Dr. Rafael Navarro IMO Instituto de Microcirugía Ocular

Dr. Rafael Navarro

Retina

Retina Specialist. Instituto de Microcirugía Ocular. Barcelona. Spain.

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Spain.

Professor of the European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO).

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Curriculum
Affiliations
Publications
Courses and Congresses

Education

Rafael Navarro obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and General Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1990.

Later, he held a residency position in the Ophthalmology Department at the Autonomous University of Barcelona’s Valle de Hebrón Hospital under the supervision of Dr Corcóstegui.

Speciality

His area of specialisation and research is macular diseases, with special interest in macular degeneration associated with age, hereditary retinal dystrophies and diabetic retinopathy; he has been involved in numerous international multicentric clinical trials on these topics.

Professional experience

He has been an attending physician in the Ophthalmology Department at Barcelona’s Juan XXIII Hospital.

Attending Physician in the Vitreoretinal Department at Barcelona’s San Pablo Hospital and Clinical Hospital.

He was incorporated into the Ocular Microsurgery Institute’s Vitreoretinal Department in 2000.

Teaching

He has been an associate professor of Ophthalmology at the Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona.

Research

Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

Euretina

Spanish society of Ophthalmology

Spanish Vitreoretinal society

Candidate for Club Gonin membership

His most recent published international articles

Navarro R., Gris O., Broc L., Corcostegui B., “Bilateral giant retinal tear following posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens implantation”. Journal of Refractive Surgery. May-jun; 21(3): 298-300.2005.

Navarro R., Mateo C., Corcóstegui B., Baiget M., Bernal S.R., “Choroidal Neovascularization associated with Goldmann-Favresyndrome”. Retinal cases&brief reports. 2007.

Navarro R., Cassarol R., Mateo C., Gris O., Adan A., Corcóstegui B., “Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Alport Syndrome”. Retinal cases & brief reports. 2007.

Valverde D., Riveiro-Alvarez R., Bernal S., Jaakson K., Baiget M., Navarro R., Ayuso C., ”Microarray-based mutation analysis of the ABCA4 gene in Spanish patients with Stargardt disease: evidence of a prevalent mutated allele”. Mol Vis 2006, Aug11,12:9028.

Adan A., Casaroli-Marano R.P., Gris O., Navarro R., Bitrian E., Pelegrin L., Sanchez- Dalmau B. “Pathological findings in the lens capsules and intraocular lens in chronic pseudophakic endophthalmitis: an electron microscopy study”. Eye. 2006.

A. Adán, M. Solé, B. Corcostegui, R. Navarro and A. Burés. “Cytological vitreous findings in apatient with infantile neurological cutaneous and articular (CINCA) syndrome”: British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2007. 91;121-122

Most recent international papers

“Evaluation and treatment guidelines in the management of retinal vein occlusions”. 14th Congress of the European Society of Ophthalmology. Madrid. June 2003.

“Hereditary retinoschisis: management of complications”. Euretina. Barcelona. May 2005.

Navarro, Rafael. Lens surgery in myopia: a vitreoretinal specialist´s view. XXVII Congress of the ESCRS. Barcelona, Spain. September 2009.

Navarro, Rafael. Diabetic Macular Edema: Management. Vº Simposio Internacional DE Vitreo retina. Rosario, Argentina. September 2009.

Navarro, Rafael. Choroidal Neovascularization. Vº Simposio Internacional DE Vitreo retina. Rosario, Argentina. September 2009.

Navarro, Rafael. Autofluorescence. Vº Simposio Internacional DE Vitreo retina. Rosario, Argentina. September 2009.

Navarro, Rafael. New and Future diagnostic tools for retinal diseases: Fundus autofluorescence. Euretina congress. Paris, France. September 2010.

Navarro, Rafael. Management of CNV secondary to angioid streaks. AMD and Retina Congress 2010. Lugano, Switzerland. October 2010.

Navarro, Rafael. Autofluorescense in inherited retinal dystrophies. Congress of the Spanish Society of retina and Vitreous. Madrid, Spain. March 2009.