Lihteh Wu

Following the completion of his undergraduate studies at Cornell University, where he graduated with distinction in all subjects, Dr Wu went on to Tulane University School of Medicine to pursue his medical education. During this time he was awarded a Pew Research Fellowship that allowed him to spend a year at the Rockefeller University in New York. He then trained at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City (internship), the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City (ophthalmology residency), and the National Retina Institute in Baltimore under the mentorship of Drs Bert Glaser and Robert Murphy (vitreoretinal fellowship). Dr Wu is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. In 1999, Dr Wu returned to Costa Rica. Dr Wu is a founding member of the Pan American Collaborative Retina Study (PACORES) Group. He has an H index 43 and H i-10 of 103. He has authored and co-authored more than 200 peer reviewed articles, more than 50 chapters and has edited 5 books. He has been awarded the Senior Honor Award (2007) by the American Society of Retina Specialists, Senior Honor Award (2010) by the Greek Vitreoretinal Society, Achievement Award (2006) and the Senior Achievement Award (2013) by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. In 2018 he was inducted into the Retina Hall of Fame. In addition he was the 2014 Sociedad Panamericana de Retina y Vitreo GLADAOF Lecturer, the 2017 American Journal of Ophthalmology Lecturer at the PAAO meeting and the 2022 Sociedad Panamericana de Retina y Vitreo Founders Lecturer. He sits on the editorial board of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Retina Cases and Brief Reports, Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases and the International Journal of Retina and Vitreous among others. He currently holds a visiting professorship at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary of the University of Illinois Chicago School of Medicine. Dr Wu served as President of the Sociedad Panamericana de Retina y Vitreo, Vice-President of the PAAO, President of the Asociación Oftalmológica de Costa Rica, President of the Asociación de SubEspecialistas en Retina y Vitreo de Costa Rica, Executive Committee Member of the Club Jules Gonin, Macula Society, Board of Trustees of the AAO and the Vail Vitrectomy Planning Committee. El Dr Wu is a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology.