VIDEOCATARATTAREFRATTIVA 2013 ABSTRACT DEI CONTENUTI Il convegno costituisce un evento scientifico che si ripete annualmente da oltre 20 anni, i cui campi di interesse sono rappresentati dalla patologia chirurgica del segmento anteriore dell'occhio e dalla chirurgia corneale, eminentemente quella refrattiva. Il congresso è articolato su due giornate in cui si alternano temi relativi ai due focus citati. Vengono invitati costantemente speakers non italiani, con rilevanti curriculum in questi campi e riconosciuti esperti internazionali. Il programma di quest anno è incentrato in primis sulla tecnologia del laser a femtosecondi, sia per la chirurgia della cornea che per quella della cataratta. La ricerca clinica e tecnologica ha consentito nell’ultimo anno un ampio salto di qualità al laser a femtosecondi, che sta iniziando un percorso di corrente applicazione clinica. Nell’ambito del congresso si sviluppano sei sessioni di un'ora e mezza ciascuna di collegamento continuo via satellite con centri chirurgici italiani ed europei. In ogni sessione vengono presentati casi clinici di chirurgia in diretta corredati da presentazione del caso clinico, scelta della tecnica chirurgica, discussione con l’aula. Questo importante impegno organizzativo ha la finalità di mettere in contatto didattico i congressisti con i più avanzati centri europei e realizzare un aggiornamento che sia nel contempo profondo ed attuale, oltre che rendere l’audience parte di una comunità continentale. Le sessioni di live surgery sono intercalate da sessioni di tavole rotonde dedicate a specifiche patologie, complicazioni, materiali e devices, come le tecniche laser per la DALK o cheratoplastica anteriore profonda, i miglioramenti alla tecnica di trapianto endoteliale DSEK, gli impianti IOL pre-caricati. Uno dei campi di crescente interesse e complessità tecnica è la correzione della presbiopia tramite chirurgia corneale. Sono presentati gli aggiornamenti dei software laser ed i risultati degli studi, con le diversificazioni di approccio tecnico, discusse direttamente con gli speaker. L’ampliamento delle esperienze con lenti intraoculari pseudofachiche bifocali e trifocali consente un confronto con la nota tecnologia diffrattiva. Le tendenze più recenti per gli impianti secondari a fissazione sclerale stanno facendo emergere l’efficacia delle lenti a fissazione iridea, maggiormente rapide da impiantare e stabili nel tempo. Lo scambio di idee è oggetto di una specifica tavola rotonda. Nel campo del cross linking, il trattamento standard del cheratocono evolutivo, la ricerca di modalità di riduzione dei tempi di esecuzione, sta producendo nuove proposte tecnologiche di aumento della densità di energia, oltre che della elettroforesi, ancora in sperimentazione, con obiettivo protocolli di trattamento più rapidi. L’insufficienza del film lacrimale è una para-patologia la cui diffusione è in crescita netta negli ultimi anni e che interferisce sia con la qualità percepita della vita dei pazienti, sia con la qualità della chirurgia. La diagnostica clinica ed i più recenti approcci al quadro clinico sono presentati in uno specifico panel.

VIDEOCATARATTAREFRATTIVA 2013

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM AND SATELLITE EVENTS

Friday 18th October

8.30 – 10.30 Lectures and videopresentations

One year experience with Alcon Centurion - G. Scharioth Active fluidics with the new Centurion Vision System - K. Tija

Round Table: Femtosecond DALK: how far is the Descemet ? Femtosecond laser suture-free DALK - J. Hjordtal

Intra-OP OCT to enhance IOL power calculation - O. Findl Round Table: defective tear film. Clinical diagnosis and treatment

before refractive surgery

10.00 – 10.30 Coffee break

10.30 – 12.00 Satellite Live Surgery from Verona Hospital (I) Surgeons: J. Fernandez, G. Marchini, P. Stodulka Moderator: R. Bellucci – President of ESCRS 12.00 – 13.00 Lectures and videopresentations

Intrepid IOL injection system delivery – K. Tija Round Table: Refractive and Diffractive Multifocal IOLs Modern trifocal IOL - M. Tomalla

13.00 -14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 Satellite Live Surgery from Augenzentrum of Koln (DE)

Surgeons: N. Koerber, B. Meyer

Moderators N. Koerber e B. Meyer

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break

16.00 – 17.30 Satellite Live Surgery from IMO, Barcelona Surgeons: D. Elies, J. Guell Moderator: J Guell

17.30 – 18.30 Lectures and videopresentations argomento Catalys: Femtosecondlaser of Optimedica – B. Dick

Femtosecond VICTUS (titolo da precisare) – M. Tomalla RT: secondary IOL implant: scleral vs iris fixation Intrascleral haptic fixation – pearls and pitfalls – G. Scharioth optimize refractive outcome after DSAEK with phaco – J. Hjordtal

Saturday 19th October

8.30 – 9.30 Lectures and videopresentations

Effect of rhexis on IOL position – O. Findl Laser cataract surgery in the presence of corneal ring – P. Stodulka ReLEX SMILE: Small Incision Lenticule Extraction – J. Fernandez

09.30 – 11.00 Satellite Live Surgery from Padua Hospital (I) Surgeons : B. Dick, L. Caretti, A. Galan, M. Tavolato Moderatore: A. Galan

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00 Satellite Live Surgery from CAMO-Centro Ambrosiano Oftalmico, Milan (I)

Surgeons: L. Buratto, G. Scharioth, K. Tjia Moderator: L. Buratto 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 Satellite Live Surgery from Eye Clinic Svjetlost, Zagreb Surgeons : M. Bohac, I. Dekaris, N. Gabric, R. Lazic Moderator: N. Gabric 15.30 – 17.30 Lectures and videopresentations

Implantation of corneal presbyopic microlens – P. Stodulka SUPRACOR: PresbyLASIK for Hyperopia and Myopia – J. Fernandez

Round Table: cornea presbyopia correction. Indications and Caveats

PROGRAMMA

VENERDI’ 18 OTTOBRE - MATTINA

Ore 8.30-10.00 Letture e/o Videoproiezioni di chirurgia rifrattiva registrata presso chirurghi di fama internazionale con discussione

Un anno di esperienza con Alcon Centurion – G. Scharioth Fluidica attiva con il nuovo Sitema Vision Centurion – K. Tjia Tavola Rotonda: DALK con Femtosecondi: a che punto è la

Descemet? DALK sutura libera con Laser a femtosecondi – Hjordtal J. OCT intra operatorio per aumentare la potenza di calcolo della IOL –

O. Findl Tavola Rotonda: Film lacrimale difettoso. Diagnosi clinica e

trattamento prima della chirurgia refrattiva Ore 10.00-10.30 Intervallo Ore 10.30-12.00 Chirurgia in diretta dall’Ospedale di Verona (Italia) Chirurghi: J. Fernandez, G. Marchini, P. Stodulka Moderatore: R. Bellucci – Presidente dell’ESCRS Ore 12.00-13.00 Letture e/o Videoproiezioni di chirurgia rifrattiva registrata presso

chirurghi di fama internazionale con discussione IOL Intrepid: sistema di iniezione – K. Tjia Tavola Rotonda: IOL multifocali refrattive e diffrattive – IOL trifocali

moderne – M. Tomalla Ore 13.00-14.00 Colazione di lavoro

VENERDI’ 18 OTTOBRE - POMERIGGIO

Ore 14.00-15.30 Chirurgia in diretta dall’Augenzentrum di Colonia (Germania) Chirurghi: N. Koerber, B. Meyer Moderatori: Norbert Koerber e Bertram Meyer Ore 15.30-16.00 Intervallo Ore 16.00-17.30 Chirurgia in diretta da IMO di Barcellona (Spagna) Chirurghi: D. Elies, J. Guell Moderatore: J. Guell ore 17.30-18.30 Letture e/o Videoproiezioni di chirurgia rifrattiva registrata presso

chirurghi di fama internazionale con discussione Catalys: Laser a femtosecondi di Optomedica – B. Dick Victus Femtosecondi (titolo da precisare) – M. Tomalla Tavola Rotonda: Impianto secondario di IOL: sclerale contro

fissazione iridea

Fissazione intrasclerale aptica: consigli e insidie – G. Scharioth Ottimizzare il risultato rifrattivo dopo DSAEK con faco – J. Hjordtal

SABATO 19 OTTOBRE – MATTINA Ore 8.30- 9.30 Letture e/o Videoproiezioni di chirurgia rifrattiva registrata presso

chirurghi di fama internazionale con discussione Effetti della ressi sulla posizione della IOL – O. Findl Chirurgia della cataratta con laser in presenza di anello corneale – P. Stodulka ReLEX SMILE: estrazione della lente con piccola incisione – J. Fernandez

Ore 9.30-11.00 Chirurgia in diretta dall’Ospedale di Padova (Italia) Chirurghi: B. Dick, L. Caretti, A. Galan, M. Tavolato Moderatore: A. Galan Ore 11.00-11.30 Intervallo Ore 11.30-13.00 Chirurgia in diretta da CAMO Centro Ambrosiano Oftalmico, Milano

(Italia) Chirurghi: L. Buratto, G. Scharioth, K. Tjia Moderatore: L. Buratto

Ore 13.00-14.00 Colazione di lavoro

SABATO 19 OTTOBRE - POMERIGGIO

Ore 14.00-15.30 Chirurgia in diretta dall’ Eye Clinic Svjetlost di Zagabria (Croazia) Chirurghi: M. Bohac, I. Dekaris, N. Gabric, R. Lazic Moderatore: N. Gabric Ore 15.30 – 17.30 Letture e/o Videoproiezioni di chirurgia rifrattiva registrata presso

chirurghi di fama internazionale con discussione Impianto di microlenti corneali per presbiti – P. Stodulka SUPRACOR: PresbyLASIK per ipermetropia e miopia – J.

Fernandez Tavola Rotonda: Correzione corneale della presbiopia:

indicazioni e avvertenze Ore 18.00 Chiusura del congresso

CURRICULUM VITAE RELATORI

SCHARIOTH GABOR Senior consultant at Aurelios Augenzentrum Recklinghausen Germany and Univesity of Szeged Hungary,

Ophthalmic surgeon specialized in catarct, glaucoma, vitreoretinal and reconstructive surgery, more then 20.000 surgeries in lifetime,

more then 200 presentation at national and international meetings, multiple publications (on catarct, glaucoma, retina), inventor of new surgical techniques like intrascleral IOL haptic fixation and instruments like Glaucolight device, special forcepses, DORC light indentor JOAQUÍN FERNÁNDEZ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: -Master Medicine and Surgery by the Faculty of Medicine of Granada 1986-1992. -Specialist in Ophthalmology at the Hospital Complex City of Jaén 1997-2001. -Director of the Unit of Ophthalmic Hospital Complex Torrecárdenas Almería. -Director of the Unit of Ophthalmic Hospital Virgen del Mar Almería. -Director surgical teams for the reduction of waiting list SAS. PUBLICATIONS-CONGRESSES: -Director Meeting Users Group Spanish Crystalens and of the Spanish Group Cataract sub-2mm. -Vocal Cataract and Presbyopia of SAO. -Articles in Presentations Society Ophthalmology Spanish: Surgery of the Presbyopia, Cataract surgery. - Oral presentations, videos and in Panel in Congresses ESCRS, SEO, SECOIR, SAO, Phacotrabeculectomy-Elche, CIMO. -Publisher books: Surgery mini-invasive Cataract, Ophthalmology in Primary Care. DANIEL ELIES Ophtalmologist and cornea, cataract and refractive surgeon at IMO (Institut de Microcirurgia Ocular) in Barcelona, Spain. Professor at ESASO (European school for advanced studies in ophthalmology) University School in Lugano. Member of different international societies (ESCRS, ASCRS, ISRS, AAO ...) and board member or reviewer of some international journals (British journal, Emetropia journal, ... )

JOSE’ GUELL He was born on 1960. He is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Autonoma University of Barcelona since 1991. He studied Medicine and Surgery at the Central University of Barcelona (1977-84). His Doctorate Degree about “Lasik, laser assisted in situ Ketatomileusis” was presented with “Cum Laude” on July 99 at the UAB He performed his Residency Program in Barcelona at the Autonoma University (1986-1989) at the Vall d’Hebró Unit, a clinical fellowship in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at Emory University, Atlanta (1989) , he was directing the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Section at the Ophthalmology Department of the Vall d´Hebron Hospital, Autonoma University of Barcelona until 1999. Presently, he is an Associate professor of Ophthalmology at the Autonoma University of Barcelona, Scientific Coordinator and Professor of the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Module, ESASO, European School for Advanced. Studies in Ophthalmology, Lugano and Director of Cornea and Refractive Surgery Unit at the ”Instituto de Microcirugia Ocular de Barcelona” a private Center. He is the Secretary of the Private Foundation for Corneal Tissue Obtention. At the present time, he belongs at the following Investigations lines: “Beca Fis” for the Expansion Project of Stem cell limbics in Amniotic Membrane and the “Red Nacional de Investigación Cooperativa: Subproyecto Cirugia Refractiva” He has been involved in Refractive Surgery since 1989 and in Laser Corneal Surgery since 1993. Laser Assisted in situ Keratomileusis and Iris Claw phakic IOL’s have been his procedures of choice for the correction of myopia and astigmatism since October 1993, and Intracorneal Ring Segments since 1998.

Published articles/chapters-conferences

640 Conferences and talks in National and International Meetings 170 Published articles/chapters in National and International Journals

ANTONIO SCIALDONE

Antonio Scialdone é nato in Italia nel Settembre 1954.

Si è laureato in Medicina e Chirurgia nell’Aprile 1979, and ha superato l’Esame di Stato

nello stesso anno all’ Università di Firenze.

Nel Luglio 1983 si è specializzato in Oftalmologia all’Università di Firenze.

Dal Maggio 1983 al Gennaio 1984 ha ricevuto una borsa di studio presso la Clinica

Oculistica di Milano.

Dal Febbraio 1984 al Dicembre 2000 ha prestato opera come Oculista dipendente

ospedaliero nel Dipartimento di Oftalmologia dell’Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele –

Università di Milano, dove era Responsabile dell’Unità di Chirurgia del Segmento

Anteriore.

Dal Novembre 1985 al Maggio 1986 è stato "Research Fellow” al Dipartimento di

Oftalmologia dell’Hammersmith Hospital a Londra (GB).

Dal 1990 al 2000 ha svolto le funzioni di professore a contratto di chirurgia del segmento

anteriore alla scuola di specializzazione in Oftalmologia dell’Università di Milano.

Dal 1998 al 2000 è stato nominato responsabile del controllo di qualità clinica per il

Dipartimento di Oftalmologia dell’Ospedale San Raffaele.

Dal Dicembre 2000 è Direttore Medico di Oculistica 1 presso l’Azienda Ospedaliera

Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico di Milano.

Ha eseguito circa 7500 interventi chirurgici sul segmento anteriore e posteriore dell’occhio.

Lingue parlate: Inglese e Francese.

Autore di 95 pubblicazioni scientifiche.

Antonio Scialdone è membro di: American Academy of Ophthalmology American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Società Oftalmologica Italiana

AICCER (Associaz. It. Facoemulsificazione e Chirurgia Refrattiva) LUCIO BURATTO

Il Dr. Lucio Buratto ha conseguito la Laurea in Medicina e Chirurgia presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano dove si è anche specializzato in Clinica Oculistica. Nel settore della oftalmologia il Dr. Buratto si occupa soprattutto della chirurgia della cataratta e della chirurgia refrattiva (che corregge la miopia, l’astigmatismo e l’ipermetropia); in questi settori ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti a livello internazionale e nazionale.

AWARDS -“KM Study Group”nel 1995 per le ricerche ed innovazioni nel campo della miopia elevata.

-“Chirurgo Refrattivo dell’Anno” al convegno Refractive Alliance del 1998 in occasione del

congresso dell’American Academy a New Orleans.

- “Maestro dell’Oftalmologia Italiana” con medaglia d’oro (1998)

- “Pioniere in Chirurgia Refrattiva” dal Lasik Institute in occasione del Convegno Europeo

di Nizza

dell’ESCRS (European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery) (1998)

- Medaglia d’oro “Peter Choyce” al congresso della società inglese UKISCRS per gli studi

nella

Lasik (1999)

- Premio “Barraquer” per le ricerche ed innovazioni sulla Lasik al Congresso

Internazionale

di Dallas dell’American Academy; questo è il massimo riconoscimento internazionale

per

un chirurgo refrattivo (2000)

- “Award Certificate” ricevuto dall’American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) (2003)

- “Binkhorst Medal ” ricevuta durante il XXII Congresso dell’ESCRS a Parigi (2004)

- Riconoscimento per la Keynote Lecture ricevuta durante il Congresso Annuale S.O.I.

a Firenze (2005

- “Award Fyodorov” ricevuto durante il Congresso Annuale dell’HSIOIRS ad Atene (2006)

-“ Lifetime Achievement Award” ricevuto durante il Congresso Annuale dell’AAO a

Orlando,

U.S.A. (2011)

- “Dermot Pierce Memorial Lectural” presentata durante il Joint Irish&Ukiscrs a Dublino

(2012)

- Medal Lecture al convegno della IIIC (International Intraocular Implant Club) durante il

congresso dell’ESCRS (European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery) di Milano

(2012).

ATTIVITA’ SCIENTIFICA

Ha organizzato e diretto 49 congressi di aggiornamento sulla chirurgia della cataratta, del glaucoma e sulla laserterapia. Ha partecipato come relatore e docente ad oltre 400 corsi e congressi. Ha organizzato 54 corsi pratici per l’insegnamento della chirurgia oculare. Ha prodotto n. 32 video didattici di vario genere di cui 17 dedicati alla chirurgia della cataratta. Ha eseguito interventi chirurgici, a scopo didattico, in live surgery in oltre 300 convegni o congressi italiani ed esteri. Ha eseguito chirurgia via satellite trasmessa in 54 Paesi di 4 diversi continenti. Ha ideato e fatto costruire 148 ferri per chirurgia oculare. Ha eseguito più di 125 pubblicazioni scientifiche di vario genere nel campo dell’oftalmologia. Ha pubblicato 67 trattati di chirurgia oculare di cui 26 dedicati alla chirurgia della cataratta, 5 a quella del glaucoma e 11 a quella della miopia.

PRINCIPALI TAPPE PROFESSIONALI

Nel 1978 ha cominciato ad effettuare la facoemulsificazione secondo Kelman, la tecnica di estrazione della cataratta che a tutt’oggi è la metodica più sofisticata di intervento. Nel 1979 ha iniziato ad utilizzare le lenti intraoculari da camera posteriore. Nel 1981 ha introdotto in Italia la “Viscochirurgia”, la moderna metodica operatoria che, mediante l’uso di sostanze viscoelastiche, permette di semplificare e rendere più sicura la chirurgia della cataratta e le altre tecniche chirurgiche oculari. Nel 1982 ha presentato in Italia lo Yag Laser, lo strumento a luce fredda che permette di eseguire alcuni interventi chirurgici all’interno dell’occhio senza necessità di utilizzare ferri chirurgici. Nel 1983 ha organizzato il primo convegno internazionale di oftalmologia con trasmissione live via satellite. Nel 1986 ha introdotto in Italia la cheratomileusi senza congelamento, tecnica di correzione chirurgica per difetti di miopia elevata ed alta ipermetropia (precorritrice dell’attuale Lasik). Nel 1989 ha proposto ed utilizzato, primo assoluto a livello internazionale, il laser ad eccimeri intrastromale per il trattamento della miopia elevata (tecnica ora chiamata LASIK). Nello stesso periodo ha iniziato a trattare anche la miopia lieve con le tecniche di superficie (PRK). Nel 1992 ha conseguito al congresso internazionale di San Diego (California) il premio per la miglior nuova tecnica chirurgica (cheratomileusi miopica con laser ad eccimeri, precorritrice dell’attuale LASIK). Nel 1992 ha fondato a Milano, l’Istituto per l’insegnamento della chirurgia oculare. Nel 1992 ha introdotto in Italia le nuove tecniche di chirurgia della cataratta senza sutura. Nel 1993 è stato uno dei relatori del rapporto annuale della Società Oftalmologica Italiana “SOI” dal titolo “Chirurgia Corneale”. Nel 1995 è stato insignito del riconoscimento internazionale “KM Study Group” per le sue ricerche ed innovazioni apportate nel campo della miopia elevata. Dal 1995 è consulente della Banca degli occhi del Veneto. Nel 1995 è stato monitor della Food and Drug Administration. Nel 1996 ha ideato ed utilizzato per primo al mondo la nuova tecnica di Lasik Down Up, perfezionamento della procedura Lasik per la correzione della miopia; è detentore di un brevetto USA su tale tecnica. Nel 1998 è stato nominato “Chirurgo Refrattivo dell’Anno” al convegno Refractive Alliance del 1998 in occasione del congresso dell’American Academy a New Orleans. Nel 1998 è stato nominato dalla Società Oftalmologica Italiana “Maestro dell’Oftalmologia Italiana” ed è stato premiato con medaglia d’oro. Nel 1998 ha pubblicato in lingua inglese il primo trattato: “Lasik principles and techniques” che è stato il Best Seller internazionale di Oftalmologia; nello stesso anno ha pubblicato anche l’edizione italiana.

Nel 1998 è stato insignito del riconoscimento “Pioniere in Chirurgia Refrattiva” dal Lasik Institute in occasione del Convegno Europeo di Nizza ESCRS. Nel 1999 è stato coordinatore del rapporto della Società Oftalmologica Italiana (SOI): chirurgia della cataratta. Nel 1999 è Stato insignito della medaglia d’oro “Peter Choyce” al congresso della società inglese UKISCRS per i suoi studi nella Lasik. Nel 2000 ha ricevuto il premio “Barraquer” per le sue ricerche ed innovazioni sulla Lasik al Congresso Internazionale di Dallas dell’American Academy; questo è il massimo riconoscimento internazionale per un chirurgo refrattivo Nel 2000 è stato coordinatore del rapporto SOI 2000 “ Chirurgia Refrattiva”. Nel 2000 ha pubblicato in lingua inglese il secondo trattato:”Lasik:Surgical techniques and Complications”. Nel 2002 ha pubblicato, in lingua inglese, il trattato “Phacoemulsification: Principles and Techniques” ed il terzo trattato ”Custom Lasik : Surgical techniques and complications” . Nello stesso anno sono stati pubblicati anche in italiano. Nel 2003 ha ottenuto l’ “Award Certificate” rilasciato dall’American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) . Nel 2004 è stato il primo chirurgo europeo ad utilizzare il nuovissimo laser “Intralase” per chirurgia refrattiva.

E’ stato relatore della “Binkhorst Medal Lecture” durante il XXII Congresso Annuale dell’ESCRS a Parigi nel 2004.

Nel 2005 ha ottenuto un riconoscimento per la Keynote Lecture durante il Congresso Annuale S.O.I. Firenze. Nel 2006 ha eseguito , primo in Europa, trapianti di cornea utilizzando il Femtosecond Laser.

Nel febbraio 2006 ha ottenuto il premio Fyodorov durante il Congresso Annuale dell’HSIOIRS ad Atene.

Nel 2011 è stato il primo chirurgo dell’ovest Europa ad utilizzare il Femtosecond Laser per la chirurgia della cataratta.

Nel 2011 ha ricevuto il Lifetime Achievement Award durante il Congresso Annuale dell’AAO, ad Orlando, Usa.

Nel 2011 è stato nominato Socio Onorario della Società ASETCIRC (Asociation espagnola de Tecnologia y cirugia de Implantes Refractiva y cornea) durante il Congresso annuale dell’ASETCIRC di Barcellona, Spagna.

Nel 2012 ha presentato la “Dermot Pierce Memorial Lectural” durante il Joint Irish&Ukiscrs a Dublino.

Nel 2012 ha presentato la Medal Lecture al convegno della IIIC (International Intraocular Implant Club) durante il congresso dell’ESCRS (European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery) di Milano.

E’ stato Presidente Onorario di AISO (Accademia Italiana Scienze Oftalmologiche), Presidente dell’ AICCER (Associazione Italiana di Chirurgia della Cataratta e Refrattiva) e Presidente di AIF (Associazione Italiana di Facoemulsificazione).

E’ citato nel Who’s Who italiano dal 1984.

ISCRIZIONI A SOCIETA’ OFTALMOLOGICHE

1. AAO American Academy of Ophthalmology

2. ASCRS American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

3. ESCRS European Society Cataract Refractive Surgery

4. IIIC International Intra-ocular Implant Club

5. SOI Società Oftalmologica Italiana

6. AICCER Associazione Italiana di Chirurgia della Cataratta e Refrattiva: Past President.

7. SITRAC (Società Italiana Trapianto di Cornea): Socio Onorario

8. AISO Accademia Italiana Scienze Oftalmologiche: Presidente Onorario

9. ASETCIRC (Asociation Espagnola de Tecnologia y Cirugia de Implantes Refractiva y

cornea): Socio Onorario

Ha pubblicato come autore 67 trattati di chirurgia oculare: 1. Atlante di lenti intraoculari - 1984

2. Nd:Yag Laser Application - 1984

3. Microchirurgia laser nel glaucoma - 1985

4. Chirurgia extracapsulare della cataratta ed impianto di lenti intraoculari da camera

posteriore – 1987

5. Laser Microsurgery of Glaucoma – 1988

6. Chirurgia nel glaucoma – 1988

7. Extracapsular Cataract Microsurgery and Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lenses - 1989

8. Phaco Book - 1990

9. Glaucoma surgery – 1991

10. Epicheratofachia - 1991

11. Chirurgia della cataratta nei casi complicati - 1991

12. Chirurgia della cataratta nella miopia assile - 1992

13. Chirurgia della miopia assile mediante cheratomileusi - 1993

14. Chirurgia della cornea (SOI) - 1993

15. Occhiali in ottica oftalmica – 1993

16. Incisioni e suture nella chirurgia della cataratta - 1993

17. Cataract surgery in Axial Myopia - 1994

18. Prevenzione e trattamento delle endoftalmiti - 1994

19. Comportamento di sala operatoria in oculistica - 1994

20. Chirurgia della cataratta: strumenti tecniche per chirurgia extracapsulare - 1994

21. Sterilità e sterilizzazione in oftalmologia - 1995

22. Topografia corneale - 1995

23. Chirurgia della cataratta: facoemulsificazione - evoluzione e stato dell'arte - 1996

24. Chirurgia della cataratta: facoemulsificazione - tecniche avanzate e impianto di lenti

pieghevoli - 1996

25. Chirurgia dell’iride - 1996

26. Corneal Topograpy. 1996

27. Vademecum sulla chirurgia del glaucoma – 1997

28. Viscoelastici in chirurgia oftalmica: Vol. I – Chirurgia della cataratta. 1997

29. Viscoelastici in chirurgia oftalmica: Vol. II – Chirurgia della cornea, dell’angolo

camerulare, della retina e degli annessi.- 1997

30. Lasik: principles and techniques.- 1998

31. Phacoemulsification: principles and techniques.- 1998

32. Lasik 2000 –1998

33. Asistujeme oftalmochirurgovi (in lingua cecoslovacca) - 1998

34. Chirurgia della cataratta (in lingua russa) - 1999

35. Facoemulsificazione: moderne tecniche – 1999

36. Viscoelastics in ophthalmic surgery – 2000

37. Lasik: surgical techniques and complications – 2000

38. Chirurgia dello Pterigio –2000

39. Pterygium Surgery –2000

40. Cataract Surgery in Complicated cases –2000

41. L’infermiere di Sala Operatoria in Oftalmologia – 2001

42. Assistente in oftalmologia. - 2001

43. Chirurgia della cataratta in casi difficili - 2001

44. Modern techniques of phacoemulsification – 2001

45. Phacoemulsification: Principles and Techniques.- 2003

46. Custom Lasik : Surgical techniques and complications.- 2003

47. Focal Points su Chirurgia Refrattiva e Chirurgia della Cataratta – 2001/2002/2003/2004

48. Visante OCT – Alla scoperta del segmento anteriore – 2007

49. Occhio e nutrizione – 2008

50. Occhio e trucco – 2009

51. Eye and nutrition – 2010

52. Mangiare per gli occhi – 2010

53. L’occhio, le sue malattie e le sue cure – 2010

54. Occhio e lenti a contatto – 2011

55. Occhio e guida – 2011

56. Jokes get in your eyes – 2011

57. PRK, the past, present and future of surface ablation – 2011

58. Lasik, the evolution of refractive surgery – 2011

59. La Vista umana – 2011

60. Occhio, refrazione e presbiopia. – 2012

61. Occhio e Buon umore – 2012

62. Complicanze in chirurgia della cataratta – 2012

63. I difetti della vista – (E-book) 2012

64. Cataract surgery in complicated cases – 2012

65. Cataract surgery complications – 2012

66. Occhio, malattie e cure (inserto del Corriere della Sera) – 2013

67. Occhio e occhiale - 2013

GIORGIO MARCHINI Date of birth: March 7, 1955. Title: MD, PhD, Postgraduate in Ophthalmology. Full Professor of Ophthalmology. Head of the Eye Clinic, Department of Neurosciences, AOUI and University of Verona. Institution and Location: University Eye Clinic - Borgo Trento Hospital - P.le A. Stefani, 1 – 37126 Verona – Italy Professional experience: Prof. Marchini is the head director of the Ophthalmic Clinic of Verona University. His surgery experience cover more than 15000 operations both on anterior and posterior segments. He is teaching professor of the Ophthalmology Course at the University of Verona (Degree of Medicine) and Director of postgraduate course in Ophthalmology (Residency). He was director of the glaucoma epidemiological study of Egna-Neumarkt between 1991/1998. and responsible of clinical research for the application of the stereotactic radiosurgery with Gamma Knife to the treatment of ocular

tumors. Now is scientific responsible of the F.B.O.V. (Fondazione Banca degli Occhi del Veneto) project for limbal stem cells transplantation and other 7 clinical trials approved by the Ethic Committee of the AOUI of Verona. Society Membership: Prof. Marchini was a member of the Research Committee of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS - 2002/2005). He has been invited to joint to the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine for his experience and knowledge in the ophthalmic ultrasonography and UBM. He is also member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Ophthalmological Society (SOI – 2005/onwards) and member of 7 international and 11 national scientific society: Researchs and Publications: He developed researches in the following subjects: glaucoma (mainly epidemiology, pharmacology, diagnosis and surgery), keratoplasty, ocular surface and limbal stem cell transplantation, anterior segment surgery and accommodative IOLs, ophthalmic echography, ultrasound biomicroscopy, and ocular tumors. During his career Prof. Marchini has been publishing 294 works on national and international specialized and peer-reviewed scientific journals and is Scientific Reviewer of 5 peer review journals.

