Schedule as of (Schedule subjects to further updates.) Date Time Presentation type Theme Venue Chair(s) Speakers & Topics External Eye Disease, Cornea, and Eye Bank Jun 28, 2008 16:00-17:30 Course Combined Surgery in Keratoplasty Theatre II Joaquin BARRAQUER Samar BASAK Gordon CHAU John IRVINE - Combined Retina-glaucoma-keratoplasty with Temporary Keratoprosthesis Joaquin BARRAQUER - Reoperations in Large Diameter Keratoplasties Samar BASAK - Manual SICS + PK & Manual SICS + DSEK Albert JUN - Combined Surgery Including Phaco in DSEK Esen AKPEK - Combined PKP with Sutured IOL Thomas JOHN - Combined, Simplified DXEK (Sutureless Corneal Transplant), with Upside-Down Phacoemulsification (John Technique) and PC IOL Harminder DUA - Combined Keratoplasty and Ocular Surface Reconstruction Jun 29, 2008 09:00-10:30 Symposium Keratoconus and Corneal Dystrophies Rm 603 Rm 604 John GOTTSCH Alaa ELDANASOURY Chi-yuen SHIU Amel MEDDEB-OUERTANI - Pathogenesis of High Astigmatism after Penetrating Keratoplasty in Keratoconus Sabah JASTANEIAH - Post LASIK Ectasia, Predisposing Factors Herbert KAUFMANN - Why Do Lasik Flaps Become Ectatic but Deep Lamellar Transplants Do Not ? Tarek IBRAHIM - Intracorneal Rings for Keratoconus Alaa ELDANASOURY - Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty & Toric ICL for Keratoconus John GOTTSCH - Combined DSEK and Cataract Surgery in Fuchs Dystrophy Patients Aashish BANSAL - Keratoplasty vs Triple Procedure for Fuchs' Dystrophy Albert JUN - Surgical Treatment and Gene Therapy for Fuchs Ali ALRAJHI - CHED Pathogenesis & Results after Keratoplasty Jun 29, 2008 09:00-10:30 Symposium Management of High Risk Corneal Grafts and Current Trends in Eye Banking Rm 406 Rm 407 Walter STARK Samar BASAK Lixin XIE Zhiqiang PAN - How to Prevent and Treat Keratoplasty Rejection Nowaday Jatin ASHAR - Incidence, Risk Factors, Prevention and Management of Graft Infection Samar BASAK - Hospital Cornea Retreival Programme or HCRP and its Success in India Walter STARK - The Effect of Donor Age on Corneal Transplantation Outcome: Five-Year Follow Up Lixin XIE - Cyclosporine A Drug Delivery System for Prevention of Immune Rejection after Penetrating Keratoplasty Victor CAPARAS - Current Trends in Eye Banking Brad RANDLEMAN - Management of High Risk Corneal Grafts and Current Trends in Eye Banking Bala AMBATI - The Use of Avastin in Ocular Surface Disease Jun 29, 2008 14:00-15:30 Symposium Ocular Surface Reconstruction Rm 301B Harminder DUA Kohji NISHIDA Zu-guo LIU Harminder DUA - Evaluation of Ocular Surface Stem Cell Deficiency Zu-guo LIU - Amniotic Membrane Extraction Solution for Ocular Surface Chemical Burns David MA - Amniotic Membrane Preserves Corneal Epithelial Progenitor Cells in Vitro and in Vivo Kohji NISHIDA - Cell Sheet Transplantation for Ocular Surface Reconstruction Friedrich KRUSE - The Use of Non-ocular Cells for Ocular Surface Re-construction Samuel YIU - Tissue Engineering: Current and Future Approaches to Ocular Surface Reconstruction Jun 29, 2008 16:00-17:30 Symposium Allergic Eye Disease Rm 601 Michael BELIN Teruo NISHIDA Ricky LAW Michael LAW - Topical Cyclosporine and the Allergic Eye Taiichiro CHIKAMA - Infections in Allergic Eye diseases Christopher RAPUANO - Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis Jesus MERAYO - Long Term Management of Ocular Allergic Disorders Charles MCGHEE - Keratoconus and Atopy - A Causative, Coincident or Compounding Relationship? Marian MACSAI - Immunology of Allergic Eye Disease Nobuyuki EBIHARA - The Role of Proteinase in Corneal Complications of Severe Allergic Conjunctivitis Jun 29, 2008 16:00-17:30 Symposium Infectious Keratitis Rm 201A Eduardo ALFONSO Abdulatif AL RAISI Xuguang SUN Xuguang SUN - Ocular Infections in China Weiyun SHI - Update on Fungal Keratitis Hiroshi SHIOTA - Diagnosis and Treatment of Herpetic Keratitis John IRVINE - The Use of Steroids in Microbial Keratitis Xuguang SUN - Current Opinion on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Nocardia Keratitis Joseph PERY - Iontophoresis for Ocular Infections Vikas MAHATME - Role of Corneal Tattooing in the Modern Management of Corneal Scars Jun 30, 2008 09:00-10:30 