Jorge Alio#
| Membership Number: | 7613 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.doctorjorgealio.com |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-8082-1751 |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 2016-present Director of the online university course “Clinical Methodology in Refractive, Cataract and Corneal Surgery”, from the Miguel Hernandez University. Spain
- 1997-2024 Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology, Department of Pathology and Surgery, Miguel Hernandez University. Alicante, Spain
- 2024 - present Honorary Researcher, Miguel Hernandez University. Alicante, Spain
- 1995 - 2004 Founder and Medical Director of the Instituto Oftalmologico de Alicante, Spain
- 2004 - 2019 Founder and President of Vissum Corporation, Alicante, Spain
- 2019 - present Anterior segment surgeon and Scientific Director of Vissum Miranza Alicante, Spain
- 1995 - present Founder and honorary President Fundacion Jorge Alio for the prevention of Blindness
- 2007 - present Creator and founder the ophthalmology centre “Noaudhibou Mauritania Visión” (inaugurated in 2016). Mauritania.
- 1995 - present Director of Alicante Refractiva Internacional (ARI), Spain
- 1987 - 1997 Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology, Department of Pathology and Surgery, Alicante University. Spain
Fields of Scholarship
- Cornea
- Cataract surgery
- Refractive surgery
- Phakic intraocular lenses
- Corneal regeneration
- Toric IOLs
- Accommodative IOLs
- Keratoconus
- Ocular surface
- Multifocal IOLs
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Miguel Hernandez University Award for Excellence in International Research 2023 and 2024 for being ranked in the world’s top 2% of scientists, as published by Elsevier (August 2024)
- 2024 British Society of Refractive Surgery (BSRS). Charles McGhee Medal, June 2024, Oxford, UK
- 2023 Premio Castroviejo de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia a la Trayectoria Profesional
- 2023 IIIC Medal, ESCRS Vienna, Sept 2023
- 2023 Binkhorst Medal Lecture ESCRS Vienna, Sept 2023
- 2023 Gold Medal of the Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society of India (IIRSI), January 2023, Winter IIRSI Conference in Amritsar, Punjab, India
- 2022 Innovation Award, Videocatarattarefrattiva, Milan, October 2022
- 2019 ‘Importantes’ Award from the Journal “Informacion” de Alicante in recognition of being a Worldwide figure in Research and Ocular Surgery, February 2019, Alicante
- 2018 Life Achievement Honor Award, AAO, May 2018
- 2016 AECOS-Award 2016. American- European Congress of Ophthalmic Surgery
- 2016 Achievement Award 2016. Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, APAO
- 2015 Presidential Award of the ISRS/AAO
- 2015 Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of the Comunidad Valenciana (RAMCV), Spain
- 2014 Gold Medal of the International Ocular Inflammation Society (IOIS), Valencia
- 2012 Boberg Ans Award Lecture. Danish Ophthalmological Society
- 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award. ISRS/AAO Congress, Chicago
- 2009 ISRS/AAO José Barraquer Lecture and Award, Congress of the AAO/ISRS, San Francisco (USA), Oct 2009
- 2008 Senior Achievement Award, AAO
- 2003 Charles Kelman Award. Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery (HSIOIRS). Athens, Greece
- 2002 Achievement Award. American Academy of Ophthalmology
- 1990 Arruga Award of the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology (SEO)