PAVEL STODULKA As a head-surgeon of Gemini Eye Centers he performs a wide range and high volume of surgeries from cataract and refractive surgery through glaucoma to vitreoretinal and corneal surgery. The first surgeon in his country to perform lasik (1994), epi-lasik (2004) and femtosecond laser lasik (2006) and also MICS (2001) and femtosecond laser cataract surgery (2012 February). Today he has the world largest series of laser cataract surgery performed on Victus (B+L/TPV) laser platform (over 1 000 cases). He was the first to treat retina with Avastin in his country (2006). One of the world pioneers in DMEK (2004). He successfully treated with Boston KPRO artificial cornea several patients blind for over 10 years. One of them was blind for 53 years which might be according to a literature the longest blindness ever cured. The president of the Czech Republic is his patient. He holds a teaching position at Charles University in Prague. He has been educating residents and fellows for many years and has given over 500 lectures in ophthalmology mostly in Europe and North America. ROBERTO BELLUCCI Nato a: Urbino (PU) il 20 settembre 1952 Risiede a: 25087 Salò (BS) in Via degli Abeti 17 Tel e fax: +39 036 543 678 Internet: www.rbellucci.eyemd.org E-mail: robbell@tin.it Laurea: Medicina e Chirurgia (Università di Padova, 1976) Specialità: Oculistica (Università di Padova-Verona, 1980) Medico Ospedaliero dal 1978, è stato a lungo Aiuto della Clinica Oculistica Universitaria di Verona, insegnando anche alla Scuola di Specializzazione in Oculistica. Attualmente dirige la Unità Operativa di Oculistica dell’Ospedale Maggiore di Verona Membro di numerose società scientifiche, come AAO, ASCRS, ISRS, ESCRS, AICCER, è stato consigliere della Società Oftalmologia Lombarda. Attualmente rappresenta l’Italia nel direttivo dell’European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. Da diversi anni

collabora con il dott. Lucio Buratto nella organizzazione dei meeting Videocataratta e Videorefrattiva. Da sempre si interessa di chirurgia oculare. Esegue interventi di chirurgia della cataratta dal 1979, e di chirurgia rifrattiva corneale dal 1988, con tecniche prima incisionali e poi laser. E’ autore di oltre 200 pubblicazioni, specie di argomento chirurgico, e di due monografie. NORBERT KOERBER FEBO Date of birth 6. February 1952 Marriage: 1979; 4 daughters

Medical studies from 1972-1978, PhD 1979 Visiting Professor University Eye Hospital Padova since Dec., 2002 Scientific Grant by the “deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft“ 1978-1979 for work on microcirculation , rheology and development of video-fluorenscence-angiography with digital image analysis. Ophthalmic Training: - 1979-1983 ophth.Dept.,University of Aachen; - 1983-1987 ophth.Dept., Cologne Town Hospital - Exam as Ophthalmologist 6/1984 Member of Staff in Opht.Dept. Cologne Town Hosp. 12/83 to 3/87 ( “Oberarzt”) Own ophthalmic practice since 4/1987, nowadays an ophth. group practice with eight other colleagues. Since 17 years own ophthalmic outpatient surgery center; a total of 8 surgeons are performing surgery in our center ( approx. 5000 intraocular operations per year ). Scientific activities in microcirculation and haemorheology . Publications on cataract surgery esp.MICS, refractive surgery and glaucoma surgery .In total 110 publications. Operative spectrum: cataract, refractive IOLs, glaucoma surgery, vitrectomy and oculoplastic surgery. Since many years teaching activities at the ophthalmic winter acadamy in Kitzbühel and Schruns as well as in the ESCRS and DGII meetings. Tutorials about cataract surgery in our own ophthalmic outpatient surgery centre . Member of the european investigator`s group on viscocanalostomy,canaloplasty,ESCRS, ASCRS, past board member of the DGII ( German society of cataract and refractive surgery), Board member of the BDOC (German Ophtalmic Surgeon`s Society) and

member of the international society of glaucoma surgeons.Board member of the VOA (Association of Operating Ophthalmlogists of Northrhine) Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmologists . BERTRAM MEYER Name: Dr. Meyer First Name: Bertram R.G. Born: 09/13/59, Erlangen 1985 Graduation Dr. med. (MD) 1985 Approbation 1987-1990 Assistant at the Eye-Hospitals / University-Clinics of Hannover, Kiel,

Cologne 1991 Licence to practice in Ophthalmology since 1991 Private Practice and private Clinic / Cologne since 1992 VisuMed-Excimerlaser-Center / Cologne since 2005 AOC-Eximerlaser-Center / Cologne (Reference Center of Carl-Zeiss-

Meditec) Laser Eye Care & Research Center (LERC) in the Dubai Health Care

City Specialisation: Refractive surgery with the Excimer Laser, Cataract surgery, phacic

IOL’s (spheric and toric Artisan-lens), Glaucoma surgery, Plastic surgery, FLA, ICG-Angiography, Argonlaser-treatments, YAG-laser-treatments, OCT-Analysis

Refractive Surgery: since 1992: PRK – Shaping for myopia; PTK

since 1993: PRK – Shaping for astigmatism and hyperopia since 1995: LASIK – procedures for myopia, hyperopia and

astigmatism since 1999: TOSCA-Treatments (PRK & LASIK) since 2000: WASCA-Treatments (PRK & LASIK) since 2001: LASEK-Treatments since 2008: Visumax-Femtosecondlaser

since 2010: Relex with Visumax Treatments with the Excimer-Laser MEL 60 (Asclepion-Meditec),

MEL 70 (Asclepion-Meditec), Allegretto (Wavelight), Keracor 217 (Bausch & Lomb), Keracor 217 Z (Bausch & Lomb), ESIRIS (Schwind), Amaris (Schwind), MEL 80 (Zeiss)

Member of the BVA, DOG, DGII, ESCRS, ASCRS BURKHARD DICK Head Physician, Assistant Professor Department of Ophthalmology Langenbeckstr. 1

55131 Mainz DickBurkhard@aol.com Date of birth: 9/21/1963

Geburtsort: Brake/Unterweser Familienstand/children: ledig/none Staatsangehörigkeit: german School/Education 1970-1974 Primary school Brake 1974-1976 Orientation level school 1976-1983 High School in Brake with sucessfull degree 1983-1985 medical officer in the German Army in Delmenhorst,Hildesheim and

Oldenburg, Germany 1985-1990 Study on human medicine at Justus-Liebig-University Giessen 1987 pre-medicalexamination (judgement: 2) 1988 1. State examination (judgement: 2) 1990 2. State examination(judgement: 2) 1991 3. State examination(judgement: 2) 1991 Doctorship (judgement: 1) 11/1991 - 4/1993 Residency at UniversityEye Hospital Giessen 1993-1996 Fellowship at Eye Hospital at Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, start of surgical carreer 11/95 Head Physician at University Eye Hospital Giessen since 8/1996 scientist and clinican at Eye Hospital of Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz since 2/97 Head Physician at University Eye Hospital Mainz, Germany, Head of the Refractive Surgical Eye Care Center in Mainz, Germany 24.6.99 Professor (Topic: Clinical and experimental investigations on clear corneal tunnel incision and the choice of intraocular lens in cataract surgery) Membership: e.g. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery American Academy of Ophthalmology

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Berufsverband der Augenärzte Deutschlands DeutscheOphthalmologische Gesellschaft European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons International Society of Refractive Surgery Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen Implantation und refraktive Chirurgie LUIGI CARETTI

Nome e cognome: Luigi Caretti

Nato a Napoli il 6 febbraio 1974

Residente: via Dante 10, 35139 Padova

Tel. 335.5478818 e-mail: gigicaret@libero.it

Dirigente medico di primo livello presso l’UOC di Oculistica dell’ULSS 16 di Padova dal

2003.

