Andrzej Grzybowski - OCT and Imaging in Central Nervous System Diseases: The Eye as a Window to the Brain

MD, PhD, MBA, is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland, and Head of the Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Foundation for Ophthalmology Development, Poznan, Poland.

He is active in international scientific societies including EURETINA (Co-opted Board Member 20162018); Retina Society, AAO (International Fellow and Member of the Global ONE Advisory Board and Museum of Visions Programme Committee); EVER (Board Member and Chair of Cataract Section); ESCRS (Curator of ESCRS Archive); ISRS (Member of the ISRS International Council); ISBCS, International Council of Ophthalmology (Programme Coordinator for the WCO in 20112018); and Cogan Society. He became Lifelong Member (Chair LIV) of the European Academy of Ophthalmology ( http://www.eao.eu ) and its Treasurer. He has been active contributor to major ophthalmic conferences worldwide, including AAO (Achievement Award 2017, International Scholar Award 2018), APAO (International Coordinator 2017, Achievement Award 2018), WCO (Programme Coordinator 20102018), EURETINA, ESCRS, EVER, ISOPT, etc.

He has been active Editor, Editor in Chief, and Author of more than 450 peer-reviewed international publications (total IF higher than 1000) and over 50 book chapters and Reviewer for more than 20 journals. He is a Member of editorial boards ofAmerican Journal of Ophthalmology(IF 4.795),Acta Ophthalmologica(IF 3.157),PLOS One(IF 2.806),Graefes Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology(IF 2.349),Translational Vision Science & Technology(TVST, IF 2.221),BMC Ophthalmology(IF 1.586),Clinics in Dermatology(IF 2.253),Clinical Medicine(IF 5.8),Frontiers in Neurology(IF 3.5),Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology(IF 0.2),Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology, andAsia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmologyand Editor in Chief ofArchives of History and Philosophy of MedicineandHistoria Ophthalmologica Internationalis( www.histoph.com ).

received his undergraduate degree from the University of Bologna in 1986 and his medical and surgical training from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1990. Since then, he has been working in private practice and appointed Professor at the Department of Neurological Science of Bologna University from 2007 to 2011. Currently, he is Consultant Neuro-ophthalmologist at Scientific Institute San Raffaele, University of Milan, since 2012. He is also devoted to the study of hereditary optic neuropathies, for which he collaborates with several university-based centres (Bologna, London, Los Angeles, Tubingen, So Paulo). This project includes the international research project on Lebers hereditary optic neuropathy in Brazil. He is also Sub-investigator in many clinical trials. He has authored more than 80 papers on international peer-reviewed journals and several books.