Jose Javier Garcia-Medina

Prof. Jose Javier Garcia-Medina

General University Hospital Morales Meseguer
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Biography

Prof. Jose Javier Garcia-Medina, MD, PhD, is currently the Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the General University Hospital Morales Meseguer in Murcia, Spain (since 2018), and Full Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Murcia (since 2025). Dr. Garcia-Medina has supervised 8 PhD theses and 12 MSc theses at various universities. He has delivered over 250 presentations at national and international conferences and published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He has also served as President and Official Chair of the Extraordinary (2021) and Ordinary (2019–2021) Competitive Examination Procedures for the specialty of Ophthalmology in the Region of Murcia, Spain. His work has been recognized with national and international awards, including four Best Poster Awards (two at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Congress — New Orleans 2007 and San Francisco 2009 —, one at the European Society of Ophthalmology Congress, Geneva 2011, and one at the 13th International Spectralis Symposium, Valencia 2015), the 2011 “Arruga” Award (granted by the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology to the best scientific career among Spanish ophthalmologists under 40), and the “Dres. Galo y Gustavo Leoz” Award for the best research presentation at the 2017 Annual Congress of the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology. His main research interests include diagnostic ocular imaging, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology, anatomy of the visual system, and ocular oxidative stress.

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