爱德华多C. 阿方索,M.D., is director of the 巴斯科姆·帕尔默眼科研究所, 眼科主任, 凯瑟琳和斯坦利J. Glaser Chair at the University of Miami 米勒医学院. 医生, 外科医生, 教授, 研究员, 和管理员, he is known for his clinical and research expertise in eye diseases, 角膜手术, 眼微生物学, 以及医疗保健方面的管理技能.
他出生于古巴. 阿方索在波多黎各长大. 他获得了学士学位 (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) 耶鲁大学医学学位. He completed his residency in ophthalmology at the 巴斯科姆·帕尔默眼科研究所. This was followed by 研究员hips in clinical and surgical cornea at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 在David G. Cogan Eye Pathology Laboratory, and research at the Howe Laboratory, all of Harvard University. Dr. Alfonso joined the 巴斯科姆·帕尔默眼科研究所 University of Miami faculty in 1986 as assistant 教授 and became a tenured 教授 and Edward W.D. 1998年诺顿杰出主席.
自2007年以来,. Alfonso has served as the leader of the 巴斯科姆·帕尔默眼科研究所. He oversees the clinical, educational, and research programs. He is the medical director of its clinical facilities which include the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, 安妮·贝茨·利奇眼科中心, 杰克逊纪念医院和健康系统, 退伍军人管理局医院, and Bascom Palmer’s outpatient facilities in Palm Beach Gardens, 种植园, 那不勒斯, 和珊瑚山墙, 佛罗里达. The Institute’s medical education program trains ophthalmology residents, 研究员, 研究人员, 医学院学生和临床观察员. The continuing education program has over 1,500 yearly attendees. 研究 accounts for more than 25 million dollars a year in clinical and laboratory research programs. 自 U.S. 新闻 & 世界报道 全国排名始于1990年, 巴斯科姆·帕尔默眼科研究所 has been named as one of the top two eye hospitals in the country, achieving the #1 position each year for the past 21 years. The Institute has also repeatedly received the top eye hospital ranking and the top clinical care program ranking by 眼科学时报; and the ophthalmology residency program is continually recognized as the best in the country by Doximity.com.
Dr. Alfonso is an internationally known clinical and research expert on cornea and ocular infectious diseases. 他擅长角膜移植, 演出超过1场,000例成人和儿童手术. He has developed the surgical and clinical applications of keratoprosthesis, an artificial cornea. The 国家眼科研究所, foundations, and philanthropy have funded this research. He has delivered more than 25 named honor lectures, has been an invited lecturer in over 200 national and international meetings, serves on the editorial boards of ophthalmology journals, and authored more than 300 scientific publications. 自1985年以来, he has been certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and voluntarily re-certified in 2015.
Dr. 阿方索获得了无数奖项, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Honor Award, 高级成就奖, 终身成就奖, 及特别嘉许奖. He has been honored with the Pan American Ophthalmological Foundation Ambassador for 教育 Award, and received the Heed-Gutman Award from the Society of Heed Fellows. 南佛罗里达商业 presented him with the CEO of the Year Award and named him one of the 100 most influential leaders in South 佛罗里达. He was honored with the 佛罗里达眼科学会 领导 Award, and the Medical Faculty Award by ORBIS International. Dr. Alfonso was inducted into the American Ophthalmological Society, 迈阿密大学铁箭协会, 国际眼科学会, α α α, Phi Beta Kappa和圣约翰勋章. 佛罗里达的趋势 has included him in their list of most influential leaders each year since 2018. 他已被列入 美国最好的医生 自1994年以来, 美国顶尖的医生 自2000年起被康诺利城堡命名为 的眼科医生 2014年权力榜单, 2016, 2018, 2022, 和2023年, which names the world’s 100 most influential people in ophthalmology.
He has served as director and president of the Miami Ophthalmological Society, 巴斯科姆·帕尔默眼科研究所 校友 Association, Sociedad Iberoamericana de Cornea y Cirugia Refractiva, 古巴眼科学会流亡, 眼科研究基金会, 眼部微生物学与免疫学组, Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, 希德眼科基金会, 和泛美眼科协会. He has served or serves on the board of directors of the Society of Heed Fellows, 角膜的社会, 国际眼科理事会, 眼科学基础, 佛罗里达眼科学会, and the National Alliance for Eye and Vision 研究 and the Alliance for Eye and Vision 研究. Dr. Alfonso founded the Cornea and External Disease Academic Society in 1988. He has served as vice chair of the University of Miami Medical Group, 章程委员会及财务委员会主席, and vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital. He has served on several search committees at the University of Miami and/or the University of Miami 米勒医学院 including those identifying and recommending applicants for Provost and Executive Vice 总统 (chair), 总统, 还有很多系主任, as well as serving on the search committee for the Deputy Director of the 国家眼科研究所. Dr. Alfonso has also served on scientific boards for industry, 国家眼科研究所, 希望之光, 美国防盲协会, 爱尔康研究院, 以及预防失明研究. 他是卫生部长任命的 & Human Services to serve on the National Institute of Health’s National Advisory Eye Council, a prestigious panel of leading scientists that advises the 国家眼科研究所.
Dr. Alfonso and his wife, Molly, live in Key Biscayne, 佛罗里达. They have three children, two sons-in-law, and five grandchildren. They enjoy the outdoors, exercise, boating and travel.