OSKON 2023: 4th Ocular Surface and Keratoprosthesis Conference

January 10, 2023 by · Leave a Comment 

OSKON 2023, on August 25-27, 2023

Registration and Announcement:

https://www.sankaranethralaya.org/oskon2023/index.html

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KPro Study Group Webinar Series II

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KPro Webinar Series II, held on May 9, 2020

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Meeting Program

KPro Study Group Webinar Series

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KPro Webinar Series I, held on May 2, 2020

Webinar Program

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KPro Invited Courses at VIII World Cornea Congress

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EVENT CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

Dear KPro aficionados,

Two important announcements:

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1) Professor James Chodosh and the MEEI team are planning the meeting  ”Boston Keratoprosthesis Type I: Fundamentals and New Directions” to be held  at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 from 12 noon to 5 PM, with reception to follow.  Send reservations to Larisa Gelfand (larisa_Gelfand@meei.harvard.edu)

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2) The VIII World Cornea Congress held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, has an Invited Course on Thursday May 14, 2020, organized by the KPro Society with topics (preliminary program link):

Updates in KPro Studies

  • Update on the international database for KPro as a primary penetrating procedure; P3KPRO study
  • CXL and KPro clinical trial update
  • Five year follow up of PANKPRO study; Latin American countries
  • Matched control in data analysis of KPRO

New approaches/Materials/Devices

  • Tubes versus Laser in KPro
  • Modifications to current KPro/MOOKP
  • LVKPRO
  • Update on Keraklear artificial cornea, US trial

Time and speakers are unknown at this time.  We will keep abreast of new developments.

All the best,

Jose de la Cruz, Secretary General

Jean-Marie Parel, Associate Secretary General

2019 KPro Round Tables Meeting-Miami

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Meeting Announcement: The Gray Zone Between KPro and OOKP

Meeting Program

NB: Personal laptop presentations could not be recorded, audio only.

To all KPro aficionados,

We will have a KPro Study Group 2019 Round Table meeting, chaired by Professor Eduardo Alfonso, on October 19, 2019, Noon to 5pm, at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s Jose Berrocal Auditorium situated in the Anne Bates Leach Eye Center, 900 NW 17 street, Miami, FL 33136, USA.

Meeting title:  “The Gray Zone; Between KPro and OOKP

Purpose: Define a bridge between MOOKP, Boston KPro and newer mesoplants

Format:  Round Table Discussion with panelist for case presentations

Topics:

  1. Variations to Boston KPRO technique in specific cases
  2. What brings up the need for OOKP?
  3. OOKP in Europe/Asia vs OOKP in America
  4. How to bridge the Gap between Boston KPro and MOOKP?
  5. Materials in artificial corneas/keratoprosthesis
  6. New devices and where do they fit in the spectrum of artificial corneas

Presentations: each topic will begin with a short introductory talk followed by a moderated discussion session of panelist and audience based on short presented cases.

If you wish

–  to attend, please email:  jmparel@med.miami.edu

–  to present your results, please email:  jnapoli@hotmail.comgamescua@med.miami.edu

 

Best regards,

Jose de la Cruz MD, Guillermo Amescua MD, Eduardo Alfonso MD, Jean-Marie Parel, PhD

 

NB: Lunch will be provided at noon, and presentations start at 1pm.

The KPro Round Table will be held the day before the start of “CURSO”, the XLI Inter-American Course in Clinical Ophthalmology that starts on Sunday October 20.