enVISION Fall 2011 - UC Davis Health System

Mannis Elected President of the Pan-American Association of
Ophthalmology
Mark J. Mannis, M.D., Professor of
Ophthalmology and Chair of the UC Davis
Eye Center, was elected President of the Pan-
American Association of Ophthalmology
(PAAO) on July 6, 2011, at its biannual Congress
in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Long involved with
the Association as an active participant in its
educational and professional activities and
Board officer, Dr. Mannis succeeded Cristián
Luco, M.D. (Chile) and will serve a two-year
term culminating in the Association’s next
conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2013.
The Pan-American Association of
Ophthalmology is a non-profit organization
founded in 1939. The mission of the PAAO is
continuing education for ophthalmologists,
Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology
prevention of blindness, and promotion
of scientific and cultural exchange among
ophthalmologists of the Western Hemisphere
and beyond. With members in more than
35 countries, the PAAO provides a forum for
professionals from all over the world to gather
and focus on ways to standardize and advance
ophthalmic knowledge and skills for the
improvement of patient care.
Dr. Mannis is pictured on the dais with the
Association Executive Committee delivering
his inauguration speech at the PAAO Congress
in Buenos Aires.
Fall/Winter 2011 www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/eyecenter | 29 |