Friday, November 13, 2015
Caesars Palace- Forum 24
Las Vegas, NV
7:00 am - 2:00 pm
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Registration
Breakfast
Session I
8:30 am - 8:32 am
Welcome and Introductions
W. Barry Lee, MD, FACS, and Bennie Jeng, MD
8:32 am - 8:43 am
Long-term Clinical Outcome after Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)
Theofilos Tourtas, MD, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
8:43 am - 8:54 am
Time Between Tissue Preparation and Use On Endothelial Cell Viability in Endothelial
Keratoplasty
Angelique Pillar, MD, Cole Eye Institute, and Cleveland Clinic Foundation
8:54 am - 9:05 am
Pre-loaded Tissues for DMEK
Mohit Parekh, Fondazione Banca Degli Occhi Del Veneto Onlus
9:05 am - 9:16 am
Plastic vs. Glass: DMEK Endothelial Cell Loss Due to Graft Injector Method
Winston Chamberlain, MD, PhD, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Lions
VisionGift
9:16 am - 9:27 am
DMEK Graft Preparation using Diabetic Donor Tissue – A Retrospective Study
Roswell Pfister, MD, Alabama Eye Bank
9:27 am - 9:38 am
Effect of Donor Diabetes on DMEK Tissue Loss, Graft Failure and Endothelial Cell Loss
Francis Price Jr., MD, Price Vision Group
9:38 am - 9:49 am
The First 100 DSAEK versus DMEK Surgeries Performed by One Surgeon Using Published,
Standardized Techniques: Can We Say One Surgery is “Better” than the Other?
Paul Phillips, MD, Sightline Ophthalmic Associates
9:49 am - 9:54 am
Claes H. Dohlman, MD, PhD, Award Presentation
Christopher J. Rapuano, MD, and Claes Dohlman, MD, PhD
Recipient: Roger F. Steinert, MD
9:54 am - 10:05 am
Cornea Society Business Meeting
Session II
10:20 am - 10:22 am
Welcome Back
Bennie Jeng, MD, and W. Barry Lee, MD, FACS
10:22 am - 10:33 am
Fluorescence Confocal Microscopy for Rapid Ex Vivo Intra-operative Diagnosis of Conjunctival
Neoplasia
Alfonso Iovieno, MD, PhD, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova – IRCCS
10:33 am - 10:44 am
Topical 5-fluorouracil 1% in the Treatment of Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia
Madhura G. Joag, MD, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
10:44 am - 10:55 am
Diagnosis of Fungal Keratitis by In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Results in Improved Visual
Outcomes
Chareenun Chirapapaisan, MD, Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service, and Massachusetts Eye
and Ear Infirmary
10:55 am - 11:06 am
Acute Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: The Effect the Timing of Amniotic Membrane
Transplantation has on the Occurrence of Significant Ocular Sequelae
Darren Gregory, MD, University of Colorado Eye Center
11:06 am - 11:17 am
The Association of Damaged Corneal Endothelium and Topical Glaucoma Medications
Gabriel Rand, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
11:17 am - 11:28 am
Impact of Herpes Zoster Vaccination on Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Incidence
Shruti Aggarwal, MD, University of Virginia, and Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
11:28 am - 11:32 am
Introduction of R. Townley Paton Awardee
W. Craig Fowler, MD
11:32 am - 11:52 am
R. Townley Paton Award Lecture:
Eye Banking 2015: Where We Came from and Where We’re Going
George O.D. Rosenwasser, MD, CEBT
11:52 pm - 12:00 pm
Presentation of R. Townley Paton Award
12:10 pm - 1:25 pm
Paton Luncheon (Physicians only)
Session III
1:30 pm - 1:33 pm
Welcome Back
W. Barry Lee, MD, FACS, and Bennie Jeng, MD
1:33 pm - 1:44 pm
Donor Cornea Tissue Characteristics Associated With Endothelial Changes in Mitochondrial
Respiratory Activity
Benjamin Aldrich, PhD, University of Iowa, and Iowa Lions Eye Bank
1:44 pm - 1:55 pm
The Utility of Donor Corneal Rim Cultures: A Report of the EBAA Medical Advisory Board
Subcommittee on Fungal Infection Following Corneal Transplantation
Anthony Aldave, MD, Jules Stein Eye Institute
1:55 pm - 2:06 pm
Peripheral Reconstructive Lamellar Keratoplasty for Late Ectasia Post Penetrating Keratoplasty
in Keratoconus. Ten Years’ Experience.
Enrique Segundo Malbran, MD, Clinica Oftalmologica Malbran
2:06 pm - 2:17 pm
Results of Toric IOL Implantation in Post-keratoplasty Patients
Alanna Nattis, DO, New York Medical College
2:17 pm - 2:28 pm
Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis versus Repeat Donor Keratoplasty for Corneal Graft Failure
Sumayya Ahmad, MD, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
2:28 pm - 2:39 pm
Long Term Outcomes of Boston Type I Keratoprosthesis in the Management of Corneal Limbal
Stem Cell Deficiency
Carolina Aravena, MD, Jules Stein Eye Institute
2:39 pm - 2:50 pm
Sustained Release Intracameral Dexamethasone Using Cross-Linked Hyaluronic Acid
Richard Eiferman, MD, University of Louisville
2:50 pm - 2:53 pm
Introduction of Richard C. Troutman, MD, DSc, Prize Recipient
Marian Macsai, MD, and Douglas R. Lazzaro, MD, FACS
2:53 pm - 3:03 pm
Richard C. Troutman, MD, DSc, Prize Lecture:
Diabetes Mellitus Increases Risk of Unsuccessful Graft Preparation in Descemet Membrane
Endothelial Keratoplasty: A Multicenter Study
Mark A. Greiner, MD
3:03 pm - 3:05 pm
Presentation of Richard C. Troutman, MD, DSc, Prize
Session IV
3:25 pm - 3:27 pm
Welcome Back
W. Barry Lee, MD, FACS, and Bennie Jeng, MD
3:27 pm - 3:38 pm
DMEK 2.0: A New Approach to Graft Delivery
Massimo Busin, MD, Villa Igea Hospital
3:38 pm - 3:43 pm
Best Paper Award
Presented by Marian Macsai, MD, David Glasser, MD, and
Monty Montoya, MBA, CEBT
Sponsored by SightLife
3:43 pm - 3:54 pm
The Effect of Repeated Warming Cycles of Corneal Storage Media on Fungal Infection Risk in
Endothelial Keratoplasty
Elmer Tu, MD, University of Illinois Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
3:54 pm - 4:05 pm
Splitting of Host’s Descemet’s Membrane in DMEK: Incidence, Morphological Aspects and
Clinical Significance
Friedrich Kruse, MD, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
4:05 pm - 4:16 pm
Five-year Survival of Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty
Marianne Price, PhD, Cornea Research Foundation of America
4:16 pm - 4:27 pm
Development of a Piezoelectric Surgical Lamellar Dissector for Lamellar Corneal
Transplantation
Donald Tan, FRCS, Singapore National Eye Centre
4:27 pm - 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks