Paraguayan Glaucoma Society

Contact information
Jose Sanchez-DiMartino
Asuncion
PARAGUAY
Tel.: +595 21 211630
Fax.: +595
E-mail: drjsd@hotmail.com
  

Board
Jose Sanchez-DiMartinoDirector
Efrain Serafini PolettiDirector
  

Organizational structure
Founding date (year) 1999
The society has statutes (bylaws) Yes
The statutes address financial accountability* No
* Is it clear how the flow of income and expense (including meetings) is and which officer or committee is responsible?  
The board members are elected
New members of the board are added by cooptation** Yes
** Cooptation means officers are appointed by the leadership without an election process involving the total membership  
The term of functioning for members of the board is 5 year(s)

Membership
The number of members of our society is approximately 60
Our society has an annual printed report Yes
Criteria for Membership
  1. Members must have had formal specialist training
    (i.e. established glaucoma fellowship training) in glaucoma
 No
  1. Members must have had informal specialist training (i.e. all forms of training outside established glaucoma fellowships) in glaucoma

    If not specialist / generalist ratio
 Yes
  1. Members have a manifest interest in glaucoma as shown by publications
 Yes
  1. Members have a manifest interest in glaucoma as shown by the percentage of glaucoma patients seen (or by other criteria)
 Yes
  1. Members have expressed interest in glaucoma
 Yes
  1. Everyone can be a member without further qualification
 No
  1. We use other criteria

Mission statement/goals
Academic development, clinical and surgical updates, seminars and meetings, translation (english to spanish), Not for economics issues.

Liaisons with other organizations
Liaisons with a general ophthalmological society Yes
Liaisons with other organizations No

Guidelines
Code of practice on society - Industry relationships available No
Society guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma available No
Using guidelines made by an other organization 0

Miscellaneous
Research foundation No
On-line discussion forum (e.g. AGS-net) No

Society program
The Society program*** contains: organizing glaucoma meetings Yes
*** Program = total of activities of the Glaucoma Society  
The Society program contains: form of publication No
The Society program contains: other initiatives
Current initiatives
Are society-sponsored fellowships or research grants available? No

Meeting
Meeting frequency 6-12 months
Time of year 3/2009-8/2009
Meeting attendance
  • No. of foreign delegates
  • No. of local delegates
 50-60
The ratio of glaucoma specialists to generalists that attend the meeting is Yes
The meeting has oral paper sessions Yes
The meeting has poster sessions No
The meeting has discussion sessions Yes
Presentation / discussion time ratio
Presentations are on original research Yes
Presentations are updates / reviews Yes
Presentations are both original research and updates / reviews 1:5
The meetings are mono – sponsored Yes
The meetings are multi -  sponsored Yes
Financial benefits from the meeting go to the Society No
Financial benefits from the meeting go to individuals No
Financial benefits from the meeting go to others meetings are FREE for attendees

Glaucoma Patient Organizations
Our country has a Glaucoma Patient Organization 0 Working on a Patient Association
Additional remarks The Glaucoma Society is only for academic purposes with no financial interest on groups or industry, members do not have financial or personal issues with industry. All meetings are free since we are a development country. The logo I will send when I get it in the near future, as well as the membership list.