Dr. María Belisa Baldó

License number 68.153

Bachelor in Medicine from Universidad Central de Venezuela and specialized in Ophthalmology at Hospital José María Vargas de Caracas, Venezuela, Dr. María Belisa Baldó has specialized in retina and vitreous pathologies. She has practised as an ophthalmologist and surgeon in several medical centers in Venezuela and as a graudate and undergraduate teacher in several universities of the same country.

Languages

Spanish and English.

Education

• Bachelor in Medicine from Universidad Central de Venezuela, Escuela Luis Razzeti, Caracas.
• Internship in Opthalmology at Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.
• Graduate program in Ophthalmology from Hospital José María Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela.
• Specialization in Retina and Vitreous from Centro de Cirugía Oftalmológica CECOF, Caracas, Venezuela.

Currently

• Member of the Emergencies Department.

Medical associations

• Member of the Venezuelan Group of Retina, Vitreous and Tumors, of the Venezuelan Society of Ophthalmology (GVRT).
• International Member of the European Society of Retina and Vitreous (EURETINA).
• International Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
• International Member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).

Research

• Coauthor of the article “Case Report: Ocular Gnathostomiasis in Venezuela, most likely acquired in Texas” published in the Journal of Health and Environmental Research.
• Author of the article “Estudio biomorfológico en cultivo de fibroblastos obtenidos de pterigión primario y pterigión recidivante tratados con mitomicina C” published at Revista Oftalmológica Venezolana.
• Author of the article “Retinoblastoma. Reporte de la consulta de oncología oftalmológica del Hospital F. A. Rísquez”.
• Coauthor of the article “Cáncer de tiroides en pacientes jóvenes”, published at Revista Venezolana de Oncología.

Teaching

• Teacher and thesis consultant of graduate programs at Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela.
• Teacher of the basic course at the Venezuelan Society of Ophthalmology, Retina section.
• Teacher coordinator of Retina and vitreous at Instituto de Microcirugía Ocular de Caracas (IMOC).
• Teacher of Instrumentation for Nursing students at Centro Médico Docente la Trinidad, Caracas, Venezuela.

Additional information

• Over 25 years of experience in Ophthalmology, in the retina and vitreous specialization.
• Continued training through refresher courses.