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Borja Corcostegui

Borja Corcostegui MD

Ophthalmology
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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Dr. Borja Corcostegui is a founding partner of the IMO and its medical director, holder of the IMO Chair at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), and president of the Scientific Council of the European School of Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology in Lugano, Switzerland.

He is a surgical specialist in retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, intraocular tumors, uveitis, retinal vascular disease, and diabetic macular edema.

He is involved in the development of instruments and techniques for vitreoretinal surgery and multi-center randomized studies for clinical and surgical trials of techniques in development and evolution.

He works on 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.
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