dr. Louis Racine MD (Instructor)

Adam Muzychuk, MD, FRCSC (Instructor)

Dr. Stephanie Baxter (Instructor)

Rookaya Mather MB (Instructor)

Setareh Ziai (Instructor)

Dr. Mona Koaik, MD (Instructor)

Dr. Marie-Eve Légaré MD (Instructor)

Kashif Baig, MD, MBA, FRCSC (Instructor)

Dr. Emmanuelle Chalifoux (Instructor)

Kian Madjedi (Instructor)

Vishaal Bhambhwani, Northern Ontario School of Medicine & Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (Instructor)

 This wetlab based course will feature hands-on training for participants reviewing the principles and...

Saturday 17 June, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
Cornea II: Surgical Cornea
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 307 AB | Salle 307 AB

Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)

Elsie Chan, B.Sc (Med), Hon MBBS, (Hon) MPH, FRANZCO (Keynote speaker)

Vishal Jhanji, MD (Keynote speaker)

Kashif Baig, MD, MBA, FRCSC (Panelist)

Dr. Alfonso Iovieno, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS (Panelist)

Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Panelist)

 Learning Objectives:At the end of this session, participants will be able to: To review pa...

Sunday 18 June, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:40 AM
11:40 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 307 AB | Salle 307 AB

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Speaker)

Dr. Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Speaker)

Dr. Marie-Eve Légaré MD (Speaker)

Ron Baldassare MD (Speaker)

Sessions in which Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS attends

Friday 16 June, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:45 AM
10:45 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 202 | Salle 202

SAP | PAE

Dr. Marie-Josée Aubin (Chair)

SAP: Delivering Eye Care in Conflict Zones & Remote Areas
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 202 | Salle 202

SAP | PAE

Dr. Marie-Josée Aubin (Moderator)

Dr. Marie-Josée Aubin (Chair)

 This course will focus on the challenges and opportunities involved in providing effective and efficient eye care in conflict-affec...

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 202 | Salle 202

Paper Presentation | Présentation d'article

Michael T. Kryshtalskyj (Presenter)

Dr. Marie-Josée Aubin (Moderator)

Authors: Michael T. Kryshtalskyj, Natalia Baziuk, Cindy M. L. Hutnik, George Beiko, Lesya Shuba, Eugene Hladky, Stephen E. Kosa...
10:50 AM
10:50 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 202 | Salle 202

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Larissa Derzko-Dzulynsky (Speaker)

Michael T. Kryshtalskyj (Speaker)