Puerto Rican Glaucoma Society

Contact information
Ramón R. Berríos MD
PO Box 1036

00970-1036 Guaynabo
PUERTO RICO
Tel.: +1-787 706 4334
Fax.: +1 787 749 0993
E-mail: rrberrios@onelinkpr.net
Web site: http://N/A
  

Board
no information available  

Organizational structure
Founding date (year) 2000
The society has statutes (bylaws) Yes
The statutes address financial accountability* Yes
* 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 Membership
New members of the board are added by cooptation** No
** 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 2 year(s)

Membership
The number of members of our society is approximately 13
Our society has an annual printed report No
Criteria for Membership
  1. Members must have had formal specialist training
    (i.e. established glaucoma fellowship training) in glaucoma
 Yes
  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
 No
  1. Members have a manifest interest in glaucoma as shown by publications
 No
  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
 Yes

Mission statement/goals
The Puerto Rican Glaucoma Society will help to maintain and improve the quality of care for glaucoma patients through the exchange of scientific and medical knowledge of this condition among its members. In addition, the Society will provide an environment that supports the ethical and moral values, aiming to promote the academic and professional excellence of its members

Liaisons with other organizations
Liaisons with a general ophthalmological society Yes
Liaisons with other organizations Yes

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 1

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

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 Yes
Current initiatives Helping in the improvement of the education regarding glaucoma.
Are society-sponsored fellowships or research grants available? No

Meeting
Meeting frequency Quarterly
Time of year
Meeting attendance
  • No. of foreign delegates
 No
  • No. of local delegates
 14
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 Yes, 1:1
The meetings are mono – sponsored Yes
The meetings are multi -  sponsored No
Financial benefits from the meeting go to the Society Yes
Financial benefits from the meeting go to individuals No
Financial benefits from the meeting go to others No

Glaucoma Patient Organizations
Our country has a Glaucoma Patient Organization 0
Additional remarks