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Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day 2009: It’s Time to Change
The Annual Meeting of ISRS

Review the schedule below for an overview of the meeting. If you are unable to attend, look forward to the next Refractive Surgery Outlook. The feature article will be an overview of interesting presentations and highlights from the meeting.

Thank you to our Program Directors and our Program Planning Group.

Refractive Surgery 2009 Subspecialty Day Schedule
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Friday, 23 Oct
[06:30] Registration, Material Pick-Up and Continental Breakfast
[08:00] Welcome and Opening Remarks

Opening Keynote
The Economic Impact on Refractive Surgery: How to Deal With It
Shareef Mahdavi

~Sections~

[08:15] I: THE GREAT DEBATES IN REFRACTIVE SURGERY
Moderators: Jay Stuart Pepose MD PhD, Walter J Stark MD

[09:08] II: CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY
Moderators: John F Doane MD, Stephen S Lane MD

[10:45] III: IOLS FOR REFRACTIVE SURGERY
Moderators: Georges D Baikoff MD, William J Dupps Jr MD PhD

[11:31] IV: EXCIMER LASER SURGERY
Moderators: Edward E Manche MD, Sonia H Yoo MD

[Highlight at 12:04] All-Femtosecond Refractive Surgery
The femtosecond laser may have begun its ophthalmic odyssey as a high-tech microkeratome, but today it can do "all-in-one" refractive surgery, with nary an excimer laser or a corneal flap in sight. In 485 eyes, Indian surgeon Rupal S. Shah, MD, has corrected myopia by using a femtosecond laser to carve a precise, 6mm-wide lenticule in the stroma, then removing it through a 4-5mm curved incision (or by peeling it after lifting a LASIK-style flap). For a preview, see Dr. Shah's online video.

~Break for Lunch at 12:30~

[13:45] V: INTRASTROMAL IMPLANTS FOR REFRACTIVE SURGERY
Moderators: Sheraz M Daya MD, Jonathan H Talamo MD

[Highlight at 14:09] Same-day Synergy
In eyes with moderate-severe keratoconus, collagen crosslinking combined with implantation of intracorneal ring segments (after injecting riboflavin into the tunnels) might improve vision more than either procedure does alone. Based on her studies in Turkey, Aylin Kiliç (Ertan), MD, will suggest keeping the interval between the implant and crosslinking procedures brief -- preferably a matter of minutes, instead of weeks or months.

[14:48 – 15:48] BREAK WITH THE EXPERTS
*Runs Concurrently with Potpourri of Novel Ideas
Location: Moscone West, Rooms 2004 and 2008
Topics: Ectasia, Complications of Laser Vision Correction, Post-refractive IOL Calculations, Complications of Presbyopic IOLs
Experts: William J Dupps Jr MD PhD, Terrence P O'Brien MD, J Bradley Randleman MD, Theo Seiler MD PhD, Francesco Carones MD, Thomas Kohnen MD , Scott M MacRae MD, Jennifer Morse MD, Roger F Steinert MD, Wallace Chamon MD, Warren E Hill MD, Kenneth J Hoffer MD, Jack T Holladay MD MSC FACS, Frank J Goes MD, Louis D "Skip" Nichamin MD, Kerry D Solomon MD, Paolo Vinciguerra MD

[15:00 – 15:49] VI: POTPOURRI OF NOVEL IDEAS
*Runs Concurrently with Break with the Experts
Location: Moscone West, Room 2014 (main session room)
Moderators: Elizabeth A Davis MD, Guy M Kezirian MD

[Highlight] Femto-Everything?
The femtosecond laser will be discussed for everything from its original use, cutting LASIK flaps, to highly specialized uses such as Descemet-stripping endothelial keratoplasty. But early clinical results with adding the femto- mystique to the procedure that is the bread and butter of most ophthalmic surgeons -- cataract surgery -- also are on the agenda. Reports on ongoing international trials, with followup as long as one year, will come from Zoltan Nagy, MD, Jonathan H. Talamo, MD, and Stephen G. Slade, MD.

[15:54 – 17:04] VII & VIII: A VIDEO JOURNEY OF CHALLENGING CASES AND COMPLICATIONS IN CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY
VII Moderators: Amar Agarwal MD, R Bruce Wallace III MD
VIII Moderators: Amar Agarwal MD, Carlos Verges MD PhD

[19:00 – 23:00] ISRS Gala Dinner and Awards

Saturday, Oct. 24
[06:30] Continental Breakfast
[08:15] Opening Remarks

~Sections~

[08:20] IX: KERATOECTASIA AND COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING
Moderators: D Rex Hamilton MD, Douglas D Koch MD

[Highlight at 08:58] Crosslinking Plus PRK
A. John Kanellopoulos, MD, of Athens, also sees a synergistic effect from same-day crosslinking and refractive correction, but his preferred modality is topography-guided PRK. His comparison of 325 keratoconus patients followed for two to five years showed they had better vision and more stable corneas if PRK occurred on the same day as the crosslinking, compared to an interval of six months between procedures. His experience with the combined technique now extends to more than 600 cases.

[09:23-09:43] THE TROUTMAN PRIZE
LASIK in Children With Hyperopic Anisometropic Amblyopia
Presenter: Canan A Asli Utine, MD
Introduction by: George O Waring III MD FACS, Richard C Troutman MD FACS

[10:15] X: EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY (ESCRS) SYMPOSIUM: AVOIDING AND MANAGING COMPLICATIONS IN REFRACTIVE SURGERY
Moderators: Paul H Rosen MD, Jose L Guell MD PhD

[11:15] XI: THE CORNEA SOCIETY’S CORNEA CORNER
Moderator: Michael W Belin MD

~Break for Lunch and Joint Meeting Exhibits at 12:15~

[13:00] XII: PAN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF OPHTHALMOLOGY (PAAO) SYMPOSIUM
Moderator: Miguel A Srur MD

[14:30] XIII: MANAGEMENT OF DIFFICULT CASES
Moderators: Ronald R Krueger MD, James J Salz MD

[15:45] XIV: THE JOURNAL OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY'S HOT, HOTTER, HOTTEST: LATE BREAKING NEWS
Moderators: George O Waring III MD FACS, Ioannis G Pallikaris MD

Thank you to our Program Directors and our Program Planning Group
Program Directors:
Drs. Gustavo E. Tamayo and Ronald R. Krueger

Program Planning Group :
Drs. Amar Agarwal, Ronald R. Krueger, Marguerite B. McDonald, Steven C. Schallhorn and Gustavo E. Tamayo

We hope to see you at Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day!
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