Early-Phase Perceptions of COVID-19’s Impact on Ophthalmology Practice Patterns: A Survey from the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology

Francisco Javier Bonilla-Escobar,1– 3,* Daniel Sánchez-Cano,1,* Andres F Lasave,4 Jaime Soria,5 Valentina Franco-Cárdenas,6 Victor E Reviglio,7 Paulo EC Dantas,8 Claudia Palacio Pastrana,9 Juan Carlos Corbera,10 Rita Yee Chan,11 Alberto Luis Diaz,12 Milton Garcia Hernandez,13 Mauricio Maia,14 Cristian Carpentier,15 Lihteh Wu,16 Martin Sanchez,17 Marcelo Murillo Sasamoto,18 Gonzalo Murillo Azcárraga,18 Jose A Roca,19 Martin A Serrano,20 Arturo A Alezzandrini,21 Juan Gonzalo Sanchez Montoya,22 Gregorio Gabela,23 Gerardo Garcia-Aguirre,24 J Fernando Arevalo25,* 1Fundación Somos Ciencia al Servicio de la Comunidad, Fundación SCISCO/Science to Serve the Community Foundation, SCISCO Foundation, Cali, Colombia; 2Ophthalmology Department, Institute for Clinical Research Education, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 3Vision y Salud Ocular, VISOC, Ophthalmology Department, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia; 4The Retina and Vitreous Department, Private Eyes Clinic, Mar del Plata, Argentina; 5Ophthalmology Department, Clínica Real Visión, Uniofken, CIVE y Funcrisa, Guayaquil, Ecuador; 6Ophthalmology Department, Sanatorio Oftalmológico Mérida, Mexico City, Mexico; 7Ophthalmology Department, Instituto de la Visión Cerro, Sanatorio Allende Cerro & Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Health Science Faculty, Cordoba, Argentina; 8Ophthalmology Department, Sorocaba Eye Bank Hospital, Sorocaba, Brazil; 9Department of Microsurgery of the Anterior Segment, Fundación Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Luz IAP, Mexico City, Mexico; 10Ophthalmology Department, Oftalmica Clinica de la Vision, Lima, Peru; 11Ophthalmology Department, Clinica Nacional de Oftalmologia, Panama City, Panama; 12Ophthalmology Department, Complejo Medico FOSCAL Internacional, Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia; 13Ophthalmology Department, Private Practice, El Salvador, El Salvador; 14Ophthalmology Department, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao