22nd Biennial Cornea Conference (CME)

22nd Biennial Cornea Conference

Current Concepts in Corneal and Refractive Surgery and External Disease

Recorded on November 9-10, 2018 at Wills Eye Hospital

Last Review Date November 9-10, 2018

Christopher J. Rapuano, MD - Program Chair

Program Description

The 22nd Biennial Cornea Conference will update comprehensive ophthalmologists and cornea specialists on current concepts in a wide range of topics related to cornea, external disease and refractive surgery. The conference will feature didactic lectures, point/counterpoint discussions and audience interaction designed to help participants integrate the tools and techniques discussed into practice. The conference will also feature the 15th Wilfred E. Fry, MD Memorial Corneal Lecture presented by Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., MD, Wills Eye Hospital.

As a result of attending this update, participants should be able to:

Apply current concepts in the management of ocular surface diseases including dry eyes, the use of contact lenses for ocular surface disease and ocular graft versus host disease.

Assess techniques used in the diagnosis and treatment of fungal, acanthamoeba, viral, and microsporidial keratitis.

Appreciate current status of new techniques for corneal surgery including Descemet’s Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK), Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK), Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK), and Corneal Collagen Crosslinking

Integrate into practice proper screening of refractive surgery patients and the management of a variety of pre-operative issues and post-operative complications

Assess the risk/benefits of new techniques for corneal surgery

Guest Faculty

Melissa B. Daluvoy, MD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Duke University School of Medicine

Richard S. Davidson, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Mark S. Gorovoy, MD

Gorovoy, MD Eye Specialists

Chadwick R. Johr, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

University of Pennsylvania Medicine

Wills Eye Hospital Faculty

Brandon D. Ayres, MD

Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., MD

Brad H. Feldman, MD

Kristin M. Hammersmith, MD

Sadeer B. Hannush, MD

Michael A. Klufas, MD

Peter R. Laibson, MD

Sara E. Lally, MD

Beeran Meghpara, MD

Parveen K. Nagra, MD

Ravi Patel, MD

Nataliya Pokeza, MD

Irving M. Raber, MD

Christopher J. Rapuano, MD

Carol L. Shields, MD

Zeba A. Syed, MD

Accreditation Statement: Wills Eye Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Wills Eye Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Course Content

November 9-10 2018

Irving Raber, MD - Amniotic Membrane Transplantation - Myths and Realities

Richard Davidson, MD - Masqueraders of Dry Eye Syndrome

Brandon Ayres, MD - Why I Choose Restasis First

Ravi Patel, MD - Traditional and Novel Treatments of Neurotrophic Keratopathy

Melissa Daluvoy, MD - How I Manage the Spectrum of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency

Kristin Hammersmith, MD - Team Management of Ocular Cicatrical Pemphigoid

Chadwick Johr, MD - Diagnosis and Management of Sjogrens Syndrome a Rheumatologists Perspective

Kristin Hammersmith, MD - Red Eye in Children

Christopher Rapuano, MD - Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Surgery is the best treatment.

Zeba Syed, MD - Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Surgery is NOT the best treatment.

Carol Shields, MD - Pigment on the Conjunctiva - When to Worry!

Nataliya Pokeza, MD - Preventing and Managing Zoster Eye Disease

Beeran Meghpara, MD - Atypical Infections - How to Spot and Treat Them

Zeba Syed, MD - Fungal Keratitis is a Surgical Disease

Ravi Patel, MD - Fungal Keratitis is NOT a Surgical Disease

Parveen Nagra, MD - Trends and Treatments of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Conjunctivitis

Christopher Rapuano, MD - What the Heck Do I Do Now - Case Presentations

Kristin Hammersmith, MD - What the Heck Do I Do Now - Case Presentations

Mark Groovy, MD - Fuchs and Cataract - Staged Surgery is Best

Melissa Daluvoy, MD - Fuchs and Cataract - Staged Surgery is NOT Best

Brandon Ayres, MD - DMEK Its Getting Easier Every Year - A Step by Step Approach

Mark Gorovoy, MD - Less Is More - Descemet Stripping Without Endothelial Keratoplasty

Parveen Nagra, MD - Iris Fixated - My Favorite Way to Fixate the Unsupported Lens

Christopher Rapuano, MD - Scleral Sutured - My Favorite Way to Fixate the Unsupported Lens

Sadeer Hannush, MD - Glued - My Favorite Way to Fixate the Unsupported Lens

Beeran Meghpara, MD - Yamane Technique - My Favorite Way to Fixate the Unsupported Lens

Sadeer Hannush, MD - When to Consider DSEK and PK in the World of DMEK, DSO and DALK

Irving Raber, MD - DALK for KCN and Beyond

Mark Gorovoy, MD - Donor Rim Cultures and Interface Infections

Nataliya Pokeza, MD - Update on the Management of Ocular Trauma

Cornea Service Staff- Video Cases - Management of Corneal Surgery Complications

Brad Feldman, MD - Global Ophthalmology - Wills Initiatives and Ways You Can Get Involved

Ralph Eagle, Jr., MD - 15th Wilfred Fry Memorial Lecture - Pigmented Lesions of the Conjunctiva

Christopher Rapuano, MD - Corneal Crosslinking - Patient Selection, Technique and Barriers

Sadeer Hannush, MD - Corneal Imaging Saved the Day

Sara Lally, MD - Management of Conjunctival Lymphoma

Melissa Daluvoy, MD - Opening Eyes - Eye Screening for Special Olympic Athletes

Mark Gorovoy, MD - Hall of Shame Procedures

Richard Davidson, MD - Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery is Worth It

Melissa Daluvoy, MD - Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery is NOT Worth It

Parveen Nagra, MD - Pearls for Cataract Surgery in the Cornea Patient

Richard Davidson, MD - Managing Dysphotopsias After Cataract Surgery

Michael Klufas, MD-Vitrectomy & Intravitreal Antibiotic Techniques for the Anterior Segment Surgeon

Beeran Meghpara, MD - Lessons Learned from Establishing a Resident Refractive Surgery Program