We are a Pan-American group of rheumatologists and ophthalmologists whose main objective is to study ocular pathologies associated with rheumatological diseases; to provide updated education, research projects and be a part of the growth of PANLAR.

 

Group Objectives

 

• Promote continuous and updated education in the Pan-American region related to rheumatological and autoimmune eye pathologies.
• Development and execution of research projects related to rheumatological and autoimmune eye pathologies.
• Build a multidisciplinary team made up of rheumatologists, ophthalmologists, clinicians, immunologists, epidemiologists and other specialties.
• Promote interaction with other study groups.
• Be part of handbooks and medical updates.

 

Mission
 

Our mission is to form a solid working group and opinion leader in the region.

 

 

Academic Activities

 

• Course on Ocular Autoimmune Diseases: What should rheumatologists know? Available at PANLAR.EDU
• Rheumatologic approach to uveitis. Session held at the PANLAR Congress 2019
• Difficult Clinical Cases of Eye and Autoimmune Disease. Session held at the PANLAR Congress 2025 
• Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada: an orphan systemic autoimmune disease. Session held at the PANLAR Congress 2025

 

Research Activities

- Uveitis Database (proposed in 2019)
- Ocular Pemphigoid Database (under construction)
- Survey on Ocular Pemphigoid (completed and published)
- Survey on Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (in progress)

 

Publications

 

With PANLAR and/or members of the study group

• Non-infectious uveitis: a multicenter study from Argentina. Int Ophthalmol. 2025 May 9;45(1):186. doi: 10.1007/s10792-025-03555-w. 
• Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid: is there an association with autoimmune diseases? international ophthalmology. 2024 Feb 20;44(1):99. doi: 10.1007/s10792-024-02939-8. 
• The Latin-American rheumatology community needs to put the eye on the ocular cicatricial pemphigoid. Reumatología Clínica. 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.reuma.2023.09.006. 
• Uveitis: a disease of rheumatological importance. Autoinmunidad. Buenos Aires – Vol.6 – No.17 – April 2021 – pp. 16-22.