Dr. Guillermo Rocha
- Chair, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences聽
- Physician-in-chief, Ophthalmology MUHC聽
MD, FRCSC, FACS
Currently supervising students
Ophthalmology
A native of Mexico, Dr. Rocha received his MD from Universidad An谩huac Medical School in Mexico City, after which he completed an internship at The American British Cowdray Hospital and a research fellowship in microsurgery at Hospital Regional 20 de Noviembre, ISSSTE, both in Mexico City.聽
Dr. Rocha began his postgraduate training as a first-year resident in ophthalmology at Hospital de la Asociaci贸n para Evitar la Ceguera, Mexico City, then came to 看片视频 for a research fellowship in ocular immunology in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Microbiology & Immunology, followed by ophthalmology residency training in the Department of Ophthalmology. After 看片视频, Dr. Rocha studied at the University of South Florida in Tampa Bay where he completed a fellowship and a research scholarship in cornea and external disease. In recent years, Dr. Rocha completed the Physician CEO Executive Management Program at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University in Chicago, and the Foundations of Clinical Research Certificate Program from Harvard Medical School.聽
Dr. Rocha is currently a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, and for the past two decades, has been the medical director of the Ocular Microsurgery & Laser Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. He is also a member of the Department of Surgery, Ophthalmology at Prairie Mountain Health Region in Manitoba.聽
Alongside his clinical practice, Dr. Rocha conducts research in the areas of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery, keratoplasty, astigmatism and surgical management of keratoconus and presbyopia.聽
