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Cornea Society News – published quarterly by the Cornea Society 3 Cornea Subspecialty Day to explore "Keeping the Old or Breaking the Mold?" T his year's Cornea Subspecialty Day at the 2017 American Acad- emy of Ophthalmology (AAO) annual meeting in New Orleans will feature the theme "Keeping the Old or Breaking the Mold?" Bennie H. Jeng, MD, professor and chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medi- cine, Baltimore, senior co-director of the subspecialty day, shared what attendees can expect. Cornea Subspecialty Day will take place on Saturday, November 11 in the La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom AB. "What we tried to do is cover topics that are of interest and where we're looking to see if what we're doing is cur- rent or if we should be doing something else," Dr. Jeng said. The program features six different sections including corneal infections, keratoplasty, conjunctival tumors, anterior segment imaging, ker- atoconus, and inflammatory conditions of the anterior segment. "All of these are important topics for a corneal specialist, but the program is designed not just for corneal specialists but also for the comprehensive ophthalmologist who wants to know the latest information," he said. Some of the medical cornea top- ics, like infections and dry eye, may be particularly useful for the comprehen- sive ophthalmologist, Dr. Jeng added. Since half of the audience members are usually comprehensive ophthalmolo- gists, they may not be doing some of the techniques like Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) or keratoprosthesis implanta- tion. However, it's still useful for them to hear about the latest techniques and outcomes. Dr. Jeng said that some of the presentations may also be useful to comprehensive ophthalmologists in helping them identify certain conditions that may be appropriate cases to refer to colleagues. The tumor section was on last year's program and was well received, so it was Follow us on: Welcome to CORNEA SOCIETY UNIVERSITY (CSU), the Cornea Society's newest online educational initiative geared toward cornea fellows and young fellows and young physicians. • Dedicated website geared to young physicians • CSU Update e-newsletter • Clinical videos and webinars • Social media networking and collaboration platform • CSU Dinner Series www.CorneaSocietyUniversity.org CorneaSocietyUniversity.org The Cornea Network ... Experience Interactive Education continued on page 4 the founder of the first eye bank estab- lished in the U.S. Finally, the Richard C. Troutman, MD, DSC Prize will be presented to Khoa Tran, PhD. The award is bestowed annually by the Society for the paper published in the journal Cornea during the previous year judged to be the most outstanding and innovative and au- thored by an investigator 40 years of age or younger. The recipient receives $5,000 and the opportunity to present his or her work during the Cornea and Eye Banking Forum. CN Editors' note: Drs. Aldave and Jeng have no financial interests related to their comments. continued from page 1

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