DR. MARTINA PAZ

Dr. Martina Paz Aguilera is an ophthalmologist specialising in cornea, anterior segment and refractive surgery. Since September 2025 she has been part of the Cornea Unit at Hospital General de Granollers (Barcelona), where she is leading the reactivation of corneal transplantation after five years without complex corneal surgery being performed, and is involved in the medical and surgical management of corneal disease.

In Barcelona she completed two fellowships at IMO Grupo Miranza, an international reference centre in ophthalmology: Anterior Segment (2024) and Cornea and Refractive Surgery (2025). She has also completed advanced surgical training in corneal transplantation (DMEK, DALK and penetrating keratoplasty) at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology / Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.

Her research focuses on endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) in complex cases and on innovation in anterior segment surgery. She has published in international journals such as the European Journal of Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports and JCRS Open, and has presented her work at congresses including the ESCRS (London, 2026) and EuCornea. She is also a peer reviewer for the American Journal of Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports and Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery – Online Case Reports.

She graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of Chile (2011) with highest distinction and specialised in ophthalmology at the university's Hospital Clínico. Before moving to Spain, she worked as a rural general practitioner in Chilean Patagonia and as an ophthalmologist at Vidavisión and at Hospital del Trabajador (ACHS), where she focused on ocular trauma.