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OFFICE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE • KAWASAKI Aki • ZEYEN Thierry CellBiology • KNOP Nadja • ASOKLIS Rimvydas • Retina/ Vitreous POURNARAS Constantin History Paediatric / Strabismology/ Anatomy / EastEurope Neuro- Glaucoma ophthalmology /
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE Microbiology • Immunology/ DICK Andrew OcularSurface • KESTELYN Philippe • WEGENER Alfred Oncology • DESJARDINS Laurence Cornea/ LensandCataract Pathology / BOARD MEMBERS 2012 • PALLIKARIS Ioannis Greece, Crete Epidemiology Genetics/ Biology/ • LEROY Bart Vision Sciences Optics, Physiological • SPILEERS Werner Pharmacology Biochemistry/ • GARHÖFER Gerhard Molecular Electrophysiology, Physiology/
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