KPro Study Group Round Tables at Barcelona, Spain.
August 24, 2015 by admin · Leave a Comment
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As was announced late last year, a pre-EuCORNEA KPro Round Tables will occur on September 3, 2015 in Barcelona.
The preliminary program shows, we took a different approach for that meeting: instead of several formal presentations on a specific theme ending with a short discussion of all presentations, the Round Tables is more focused on discussions: each section will have moderators that will be in charge of starting discussions and pros and cons based on the cases presented by the presenters.
The case presenters in each section will make short presentation of cases. Each case presentation will be limited to 5 slides and one video. The total case presentation time will be limited to 5 minutes and then 7 minutes of discussion led by the moderators. Audience questions will be encouraged.
As the Round Tables starts in the afternoon (3pm = 15:00), we only had a few hours to work with and we therefore had to be very specific as to the selected topics and the number of presentations.
IMO has kindly offered to host the Round Tables
Please register directly at www.imo.es/kpro – the site also gives directions as how to get there.
We hope you will like the different format and, of course we hope to see you in Barcelona!
2015 KPRO STUDY GROUP SYMPOSIUM
March 19, 2015 by admin · 1 Comment
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Pre-World Cornea Congress KPRO STUDY GROUP SYMPOSIUM
April 14, 2015, 8 AM – 5 PM at
Shiley Eye Institute UC San Diego
9415 Campus Point Drive, La Jolla, CA
Hosted by: Natalie Afshari MD DrAfshari@ucsd.edu
Program & Abstracts KPro Study Group Symposium UCSD PreWCC 2015
Information on airport, hotels, and transportation.
KPro Symposium, Shiley Eye Center, UC San Diego, April 14, 2015
January 5, 2015 by admin · Leave a Comment
Brighton Cornea Course
April 28, 2014 by admin · Leave a Comment
Friday 13th and Saturday 14th June 2014
Venue: Audrey Emerton Building, Adjacent to Sussex Eye Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton BN2 5BE
Course Director:Professor Christopher Liu
Contact: Lisa.Stanton@bsuh.nhs.uk
Phone: 01273 523204
Registration Fees (before 16th May): Day Rate: £150 (trainee), £200 (SAS and optometrist), £250 (consultant)
Full course (both days including course dinner):£250 (trainee), £300 (SAS and optometrist), £400 (consultant)Course Dinner: £30 (free for those registered for both days)
Download PDF with complete details Brighton_Corneal_Course
9th KPro Study Group meeting, Salzburg
April 7, 2014 by admin · Leave a Comment
Meeting Photos
9th KPRO Study Group Video Part 1
9th KPRO Study Group Video Part 2
9th KPRO Study Group Video Part 3
9th KPRO Study Group Video Part 4
Download PDF version of 9th KPro Revised Program
Download PDF version of 9th KPro Abstracts Book
In view of the VERY large number of presentations, it is MANDATORY for presenters to adhere to the following rules:
1) Oral presentations and poster that are scheduled for Saturday MORNING need to be uploaded/mounted between 5:00pm and 7:00pm on FRIDAY 4/11.
2) ALL oral presentations needs to be in MS Power Point and brought to the projectionist in a USB Flash Drive only. NO laptops allowed.
3) The auditorium will be open at 7am on Saturday for registration.
4) Presentation timing has to be STRICTLY respected – a 1 min timeout warning will be given to the speaker. At timeout, the speaker microphone will be shut down. Consider this a courtesy to all the speakers after you – this will be a very long one-day meeting and we need to adhere strictly to the time frame !
5) Posters: Maximum size: 120cm (47”) wide x 140cm (55”) high. Each poster board will be numbered (see program below for YOUR poster number – e.g.: P1, P2, etc)
6) Registration cost is 100 Euros or 140 USD – Cash ONLY – NO checks, NO credit card
Notes:
– Registrants will receive a Book of Abstracts, a badge and a confirmation of payment at registration.
– The airport is 20 mins to/from the auditorium by taxi. Registration and security will take another 30mins. Plan 1hr to make its safe. A taxi station is located at the main entrance of the hospital.
– The guided city tour will start 10:00am sharp at the entrance of the dome and will be free of charge and guided by Josef Stoiber´s lovely wife Christina!
– The Sound of Music tour will start by a pick-up bus at the hospital gates at 1:40pm Our Host Prof Grabner and his colleagues at the University Eye Clinic of the Paracelsus Medical University wishes everyone a safe travel to Salzburg !
