Biography

Luis Arias is the Head of the Retina Department of Ophthalmology at Bellvitge University Hospital in Barcelona. He did an observership at the Bacom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami. He is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Barcelona. His main areas of interest are age-related macular degeneration, pathologic myopia, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion, macular surgery and retinal detachment. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals such as Ophthalmology, Retina and British Journal of Ophthalmology. He has been the author of many chapters of books about maculopathies. Recently, he has been the editor of a handbook of retina and the editor of another book about an update of anti-VEGF therapy in chorioretinal disorders. He has served as principal investigator in many clinical trials evaluating photodynamic therapy and antiangiogenic drugs for the management of different macular diseases. He is in the Editorial Board of the journal “Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología” and Board Member of the SERV (Spanish Society of Retina and Vitreous).