Esperienza in Chirurgia segmento Anteriore, Posteriore e degli annessi oculari (più di

5000 interventi eseguiti come primo operatore).

Responsabile Servizio Chirurgia Vitreo-retinica dell’UOC di Oculistica di Padova.

Pubblicazione di 12 lavori scientifici inerenti all'oculistica su riviste nazionali ed estere, di

cui 4 su riviste indicizzate.

ALESSANDRO GALAN

PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of birth: 01.12.1958 Work address: Ospedale Sant’Antonio Via Facciolati, 71 35100 PADOVA ITALY E-mail: ale_galan@tin.it

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Jul 1983 – Jul 1987: Resident in Ophthalmology – University of Padova.

Aug 1984 - Aug 1985: Assistant of the Ophthalmological Unit - Military Hospital of Padova.

Oct 1986 - Nov 1987: Consultant for the Civil Hospital of Cittadella - Padova.

Nov 1987 – Feb 1992: Assistant of the Ophthalmological Unit – Civil Hospital – Bassano del Grappa – Vicenza.

Feb. 1992 – Jan 1993: Cheaf of the Ophthalmological Unit – Civil Hospital – Bassano del Grappa – Vicenza.

Jan 1993 – Dic. 1998: Assistant of the Ophthalmological Unit – Civil Hospital – Bassano del Grappa – Vicenza.

July 1996 - August 1997: Consultant for the Hospital of ULSS 16 - Padova.

Dic 1998 – Today: Cheaf of the Ophthalmological Unit - Sant’Antonio Hospital - Padova.

Considerable surgical experience in all eye district, in particular in the anterior segment (cataract, glaucoma, corneal transplantation, refractive surgery).

OTHERS Specialization in ocular echography. Organizer of 6 national congresses.

SOCIETY From 1993 member of Associazione Italiana Facoemulsificazione (A.I.F.). From 1987 member of Società Italiana di Oftalmologia (S.O.I.). From 1998 member Società Italiana Trapianto di Cornea (S.I.T.R.A.C.). From 1998 member of American Academy of Ophthalmology (A.A.O.). From 1998 member of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (A.S.C.R.S.) From 2001 director of Centro di Ipovisione Regionale Veneto From 2001 Board Member of Comitato Regionale per i Trapianti (CoRT) From 2001 Responsabile della rubrica “clinica e chirurgia della cataratta” sulla rivista informativa “L’Oculista Italiano” From june 2001 Vicepresident of SOT (Societa’ Oculistica Triveneta) and from january 2003 President of the same. From september 2002 Board Member of Fondazione per la Banca degli Occhi del Veneto.

MARCO TAVOLATO Marco Tavolato graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Padua. He specialized in Ophthalmology at the same university. He worked at the 'Centro Oculistico San Paolo' Ophthalmology Department in the Hospital of Sant’Antonio di Padova, was employed as the Department's Chief Consultant in October 2006. He has published scientific articles in national and international journals. He worked for a year at the VISSUM Institute in Alicante (Spain) under the supervision of Prof. Jorge Aliò.

Marco Tavolato, MD is Medical Director of Refractive Surgery Unit of Sant’Antonio Hospital in Padova, Italy. He graduated, received his MD and completed his residency training at University of Padova. He completed his fellowship in refractive surgery at Instituto Oftalmologico de Alicante, Alicante, Spain under the supervision of Prof. Jorge Aliò.

Dr. Tavolato is specialized in advanced techniques of refractive surgery, phacoemulsification, implantation of the latest design IOLs, as well as posterior segment surgeries.

Dr Tavolato has held several courses worldwide and has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters on refractive, cataract, and retinal surgery.

NIKICA GABRIC

Prof. Nikica Gabric, MD PhD, was born in Metkovic in 1961. In 1984 he graduated from the

School of Medicine of University of Zagreb, in 1988 he acquired a scientific degree of

Master of Science, and two years later he became a specialist in ophthalmology. In 1997

he obtained the scientific degree of Doctor of Science, in the same year he founded with

his mentor, the late prof. Kresimir Čupak, Svjetlost Eye Clinic. In 2010 Svjetlost Eye clinic

became first Croatian University Eye Hospital by the School of Medicine of University of

Rijeka.

In 2011 prof. Gabric founded Svjetlost Eye clinic in Sarajevo and Banja Luka, expending

his activities in region. Except in Bosnia and Herzegovina, prof. Gabric acts as a

consultant at Eye Clinics in Meljine, Subotica, Zemun and Pristina.

Prof. Gabric has published over 400 scientific papers and articles in national and

international journals, as well as 4 books. Today he works as an ophthalmologist at

Svjetlost Eye Clinic, where he is also Head of the Clinic. His specialty is anterior eye

segment surgery, he has performed more than 30.000 surgical procedures, mainly

cataracts, glaucoma, strabismus, corneal transplantations and excimer laser surgery. He

operated in 16 countries worldwide, in over 50 operating rooms, and got a chance to

operate on prestigious Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery State Institution in Moscow, becoming

the only surgeon in the region that achieved this. He is Professor at the School of Medicine

of University of Rijeka, and collaborative member of Croatian Academy of Medical

Sciences.

Throughout his professional career he worked as an innovator following international

trends and bringing new technologies and methodologies in our country. Thus, in 1995 he

founded the first Croatian Eye bank LHOB, and with his personal commitment he

introduced a wide range of new surgical procedures in Croatian medicine: ultrasonic

cataract surgery, amniotic membrane transplantation, sulcus fixation of intraocular lens,

cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation in children, introduction of excimer laser

refractive surgery, improvement of transplantation medicine.

His dedication to profession and science has been recognized repeatedly by the

responsible institutions so he received numerous awards, including the Order of Croatian

Danica with interlacing, the Ministry of Health award for outstanding contribution and

achievements in the entire work, the recognition of Southeast European Ophthalmological

Society (SEEOS) for extensive service in the field of ophthalmology and the prevention of

blindness, Cicero prize for best speaker among Croatian entrepreneurs. One of the last

awards is the award for the Best Manager in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which he received

in 2011 for scientific and business development, world-wide reputation, technological and

professional development, as well as the superior ophthalmic practice expanding in

Southeast Europe.

MAJA BOHAC

Maja Bohac, MD, was born in Slavonski Brod, Croatia in 1981. She graduated from the

School of Medicine of University of Zagreb in 2006 and received a Dean’s award for best

student in her generation. Four years later, in 2011, she became a specialist in

ophthalmology. She is currently working on her doctoral dissertation on the topic of

refractive surgery.

Dr Bohac works at Svjetlost Eye Clinic in Zagreb, where she holds a position of the Head

of the Refractive surgery Department. She is also managing 14 residents of ophthalmology

currently doing their residency for Svjetlost Eye Clinic. She is also collaborating with

Svjetlost subsidiaries in Split, Croatia, as well as in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she

performs refractive laser surgeries. She has instructed lasik surgery to many

ophthalmologists in several clinics in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

Her specialty is anterior eye segment with a special interest in refractive laser surgery.

Although quite young, she is the most experienced refractive laser surgeon not only in

Croatia, but in the region as well. She has performed more than 8.000 laser surgical

procedures. She attended several trainings abroad for LASIK surgery in Germany and

Spain, as well as training for phakic lens refractive surgery in Italy.

IVA DEKARIS

Iva Dekaris, Associate professor of the University of Rijeka-School of Medicine (2009), is a

Medical Director of Svjetlost Eye Clinic in Zagreb, Immediate Past President of the

European Eye Bank Association (EEBA; 2010-2013), and Associate-member of the

Department of Medical Sciences of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

After recommendation of the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts she received "Joyce

and Zlatko Baloković" grant for a one-year scholarship (1997-98) at Harvard Medical

School, where she finished Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at The Schepens Eye

Research Institute in Boston; and defended her PhD thesis „The role of cytokines in

corneal graft rejection“ at School of Medicine in Zagreb in 1999. In year 2000 she received

the highest Croatian reward for young scientists – Croatian state award for the

achievement in science.