Symposium Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty Convention Hall C Herbert KAUFMANN Donald TAN Yu-feng YAO Mohamed ANWAR - Big Bubble Technique of DALK Herbert KAUFMANN - Wound and Interface Healing of Lamellar Keratoplasty-impact on Vision and Ectasia Donald TAN - Optical, Tectonic and Therapeutic Indications for ALK Lixin XIE - Therapeutic ALK for Fungal Keratitis Rajesh FOGLA - Manual Techniques of DALK Yu-feng YAO - A New Technique of DALK: Stromal Hooking for Pocket Exposure of DM Followed by Full-Bed Detachment Using Viscoelastic Injection Alaa ELDANASOURY - Correction of Residual Refractive Error after DALK Vincenzo SARNICOLA - Big Bubble Technique - Management of Micro and Macro Perforations Kohji NISHIDA - DALK Combined with Cataract Surgery Shigeto SHIMMURA - DALK Combined with Ocular Surface Transplantation Jun 30, 2008 09:00-10:30 Course Limbal Grafts Rm 603 Rm 604 Harminder DUA Lulu CHENG Samuel YIU Samuel YIU - Pre Operative Considerations Harminder DUA - Sequential Sector Conjunctival Epitheliectomy SSCE Lulu CHENG - Auto Limbal Transplantation in Pterygium Surgery Friedrich KRUSE - Allo Limbal Transplantation (Cadaveric) Harminder DUA - Living Related Donor Limbal Transplants Jean-jacques GICQUEL - Post Operative Management and Follow up (Including Autologous Serum) Jun 30, 2008 11:00-12:30 Panel Challenging Corneal Infections Rm 603 Rm 604 Terrence O'BRIEN Donald TAN Tai-shing LEUNG Herbert KAUFMANN - New Approaches to Herpes and New Antivirals Terrence O'BRIEN - Challenging Clinical Cases: Case Presentations: Michael LAW - Challenging Clinical Cases: Case Presentations: Lixin XIE - Challenging Clinical Cases: Case Presentations: Jun 30, 2008 11:00-12:30 Course Corneal Imaging Theatre II David HUANG Charles MCGHEE Christopher LEUNG Stephen KLYCE - Effective Use of Corneal Topography in Clinical Practice Charles MCGHEE - Corneal Tomography: The Human Cornea in Three Dimensions? David HUANG - Clinical and Eye Bank Corneal Imaging with Optical Coherence Tomography Jonathan SONG - Intraoperative Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Stephen KAUFMAN - In Vivo Confocal Microscopy in Refractive Surgery Dipika PATEL - The Corneal Subbasal Plexus in Vivo Confocal Microscopy Revelations William DUPPS - Very High Frequency Ultrasound: Applications in Corneal and Refractive Surgery Jun 30, 2008 14:00-15:30 Course Amniotic Membrane Transplantation Rm 603 Rm 604 Friedrich KRUSE Jean-jacques GICQUEL Wai-kwan WU Jean-jacques GICQUEL - Historical Overview of the AMT Friedrich KRUSE - Indications and Outcomes of Amniotic Membrane Surgery Wai-kwan WU - Amniotic Membrane Transplantation for Bullous Keratopathy Ashley BEHRENS - The Applications of the Amniotic Fluid in Ocular Surface Diseases Shigeru KINOSHITA - Amniotic Membrane Transplantation with Cultivated Oral Mucosal Epithelium is an Effective Surgical Modality for Conjunctival Fornix Reconstruction Harminder DUA - The Limitations and Controversies of the AMT Jun 30, 2008 16:00-17:30 Course Lamellar Corneal Surgery Theatre II Mark TERRY Shigeto SHIMMURA Srinivas RAO Donald TAN - EK Glide Technique in Asian Eyes Srinivas RAO - LK for Tectonic Purposes Mark TERRY - EK: Techniques to Avoid Dislocations, Graft Failure and Pupillary Block Vincenzo SARNICOLA - DALK: Technique and Results in Keratoconus Kenneth GOINS - EK: A Comparison of DLEK and DSEK Results Shigeto SHIMMURA - EK Technique and Results in Asian Eyes Mohamed ANWAR - The Evolution of DALK Techniques and Results Jul 01, 2008 09:00-10:30 Symposium Keratoprosthesis Convention Hall C James AQUAVELLA Donald TAN Nai-man LAM Quresh MASKATI - PINTUCCI Keratoprosthesis Geoffrey CRAWFORD - The AlphaCor Experience Donald TAN - The OOKP Experience Holly HINDMAN - Keratoprosthesis or Corneal Transplant James AQUAVELLA - Keratoprosthesis in Infants and Children Mina CHUNG - Keratoprosthesis and Vitreo Retinal Surgery Jul 01, 2008 11:00-12:30 Symposium Endothelial Keratoplasty Hall 7A Mark TERRY Rajesh FOGLA Srinivas RAO James MCCULLEY - Endothelial Cultures and Transplantation: Past Challenges and Future Directions Ray TSAI - Ex ViVO Expansion of Human Corneal Endothelial Cells Luciene SOUSA - Brazil