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Cornea Society News – published quarterly by the Cornea Society 4 180 residents in clinical rotations. Dr. Langston has published more than 250 papers and five books, including the Manual of Ocular Diagnosis and Therapeutics. Konstantinos Tsaousis, MD, Frie- drich Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany, will present the Richard C. Troutman, MD, DSc, Prize Lecture on his paper "In Vitro Study of the Detur- gescence Ability of Cultivated Human Corneal Endothelial Cells," which was published in Cornea. This research found that the "dehydrating ability of [human corneal endothelial cells] is adversely affected by increased thickness of artifi- cial (Descemet) membrane." 1 The $5,000 Troutman award is reserved for a study author who is 40 years old or younger. Mark Terry, MD, medical director, Lions VisionGift, Portland, Oregon, will deliver the R. Townley Paton Award Lec- ture, the EBAA's highest honor for corne- al surgeons. This annual award is given to a corneal surgeon who has qualities and has made contributions like those of Dr. Paton, who founded the first U.S. eye bank. Dr. Terry is credited with creating deep endothelial lamellar keratoplasty (DELK) and also made contributions to the Descemet's stripping endothelial ker- atoplasty (DSEK) technique, according to the Legacy Devers Eye Institute's website where Dr. Terry is a provider. A joint Cornea Society and EBAA Best Fellow Paper Award for $1,500 will also be presented at the symposium to the best paper by a resident, fellow, and/ or medical students. Members, residents and fellows, non-member physicians, and corporate/ non-member eye bankers are all invited to pre-register for this event or register onsite at the Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago. Programming begins at 8:30 a.m. CST and lasts until 4:30 p.m. For more information, visit fallsymposium. corneasociety.org. CN Reference 1. Tsaousis KT, et al. In vitro study of the deturges- cence ability of cultivated human corneal endotheli- al cells. Cornea. 2016;35:669–672. This year Deborah Pavan Langston, MD, Boston, will receive the Cornea Society's Dohlman Award, which honors "a lifetime of teaching excel- lence in the field of cornea and external disease and for contributions to the profession." Dr. Langston was, according to her nomination for this award, the first woman to graduate ophthalmology residency at Harvard Medical School, as well as the first female director of the cornea service at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, succeeding Claes Dohlman, MD, PhD, for whom this award was established. During her career, Dr. Langston taught about 1,250 residents and fellows in lectures, in addi- tion to overseeing about 180 fellows and T he Cornea Society and Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) are looking forward to hosting the annual Fall Educational Sympo- sium on October 14 in Chicago where corneal surgeons, those working for eye banks, and others can learn what's new in the field. This one-day symposium ahead of the 2016 American Academy of Oph- thalmology annual meeting will include discussion on current research, surgical technique and technologies, and issues pertaining to donor tissue. It is also a time to honor several individuals who have shown exemplary work in corneal surgery and eye banking. Gearing up for the Fall Educational Symposium in Chicago

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