2019 KPro Round Tables Meeting-Miami

August 30, 2019 by  

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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.  

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