9th KPro meeting April 12, 2014, Salzburg, Austria, CALL for ABSTRACTS
January 6, 2014 by admin · Leave a Comment
We are happy to announce our 2014 meeting which will be held on April 12, 2014
at the Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg,
Final abstract deadline extended to Sunday March 16, 2014
in the MAIN AUDITORIUM Building H1 (http://www.salk.at/lageplan_lkh.php?aid),
of the Landeskrankenhaus, Universitätsklinikum, http://www.salk.at/Landeskrankenhaus.html
Our meeting title will be:
Current KPro´s – Indications, Complications and Solutions – where are we going?
We are seeking presentations on the following subjects:
- Current status/advances/future of MOOKP, Boston KPro, Biosynthetic cornea, and other KPros.
- What are the major problems with current KPros?
- How best prevent/treat infection/inflammation?
- Glaucoma and KPro: any solution yet?
- Can we avoid retroprosthetic membrane formation?
- Vitreoretinal surgery in KPro patients: how to deal with this problem?
- How can one best image the anterior segment and retina in KPro patients?
- What improvements or new instruments would you like in your surgical armamentarium?
Other subjects are of course welcome.
Should you be interested in presenting, please submit a short abstract following the ARVO format, an Abstract Submission Form link is here.
In view of the past several meetings, we expect spending a full 8:30am – 5:30pm day with presentations lasting 10 min maximum and 10 mins for discussion. Exceptions will be made by the Steering Committee for complex subjects that require more time.
Practical information:
- The Landeskrankenhaus, Universitätsklinikum address is Müllner Hauptstrasse 48, 5020 Salzburg. A protected and covered car park is available next to the auditorium building (see map P3). We will provide exit tickets for those participants arriving with their own car – request at the registration desk.
- Salzburg in the spring time is a great time of the year to visit! This is also well known to many tourists and in addition this weekend is the start of the Salzburg Easter Music Festival that some of you might be familiar with. It is therefore crucial that you start making you bookings for accommodations as soon as possible as many good locations (top class hotels, close to the city and hospital) will be booked quite some time in advance. Find more booking details in this link.
Thanks to Jean-Marie Parel and his expert co-workers we have a new website www.KPro.org for additional information on the organization and this upcoming meeting.
We are very thankful to many KPro members for helping the KPro Study Group Team update the now >650 strong KPro email list which will be used to update you on this upcoming meeting in Europe.
With the hope to see you on April 12, 2014, we wish you all the best !
For the KPro Study Group steering committee and KPro SG secretariat
Debbie Sweeney,Michael Belin & Jean-Marie Parel
& Günther Grabner for the local organizing committee
KPro SIG at AsiaARVO 2013
September 19, 2013 by JMP · Leave a Comment
Course: A step by step guide to Keratoprosthesis devices, surgery and research update
Monday 28 October 2013, 8:30am to 9:30am
SIG: Keratoprosthesis: complexities and outcomes revisited.
Tuesday 29 October 9:45 to 11:15 am Click here for details and links.
KPro training course on August 10, 2013 at the PAAO annual meeting
March 4, 2013 by admin · Leave a Comment
KPro training course
Pan American Association of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 7– 10, 2013.
The course will be held on Saturday Aug 10 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm
For details: http://www.paao.org
Chair:
- Michael W Belin
Faculty:
- Juan Carlos Abad
- Jose de la Cruz
- Mark J Mannis
- Victor L Perez
ARVO 2013 – SIG, “Understanding the role biofilm and infections in keratoprosthesis”
February 25, 2013 by JMP · Leave a Comment
ARVO 2013
Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, Washington
SIG
Sunday May 5, 2013
Session #156
1:00:00 PM – 2:30:00 PM Room TCC 303
“Understanding the role biofilm and infections in keratoprosthesis”
The aim of this SIG is to discuss different aspects of biofilm formation as a key in infections and surface material selection in the context of keratoprosthesis. Incorporating aspects of surface and tissue imaging and detection of biofilm will help identify the three facets that might affect biointegration in keratoprosthesis: chemical, mechanical and biological sources.
Organiser:
Deborah Sweeney
Moderators:
Jose de la Cruz, Victor Perez
Opening comments (4 min): The evolution of KPros and infections
Michael Belin
Panel Discussion (12 min): Biofilm in keratoprosthesis, infection or inflammation Relations between biofilm and infection
Darlene Miller
Materials and adherence of biofilm
Jean Jacob
New frontiers in biofilm and infection in the eye
Michael E. Zegans
Open Discussion (45 min)
Panelists
Michael Belin (chair) Donald Tan Jim Chodosh Debbie Sweeney Jean Marie ParelKPro Study Group 2012
June 3, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
