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Academy Express Live at ISRS/AAO
  May 30, 2008
  May 31, 2008
Program
Goal, Audience and Objectives
Sponsor
Exhibitors

Section I: Phakic IOLs
Alejandro Navas Perez, MD, Toric IOL in Patient
with Keratoconus

Section II: Presbyopia
Ricardo Trigo, MD: Can We Really Recommend
Corneal Photoblation to Treat Presbyopia?

Section III: Accomodating IOLs
Jose M. Vargas, MD: Accomodative IOLs Update

Section IV: Surgical Complications - Cataract
Daniel A. Badoza, MD: Anterior Capsular Tear Extending to the Posterior Capsule in Intumescent Cataract

Section V: Femtosecond Lasers
Steven E. Wilson, MD: LASIK-Induced Dry Eye With the Microkertome vs. Femtosecond LASIK

Section VI: Surgical Complications - Refractive
Marguerite B. McDonald, MD: Treating the Complications of Refractive Surgery

Section VII: Caring for the Complicated, Post-Refractive Patient
Thomas E. Clinch, MD: Intacs Intracorneal Ring Segments for Treatment of Post-LASIK Ectasia

Section VIII: What Now, How to Deal with the Future
Carlos Buznego, MD: A New Approach to Combined Cataract and Glaucoma: An Ab Interno Approach

Section IX: Hot, Hotter, Hottest: Late Breaking News
Renato Ambrosio Jr., MD: Corneal Tomography and Biomechanics: New Concepts for Screening for Ectasia and Its Susceptibility

Program

Thursday, 29 May   
08:00 – 09:00     Coffee/Tea Service, Exhibits Open
09:00 – 14:00     Educational Session and Exhibits
14:00 – 15:00     Swimming With the Experts
17:30 – 19:00     Welcome Reception

Friday, 30 May       
08:00 – 09:00     Coffee/Tea Service, Exhibits Open
09:00 – 14:00     Educational Session and Exhibits
19:00 – 23:00     Gala Dinner

Saturday, 31 May
09:00 – 10:00     Coffee/Tea Service, Exhibits Open
10:00 – 12:00     Educational Session and Exhibits

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Goal, Audience and Objectives

Meeting Goal
To provide ophthalmologists with high quality, updated information to improve patient care in the fields of cataract, refractive and corneal surgery.

Target Audience
The intended target audience for this program is cataract surgeons, refractive surgeons, and general ophthalmologists, ophthalmologists in training and cornea and anterior segment fellows in training.

Program Objectives
This meeting will enable attendees to:

• Compare balanced information on the latest techniques, devices, drugs and innovations on cataract, refractive and corneal surgery.
• Describe how to recognize, manage, and avoid complications of refractive, cataract and corneal surgery.
• Describe and demonstrate details of surgical technique that can facilitate achievement of improved outcomes in patients undergoing refractive, cataract and corneal surgery.