José Luis Menezo awarded Peter Eustace Medal at European Board of Ophthalmology Diploma (EBOD) awards ceremony

[caption id="attachment_6732" align="alignnone" width="750"] Jose Luis Menezo receives the Peter Eustace Medal from Peter Ringens[/caption] The renowned Spanish ophthalmologist José Luis Menezo MD, PhD, FEBO was honoured at the EBOD awards ceremony as the recipient of the Peter Eustace Medal for his contribution to ophthalmic education in Europe. “As an educator, innovator, teacher, academic and ophthalmologist, José Menezo is a very deserving recipient of this prestigious medal. Reading his long list of accomplishments really brought home to me how little those of us in northern European countries sometimes know about what is going on in regions where we do not speak the language,” said Peter J Ringens MD, PhD, FEBO, president of the European Board of Ophthalmology. He noted that Prof Menezo, founder and past president of the ‘Sociedad Española Cirugia Ocular Implanto-Refractiva’ (SECOIR), and Professor of Ophthalmology at Valencia University from 1989 to 2006, is a member of numerous international societies, and an active participant in the annual EBOD examinations. Among his many achievements, Prof Menezo was one of the first to introduce intraocular lenses into Spanish clinical practice and he is credited with designing a number of surgical instruments including the Acarus Lens. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and served on the editorial board of a number of prestigious journals. The Menezo Medal, awarded to prominent young ophthalmologists, was also established in his honour by SECOIR. Prof Menezo has published 14 books and monographs. He has also served as Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Valencia University, from 1988-1989. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Barcelona in 1963, and also served as Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at University Eye Clinic, Barcelona. Prof Menezo said that he was very honoured and proud to have been appointed as the recipient of the prestigious Peter Eustace Medal and said that the EBO held a special place in his heart. “I feel extremely proud to have contributed my two cents to the construction and development of the EBO. It is a great honour for me to have been involved in the cause of ophthalmic education over so many years, but I am utterly aware that there is still much work left to be done in this construction of a European project,” he said. José Luis Menezo: joseluis.menezo@gmail.com