It is KPro SIS at the EVER Meeting held in 2010 in Crete on Saturday October 9
May 5, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Please see http://www.ever.be/view_session.php?ses_id=934 for details.
Moderators for this session
Christopher LIU, James CHODOSH, Nancy AL RAKKAD
Time and place of session
This session will take place on Saturday 9 October 2010 from 18:00 till 19:30 in room Room 3.
Abstracts assigned to this session (7)
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ARVO SIG May 5 2010
April 22, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Please join us if you are attending ARVO this year.
And then add the program which is below – it can be a second link and you can just add the arvo logo to fill in the space on the front page of the website
AGENDA
5th May 2010 Noon Grand B
Opening comments Deborah Sweeney
KPro’s today – types of implants, indications and problems with infection, stromal melting and inflammation (Gunther Grabner) 5 mins
Open Discussion 10 mins
Panel Discussion: “How can novel materials and surfaces be designed to deal with these complications” 30 mins
Discussants:
Heather Sheardown
Daniel Kohane
Rejean Munger
Open Discussion 40 mins
Wrap-up (Jean Marie Parel) 5 mins
Helen Keller Foundation honors Claes H. Dohman, MD, PhD
April 22, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Professor Claes Dohlman, MD, PhD, President of the 8th KPro meeting
Harvard Medical School emeritus professor of ophthalmology receives Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research
The Helen Keller Foundation will honor Claes H. Dohlman, MD, PhD, as the 2010 Helen Keller Laureate at a ceremony during the Annual Meeting.
The foundation established the Helen Keller Prize in 1994 as a way to promote public recognition of vision research. An international panel of biomedical researchers and physicians select the Laureates, who are honored each year at the ARVO Annual Meeting.
Dohlman founded the Mass Eye and Ear Cornea Service and the Cornea fellowship program. One of his many accomplishments was the development of the Boston Keratoprosthesis, or “artificial cornea,” which provides alternative treatment for patients who cannot undergo a standard corneal transplant.
Dohlman served as the chief and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Mass Eye and Ear from 1974 to 1989. He is an emeritus professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.
Giancarlo Falcinelli Honoured
October 16, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
At the 7th KPro Study Group Meeting held in conjunction with the recent EVER meeting in Slovenia, the work of Giancarlo Falcinelli was honored. Prof Falcinelli was presented with a KPro Study Group Medal by his peers in recognition of his outstanding global contributions to curing corneal blindness and to honour his achievement as a global educator and humanitarian in the field of ophthalmology.
Photos from the 7th KPro Study Group Meeting, Slovenia, October, 2009 (album 1) | (album 2)
7th KPro Study Group Meeting: Full Program with Abstracts – download
2010 meeting Sept 16-20 in Beijing
October 16, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The APAO (Asia Pacific Assoc of Ophthalmology) will hold its 2010 meeting Sept 16-20 in Beijing, China. They expect over 5,000 participants. Last year’s meeting in Bali, was both highly successful and enjoyable.
There will be a dedicated 90 minute symposium on Keratoprosthesis. This will cover all forms of KPro. I, Michael W Belin, will chair and organize the symposium. We typically have 8-9 speakers. The APAO has in the past waived all registration for speakers, but travel and hotel are left up to the individual.
If any one would be interested in speaking I would ask that they forward me their contact information and at least two possible titles.
Additionally, there are many other Cornea / External Disease sessions, so if anyone has other topics they may want to talk on please let me know and I can forward these to the proper individual.
Please contact me via email at MWBelin@aol.com
Other Proposed Upcoming Meetings
2010 ARVO SIG, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA May 2010
2011 8th KPro Study Group Meeting, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami Florida, May 2011
Boston Keratoprosthesis Update
September 24, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
*revised 02/26/2013
Standards for Modified Osteoodontokeratoprosthesis (OOKP) Surgery According to Strampelli and Falcinelli
Konrad Hille, MD, Gunther Grabner, MD, Christopher Liu, FRCOphth, Paolo Colliardo, MD, Giovanni Falcinelli, MD, Maurizio Taloni, MD, and GianCarlo Falcinelli, MD
MOOKP Rome-Vienna Protocol 2005 -PDF
Intraocular pressure sensors in KPro
Samir Melki, MD, PhD, Miguel Lopez, MD and Claes Dohlman, MD, PhD
download– PDF
Program for 7th KPro Study Group Meeting
