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Guillermo Rocha, M.D., FRCSC
He received his Ophthalmology training from McGill University in Montreal, where he was appointed Chief Resident. Dr. Rocha has been involved in numerous publications, including the publication of a book on Advances in Refractive and Corneal Surgery. He has over 60 published citations including book chapters, major topic reviews, medical journal articles and abstracts of studies presented in international meetings. Dr. Rocha has also been the Associate Editor and Cornea Section Editor for the international journal Techniques in Ophthalmology, past Editor-in-Chief of Online Clinical Communications for Ophthalmologists and co-Editor of two books, Advances in Refractive and Corneal Surgery and Surgical Correction of Astigmatism. He is currently the Canadian delegate for the Keratomileusis Study Group and the coordinator of the Canadian BioMask Study Group, the goal of which is to test new procedures for the correction of complications from ocular surgery. Dr. Rocha feels that with the technological advances, surgical vision correction is now a real option to be considered by those who would like to decrease their dependence on glasses or contact lenses. Different laser eye surgery techniques exist, and both surgeon and patient must decide which technique is best in a given case. Dr. Rocha’s philosophy is that surgical vision correction should be approached in a professional, unhurried fashion, so that quality can prevail, and optimum results can be obtained. Dr. Rocha is originally from Mexico City, where he obtained his MD from the Universidad Anahuac Medical School. He completed an internship at the American British Cowdray Hospital, after which he spent a year learning microsurgical techniques in the arena of microvascular surgery. He has completed two Fellowships, one in ocular Immunology and Inflammation (McGill University), a subsequent one in Cornea, External Diseases and Refractive Surgery at the University of South Florida, in Tampa. During this year he worked with two of the principal investigators for the Intra-Corneal Ring Segments (INTACS). He returned to Mexico in 1996, where he coordinated courses in corneal topographic analysis and refractive surgery, and developed personal nomograms in vision correction. From his work in the United States, Mexico and Canada, Dr. Rocha has appreciated the evolution of refractive surgery by learning from numerous mentors. He has had exposure to:
Recently, he has become involved with the INTACS, and has written on the use of phakic intraocular lenses. For more information please visit Dr. Rocha's website at www.grmc.ca |
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Guillermo Rocha, M.D., FRCSC has been intensely involved in both basic and clinical research, in the areas of corneal wound healing, refractive surgery, ocular immunology and corneal graft rejection. He has presented his work on refractive and therapeutic excimer laser surgery, LASIK, Holmium Laser Thermokeratoplasty and correction of astigmatism and numerous meetings. In 1995, he was awarded the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation & Medial research Council of Canada Resident Research Award for his work on the causative factors of ocular inflammation. 