KMSG History

The Keratomileusis Study Group (KMSG) was founded in 1993, by Jairo E. Hoyos M.D.(Spain), and Enrique Ariza M.D. (Mexico).

It's objective was to meet people who were convinced of the worth of the Keratomileusis technology developed and initiated by Prof. José Ignacio Barraquer since 1962 and convinced of its importance in the development of Refractive Surgery.

In order to honor Prof. J.I. Barraquer and at the same time, seek his direction, Prof. J.I. Barraquer was called to take part in the group as a life long President, a position which he was pleased to accept.

In January of 1996 the KMSG society, was created as a non-profit foundationwith a legal structure and regulatory policies.

KMSG Chart

Honorary President:
Prof. José I. Barraquer

KMSG President:
Jairo E. Hoyos, MD

KMSG Vice President:
Enrique Ariza, MD



KMSG INTERNATIONAL BOARD

Scientific Coordinator:
George W. Rozakis, MD

Congress Committee:
Eduardo Arenas, MD (Colombia)
Guillermo Avalos, MD (México)
Carmen Barraquer, MD (Colombia)
Jairo E. Hoyos, MD (Spain)
George W. Rozakis, MD (USA)
Enrique Suarez, MD (Venezuela)
José M. Varas, MD (Equador)

Argentina:
Arturo Maldonado Bas, Prof.
Oscar D. Ghilino, MD
Roberto Albertazzi, MD

Australia:
Rodney Westmore, MD

Brazil:
Ednei G. Do Nascimento, MD
Ruy Cunha, MD

Canada:
Guillermo Rocha, MD

Chile:
Miguel Srur, MD
Rene Moreno, MD

Colombia:
Angel Mª Gutierrez, MD
Carmen Barraquer, MD
Eduardo Arenas, MD

Ecuador:
José M. Varas, MD

Egypt:
Ibrahim Osama, MD

France:
Raymond de Saint Martin, MD

Germany:
Alice Hanzdzel, MD
Klaus Ditzen, MD

Greece:
Ioannis Pallikaris, MD

India:
Amar Agarwal, MD
Sunita Agarwal, MD
Vivek Kadambi, MD

Israel:
Isaac Lipshitz, MD

Italy:
Leopoldo Spadea, MD
Lucio Buratto, MD
Pietro Giardini, MD
Prof. Marco Nardi, MD

Japan:
Toru Sugita, MD

Korea:
Kim Woo Jung, MD

Lebanon:
Mohieddine Sabeh, MD

México:
Guillermo Avalos, MD

Norway:
A. Stojanovic, MD

Portugal:
Antonio Marinho, MD

Russia:
Dimitrii Demmentiev, MD

Saudi Arabia:
H. Soliman, MD

Singapore:
Jerry Tan, MD

South Africa:
Potsieter, Frik J.

Spain:
Alfredo Amigo, MD
Enrique Aramendia, MD
Jairo E. Hoyos, MD
Maite Iradier, MD

Taiwan:
Te-Tsa Chen, MD

Tunisia:
Khaled Ben Amor, MD
Salah Mahjoub, MD

Turkey:
Mahmut Kaskaloglu, MD

UAE:
El Danasoury M. A., MD

USA:
Frederic Kremer, MD
George Rozakis, MD
James Rowsey, MD
Olivia Serdarevic, MD

Venezuela:
Enrique Suarez, MD
Felix Perez, MD