International Centre for Ocular Physiopathology, The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation, Venice, Italy
Biography
Diego Ponzin is Medical Director and Corneal Consultant of the Veneto Eye Bank Foundation in Venice, Italy with a clinical interest in ocular surface and corneal diseases, cornea biology, storage, and selection for transplantation. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Padua, Italy, and his post-doctoral diploma in Ophthalmology at the University of Udine, Italy, and has been a Research Associate at the Department of the FIDIA Research Laboratories in Padua, and Expert for eye banking of the Consulta Nazionale Trapianti, Rome. He has received multiple international awards including an honorary Member of the Italian Society for Corneal Transplantation (2000).