Interactive Courses
Keys to Matching Presbyopia Patients’ Needs with Advanced Technology IOLs
In this course Dr Gerd Auffarth will review optical designs of current and emerging intra ocular lens (IOL) technologies and discuss how to match them to patients' needs.
Cataract Surgery in Patients with Complex Cases with the Veritas and the Stellaris Phacoemulsification Systems
This course by Dr. Ahmed Assaf and Dr. Blake Williamson will cover pearls in complex cataract cases using specific phacoemulsfication technologies.
How to Establish Patient Informed Consent as a Baseline in the Practice
This course by Dr. Arthur Cummings will discuss key principles to understand patient informed consent.
Cataract Surgery in Patients with Complex Cases with the Centurion and the Quatera 700 Phacoemulsification Systems
This course by Dr. Antoine P. Brézin and Dr. Amir Hamid will cover pearls in treating complex cataract cases using specific phacoemulsfication technologies.
Importance of Achieving Functional Vision at All Distances in Presbyopia Correction
This course by Dr. Filomena Ribeiro will discuss key principles regarding functional vision and how it impacts patients.
EDOF, ERV and Multifocal IOLs: Customizing IOL Selection for the Patient’s Individual Needs
This short course by Dr. Francesco Carones examines optical designs and indications for next-generation extended depth of focus IOLs, and hybrid multifocals.
Everything is Perfect But…
This short course by Dr. Oliver Findl will discuss issues that can be a barrier to an otherwise successful presbyopia correction procedure.
The Fundamentals of Phacoemulsification
This short course by Dr. Filomena Ribeiro will discuss key cataract surgery principles to understand peristatic and venturi fluidics.
Astigmatism marking for the cataract patient
Toric IOLs are now widely used to correct astigmatism for patients undergoing cataract surgery.
A cylinder component within the toric IOL corrects the astigmatism, so that light focuses properly on the retina. To do this, the cylinder component in the IOL must be aligned specifically to counteract the astigmatism coming from the cornea. The angle of the astigmatism is marked on the cornea to help you do this.
Several methods have been developed for astigmatism marking. This activity will discuss some of the corneal marking methods available and the challenges that arise with them.
Presbyopia Treatment with IOLs
Treating presbyopia is often considered the “holy grail” of anterior segment surgery.
While several approaches have been taken, there is no definitive treatment.
This activity will discuss the theory and development of multifocal lenses and the application of monovision for patients with presbyopia. Also, explored is some of the newer developments, and improvements in our knowledge, regarding multifocal IOL technology.