CORNEA AND EYE BANKING FORUM SPEAKERS


MODERATORS

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Sophie Deng, MD, PhD
Jules Stein Eye Institute-UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

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Marjan Farid, MD
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA

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Maria Woodward, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

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Olivia Lee, MD
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA


INVITED SPEAKERS

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Ali Djalilian, MD
University of Illinois, Chicago
Therapeutic Applications of Mesenchymal Stroma Cells for Cornea and Ocular Surface Diseases

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Shigeru Kinoshita, MD, PhD
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
An Update on Injectable Endothelial Cell Technology

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Jennifer Y. Li, MD
University of California Davis Eye Center
Eye Banking in the Time of COVID: Current EBAA Guidelines

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Joshua H. Hou, MD
University of Minnesota
Can SARS-CoV-2 be Transmitted through Donor Corneal Tissue? An in vitro Infection Study

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Shahzad Mian, MD
Eversight, University of Michigan
Mini-Symposia Participant


AWARD SPEAKERS

Paton Award Lecture

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Stephen Kaufman, MD, PhD
Lions Gift of Sight
Reflections During Covid-19: My Important But Little Known Research and Our Legacy

Troutman Prize Lecture

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C. Drew Salisbury, MD
Premier Medical Group
Increasing Povidone-Iodine Exposure in Endothelial Keratoplasty Tissue Processing and Fungal Infection Impact

Claes H. Dohlman, MD, PHD, Award

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Eduardo Alfonso, MD
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute


SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT SPEAKERS

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Eric Abdullayev, MD, MBA, CEBT
Lions Eye Institute for Transplant and Research
A Novel Carrier and Technique for Delivery by Injection of In-Advance Pre-Loaded Endothelial Grafts for DSAEK through a Smaller Wound

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Anthony Aldave, MD
Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Treatment and Outcomes of Fungal Infections Following Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty

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Dena Ballouz
University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Cornea Donor Pool and the Role of Routine COVID-19 Testing of all Donors


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William Binotti, MD
Tufts Medical Center
Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in the Assessment of Ocular Surface Lesions

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Joseph Ciolino, MD 
Massachusetts Eye and Ear 
Histological Study of Recurrent Ectasia in Corneal Transplants

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Reza Ghaffari, MD
Stein Eye Institute
Microbial Keratitis after Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis Implantation


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Naomi Joseph, BS 
Case Western Reserve University 
Prediction of DMEK-Grafts at Risk for Future Rejection from Pre-Clinical Diagnosis Endothelial Cell Images

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Roheena Kamyar, MD 
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 
Optimizing Methods to Decontaminate Fungus from Corneal Tissue

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Joana Karanxha 
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine 
A Novel Dual-Chamber Vial for Corneal Graft Preservation


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Ellen Koo, MD 
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute 
Endothelial Cell Viability in Viscoelastic-Aided DMEK Graft Preparation and Marking

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Marianne Price, PhD 
Cornea Research Foundation of America 
Double-Masked Randomized Trial of Netarsudil for Reduction of Corneal Edema in Fuchs Dystrophy

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Onkar Sawant, PhD
Eversight
Assessing Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Human Post-Mortem Ocular Tissues


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Rohan Singh, MD
Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School
Prevalence of Neurotrophic Keratopathy in Patients with Chronic Ocular Graft-Versus-Host Disease

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Chanon Thanitcul
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Predictors of Receiving Keratoplasty for Keratoconus

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Allison Umfress, MD
Vanderbilt Eye Institute
Long Term Outcomes after Cornea Transplant and Cataract Extraction in Children after Penetrating Ocular Trauma


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Jijo Wang, MD 
New York Medical College 
Outcome of Lamellar Keratoplasty of Cornea and Sclera Graft as Treatment for Children with Dermoids

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Wei Wang, PhD
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Viability and Function of Cultured Human Corneal Endothelial Cells (HCECs) for Transplantation