PHYSICIAN CEO 2019_1.2_Participant Directory

Fernando Faria Correia, MD, PhD graduated in Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto in 2007.

Between 2009 and 2012 he held the specific training internship in Ophthalmology at the Hospital Center São João do Porto.

During the year of 2012 he conducted fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at the Institute of Eyes Renato Ambrósio

and VisareRio in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), under the guidance of Prof. Doctor Renato Ambrósio Jr.. In 2013 he joined the

fellowship in cataract and refractive surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, South

Carolina, USA, under the guidance of Dr. George O. Waring IV.

Since 2012, Dr. Faria Correia is part of the team of researchers from the Group of Studies of Tomography and Biomechanics

of the Cornea of Rio de Janeiro. The works performed by this group in the area of keratoconus and refractive surgery are

internationally recognized. He has published several publications as an author and co-author in international ophthalmology

journals, having also collaborated in several books on keratoconus and refractive surgery. He is also a reviewer of several

scientific publications, such as the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, the Journal of Refractive Surgery,

and the European Journal of Ophthalmology. It counts more than 100 participations in works presented in national and

international congresses, through oral communications, posters and videos. He has integrated courses of instruction in

national and international congresses, namely in the area of keratoconus and refractive surgery.

Dr. Faria Correia currently performs his function as an ophthalmologist at the Instituto CUF - Porto, Oftalconde, Hospital

Terra Quente and Clínica Oftalmológica Dr. Horácio Correia. He is also a member of the ophthalmology department of the

Hospital de Braga. He is also an advisor for medical students at the School of Health Sciences at the University of Minho.

Dr. Faria Correia is also a member of several national and international societies, through which he remains up-to-date in

terms of scientific knowledge:

Portuguese Society of Ophthalmology (SPO)

American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)

International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)

European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)

Brazilian Society of Refractive Surgery (SBCR)

Spanish Society of Ocular Surgery Refractive Implant (SECOIR)