{"id":758,"date":"2016-10-24T16:02:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T16:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/ophthalmology\/?page_id=758"},"modified":"2025-12-18T08:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:11:47","slug":"guillermo-pico-santiago-basic-ophthalmology-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/ophthalmology\/guillermo-pico-santiago-basic-ophthalmology-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Guillermo Pic\u00f3 Santiago Basic Ophthalmology Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1192&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Curso B\u00e1sico de Oftalmolog\u00eda Guillermo Pic\u00f3 Santiago<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>El Curso de Ciencias B\u00e1sicas proporciona la base a los residentes que est\u00e1n iniciando su formaci\u00f3n en Oftalmolog\u00eda, a partir de los cuales pueden crecer progresivamente en su capacidad para atender a los pacientes y asumir roles de mayor responsabilidad e independencia. En el curso los residentes reciben conferencias sobre anatom\u00eda, fisiolog\u00eda, histolog\u00eda, patolog\u00eda, electrofisiolog\u00eda, gen\u00e9tica, \u00f3ptica y refracci\u00f3n, cirug\u00eda refractiva, glaucoma, cataratas, c\u00f3rnea y enfermedades externas, retina-v\u00edtreo, oftalmolog\u00eda pedi\u00e1trica y estrabismo, cirug\u00eda oculopl\u00e1stica y \u00f3rbita, uve\u00edtis, neuro-oftalmolog\u00eda, y oncolog\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>El curso es impartido por profesores internacionales invitados de varios pa\u00edses, as\u00ed como miembros de la facultad de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. Los residentes estar\u00e1n 8 semanas recibiendo conferencias con algunas sesiones de laboratorio,<br \/>\npara un total de 280 horas de instrucci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>En 2026, estaremos nuevamente en formato presencial en las facilidades de la Escuela de Medicina del Recinto de Ciencias M\u00e9dicas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en San Juan.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Guillermo Pic\u00f3 Santiago Basic Ophthalmology Course<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Guillermo Pic\u00f3 Santiago Basic Ophthalmology Course was founded by Dr. Guillermo Pic\u00f3 in 1967. It is an educational program directed to first- and second-year ophthalmology residents from Latin America and Puerto Rico. The course has been held in San Juan, Puerto Rico for the past 58 years. In 2026 we will celebrate its 59th anniversary. The Basic Science Course provides the foundation to residents that are beginning their training in Ophthalmology, from which they can progressively grow in their ability to take care of patients and assume roles of greater responsibility and independence. In the course the residents are given lectures on anatomy, physiology, histology, pathology, electrophysiology, genetics, optics and refraction, refractive surgery, glaucoma, cataracts, corneal and external disease, retina-vitreous, pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, oculoplastic surgery and orbit, neuro-ophthalmology, uveitis, and oncology.<\/p>\n<p>The course is given by invited international faculty from the United States, Latin America, as well as faculty members of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. Residents will spend 8 weeks receiving lectures with some laboratory sessions, for a total of 280 hours of<br \/>\ninstruction.<\/p>\n<p>In 2026, we will once again be in face-to-face format at the facilities of the School of Medicine of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Facultad Invitada\/Guest Faculty:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nassim Abreu, MD &#8211; Rep\u00fablica Dominicana<\/li>\n<li>Eduardo Alfonso, MD &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>Fernando Ar\u00e9valo, MD &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>Juan Battle, MD &#8211; Rep\u00fablica Dominicana<\/li>\n<li>Audina Berrocal, MD -Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>Robert Braunstein, MD &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>Scott Brodie, MD, PhD &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>Hilda Cap\u00f3, MD &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>Ralph C. Eagle Jr, MD &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>Luis Haddock, MD &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>John H. Kempen, MD, MPH, PhD, MHS &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>Miguel Mater\u00edn, MD &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>Faroche Melgen, MD &#8211; Rep\u00fablica Dominicana<\/li>\n<li>Miguel Mater\u00edn, MD &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>Asa Morton, MD &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>Paul Palmberg, MD &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>V\u00edctor P\u00e9rez, MD &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Schwartz, MD &#8211; Estados Unidos<\/li>\n<li>Jos\u00e9 Luis Tovilla Canales, MD &#8211; M\u00e9xico<\/li>\n<li>Vike Vicente, MD &#8211; Estados Unidos0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Facultad Local\/Local Faculty:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Armando Oliver, MD &#8211; Director del Departamento<\/li>\n<li>Ram\u00f3n R. 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