After completing his residency, Dr. de Venecia received additional ophthalmologic pathology training at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and in neuro-ophthalmology and glaucoma in Miami and Boston, respectively. He returned to UW and became the division’s first subspecialty-trained, full-time clinician. His contributions were vital in the training of residents and students.
De Venecia frequently traveled to his native Philippines, where he established the Free Rural Eye Clinic to provide cataract surgery and other ophthalmologic care to indigent patients.