MARIO DE LA TORRE ESTREMADOYRO Prof. Dr. med.
Medical Director: DLT Ophthalmological Diagnostic Center Peru
Former head of the Department of Ultrasound and Radiology at the National Institute of Ophthalmology, Lima, Peru,
MEDICAL TRAINING
Postgraduate OCULAR ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND GLAUCOMA: Bayerische-Julius Maximilians Universitäts, Würzburg, Germany. April 1991 - March 1993
RESIDENT IN OPHTHALMOLOGY: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
Lima, July 1987 - June 1990.
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. San Fernando School of Medicine. Lima. 1977 - 1986.
PERUVIAN SOCIETY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP: Duke University Eye Center, North Carolina, United States. Durham, September - October 1990
ACADEMIC DEGREES
DOCTORATE IN MEDICINE AND POSTGRADUATE COURSE OCULAR ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND GLAUCOMA: Bayerische-Julius Maximilians Universitäts, Würzburg, Germany. April 1991 - March 1993, Revalidated at the UNMSM in May 2010
Re-certification in Medicine, specialty Ophthalmology: Medical College of Peru, Lima October 2021 to 2026
Habilitation as Principal Professor (December 2018), Faculty of Medicine of San Fernando, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima,
Associate Professor Habilitation, (February 2013)
Qualification as Ordinary Professor of Ophthalmology by public competition, (March 2009), Qualification as Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology (April 2002)
President of the Latin American Center for Ocular Ultrasound. August 2017 to 2025
Secretary General of the International Society of Ocular Ultrasound SIDUO, December 2008 to 2022
President of the International Society of Ocular Ultrasound SIDUO, since November 2022
Member of the Executive Board of the International Society of Ocular Ultrasound SIDUO, from September 2002 to the present
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL AWARDS
Pan American Ophthalmic Society (PAAO) and Internacional Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) AWARD / Francisco Contreras Award for the Prevention of Blindness 2025. Bogota, May 2025.
International Education Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology , San Francisco 2019
Recognition in merit for the contribution in the development of Ultrasound in Mexico, Mexican Society of Ophthalmology, Mérida Yucatán 2001
National Award for Research in Ophthalmology, Topic: "Lacunar Limbectomy, New Surgical Technique in Glaucoma" Lima, 1998
Akorn Award for the best paper in the Panel modality, XVII Peruvian Congress of Ophthalmology 1998. Topic: Toxocariasis
Hersil Award 1998, Honorable Mention, third best Scientific-Surgical work, Peruvian Academy of Surgery
