Born in 1950 in the region of Transylvania, Romania. He Graduated from the Hebrew University – Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, Israel in 1974. In 1985 he finished his residency in Ophthalmology, and in 1990 a fellowship in Neuro-Ophthalmology at the University of Michigan in Ann-Arbor, MI, USA. For the last twenty-five years is the head of the Neuro-Ophthalmology service at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel. In addition to his longstanding clinical work, he has collaborated internationally with several medical services in research studies, wrote few chapters in medical textbooks, co-authored almost forty articles published in the international medical literature, lectured in many Ophthalmological & Neuro-Ophthalmological conferences and organized tens of courses along the years in Neuro-Ophthalmology in various meetings.

Neuro-Ophthalmology

He is currently a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University. His research interest is mainly focused on the development of innovative technologies for imaging and treatment of eye diseases. His current research includes the technological development and application of Optical Photoacoustic Microscopy, Optical Coherence Tomography, and Multimodal Functional Imaging for the early diagnosis of age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma.

Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Wilson is a world expert on corneal wound healing and the functions of growth factors and receptors in the corneal wound healing. His recent work on corneal fibrosis and its relationship to defective epithelial basement membrane regeneration after injury, infection and surgery has provided groundbreaking insights into corneal scarring. Dr. Wilson has been corneal trustee for ARVO, the world’s largest vision research organization. He has received numerous awards including a Senior Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in 2004, Lans Distinguished Lecturer Award from ISRS-AAO in 2006, ARVO Gold Fellow in 2009, Lifetime Presidential Award from ISRS-AAO in 2009, the Jose Ignacio Barraquer Award from International Congress of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in 2010, and the Richard L. Lindstrom CLAO Award Lecture at ASCRS in 2013.

Corneal Research

Holhos Larisa Bianca is a 3rd year medical resident in Oradea, Romania and a teaching assistant at the Morphological Departement of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy from the same city.

Morphological Departement

Director of the center of training and visual therapy stereoptik, optometra and teacher in the institute of optometry san fernando in Lima peru international lecturer of Latin America, diploma in training and visual rehabilitation of the University of La Salle and diploma in contact lenses of La Salle University. more than 65 workshops conducted with the detection, prevention and treatment of amblyopia. 9 courses held in ecuador and argentina as a professional training center stereoptik more than 10 years doing visual therapy in an integral and multidisciplinary way.

visual therapy stereoptik

Giuliano Pires fellow ship in cornea, external diseases and refractive surgery at the Hospital Oftalmologico de Sorocaba, coordinator of the cornea sector of CLDO / CCO, Preceptor of the specialization course in ophthalmology of the Cearense Institute of Ophthalmology.

cornea sector of CLDO / CCO