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EW NEWS & OPINION 10 February 2015 emerging technologies, the session will also review current modalities, such as phakic IOLs, and will address the optics of the unhappy refractive patient." This session will focus on sev- eral major topics such as presbyopia correction, intra-stromal lenticule extraction, and crosslinking, and afford the speakers a longer time Monty M. Montoya, MBA, will present "Eye Banking in Evolution: Role of the MD." Mr. Montoya is president and CEO of SightLife, the largest and most prominent eye bank in the United States. He has played a pivotal role in advanc- ing eye banking technology and bringing eye banking capabilities to developing countries. 'Refractive Surgery' "While not a pure refractive surgery meeting, WCCVII recognizes the importance of refractive surgery in the corneal subspecialist practice," said Michael W. Belin, MD, professor of ophthalmology and vision science, University of Arizo- na, Tucson, the session's moderator. "While discussing many future or than usual to more properly develop the topics, Dr. Belin said. "I think the attendees will appreciate the longer talks in this session, which will allow for more topic development," he said. Thomas Kohnen, MD, will deliver the keynote presentation, "Past, Present, and Future Options for the Correction of Presbyopia," and Sonia Yoo, MD, will present "Phakic IOL Risks and Benefits: Is the Interest Waning?" Ronald R. Krueger, MD, will present "Overview of Femtosecond Platforms: What's Best for What?" With an engineering background, Dr. Krueger began working on exci- mer laser corneal surgery in medical school and is a leading expert on laser treatment and laser technology development. Steven C. Schallhorn, MD, will provide an overview of conventional and customized ablation options in "Conventional versus Wavefront versus Topo-Guided versus Optimized: What's Different and What's the Same?" Ekktet Chansue, MD, and Arthur B. Cummings, MD, will discuss 2 procedures that may play a pivotal role in the future of refrac- tive surgery. Dr. Chansue will discuss small-incision lenticule extraction (ReLEx SMILE, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany) and whether it is the wave of the future, and Dr. Cummings will highlight the role of crosslinking in refractive surgery. Rohit Shetty, MD, will close the session with "Unhappy Optics/Un- happy Patients: Optics of Refractive Surgery," an issue of practical impor- tance to all refractive surgeons. EW Editors' note: Dr. Belin, who was interviewed for this article, has no financial interests related to his comments. Contact information Belin: mwbelin@aol.com WCCVII continued from page 3

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