OnDemand - Visiting Professor April 2022 - Featuring Maria Berrocal, MD [NON- CME]

Visiting Professor Lecture - April 2022 - Recorded April 5-6, 2022

Featuring Maria H. Berrocal, MD

Maria H. Berrocal, MD is the CEO of Drs. Berrocal & Associates in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and serves as Associate Professor at the University of Puerto Rico.

She received her medical degree from the University of Illinois, and continued her Ophthalmology training at the University of Puerto Rico, where she received the Best Surgeon Award. Dr. Berrocal received her surgical and medical retina training at the Dept. of Ophthalmology, New York Hospital at Cornell University, and then completed a medical retina fellowship under Dr. Donald Gass at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and was a Heed Fellow. 

She has received the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Senior Achievement Award, the American Society of Retina Specialists' Senior Honor Award, and has earned the Doctor's Choice award yearly since 2002. Over her career, Dr. Berrocal has been invited as a speaker and visiting surgeon to over 20 countries. 

Her affiliations include: Pan-American Vitreo-Retinal Society, where she served as president, Ophthalmological Society, Retina Society, American Society of Retina Specialists, American Academy of Ophthalmology, and Women in Ophthalmology. She has also served on the editorial board for Retina Today, Retina Physician, and the Egyptian Journal of Ophthalmology, and reviews for Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Surgery Laser and Imaging, European Journal of Ophthalmology, Retina, and the American Journal of Ophthalmology, among others.

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