Experience with DSAEK Mark TERRY - DSAEK: Complications and Endothelial Cell Loss with Pre-cut tissue Srinivas RAO - EK: An Overview of Techniques and Recent Advances Rajesh FOGLA - EK in Indian Eyes: The Learning Curve of EK Surgery Kenneth GOINS - EK and Femtosecond Lasers Jul 01, 2008 14:00-15:30 Panel End-stage Ocular Surface Disease - Stem Cell Transplantation or Keratoprosthesis Hall 7B Gunther GRABNER Shigeru KINOSHITA Srinivas RAO Harminder DUA - Limbal Epithelial Crypts: A Putative Niche for Limbal Epithelial Stem Sells Shigeru KINOSHITA - The Basic Concept for the Treatment of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Gunther GRABNER - A Decision Tree for Treatment Options in Severe Anterior Segment Disease, Statistical Evaluation and Standardized Documentation James AQUAVELLA - Boston KPro in Severe Ocular Surface Disease Christopher LIU - Indications and Techniques in Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis Surgery Nai-man LAM - The HK OOKP Experience Giancarlo FALCINELLI - MOOKP Treatment of the End Stage of the Dry Eye Disease Jul 01, 2008 16:00-17:30 Course Pterygium Management Rm 603 Rm 604 Abraham SOLOMON Srinivas RAO Alvin YOUNG Alvin YOUNG - Introduction Cesar ESPIRITU - Pathogenesis, Pre-op screening, Indications, Contra-indications, Choice of Procedure Abraham SOLOMON - Pterygium Surgery with Mitomycin C Srinivas RAO - Conjunctival Autografting Abraham SOLOMON - Amniotic Membrane Transplantation in Pterygium Surgery Michael LAW - Complications of Pterygium Surgery and Their Management Jul 02, 2008 09:00-10:30 Panel Controversies in Immunosuppression for High Risk Keratoplasty and Ocular Surface Transplantation Rm 301A Christopher LIU Rajesh FOGLA Stanley CHI Chun-ho LAU - A Review of Immunology of Corneal and Ocular Surface Transplantation Chun-ho LAU - Strategies to Minimise Risk of Rejection Harminder DUA - Drug Prevention and Treatment of Rejection in High Risk Keratoplasty - A Review Stephen KAUFMAN - The Use of Tacrolimus in High Risk Keratoplasty Jun SHIMAZAKI - Drug Prevention and Treatment of Rejection in Ocular Surface Transplantation William AYLIFFE - Side Effects of Systemic Immunosuppression Jul 02, 2008 09:00-10:30 Symposium Dry Eye Disease and Progressive Cicatrising conjunctivitis Hall 7B Shigeru KINOSHITA Chi-cheong WONG James MCCULLEY Samuel YIU - Management of Dysfunctional Tear Syndrome: The Delphi Approach Kazuo TSUBOTA - VDT Syndrome and Dry Eye Herbert KAUFMANN - Treatment of Severe Dry Eye Victor CAPARAS - Dry Eye Practice Patterns in Southeast Asia Gary FOULKS - The Meaning of Ocular Surface Staining James MCCULLEY - Role of Evaporation in Aqueous Tear Loss Norihiko YOKOI - Advanced Conjunctival Surgeries for the Improvement of Dry Eye and Dry-Eye Associated Disorders Jul 02, 2008 11:00-12:30 Panel Recalcitrant Allergic Eye Disease and other Unexplained Corneal Conditions Rm 201A Christopher RAPUANO Philip LAM Srinivas RAO Aashish BANSAL - Atopic/Allergic Eye Disease Christopher RAPUANO - Stepwise Approach to Dry Eye Syndrome Harminder DUA - Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome Srinivas RAO - Red Eye That Would Not Go Away Wee-jin HENG - Acanthamoebic Keratitis Jul 02, 2008 11:00-12:30 Panel The Future of Femtosecond Lasers in Corneal Surgery Hall 7B Dimitri AZAR Walton LI Donald TAN Dimitri AZAR - Femtosecond Applications for Astigmatism John CHANG - Femtosecond Laser Sub-Bowman Flaps in LASIK Donald TAN - Femtosecond Laser-assisted Endothelial Keratoplasty (FLEK) Dimitri AZAR - Femtosecond Lasers Therapeutic Applications Kenneth GOINS - Femtosecond Laser Assisted LASIK for Postkeratoplasty Astigmatism Sonia YOO - Femtosecond Laser Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty Jul 02, 2008 14:00-15:30 Panel Eye Banking Challenges in Developed and Developing Countries Rm 603 Rm 604 Herbert KAUFMANN Aashish BANSAL Victor WOO Stephen KAUFMAN - Corneal Imaging in EYEBANKING Jake REQUARD - Geographic Differences in Eye Banking Victor WOO - Development of Eye Banking in Hong Kong Aashish BANSAL - Current Status of Eyebanking in Developing Countries (India) Herbert KAUFMANN - Eyebank Tissue Preparation and Needs for Lamellar Surgery