Consultant in Ophthalmology.
Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Unit, Vissum (Miranza Group), Alicante, Spain.
Associate Professor in Ophthalmology.
Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
Jorge L. Alió del Barrio graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Specialized in Ophthalmology at the University Hospital of Ramón y Cajal (Madrid, 2009-2013), and he subspecialized in the area of Cornea, Cataract, Ocular Surface and Refractive Surgery after completing Fellowships at Guy`s and St Thomas’ Hospital (2013-2014, London, UK) and Moorfields Eye Hospital (2014-2015, London, UK).
PhD by the University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), he is currently working as a cornea, cataract, ocular surface and refractive surgery surgeon at Vissum (Miranza Group) in Alicante, Spain. He is also Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology in the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Miguel Hernández in Alicante.
More than 150 publications in prestigious peer reviewed journals (n=106) and international scientific books (n=67) support his research and scientific background. Graduated as “Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology-Specialist Diploma in Cataract and Refractive Surgery (FEBOS-CR)” from September 2018 and recently awarded (2022) by the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology with the “Premio Arruga” to the best CV of a Spanish ophthalmologists under 40 years of age. Declared as “Top reviewer” by the Journal of Refractive Surgery in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and finally declared as “Fellow of the World College of Refractive Surgeons & Visual Sciences” (FWCRS) from June 2023.