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103° CONGRESSO NAZIONALE SOI
15° Congresso of Italian Society of Refractive Cataract Surgery and Evaporative Dry Eye
PREMIO MEDAGLIA D'ORO
'MAESTRI DELL' OFTALMOLOGIA ITALIANA' SOI
2024
VENERDI' 29 NOVEMBRE 2024
WALDORF ASTORIA CAVALIERI HILTON
AUDITORIUM DEI CAVALIERI
ore 09:32
Prof. Lelio Baldeschi
He qualified in Medicine cum laude at the University of Pisa, graduated in Ophthalmology cum laude at the University of Florence, became PhD at the University of Amsterdam and nominated Honorary Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO) (international recognition of the title of specialist inophthalmology) in Paris.
He sub-specialized in oculoplastic and orbital surgery first under the guide of Richard Collin and GeoffreyRose at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and then with Leo Koornneef at the Orbital Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Amsterdam. Afterwards he has been a Consultant surgeon, Universitary Docent (UD), and then nominated Director to the Orbital Centre, Departement of Ophthalmology, University of Amsterdam.
At present he is Professor of Ophthalmology (“Chargé de Cours”), Director to the “Orbita and Ocular Adnexal Service” and President to the PhD Council “Oculoplastic, Orbital, Lacrimal Diseases and Surgery” at the Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic University of Louvain, at the Saint Luc Academic Hospital of Brussels. Since 2011 he is professor at the European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO) of Lugano, and member of the Examining Commission of the European Board of Ophthalmology (EBO) which grant the international recognized title of specialist in ophthalmology.
He was the mentor in oculoplastic, lacrimal and orbital surgery for medical students, residents in ophthalmology, twenty international fellows, (as chair of the academic program for orbit and oculoplastics at the university of Amsterdam 1997-2009 and at the Catholic University of Brussels 2012 up until present) and had the opportunity to publish in the field of orbital and ocular adnexal diseases.
He has been member of the scientific advisory board, invited speaker and faculty member at a wide variety of international congresses, and courses and had organised national and international congresses. He is active reviewer and/or member of the editorial board of ophthalmic, maxillo-facial, and internal medicine journals, Visiting Professor to several European, North American and Asian universities. Recently he further contribute to the education of residents in ophthalmology worldwide as member of the Reviewer Committee of the European Board of Ophthalmology for the review of the text book “Basic and Clinical Science Course Section 7 “Orbit, Eyelids, and Lacrimal System” ed. 2018-19” of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (official text book of the residency programme of Ophthalmology in the USA, and approved for the same purpose in several other countries worldwide, and by international organisations, such as the EBO itself.
Since the beginning of his career he scored several national and international prizes an recognitions: the Tosco-Umbro-Emiliano-Marchigiana Society of Ophthalmology (STUEMO) award 1994; Winner of the “Young grant 1996” of Italian Society of Ophthalmology (SOI); Winner of the Dutch Society of Ophthalmology (NOG) Award 1998; awarded with the annual “Jack Crowford Lecture”, at mount Sinai Hospital University of Toronto, Toronto Canada; elected among the three Honorary Members of the Asian Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (APSOPRS) in 2012; winner of “the Francesco Colangelo Award” 2013; “Exceptional Reviewer 2014” tributed by the journal Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (IOVS) in 2015; winner of the “Highly Commended in Surgery 2018” Medical Book Awards by the British Medical Association (BMA); awarded with “The Lecture of Surgery 2020”, at the Annual Forum of The Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium, Brussels, 20 September 2020; awarded with “The Jack Mustadè Lecture 2020” of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (maximal scientific honour tributed by the society); The Renato Frezzotti medal lecture of the Italian Society of Ophthalmology 2022 (maximal scientific honour of the Italian Society of Ophthalmology); “The Richard Fan Distinguished Premier Lectureship in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences”, Singapore 2023. Prize presented by The Honorable Minister of Foreign affairs of Singapore Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Ophthalmologist; Guest of Honour, and winner of the “International OPAI International Oration Award 2024” (the highest award given by OPAI - Oculoplastic Association of India, every year to an international faculty of repute); he received the most prestigious award for an Italian ophthalologist the “Medaglia d’Oro - Maestri dell’Oftalmologia Italiana SOI 2024” of the Italian Society of Ophthalmology (SOI).
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