August 26, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
| 7th KPro Study Group meeting Portoroz, Slovenia Saturday October 3, 2009 |
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| Title: KPro’s Today: Corneal blindness defeated in adults; Good results in Children. | ||
| Organization: GC Falcinelli, JM Parel, and D Sweeney | ||
| Honorary Presidents: | E Alfonso, J Barraquer, C Dohlman | |
| Meeting Presidents: | J Aquavella, G Grabner | |
| Scientific Committee: | P Colliardo, B Duchense, G Falcinelli, M Fukuda, G Iyer, K Hille, V Perez, S Rao, J Stoiber, D Sweeney, M Taloni, A Temprano | |
| Session 1 Chairman: C Dohlman – Moderator : K Hille and P Colliardo | ||
| Time: | ||
| 8.15 | Welcome | G Grabner |
| 8.20 | Meeting rationale | GC Falcinelli |
| 8.25 | History and the necessity for the KPro | C Liu |
| KPro Design, Surgical Techniques and Complications | ||
| Time : | ||
| 8.35 | The first Keratoprosthesis implantation in 1955 | FM De la Paz, J Barraquer |
| 8.45 | Boston Keratoprosthesis Type 1 and 2 | C Dohlman |
| 8.55 | Boston Type 1 in pediatric patients | J Aquavella |
| 9.05 | Modified OOKP | GC Falcinelli, P Colliardo |
| 9.15 | Barcelona OOKP and Tibial KPro | J Temprano |
| 9.25 | AlphaCor,Pintucci and Supradescemetic KPros | K Hille, J Stoiber |
| 9.35 | Discussion | |
| Session 2 Chairman: G Grabner – Moderator : CG Falcinelli and J Aquavella Clinical Results and Indications |
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| Time: | ||
| 11.00 | How should we quantify the performance of KPro´ s? The Visual Acuity by Time –Index (VATI) |
G Grabner |
| 11.10 | The Boston Type 1 and 2. The Autoimmune Challenge | J Chodosh |
| 11.22 | Boston Pediatric KPros | J Aquavella |
| 11.22 | Boston I Keratoprosthesis in severe ocular surface disease | J Aquavella |
| 11.32 | Long-term functional and anatomical results of OOKP and tibial OKP. Barcelona experience | FM De la Paz, J Barraquer |
| 11.42 | Tibial KPro | J Temprano |
| 11.50 | MOOKP | G Falcinelli, P Colliardo |
| 12.00 | AlphaCor, Pintucci, Supradescemetic | G Prosdocimo |
| 12.10 | Clinical decision paths in KPro Surgery | G Grabner |
| 12.20 | Discussion | |
| Session 3: Chairman: J Barraquer – Moderator: G Falcinelli and V Perez | ||
| Time: | ||
| 13.45 | How do get started with offering clinical service | M Fukuda |
| 13.55 | Inflammatory responses to KPro: can we control them? | VS Perez |
| 14.05 | The Indian Experience with MOOKP | G Iyer |
| 14.15 | Retinal detachment in MOOKP | P Colliardo, G Falcinelli |
| 14.25 | Dealing with Complications with MOOKP: Oculoplastic | A Gomaa |
| 14.35 | Glaucoma treathment in MOOKP | M Taloni, G Falcinelli |
| 14.45 | Tibial Bone KPro Technique and Longterm Results | A Temprano |
| 14.55 | Discussion | |
| Session 4: Chairman: C Liu – Moderator: M Fukuda and M Taloni | ||
| Time: | ||
| 17.45 | The Collagen Corneal Construct – an update | P Fagerholm |
| 17.55 | Eastern European and Russian devices | Z Zagorski |
| 18.05 | Glaucoma associated with KPros | K Hille |
| 18.15 | Improving the optics of KPros | C Hull (presented by C Liu) |
| 18.25 | The role of contact lenses in KPros | J Ciolino |
| 18.35 | Does imaging help with preventing extrusion? | A Gomaa |
| 18.45 | The clinical psychologist’s role-a one year look back | A Busutti |
| 18.55 | Discussion | |
Etiology of Keratoprosthesis Loss: Results from The Boston Keratoprosthesis Multicenter Study
August 24, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Kpro Membership Application Form
March 31, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Would you like to be a member of KPro Study Group?
Please download application form, PDF version, MS Word version
When completed, please send to the secretary, Prof Debbie Sweeney using one of the following options (in order of preference):
1. Via e-mail as PDF files, to d.sweeney@visioncrc.org
2. Via fax, to +61293857401
3.
Via mail to:
Prof Debbie Sweeney
Level 4, North Wing, RMB,
Gate 14 Barker Street
UNSW SYDNEY
NSW 2052
AUSTRALIA
7th KPro Study Group Meeting
March 5, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Grand Hotel Bernardin, Congress Centre
7th KPro Study Group Meeting will be held as a joint one day Symposium with EVER on Saturday October 3, 2009.
The meeting will be held at the Bernardin Convention Centre in Portoroz Slovenia. The EVER meeting runs from September 30 until October 3, 2009. More details about EVER can be found at website link.
The KPro Study Group and Steering Committee is grateful to Tero Kivelä EVER Programme Secretary and his colleagues at EVER for their support of this joint meeting.
Registration, Abstract Submission and Hotel Bookings for EVER commence April 1.
Portoroz, Slovenia
More details on the 8th KPro Study Group Meeting will be announced shortly however, we are planning a KPro Dinner for the Friday evening, October 2, 2009 so please keep this date free.
