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President's Message Dear Cornea Society members, W hat an exciting time to be in the field of cornea! In the past decade we have redefined the way we treat cornea disease from both a surgical and medical perspective. We have seen tremendous advances in our field. We no longer just do corneal transplants for every corneal disease. Lamellar keratoplasty and endothelial keratoplasty have transformed our approach to cornea transplant surgery, and now we can order our tissue pre-cut and pre-stripped from eye banks. New ocular surface diagnostics and treatments are changing the way we diagnose and manage dry eye. The prospect of collagen crosslinking for the treat- ment and stabilization of keratoconus will change our approach to these patients, possibly eliminating their need for surgery. Genetic mapping of corneal dystrophies, the advent of gene splicing with CRISPR/Cas9 may alter our approach to genetic dis- ease and offer hope to our patients of a treatment or possible cure for their disease. All of these advancements require a rapidly changing, expanding fund of knowl- edge, and our society is dedicated to the education of ourselves and our peers in cornea and external disease. There are so many different avenues that our society has developed for the dissemination of knowledge. The journal Cornea brings you new information every month. Under the leadership of editor-in-chief Alan Sugar, MD, cutting-edge clinical and basic science arrives at your door or online every month. Dr. Sugar has dramatically short- ened the time from review to publication, keeping our journal current. With a high impact factor, Cornea is where you should send your manuscripts for publication. If you missed World Cornea Congress VII last April, you can see many of the fantastic presentations on our website, www.corneasociety.org, by viewing Cornea VideoEd, or go to VideoEd.CorneaSociety.org. There you can view the presentations you missed. If you prefer to read the papers, check out the supplement to Cornea that came out in November, edited by Kathryn Colby, MD, PhD, via our website under the Publications tab. If you have a challenging case in your office or operating room, post an inquiry on Kera-net and get help from your colleagues worldwide. Perhaps you have a complicated patient who is traveling to another country or region who needs follow-up; post an inquiry on Kera-net and you will find a colleague for continuation of the patient's care. If you are not a member, send a request to Mark Mannis, MD, at mjmannis@ucdavis.edu. Kera-net is a closed listserv for our membership. Here you can discuss clinical issues with your peers around the world. It is an invaluable resource for all members of our society. You can learn more about Kera-net on our website as well. At the 2016 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting, the Cornea Society will host the Vista dinner on May 1, 2016, under the direction of Elmer Tu, MD, and Sophie Deng, MD, includ- ing case discussions. For the past several years, Michael Belin, MD, and Sadeer Hannush, MD, have organized this dinner, and it has become one of the highlights of ARVO. If you are attending ARVO, please register to attend this dinner, and submit a case for discussion. The Cornea Society/Vista program serves as a venue for young or aspiring corneal specialists to present interesting, unusual, or complex cases in a congenial environment and be able to open- ly discuss the cases with prominent corneal specialists. For more information, contact info@CorneaSociety.org Are you going to the ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress? Are you doing DMEK? Come to Cornea Day on May 6, 2016, in New Orleans. Under the leadership of course directors Terry Kim, MD, and Chris Rapuano, MD, it will be an outstanding program. There are talks specifically aimed at the cornea specialist promising an opportunity to learn something new. In the first session on challenging cornea cases, some of the topics include management of the non-healing corneal ulcer, as well as complications from cosmetic iris implants, eye whitening procedures, and cosmetic contact lenses. In refractive surgery, presentations on scleral implants for presbyopia, topo-guided ablations, CXL + LASIK/PRK, and higher order aberrations will expand your knowledge. After lunch there will be discussions on premium IOLs and EK, primary descemetorhexis, transitioning from DSEK to DMEK, IOL calculations after LASIK/ PRK, managing the unhappy cataract patient, and dropless surgery. Cornea Society News – published quarterly by the Cornea Society 2 Marian S. Macsai, MD

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