She published 42 papers in CC journals, co-authored first book on Eye banking in Croatia,

wrote 22 chapters in books and over 250 abstracts at conferences (published citations

276: Scopus Index). She is a lecturer at postgraduate School at Universities of Rijeka and

Zagreb-School of Medicine and a reviewer for IOVS, British Journal of Ophthalmology,

Acta Ophthalmologica, Eye, Molecular Vision, Collegium Antropologicum, OMICS

Publishing Group and BioMed Central.

She is a primary investigator of a scientific project supported by the Croatian Ministry of

Science named: ”Immunology of the eye”, in a collaboration with Institute “Ruđer

Bošković” in Zagreb. She is a member of the Editorial board for Journal of Clinical &

Experimental Ophthalmology (SAD), Acta Medica Croatica and RAD HAZU- the

Department of Medical Sciences.

The areas of her expertise are corneal transplantation, cataract and refractive surgery.

She was the first surgeon to start with lamellar keratoplasty in Croatia in year 2010, and

has the overall experience of over 15.000 surgeries mostly cataracts, corneal

transplantation and refractive surgery on the lens. She speaks English, French, German

and Italian.

RATIMIR LAZIC Ratimir Lazic, MD PhD, was born in Zagreb, Croatia. In 1998. he graduated from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb. In 2005. he became a specialist in ophthalmology, under the mentorship of Nikica Gabric, MD PhD. In 2008. he obtained Masters Degree on School of Science, University of Zageb. In 2010. he obtained PhD degree Doctor of School of Medicine, Univeristy of Zagreb, and in the next year Scientific Assistant Degree. As young ophthalmology resident he was a junior researcher on scientific project "Corneal Transplantation – Eye Bank" in Zagreb in 2001. Since 2004. he is a head of Retina Department in University Eye Clinic "Svjetlost" in Zagreb, specialized in the diagnostic and treatment of the posterior eye segment diseases. Following the development of Eye Clinic "Svjetlost" and its foundations he is permanent consultant and surgeon not only in Zagreb, Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Split, but also in Meljine, Subotica, Zemun and Pristina. Among numerous scientific papers and articles he is most recognizable for those published in Ophthalmology Journal and Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. His constant improvement in medical and surgical treatment of the posterior eye segment diseases results in implementation of new surgical techniques and new therapeutic methods. He is experienced in minimally invasive vitrectomy in treating retinal detachment with silicone oil and gas tamponade, as well as in diabetic retinopathy. He performed number of macular surgeries such as macular pucker, macular hole and vitreomacular traction syndrome, but also vitrectomies for intraocular foreign body and endophtalmitis. He introduced new therapeutic methods; photodynamic therapy in age related macular degeneration (2004.); intravitreal injections: Triamcinolon in 2004., bevacizumab (Avastin) in 2005., ranibizumab (Lucentis) in 2007., dexamethasone intravitreal implants (Ozurdex) 2011., aflibercept (Eylea) 2013. Not the less important, he introduced new diagnostic methods in Croatia: Digital

Fluoresceine Angiography in 2003. and Optical Coherent Tomography in 2005. for better diagnostic and treatment of the macular diseases. He is experienced in organising committees for domestic and international meetings. As a head of tretina department he is constantly working with young residents sharing theoretical knowledge and practical skills in ophthalmology, especially in the field of retina. He is an active member of The American Society of Retina Specialists. TJIA KHIUN Consultant Ophthalmologist, Isala Clinics, Zwolle, Netherlands Dr.Tjia was trained at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam and started as a consultant in Zwolle in 1990. His main interest is in cataract surgery, with a focus on both education as well as research. He developed a cataract training program in the Netherlands for Dutch residents and is involved in the Basic Phaco instructional programme for ESCRS. He has written multiple articles in Ocular Surgery News, Cataract Refractive Surgery Today, Ophthalmology Times, Eurotimes, Eyeworld, Review of Ophthalmology and and a book chapter in Microincisional Cataract Surgery, The Art and Science, From Amar Agarwal and Richard Lindstrom. He delivered many presentations, instructional courses and participated in many live surgery programmes at congresses around the world. He is a Co-chief medical editor of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today Europe Review member of Cataract subcommittee of AAO 2008-2010 Board member of NIOIC (Dutch Cataract Society)

JESPER HJORDTAL He is professor and manager of the corneal and refractive surgical unit on the Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. He has since 1991 been clinically and scientifically involved in corneal laser surgery. More than 1.400 corneal laser surgeries are performed annually in the department. In May 2009, the clinic obtained a CZM VisuMax femtosecond laser, which has been used extensively since then. In the workshop, Jesper Hjortdal will present comparisons of the outcome of microkeratome versus femtosecond laser based LASIK versus ReLEx based techniques for treatment of moderate and high myopia.

OLIVER FINDL Current Positions: Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna , Austria Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfield Eye Hospital, London, UK Founder and chair of the Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery (VIROS), A Karl Landsteiner Institute, Vienna, Austria GENERAL EDUCATION Primary and High-School 1974 - 78 English School, Vienna 1978 - 86 Vienna International School, International Baccalaureate; Emphasis on Biology, Physics, Mathematics

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 1986 - 93 Medical School, University of Vienna, MD degree 2005 – 07 Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Health Care Management, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna University and Berlin School of Economics Medical Training / Functions Since 2009 Chair of the Dept. of Ophthalmology, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna Since 2006 Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Cataract service, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London 2000 Associate professor for Ophthalmology - Venia docendi for Ophthalmology, University of Vienna 2000 Military service at Department of Ophthalmology, Vienna Veterans Hospital 1998/9 Sabbatical in Ocular Blood Flow at Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Vienna Medical School 1994 - 8 Residency in Ophthalmology at Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna General Hospital 1993/4 Research fellow at Children's Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard University, Boston, MA. PROFESSIONAL FUNCTIONS Since 2007 Section Editor (Reviews and Updates) of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons 2006/7 Vice-president of the Viennese Society of Ophthalmology 2005/6 President of the Viennese Society of Ophthalmology Since 2006 International editorial board member of EuroTimes Since 2005 Member of the Cataract Committee of the Austrian Society of Ophthalmology (ÖOG) Since 2005 Member of the ESCRS Board 2005 - 2009 Member of the ESCRS Publications committee Since 2005 Member of the ESCRS Education Committee Since 2005 Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons 2004 – 2006 Board member of the Austrian Society of Ophthalmology (ÖOG) 2000 - 2006 Member of the ethics-committee of the Medical University of Vienna RESEARCH Publications 170 peer-reviewed articles in international journals (SCI listed) Peer-reviews for international journals American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, Clinical Drug Investigation, Graefe’s Archives of Ophthalmology, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Journal of Refractive Surgery, Ophthalmic Surgery & Lasers, Ophthalmology, Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift Memberships American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Deutsche Ophthalmolgische Gesellschaft (DOG) Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation und refraktive Chirurgie (DGII) European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)

Österreichische Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (ÖOG) Wiener Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (WOG) MARK TOMALLA Head Senior Physician Specialties

Diagnostic and operative treatment of diseases of the cornea and lens with ca. 27,000 surgical procedures on the eye.

Refractive laser and lens surgery Glaucoma surgery, Lid surgery Femtosecond laser operation in corneal diseases Member of various international and national societies:

ASCRS, BVA, ESCRS, KRC, VRI, AAO, DGII Lecturer at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf for Refractive and

Ophthalmosurgery at the Acad. Teaching Hospital.

