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4 Program Cornea Society News – published quarterly by the Cornea Society CORNEA DAY, DAY 1, THURSDAY, 11 JULY 2013 0800 (90 min.) (Jointly organized by the Asia Cornea Society and the Cornea Society) Symposium 1 The Changing Face of Keratoplasty Chairs: Christopher RAPUANO, USA Donald TAN, Singapore 0800 – 0810 PK versus EK: Why change? Show me the evidence! Jose GOMES, Brazil 0810 – 0820 PK versus ALK: Why change? Show me the evidence! Barry LEE, USA 0820 – 0830 OST versus KPro: Show me the evidence! Virender SANGWAN, India 0830 – 0850 Special Lecture 1 (20 min.) Keratoplasty – Past, Present, and the Future Francis PRICE, USA 0850 – 0900 Innovations in the Surgical Management of the Perforated Cornea Christopher RAPUANO, USA 0900 – 0910 Innovations in the Surgical Management of the Infected Cornea Prashant GARG, India 0910 – 0920 Advances in Corneal Endothelial Cell Research Jodhbir MEHTA, Singapore 0920 – 0930 Q&A 0930 – 1000 1000 (90 min.) BREAK Symposium 2 Infections around the World Chairs: Elmer TU, USA Ma Dominga PADILLA, Philippines 1000 – 1020 Special Lecture 2 (20 min.) Infectious Keratitis in Asia Donald TAN, Singapore 1020 – 1030 Emerging Resistance in Keratitis with Update on Bacteria Keratitis Terrence O'Brien, USA 1030 – 1040 Update on Fungal Keratitis Venkatesh PRAJNA, India 1040 – 1050 Update on Parasitic Keratitis Elmer TU, USA 1050 – 1100 Clinical Approach to Atypical Keratitis Fung-Rong HU, Taiwan 1100 – 1110 New Diagnostics for Ocular Infection Savitri SHARMA, India 1110 – 1120 Drugs for Bugs – What's New? Roger BEUERMAN, Singapore 1120 – 1130 Q&A 1130 – 1300 LUNCH