I studied Medicine and did my Ophthalmology Residency Program in Málaga (Spain), where I continue to practice as a Corneal Surgeon and Consultant in the reference Hospital and in a private clinic (Vithas). I performed a corneal fellowship at the prestigious clinic of Dr. Melles in Rotterdam in 2012-2013 (Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery, NIIOS, https://www.niios.com/), where I later worked as a consultant.
As a surgeon specialized in endothelial keratoplasty, I am closely linked to the Transplant Commission. I have visited some of the main Eye Banks in Europe, the one in Veneto (FBOV, https://www.fbov.org/) and Rotterdam (Amnitrans, https://www.niios.com/amnitrans-eyebank-rotterdam/) in order to create the Andalusian Eye Bank, inaugurated in 2016.
I have always been interested in research and quality teaching with an international vocation. I did my European Doctoral Thesis (Doctor Europeus) about blood-derived sera in dry eye, obtaining Cum Laude. I have to date 70 publications in impact journals (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=rodriguez+calvo+de+mora) and many more ongoing papers, as well than more than 40 book chapters. I have performed many presentations, instructional courses and wetlabs both in international and national congresses. I have received awards for my presentations at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology, and the Andalusian Society of Ophthalmology (in five consecutive years). I have been the principal investigator in four clinical trials and designed and collaborated in another ten.
I am an Editor of the American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports and reviewer of the British Journal of Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology, Eye and Vision, Archives of the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology and Journal Français d'Ophtalmologie. I have been the PhD director of three doctoral thesis and have some more coming through.