Gustavo E. Tamayo is a Colombian ophthalmologist known for developing a refractive surgery method known as Contoured Ablation Patterns (CAP), which enables doctors to make surgeries faster and at an easier rate. Tamayo has also developed a procedure to treat presbyopia, which is at the moment being tested by AMO/VISX in order to massively apply this procedure in a global manner. He is currently one of the few doctors that appear in the Colombian second version of Extreme Makeover .

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  • Gustavo E. Tamayo is a Colombian ophthalmologist known for developing a refractive surgery method known as Contoured Ablation Patterns (CAP), which enables doctors to make surgeries faster and at an easier rate. Tamayo has also developed a procedure to treat presbyopia, which is at the moment being tested by AMO/VISX in order to massively apply this procedure in a global manner. He is currently one of the few doctors that appear in the Colombian second version of Extreme Makeover . He is the president and owner of a surgical eye clinic in the north of Bogotá called Bogota Laser Refractive Institute. Besides he is member of 19 international scientific societies, he is author of 8 chapters in refractive surgery books, and has over 100 articles in international magazines. Tamayo is an actual teacher guest on congress of ophthalmology around the globe.. Dr. Tamayo has been designated subdirector of the next Subspecialty Refractive Surgery Day at American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting in 2008 to take place in Atlanta. For the same meeting in 2009 he has been appointed as the new Director..
  • Gustavo E. Tamayo es un oftalmólogo colombiano conocido por desarrollar un método de cirugía refractiva conocido como método CAP ("Contoured Ablation Patters"). Este método facilita el procedimiento de láser y hace más eficaz la cirugía. Tamayo también ha creado un procedimiento para tratar la presbicia. Actualmente, esta técnica está siendo probada por la empresa AMO/VISX para lograr aplicar esta técnica de un modo masivo. En la actualidad Tamayo es uno de los pocos cirujanos refractivos que aparecen en la segunda temporada del programa de televisión Cambio Extremo en su versión Colombiana ("Extreme Makeover"). Gustavo Tamayo es el actual presidente y propietario de Bogota Laser Refractive Institute, una clínica para cirugía ocular en el norte de Bogotá. Además es miembro de 19 sociedades científicas internacionales, es el autor de más de 8 artículos en libros sobre cirugía refractiva y tiene alrededor de 100 sobre este tema en revistas internacionales. Tamayo es actualmente un profesor invitado en congresos oftalmológicos alrededor del mundo.
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  • Gustavo E. Tamayo is a Colombian ophthalmologist known for developing a refractive surgery method known as Contoured Ablation Patterns (CAP), which enables doctors to make surgeries faster and at an easier rate. Tamayo has also developed a procedure to treat presbyopia, which is at the moment being tested by AMO/VISX in order to massively apply this procedure in a global manner. He is currently one of the few doctors that appear in the Colombian second version of Extreme Makeover .
  • Gustavo E. Tamayo es un oftalmólogo colombiano conocido por desarrollar un método de cirugía refractiva conocido como método CAP ("Contoured Ablation Patters"). Este método facilita el procedimiento de láser y hace más eficaz la cirugía. Tamayo también ha creado un procedimiento para tratar la presbicia. Actualmente, esta técnica está siendo probada por la empresa AMO/VISX para lograr aplicar esta técnica de un modo masivo.
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  • Gustavo Tamayo
  • Gustavo Tamayo
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