Gerardo Garcia-Aguirre, MD
Oftalmología Médica Sur
Puente de Piedra 150, Torre 2-514
Toriello Guerra, Tlalpan
Mexico City, DF, 14050
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Macula Retina Consultores
Sur 132 #108 Consultorio 107
Mexico City, DF
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5215620469567 office
Professional Affiliations
Academic Appointments- Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico.
- Attending Physician, Retina Department, Hospital "Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes", Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Education and Training
- Retinal fellowship
- Asociacion para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
- Ophthalmology residency
- Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
- Medical School
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Biography
Dr. Garcia-Aguirre graduated with high honors in 2002 from the Tecnológico de Monterrey School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Mexico. Afterwards, he spent a year doing a research undergrad at the Association for the Prevention of Blindness in Mexico (Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México), where he would also earn his degree in Ophthalmology and Retina fellowship. After concluding his fellowship, he was appointed attending physician at the retina department in the same hospital, where he has been doing clinical, surgical, academic and research work up until this day. He has also been working in two of the most respected retina private practices in Mexico City ever since.
Dr. Garcia-Aguirre is author or coauthor of more than 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 30 book chapters, and editor of 4 books. He has been assistant editor for the Mexican Journal of Ophthalmology since 2017, and has been appointed National Investigator Level 1 by the Mexican Council of Science and Technology. He is certified by the Mexican Board of Ophthalmology, and is member of the Mexican Society of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the PanAmerican Association of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists and the Mexican Retina Association, among others. He has served in the board of the Mexican Retina Association as secretary, treasurer, and president.