Canadian Cornea, External Disease & Refractive Surgery Society

The latest in Corneal, External Disease and Refractive Surgery Research
Presentation of the Ron Jans Cornea Research Award

Wednesday June 27, 2012, 1545-1715
Pier 4/5

Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Integrate knowledge from new developments in corneal research.
  • Demonstrate enhanced ability to manage challenging inherited corneal disorders.
  • Compare different approaches to the management of corneal endothelial dysfunction.

Guest
Anthony J. Aldave, MD		 Moderators
William Hodge
Clara Chan

1545Welcome and introductions
1550Presence of HPV and immunohistochemical staining patterns for p16, p53 and Ki-67 in ocular surface squamous neoplasia
Gregory Moloney, Adnan Pirbhai, Richard Moore, Susan Lewallen, Valerie A. White
1556Loss of integrin beta 1 in corneal keratocytes results in keratoconus-like phenotype
Sunil K. Parapuram, Kun Huh, Shangxi Liu, Andrew Leask
1602 Early clinical results of LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System for meibomian gland dysfunction
John F. Blaylock, Zhaomin Si, Sandi Aitchison
1608Discussion
1612Ron Jans Award introduction
1615Enzyme assisted deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty- a new method of lamellar dissection-a wetlab based pilot study
Gregory Moloney, Alex Lange, Mayte Arino, Valerie A. White, Martin McCarthy, Simon Holland
1621Discussion and presentation of award
1625Genetics: A practical guide to diagnosis and therapy in inherited ocular disorders
Anthony J. Aldave
1640Discussion
1645Tissue engineering of a corneal endothelium
Isabelle Brunette, Stéphanie Proulx
1651Topographic analysis of the first biomimetic corneal substitutes implanted in vivo
Jeb A. Ong, Edouard Auvinet, Marie-Eve Choronzey, Neil Lagali, Per Fagerholm, May Griffith, Jean Meunier, Isabelle Brunette
1657Discussion
1700Prospective comparison between superior and inferior conjunctival autograft for primary pterygia
Uri Elbaz, Sonia N. Yeung, Judy Y. Ku, Alejandro Lichtinger, Peter Kim, Maoz D. Amiran, Allan R. Slomovic
1706Comparison of pain between patients assigned to bandage contact lens vs. patching following Pterygium surgery
Uri Elbaz, Sonia N. Yeung, Alejandro Lichtinger, Peter Kim, Maoz D. Amiran, Judy Y. Ku, Rachel Wolff, Allan R. Slomovic
1712Discussion
1715Closing remarks


Anthony Aldave, MD