IMO, Institute of Ocular Microsurgery (Spain)

Co-founder and medical director of IMO (institute of Ocular Microsurgery), professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and director of the Scientific Board at the European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO), Switzerland. Surgeon and ophthalmologist specialising in the retina: retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, AMD, intraocular tumours, uveitis, retinal vascular disease, diabetic macular pathology, floaters and flashes. He is involved in the development of instruments and techniques for vitreoretinal surgery and clinical and surgical research trials in breakthrough innovative projects of the future, such as the retina chip, research into retinitis pigmentosa and the development of new drugs for the treatment of eye diseases. He is a permanent member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia.