Guillermo Rocha

MD, FRCSC, FACS

Dr. Guillermo Rocha is originally from Mexico City, Mexico. He obtained his Medical Degree at the Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City, followed by a research fellowship in Microvascular Surgery (Mexico City and Houston, Texas). He trained in Ophthalmology at McGill University in Montreal and has completed subspecialty training in Ocular Immunology and Inflammation (McGill University) and Cornea and External Diseases (University of South Florida, Tampa). He completed the Physician CEO Executive Program at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois in 2016. He is Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Manitoba, President of the COS Foundation, Past President of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (2016-2018), past President of the Canadian Cornea, External Diseases and Refractive Surgery Society, and former Head of the Department of Surgery at the Brandon Regional Health Centre (2004-2009). He is past Associate Editor and Cornea Section Editor for the international journal Techniques in Ophthalmology and co-Editor of four books, "Advanced Technology IOLs in Cataract Surgery: Pearls for Success," "Bringing you the Future in Ophthalmology," "Advances in Refractive and Corneal Surgery" and "Surgical Correction of Astigmatism." In the Canadian Ophthalmological Society, he is a past Board Member and past Chair of the Council on Continuing Professional Development. In 1995, he was awarded the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation & Medical Research Council of Canada Resident Research Award for his work on the causative factors of ocular inflammation. Dr. Rocha received two Best Paper of Session awards at the 2001 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) meeting in San Diego, CA, and was the recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba iCare Award for 2014.