JOANNE G. BOLINAO, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Dr. Joanne Bolinao obtained her medical degree from the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, and she completed her Ophthalmology training at the Manila Doctors Hospital.  She then joined the American Eye Center in 2004 for a post-graduate fellowship in cataract and refractive surgery.  A second fellowship followed in 2006 when she left to train for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at the Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.  She then rejoined the Associated Eye Specialists-American Eye Center as its pediatric ophthalmology partner.

Dr. Bolinao is currently vice-president of the Philippine Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (PSPOS) and is a member of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.  Her other responsibilities include serving as chief of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at the Rizal Medical Center and currently serves as the PSPOS representative to the Committee on Continuing Education in Ophthalmology  (CCEO) of the Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Bolinao also holds memberships in both the Philippine Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.  She also represents the PSCRS on the CCEO of the PAO.  Dr. Bolinao is a member of the ophthalmology faculty of the Ateneo de Manila University School of Medicine and Public Health and is a visiting consultant at The Medical City and the Manila Doctors Hospital.