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:
- AbbVie
- Alcon
- Allergan
- Bausch + Lomb
- Baxis
- Johnson & Johnson
- Staar
- SunPharma
- Labtician Ophthalmics
Sessions in which Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS participates
Sunday 1 January, 2017
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
INSIGHT Faculty
0:00 -
1:00 |
1 hour
- Dr. Devesh Varma (Moderator)
- Rusty Ritenour MD (Participant)
- Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Participant)
- W. W Bruce Jackson MD, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Kashif Baig, MD, MBA, FRCSC (Participant)
- Andrew Crichton, MD (Moderator)
- Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Participant)
- Dr. Johanna Choremis, MD, FRCSC, DABO (Participant)
- Paul Harasymowycz (Participant)
- Dr. Cindy M. L. Hutnik, MD, PhD (Participant)
- Delan Jinapriya (Participant)
- Hady Saheb, MD, MPH (Participant)
- Lesya Shuba MD, PhD, FRCSC (Participant)
Friday 16 June, 2017
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Tuesday 23 January, 2018
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Envision Faculty
0:00 -
1:00 |
1 hour
- W. W Bruce Jackson MD, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Dr. Richard Bazin (Participant)
- Matthew Bujak MD, PT, FRCSC (Participant)
- Dr. Mahshad Darvish (Moderator)
- Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Participant)
- Dr. Walter Delpero (Moderator)
- Ann Chiu MD (Participant)
- Lucie Khouri MD (Participant)
- Rookaya Mather MB (Participant)
- Joel Post MD (Participant)
- Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Participant)
- Dr. Allan Slomovic, MSc, MD, FRCSC (Participant)
- Dr. Joshua Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Participant)
- Dr. Pierre Trottier (Participant)
- Setareh Ziai (Participant)
- Dr. Johanna Choremis, MD, FRCSC, DABO (Participant)
- Chris Seamone MD (Participant)
- Dr. Louis Racine MD (Participant)
- Dr. Ahmed Al-Ghoul, MD, MBA, FRCSC, DipABO (Participant)
- Kevin Parkinson MD (Participant)
Thursday 31 May, 2018
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Keynote Lecture: How to be an innovator
8:30 -
8:45 |
15 minutes
Friday 1 June, 2018
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Saturday 2 June, 2018
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Current Concepts II
8:00 -
10:00 |
2 hours
- Yvonne Buys (Moderator)
- Iqbal (Ike) Ahmed, MD (Participant)
- Maria Aparecida Onuki Haddad MD, PhD (Participant)
- Vivian Yin MD, MPH (Moderator)
- Jonathan D. Solomon MD (Participant)
- Dr. Hunter Cherwek MD (Participant)
- Nisha Acharya MD, MS (Participant)
- Felipe A. Medeiros MD, PhD (Participant)
- Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Participant)
- Victor L. Perez MD (Participant)
Phakic IOLs in unique circumstances
16:19 -
16:28 |
9 minutes
Sunday 3 June, 2018
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Friday 14 June, 2019
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The mysterious case of the thinning eye
11:55 -
12:03 |
8 minutes
Sunday 16 June, 2019
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Light ajustable lens: LAL or LOL?
11:50 -
11:59 |
9 minutes
Saturday 27 June, 2020
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Improving Corneal Transplant Outcomes with Technique and Technology
15:45 -
17:15 |
1 hour 30 minutes
- Sophie Deng (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Speaker)
- Dr. Henry Liu MD (Speaker)
- Solin Saleh, MD, FRCSC MD (Speaker)
- Gisella Santaella (Speaker)
- Nancy Chen (Speaker)
- Dr. Johanna Choremis, MD, FRCSC, DABO (Panelist)
- Dr. Jamie Bhamra (Panelist)
- Dr. Joshua Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Dr. Francis Price, MD (Keynote speaker)
Sunday 27 June, 2021
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IOL calculation challenges for complex cornea cases
16:03 -
16:08 |
5 minutes
Friday 10 June, 2022
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Sunday 12 June, 2022
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Thursday 8 September, 2022
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Thursday 15 June, 2023
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Friday 16 June, 2023
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STC: Mastering Ocular Trauma: Techniques and sutures for surgical repair.
15:45 -
17:15 |
1 hour 30 minutes
- Adam Muzychuk, MD, FRCSC (Speaker)
- Yi Ning Strube , MD, MS, FRCSC, DABO, FAAP (Moderator)
- Annick Fournier, MD, FRCSC (Instructor)
- Stephanie Dotchin , MD, FRCSC (Instructor)
- Kamiar Mireskandari , MBChB, FRCSEd, FRCOphth, PhD (Instructor)
- Yi Ning Strube , MD, MS, FRCSC, DABO, FAAP (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)
- 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 (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 (Instructor)
Saturday 17 June, 2023
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Cornea II: Surgical Cornea
15:45 -
17:15 |
1 hour 30 minutes
Sunday 18 June, 2023
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Cataract surgery in eyes with corneal pathology: lessons from a potpourri of cases
11:40 -
11:55 |
15 minutes
Thursday 21 September, 2023
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IOLs That Every Cataract Surgeon Should Know About in 2023
8:06 -
8:16 |
10 minutes
IOL Power Calculations: My Best Tips for Accuracy
8:46 -
9:01 |
15 minutes
Saturday 23 September, 2023
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Sunday 22 June, 2025
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Sessions in which Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS attends
Thursday 9 June, 2022
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Friday 10 June, 2022
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Current Concepts I
7:00 -
9:00 |
2 hours
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Alan McNab (Keynote speaker)
- Marcia Anderson (Keynote speaker)
- Sander Dubovy (Keynote speaker)
- Carol Shields MD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Cindy M. L. Hutnik, MD, PhD (Presenter)
- Thuy Doan MD, PhD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Nupura Bakshi (Moderator)
- Navdeep Nijhawan MD, FRCSC, DABO (Moderator)
- Dr. Colin Mann (Speaker)
- Dr. Jim Farmer, MD, FRCSC, FRCPC (Moderator)
- Anuradha Mishra MD, MEd (Speaker)
What's new in uveitis?
9:45 -
11:15 |
1 hour 30 minutes
Refractive Surgery and Keratoconus
9:45 -
11:15 |
1 hour 30 minutes
COS Annual General Meeting
11:15 -
12:30 |
1 hour 15 minutes
Saturday 11 June, 2022
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Current Concepts II
7:00 -
9:00 |
2 hours
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Andrea Molinari (Keynote speaker)
- Sophie Deng (Keynote speaker)
- Pradeep Ramulu (Keynote speaker)
- Carla Siegfried (Keynote speaker)
- Anthony Khawaja (Keynote speaker)
- Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Moderator)
- Irit Bahar (Keynote speaker)
- Bala Ambati (Keynote speaker)
- G Robert La Roche MD (Speaker)
- Kamiar Mireskandari , MBChB, FRCSEd, FRCOphth, PhD (Moderator)
- Dr. Jing Wang (Moderator)
- Gus Gazzard (Keynote speaker)
Sunday 12 June, 2022
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Current Concepts III
7:00 -
9:00 |
2 hours
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Michael Ip (Keynote speaker)
- Jacquelyn Jetton O'Banion (Keynote speaker)
- Julie Falardeau MD (Keynote speaker)
- Kendall Donaldson (Keynote speaker)
- William Dixon (Speaker)
- Lauren Dalvin (Keynote speaker)
- Steven Safran (Keynote speaker)
- Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Varun Chaudhary (Moderator)
- Dr. Jacinthe Rouleau (Moderator)
- Hall Chew (Presenter)
Friday 16 June, 2023
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Introduction
10:45 -
10:50 |
5 minutes