Dr.Joaquín Fernández Spain

Medical Doctor, MSc in Evidence-Based Medicine from the University of Oxford, and PhD in Applied Physics to Science and Technology from the University of Alicante. He is a specialist in Ophthalmology and Anterior Segment Surgery, with a particular focus on refractive surgery, presbyopia, and cataracts. He is currently the CEO of Qvision and Medical Director of the Ophthalmology Institute of the Vithas Hospital Group in Andalusia. He also serves as a trustee of the Elena Barraquer Foundation, with which he carries out two surgical missions per year to combat preventable blindness due to cataracts in people living in extreme poverty in developing countries. He is an elected member of the Council and Executive Secretary of the ESCRS (European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons), where he actively participates in several committees, including the Research Committee, which he chaired, and the Leadership and Innovation Committee. He chairs the ESCRS Functional Vision Working Group, through which he has led the development of standards for measuring and reporting outcomes in studies involving intraocular lenses, in collaboration with the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He also coordinates the Evidence-Based Functional Classification of Simultaneous Vision IOLs, a joint initiative by the ESCRS and ASCRS, aimed at achieving global consensus. He has published over 90 scientific papers in international journals and has contributed to the writing of several specialized books. His work in the field of multifocal intraocular lenses has earned him international recognition, being considered one of the world’s top three experts in the field by ExpertScape.com.