Cornea and Eye Banking Forum 2020 Session I

10:00 - 10:02 am
Welcome and Introductions

Speakers: Marjan Farid, MD, and Sophie Deng, MD

10:02 - 10:44 am
Mini-Symposium: COVID-19 and the Donor Cornea Eye Banking in the Time of COVID: Current EBAA Guidelines
Speaker: Jennifer Li, MD, University of California, Davis

Can SARS-CoV-2 be Transmitted through Donor Corneal Tissue? An in vitro Infection Study
Speaker: Josh Hou, MD, Lions Gift of Sight

Assessing Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Human Post-Mortem ocular tissues
Speaker: Onkar Sawant, PhD, Eversight

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

Discussion & Q&A

10:45 - 10:51 am
Treatment and Outcomes of Fungal Infections Following Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty
Speaker: Anthony Aldave, MD, Stein Eye Institute, UCLA

10:52 - 10:58 am
Optimizing Methods to Decontaminate Fungus from Corneal Tissue
Speaker: Roheena Kamyar, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center/ Center for Organ Recovery and Education

10:59 - 11:05 am
Microbial Keratitis after Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis Implantation
Speaker: Reza Ghaffari, MD, Stein Eye Institute, UCLA

11:06 - 11:14 am
Panel Discussion and Q&A

11:15 am
Session Closing

Marjan Farid, MD (Moderator)

Clinical Professor

University of California, Irvine

Marjan Farid, MD, is Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of Cornea, Cataract, and Refractive Surgery and Vice-Chair of Ophthalmic Faculty at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute (GHEI) at UC-Irvine. Dr. Farid's clinical practice is divided between patient care, teaching, and research. Dr. Farid’s research interests focus on corneal surgery, specifically in the use of the femtosecond laser for corneal transplantation. She performs all forms of corneal transplantation -- femtosecond enabled and lamellar keratoplasty. Dr. Farid is also the founder of the Severe Ocular Surface Disease Center at UCI. She performs limbal stem cell transplants as well as artificial corneal transplantation for the treatment of patients with severe ocular surface disorders. She is published in multiple peer reviewed leading journals and text book chapters.  Dr. Farid currently serves as the Chair of the Cornea Clinical Committee of ASCRS and the Program Chair for the EBAA.

Sophie Deng, MD, PhD (Moderator)

Stein Eye Institute, UCLA

Jennifer Li, MD

Medical Director

Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank

Jennifer Li, MD, is a Professor of Ophthalmology at the UC Davis Eye Center where she is the Director of the Cornea and External Disease Service and the Fellowship Director. Dr. Li received her medical degree and completed her residency at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and subsequently completed a fellowship in Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery at UC Davis. She is also the Co-Medical Director of Sierra Donor Services in Sacramento, California. Dr. Li is the Chair of the EBAA Board of Directors and has served on various EBAA committees including EBAA Accreditation Board, the Scientific Programs Committee and as Chair of the Medical Advisory Board. Dr. Li received the R. Townley Paton Award in 2021 for her contributions to the EBAA, sight restoration and corneal transplantation.

Joshua H. Hou, MD

Associate Professor

University of Minnesota/Lions Gift of Sight

Joshua Hou, MD, is an Associate Professor and the Lyon Chair of Ophthalmology in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences at the University of Minnesota. He received a BS in Chemistry from Duke University (Durham, NC), where he graduated summa cum laude. He received his MD from Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO). He then completed an ophthalmology residency and a fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at the University of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary. Dr. Hou currently serves as the Cornea Fellowship Director at the University of Minnesota and maintains a busy tertiary referral practice specialized in complex corneal transplantation and severe ocular surface disease. He is currently the Medical Director of the Lions Gift of Sight Eye Bank, serves as  Chair of the EBAA Scientific Programs Committee, and is an Associate Editor of the Eye Banking and Corneal Transplantation Journal. He leads an NIH funded laboratory at the University of Minnesota and his research interests include eye banking, tissue processing, and limbal stem cell deficiency.

Onkar Sawant, PhD

Eversight

Dena Ballouz

University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center

Roheena Kamyar, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Roheena Kamyar, MD, is a Clinical Assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh specializing in Cornea and External Diseases. She currently also serves on the advisory board at the Center for Organ Recovery and Education and is the Assistant Medical Director at the eye bank.

Anthony Aldave, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology

Stein Eye Institute

Anthony Aldave, MD, is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief of the Cornea and Uveitis Division at the Stein Eye Institute. As a member of the EBAA Medical Advisory Board, Dr. Aldave and colleagues reported an increase in donor-transmitted fungal infections following corneal transplantation in 2013. He has maintained an interest in this topic since, recently publishing an invited editorial on the role of antifungal prophylaxis after receipt of a positive donor rim fungal culture and completing a study investigating the incidence, treatments and outcomes of donor-transmitted fungal infection following DMEK.

Reza Ghaffari, MD

Stein Eye Instiute, UCLA

Shahzad Mian, MD

Medical Director

Eversight

Shahzad Mian, MD, is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School and holds the Terry J. Bergstrom Collegiate Professorship for Resident Education. He has been irector of the residency training program since 2004, and serves as the Vice Chair for Clinical Sciences and Learning. His practice is focused in cornea and refractive surgery and research interests include corneal transplantation techniques, ocular graft versus host disease, and eye banking. He received the senior achievement award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2015 and the Straatsma award for resident education in 2017. He serves on the Board of the Cornea Society, Residency Review Committee for Ophthalmology, the Accreditation Board for the Eye Bank Association of America, as the Senior Medical Director of Eversight Michigan, and is the past-president of the Program Director’s Council of the Association of University Professor in Ophthalmology.

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11/07/2020 at 10:00 AM (EST)  |  Recorded On: 11/12/2020
11/07/2020 at 10:00 AM (EST)  |  Recorded On: 11/12/2020