VAOS: Cornea and Ocular Surface Disease Training Program 9-13 April 2012

Visiting Professor:

Penny Asbell, MD, FACS

Professor of Ophthalmology

Director, Cornea Services, External Diseases and Refractive Surgery

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Editor and Chief, Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

and

Dr. Karen Fernandez, MD

Cornea Fellow

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Dates: 9 April - 13 April: 

BS/Prof Penny Asbell, Bs Fernandez (Cornea fellow)

Training Location: HCMC Eye Hospital

Monday 9 April	AM Patient consultations PM Patient consultations; lectures
Tuesday 10 April	AM Surgery (3 cases)  PM Surgery (3 cases)
Wed 11 April	AM Postops PM Patient consultations; lectures
Thurs 12 April	AM Postops; Surgery (3 cases) PM Patient consultations; lectures
Friday 13 April	AM Postops; lectures

I. Lecture topics       

Corneal transplantation techniques (DSEK, DALK...) 

Postop care of corneal transplantation patients

K pro

Stem cell transplantation and ocular surface disorder

Advanced HSV keratitis

Superficial keratitis

Advanced dry eye and MGD

II.      Patient cases:

Consultations : over 40 complex cases

Corneal transplantations: 5 cases (PKP, Big bubble keratoplasty, DALK)

Other surgical procedures: Intacs implantation for keratoconus, Stem cell transplantation

Special thanks to program donors:

Santen (for onsite support)

Sightlife (for donated corneas)

Addition Technology (for donated Intacs and pump)

Monday 9 April

AM Patient consultations

PM Patient consultations; lectures

Tuesday 10 April

AM Surgery (3 cases) 

PM Surgery (3 cases)

Wed 11 April

AM Postops

PM Patient consultations; lectures

Thurs 12 April

AM Postops; Surgery (3 cases)

PM Patient consultations; lectures

Friday 13 April

AM Postops; lectures