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Cornea Society News – published quarterly by the Cornea Society 2 President's message Dear Cornea Society members, H opefully, you have had some time over the summer to spend with family and friends as we recharge for the remainder of the calendar year. As I in- timated in the previous newsletters this year, a number of important and exciting changes are coming to the Cornea Society in 2019. Cornea360 is due to make its debut in Scottsdale, Arizona, in April 2019. As you may know, this is a cooperative effort among the Cornea Society, APEX, and CEDARS/ASPEN to bring not only the best but the most informative, interactive, and in-depth approach to all things cornea and ocular surface possible in a 2-day meeting. I have no doubt that this will be a meeting that will impact your think- ing, approach, and practice of corneal disease more than any other throughout the year. Registration and housing is open, and space is limited. Visit Cornea360. org for details today. Next, we will be revising our membership categories in 2019. For more than a decade, the Cornea Society has had a founding role in the AUPO Fellowship Compliance Committee (FCC) process of establishing and verifying the guidelines for cornea fellowship training in the U.S. and Canada. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the process, these guidelines support not only the clinical and surgical training of cornea fellows, but also require mentorship in scholarship and research in cornea. Fellows provide feedback at the end of their fellowship to confirm compliance with these guidelines in order for programs to maintain their AUPO FCC compliant status. In fact, this system has proved robust and rigorous enough for AAPOS and the Ameri- can Glaucoma Society to make it the primary determinant for membership in their respective societies. In May, the Board of Directors approved creating an additional fellow of the Cornea Society category, which will allow voting privileges as well as leadership opportunities to those who have completed an AUPO FCC fellowship. After 4 years in practice, an application and committee approval process will be put in place to admit these candidates to the new category. All other membership categories will remain largely intact, including the member-with-thesis category. Full details will follow as the policy is implemented in 2019. It is with mixed feelings that we announce a search for a new editor-in-chief for the Cornea Society's journal, Cornea. Alan Sugar, MD, our current editor, has signaled his interest in transitioning to a new editor at the end of his term in January 2020. Dr. Sugar and his team of associate editors, Editorial Board, and reviewers have done an exemplary job over the last several years in bringing the journal to new heights as a service to the science behind diseases of the cornea. The new editor will need the energy and expertise not only to manage the journal and edi- torial processes, but also to maintain the scientific rigor characteristic of the journal while innovating and advanc- ing the scope and reputation. A search committee is in place and accepting nominations with the goal of having a candidate in place by the end of the year to transition to editor in 2020. Make plans early to attend both the Cornea and Eye Banking Forum on October 26 and immediately following, AAO Cornea Subspecialty Day on October 27 in Chicago. Elmer Tu, MD, president, Cornea Society Elmer Tu, MD

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