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Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC is originally from Mexico City, Mexico. He obtained his Medical Degree at the Universidad

Anahuac in Mexico City, followed by a research fellowship in Microvascular Surgery (Mexico City and Houston, TX). He

trained in Ophthalmology at McGill University in Montreal and has completed subspecialty training in Ocular Immunology

and Inflammation (McGill University), and Cornea and External Diseases (University of South Florida, Tampa).

Dr Rocha is currently President Elect of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society, past President of the Canadian Cornea,

External Diseases and Refractive Surgery Society, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of

Manitoba, and past Head of the Department of Surgery at the Brandon Regional Health Centre (2004-2009). He is past

Associate Editor and Cornea Section Editor for the international journal Techniques in Ophthalmology and co-Editor of

four books, “Advanced Technology IOLs in Cataract Surgery; Pearls for Success”, “Bringing you the Future in

Ophthalmology”, “Advances in Refractive and Corneal Surgery” and “Surgical Correction of Astigmatism”. In the

Canadian Ophthalmological Society, he is a current Board Member and past Chair of the Council on Continuing

Professional Development.

In 1995, he was awarded the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation & Medical Research Council of Canada Resident

Research Award for his work on the causative factors of ocular inflammation. Dr. Rocha received two Best Paper of

Session awards at the 2001 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) meeting in San Diego, CA, and

was the recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba iCare Award for 2014.

His personal interests include piano, reading historical novels and both summer (biking, swimming, waterskiing) and winter

(cross-country skiing, alpine skiing) sports. He has made several biking trips with his wife and friends, including the Camino

de Santiago Pilgrimage in Northern Spain, a trek in New Zealand, and shorter trips in Napa Valley and the Czech Republic.

Dr. Rocha currently resides in Brandon, Manitoba. He is Medical Director of the Ocular Microsurgery & Laser Centre,

active Medical Staff in the Brandon Regional Health Centre, Minnedosa District Hospital and Misericordia Health Centre,

and attending Surgeon at Image Plus Laser Eye Centre in Winnipeg. He performs Anterior Segment and Corneal Surgeries,

including femtosecond laser, LASIK, PRK, PTK, astigmatism correction, Cross-linking and Intacs for Keratoconus,

advanced cataract surgery with premium lens implants, Visian ICL, Kamra inlays for presbyopia, corneal transplantation and

glaucoma surgery.