WIDES Network

A Global Network Bridging Academic Excellence and Clinical Expertise

WIDES brings together 22 internationally recognized experts from 11 countries across 5 continents, united by a shared commitment to advancing dry eye disease and ocular surface care.

The WIDES network combines leading academic scientists, university and hospital-based specialists, and highly experienced clinicians from expert centers around the world. This balance between scientific excellence and real-world clinical expertise lies at the heart of the WIDES philosophy: science should guide clinical practice, while clinical experience should help shape future research.

International Scientific Advisory Board

22Members
11Countries
5Continents

Professor Pablo Dighiero, MD, PhD

Barbizon, France

Chairman & Founder, WIDES
Professor of Medicine
Director, Dry Eye & Ocular Surface Institute of Barbizon, France

ORCID: 0009-0005-0237-967X (ORCID profile, opens in a new tab)

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Founder and Chairman, World Interventional Dry Eye Society (WIDES)

Director, Dry Eye & Ocular Surface Institute, Barbizon, Pays de Fontainebleau, France

Founder and Chairman ACOS

Francine Behar-Cohen, MD, PhD

Paris, France

Physiopathologie des maladies oculaires - Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers
Professor of Ophthalmology, Université Paris Cité
Service d'Ophtalmologie / OphtalmoPôle de Paris
Hôpital Cochin - Port-Royal, AP-HP, Paris, France

ORCID: 0000-0001-8571-9513 (ORCID profile, opens in a new tab)

Andrés Benatti, MD

Córdoba, Argentina

Co-Founder and CEO, Dry Spa Group
Co-Medical Director, Clínica de Ojos Córdoba

ORCID: Not available

Hervé Chenal, MD, MBA

Nancy, France

Ophthalmologist, Oculoplastic and Aesthetic Surgeon
Institut Européen de la Vision & du Regard (IEVR), Nancy, France

ORCID: Not available

Serge Doan, MD

Paris, France

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Head, Ocular Surface Unit
Hôpital Bichat - Claude-Bernard and Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris, France

ORCID: Not available

Adil El Maftouhi

Geneva, Switzerland

Ocular Imaging Specialist
Centre Ophtalmologique de Rive

ORCID: Not available

Samer Hamada, MD, MSc

London, United Kingdom

Founder and Medical Director, Eye Clinic London

ORCID: Not available

Liliana Nóbrega Cordeiro, MD

Santa Luíza, Vitória, Brazil

Oftalmocenter Clínica de Olhos

ORCID: Not available

Vicente Rodríguez, MD

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Ophthalmologist
Instituto Oftalmológico Vithas EuroCanarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

ORCID: Not available

Maté Streho, MD

Paris & Rueil-Malmaison, France

President, Société Française d'Échographie et d'Imagerie Oculaire (SFEIO)
Centre Explore Vision, Paris, France

ORCID: Not available

Giovanni Tedesco, MD

Girifalco, Calabria, Italy

Studio Oculistica Tedesco

ORCID: Not available

Luca Vigo, MD

Milan, Italy

Ophthalmologist, Medical Director
CARONES Vision @ ADVALIA, Milan, Italy

ORCID: Not available

Faride Waked Tanos, MD

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dry Eye Center, Rio Vision Hospital
President, APOS (Brazilian Association of Dry Eye Patients)

ORCID: Not available

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