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Cornea Society News – published quarterly by the Cornea Society 4 Cornea Society presents 2015 Fellowship Educational Summit T he Cornea Society is pleased to present the 2015 Fellowship Educational Summit for current cor- nea fellows in Tampa, Fla. The program direc- tors, Kathryn A. Colby, MD, PhD, Deepinder Dhaliwal, MD and William Barry Lee, MD, have as- sembled a distinguished faculty of dynamic speakers to address advanced concepts in anterior segment surgery and medical management of cornea and external dis- eases. Faculty members are Esen Akpek, MD, Anthony A. Aldave, MD, Jessica Ciralsky, MD, Bennie H. Jeng, MD, Christopher J. Rapauno, MD and Elmer Tu, MD. Fellows will be introduced to the use and interpretation of anterior segment imaging tools ranging from corneal topography to anterior segment OCT and UBM. Practical applications of these skills will be put to the test and will cover basic and advanced concepts in surface ablation and LASIK. Common and uncommon diseases of the ocular sur- face including advanced dry eye will be discussed as well as a review of corneal considerations in cataract surgery and the management of corneal trauma. All aspects of complex cataract surgery, IOL management, and premium IOLs will be addressed as well. For this year, the number of program participants is limited to 50, and the response has been tremendous. Registration for the 2-day program will open in July. Please visit fellows.corneasociety.org for further details. CN continued on page 6 Cornea journal spring report T he journal Cornea, sponsored by the Cornea Soci- ety, has continued to grow in quality. Nearly 1000 manuscripts were submitted in 2014, a 17% in- crease over 2013, and it appears that submissions will approach 1,200 this year. The acceptance rate for 2014 was 33.5%. The Cornea Society and the Editorial Board thank the authors and the many reviewers who spend much time and effort to evaluate and improve our papers. A particularly notable paper, published in February, was the second edition of the IC3D Classification of Corneal Dys- trophies. This is an update of the original IC3D from 2008, which has become a major resource for ophthalmologists eval- uating corneal dystrophy patients. Another notable paper was the report of a Global Consensus on Keratoconus and Ectatic Diseases developed through an iterative Delphi process by an international panel of experts. It was the lead article in the April issue.

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