2012

January 2012

successfully completed auditing by the Lasik-TÜV SÜD

February 2012

Presentation at the World Congress in Abu Dhabi on Lens and Femtosecond laser technique

Presentation on Femtosecond laser technology as part of graduate training at the Deaconess Hospital in Karlsruhe

March 2012

Lecture on Excimer-laser supported correction of hypermetropia and reading glasses "SUPRACOR" during the Congress of the DGII in Berlin

Lecture to a business group on modern cataract and glaucoma surgery Editorial contribution on glaucoma diagnostics and therapy in magazines Representative for the performance of studies with “Trifocal lens design”

April 2012

Lecture on Crystalens HD to the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) in Chicago

June 2012

Presentations about SUPRACOR and Crystalens HD at the DOC

2011

January 2011

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) 2011 San Diego: Dr. Tomalla appointed as panelist. Lectures on INTRACOR and Crystalens HD were accepted.

March 2011

Lecture on accommodative lenses at the DGII in Frankfurt Publication on Crystalens HD accommodative lenses and specific YAG-

capsulotomy in the Journal “DGII aktuell”. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery panel member and lectures

on INTRACOR and accommodative lenses Crystalens HD

May 2011

Speaker at the DOC on the topics: 1. Corneal transplantations with the Femtosecond laser 2. Solution for Presbyopia mit dem Femtosekundenlaser,Topic INTRACOR 3. Lecture on Crystalens 4. Lecture on the combination of Crystalens and INTRACOR

June 2011

Speaker at the Swiss Refractive with lectures on INTRACOR, Supracor and Crystalens.

September 2011

Co-author ESCRS lecture on Crystalens HD Lecture at the refractive Symposium in Cottbus on Crystalens HD, multifocal and

diffractive lenses DOG Poster presentation on Crystalens HD

Winter 2011/2012

Appointment as Lecturer at the Academic Teaching Hospital for the specialty refractive and ophthalmosurgery at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Winter Semester 2011/2012.

2010

January 2010

Publication on SLT Laser

Februrary 2010

ESCRS Winter Meeting Budapest: Lecture on accommodative lenses Crystalens HD 6-month results

Lecture fs-Laser technolgy: INTRACOR treatment for reading glasses correction 12-month results

DGII: Lecture on Crystalens HD Symposium Faculty: Zeiss-meditec

March 2010

Faculty Member: Advanced trainng Zeiss-meditec Text book on Femtosecond laser technology, entitled: "Femtosecond-Laser

Principles and Application in Ophthalmology" appeared late March/early April in the UNI-MED-Verlag AG Bremen-London-Boston.

April 2010

ASCRS Boston: Panel member Lecture INTRACOR, Poster presentation Crystalens HD Bausch & Lomb Meeting Munich on Crystalens HD

May 2010

08.05.2010 Duisburg: Chair of Presbyopia Meeting in cooperation with Bausch & Lomb and Technolas Perfect Vision

"Best paper of session" of the Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery CZ for INTRACOR Presentation

June 2010

Lecture on Crystalens at the World Congress WOC in Berlin, Publication on Crystalens and Femtosecond laser technology

August 2010

Lecture Crystalens HD during the Presbymania in Geneva Enrolment in the VIP Club (Vision International Presbyopia)

September 2010

ESCRS in Paris: 2 Lectures on accommodative lenses and INTRACOR Femtosecond laser treatment.

Co-management of the instructional course on Femtosecond laser technology with lecture on fs-laser-controlled keratoplasty and other clinical applications of the Femtosecond laser.

Head of an operation course on implantation of accommodative lenses in Heidelberg.

October 2010

Congress of the DOC in Hamburg: Co-management of the course on Femtosecond laser technology and its clinical application.

Lecture on INTRACOR treatment and lecture on Crystalens HD accommodative lenses.

Co-author of the Atlas and Text of Corneal Pathology and Surgery, Chapter Intrastromal Correction Ametropia "INTRACOR"

2009

Co-management of the User Meeting on Crystalens HD in December 2009 Publications in various national and international journals on Crystalens HD

accommodative lenses Acceptance of author and/or editorship of a specialist text book on Femtosecond

laser technology in the UNI-MED-Verlag Bremen-London-Boston Lecture at the DOC in Nuremberg on possible applications of Femtosecond laser

technology Lecture at the ESCRS in Barcelona on INTRACOR application in the treatment of

Presbyopia / age-related visual impairments Lecture in a course on Femtosecond laser technology at the ESCRS in Barcelona Lecture at the 13th Congress ESCRS in Rome – Cornea day on non-circular

corneal transplantations and poster presentation on intrastromal presbyopia correction.

Faculty member ASCRS 2009 ASCRS San Francisco Presentation:

1. First results after implantation of a bifocal aberration correction MICS IOL 2. Safety and efficacy of the Femtosecond Laser for intrastromal correction of presbyopia and other forms of ametropia

Head of Congress refractive symposium with Zeiss in May 2009

2008

Publications on decagonal corneal transplantation in "Cataract and refractive surgery today" and in the "Ocular Surgery News"

Publication in the "European Ophthalmic review" Television interview ZDF and Studio 47

(Fig. T?V Certifications/Logos)

TÜV Certificate under ISO 9001 : 2001 / LASIK-TÜV SÜD for the area refractive and out-patient ophthalmosurgery

Presentations (Poster) at the World Congress in HongKong on the use of the Femtosecond laser in corneal transplantations and for implantation of corneal ring segments in keratoconus

2008 Faculty member ESCRS in Berlin Femtosecond laser session

Lectures in the ESCRS Instructional Course: Clinical Applications and Performance of Femtosecond Lasers

Lecture: Clinical use of femtec femtosecond laser in penetrating keratoplasties Lecture: Femtosecond laser surgery in presbyopia: study results Main Symposium Lecture: Safety and Efficacy of the femtosecond laser for

corneal and refractive applications Lecture User Meeting held by Additions technology U.S.: femtosecond laser

and Intacs ring segments in progressive keratoconus Publications: Concept Ophthalmology: Femtosecond laser-controlled implantation

of intracornealen ring segments (ICRS) in progressive keratoconus European ophthalmic review: clinical applications of femtosecond lasers.

1998-2007

Publications in lens and corneal surgery national and international Lectures at national and international congresses on various topics of lens and

laser surgery Course speaker at national and international Congresses Scientific work on Advisory Committee for the development of new lenses Study director in several projects Head of an international symposium on Femtosecond laser technology Live operations at an international Congress and television taping Several developments of instruments and implantates resulting in the granting of

numerous national and international patents.

2002-2007

Expert for ocular and laser-surgical procedures in the eye Licensing by the Medical Council Nordrhein as graduate teacher for ocular and

laser-surgical procedures in the eye Visiting lecturer status for the Commission for refractive surgery „KRC“ from the

Ophthalmology League Adviser „Klinikführer Rhein-Ruhr“ for the area of ophthalmology Columnist in the series “Outstanding Medicine in the Ruhr district” Columnist in the series “Hauptsache Gesund“ of the WAZ-Media group Television interview for ZDF, WDR among other things as advising physician

1997

Appointment as Examiner for Specialists by the Medical Council Nordrhein

Specialist for Ophthalmology

1995 previously since 1994 Acting Senior Physician of the Ophthalmology Clinic Head Senior Physician of the Ophthalmology Clinic Directing Physician of the Ophthalmology Clinica Establishment of Refractive Surgery under his direction at the hospital 2004 Appointment as Head of the Clinic for Refractive Surgery 2005 Appointment as Head of the entire Clinic for diseases of the anterior ocular

section at the Clinic for Refractive and Ophthalmosurgery

Promotion

In the Department of Topographical Anatomy and Biomechanics at the Heinrich-HeineUniversity Düsseldorf on “Biomechanical behavior of collagenous tendinous fibres in stretching stress in various solutions at various temperatures“, 1992

Study

Heinrich-HeineUniversity in Düsseldorf Graduation 1991