Antonio Ferreras has been an associate professor of Health Sciences at Zaragoza University School of Medicine (Spain) since 2007. His major research interests include glaucoma, imaging technologies and vitreo-retinal diseases.
He received his MD from the University of Zaragoza in 1996 and his PhD from the same university in 2003. This University awarded him his doctorate. He obtained a degree in Public Health from Instituto de Salud Carlos III in 2015 and completed a Master in Business Administration (MBA) one year later.
He became a consultant ophthalmologist in the Miguel Servet university hospital, Zaragoza in 2003. Until 2010, he worked as a glaucoma and cataract surgeon. Currently, he is a senior consultant and vitreoretinal surgeon in his hospital, and the medical director of Sanclemente Centro de Salud Visual.
He is a member of several national and international societies, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), and the European Glaucoma Society (EGS). Dr. Ferreras has been involved in numerous clinical trials and has been continuously funded by various Spanish granting agencies since 2008. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, has written numerous book chapters, and has served on several editorial boards. He obtained the Arruga award by the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology in 2010, which recognise the best research and professional trajectory of a Spanish ophthalmologist younger than 40 years old. He is the recipient of an International Ophthalmologist Education Award (2009) and an Achievement Award (2013) from the AAO.
