Gustavo E. Tamayo, M.D. Medical Advisory Board Member

Dr. Gustavo E. Tamayo, Director of the Bogotá Laser Refractive Institute in Bogotá, Colombia, is a leader in the field of refractive surgery, especially in the treatment of presbyopia. He holds several patents for the treatment of presbyopia and irregular astigmatism as well as for phacoemulsification surgical procedures.

Dr. Tamayo has also authored more than 100 medical journal articles, 11 book chapters and has lectured all over the world at medical universities, hospitals and conferences.

In addition, he was the first surgeon to perform a Contoured Ablation Patterns (CAP) Method treatment for irregular astigmatism, which has enabled doctors to perform such surgeries more quickly and easily, and he was also the first surgeon to treat a wave-front guided ablation in a human eye.

Dr. Tamayo has completed fellowships at the Fundación Oftalmológica Argentina, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, the University of Waterloo, Canada, and also at Duke University.

Dr. Tamayo is member of several medical associations, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, The Cornea Society, and both the American and European Societies of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Refractive Surgery and serves on the board of the Italian Refractive Surgery Society, as well as a reviewer of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Journal of Refractive Surgery and Middle East Africa Council of Ophthalmology Journal.

He received his medical degree from National University of Bogotá, Colombia and his Ophthalmology degree from Rosario University in Bogotá, Colombia.

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