- TFOS global ambassadors and international chapter affiliate
Spain
Jose Benitez-del-Castillo
José Benítez-del-Castillo is the Director of the Ocular Surface and Inflammation Unit at the Hospital Universitario San Carlos de Madrid, and is Full Professor and Chairman of the Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology, University of Complutense, Madrid. He is a member of The Spanish Society of Ophthalmology Board of Directors, Vice President of the Spanish Society of Ocular Surface and Cornea, Vice President of the Spanish Society of Ocular Inflammation and Uveitis, Publications Director of the Spanish Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and General Secretary of the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology. For the last 8 years Professor Benítez-del-Castillo has been Editor of the Spanish Journal of Ophthalmology (Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología), as well as part of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Optometry and The Turkish and Polish Journal of Ophthalmology since 2009, and is Associate Editor of Ophthalmic Research. He has published more than 250 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and is a reviewer for nine scientific journals, including Ophthalmology and The Lancet, and has carried out over 450 oral or poster presentations at international congresses including ARVO, Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS), EVER and the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Benítez-del-Castillo was part of the TFOS Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Workshop and the TFOS Dry Eye Workshop II (Management and Treatment Subcommittee).
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