Professor Arief S. Kartasasmita serves as the Rector of Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia, and is a Professor of Ophthalmology. He earned his M.D. and Master of Science in Ophthalmology from Universitas Padjadjaran, completed a Clinical Fellowship in Vitreoretina at the Nijmegen Eye Institute in the Netherlands, and received his Ph.D. in Genetic Ophthalmology from Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan.
Throughout his distinguished career, Professor Arief has held several key leadership positions at Universitas Padjadjaran, including Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Vice Rector for Finance and Resources, and Vice Rector for Academic and Student Affairs. He has also served as President of the Indonesian Vitreoretina Society and the Indonesian Society for Electrophysiology of Vision. An accomplished researcher and clinical expert specializing in vitreoretinal and genetic eye diseases, he has published extensively in reputable international journals, including Clinical Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Genetics, and the British Journal of Ophthalmology.