Dra. Mercè Morral. License Number: Ophthalmologist specialising in cornea and refractive surgery at the Ocular Microsurgery Institute.

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1 Dra. Mercè Morral Cornea and Refractive Surgery Department at the Ocular Microsurgery Institute (IMO) License Number: Curriculum Professional Profile Ophthalmologist specialising in cornea and refractive surgery at the Ocular Microsurgery Institute. She is dedicated to refractive pathologies, cataract surgery and refractive surgery. She is also a specialist in dry eye and ocular surface diseases. She was trained as a subspecialist at the Ocular Microsurgery Institute ( ). She has worked in the UK as a refractive surgeon at the London Vision Clinic ( ) with Dan Z. Reinstein, where she participated in several research projects. She has also been a visiting researcher at international centres, such as the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, attached to the Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, in 2014, with doctors Reza Dana and Pedram Hamrah, and at the Price Vision Group, Indianapolis, USA, in 2007, with Dr Francis Prize.

2 Training Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), in Resident intern (MIR programme) specialising in Ophthalmology at the Hospital de la Vall d Hebron ( ). In 2009, she presented her doctoral thesis cum laude from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), based on her research work on phakic lenses carried out at the IMO and published in several high-impact journals (Ophthalmology and Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery) under the title: Lentes intraoculares para ojo fáquico de sujeción iridiana para la corrección de defectos refractivos (Intraocular lenses for the phakic eye with iris fixation for correction of refractive errors). Master s course in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the IMO, attached to the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona ( ). Specialised training courses to be highlighted: Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK): Francis Price and Donald Tan, Indianapolis, IN, November 2008 Workshop in Boston-type keratoprosthesis (K-Pro): Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (April 2014) Areas of interest Cataract surgery and refractive surgery Dry eye Ocular surface diseases

3 Affiliations European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) Member of the Publications Committee of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), responsible for the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the journal EuroTimes and for developing new reference publications. Member of Programme Committee of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), responsible for the scientific content of the ESCRS annual and winter conference, as well as the development of online continuing education modules ( ) Reviewer of several high-impact ophthalmology journals: British Journal of Ophthalmology (since 2010), Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (since 2010) and Journal of Refractive Surgery (since 2013) Member of the ESCRS Young Ophthalmologists Committee ( ) Editorial Board Member of the British Journal of Ophthalmology as editor of the Spanish translation ( ) Highlighted Activities Expert assessor of research projects within the Horizon 2020 Research Executive Agency (REA), the research agency of the European Union in Brussels. Personalising Health and Care (H2020-PHC-2015); Understanding common mechanisms of diseases and their relevance in co-morbidities (PHC ) Development of online continuing education modules: Dry eye and non-infectious keratitis Recent Publications 1. Morral M, Güell JL, El Husseyni MA, et al. Paired-Eye Comparison of Corneal Endothelial Cell Counts After Unilateral Iris-Claw Phakic Intraocular Lenses. J Cataract Refract Surg. 206; accepted for publication.

4 2. Güell JL, Verdaguer P, Mateu-Figueras G,, Morral M. SMILE Procedures With Four Different Cap Thicknesses for the Correction of Myopia and Myopic Astigmatism. J Refract Surg 2015;31(9): Güell JL, Morral M, Gris O, et al. Comparison of Sulfur Hexafluoride 20% versus Air Tamponade in Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty. Ophthalmology 2015;122(9): Güell JL, Verdaguer P, Mateu-Figueras G, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F, Morral M. Epithelial ingrowth after LASIK: visual and refractive results after cleaning the interface and suturing the lenticule. Cornea. 2014;33(10): Güell JL, Verdaguer P, Elies E, Gris O, Manero M, Mateu-Figueras G, Morral M. Secondary iris-claw intraocular lens implantation in aphakic patients without capsular support. Br J Ophthalmol. 2014;98(5): Güell JL, Morral M, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F. Bimanual Technique for Insertion and Positioning of Endothelium-Descemet Membrane Graft in Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty. Cornea. 2013;32(12): Reinstein DZ, Morral M, Gobbe M, Archer T. Accuracy of refractive outcomes in myopic and hyperopic laser in situ keratomileusis: Manifest versus aberrometric refraction. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2012;38(11): Güell JL, Morral M, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F, Saenz N. Barcelona-Cincinnati Technique for Limbal Transplantation. J Emmetropia 2012;3: Güell JL, Morral M, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F. Treatment of symptomatic bullous keratopathy with poor visual prognosis using a modified Gundersen conjunctival flap and amniotic membrane. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2012;6: Saint-Jean A, Sainz de la Maza M, Morral M, Torras J, Quintana R, Molina JJ, Molina-Prat N. Ocular Adverse Events of Systemic Inhibitors of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor: Report of 5 Cases. Ophthalmology 2012;119(9): Güell JL, Morral M, Malecaze F, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F. Reply: Crosslinking and toric phakic IOL in keratoconus. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2012;38(8): Güell JL, Morral M, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F. Transient myopic shift after Artiflex phakic intraocular lens implantation. J Cataract Refract Surg 2012;38(7): Güell JL, Morral M, Malecaze F, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F. Collagen Cross-linking and Toric Iris-Claw Phakic Intraocular Lens for Myopic Astigmatism in Progressive, Mild-to-moderate Keratoconus. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2012;38(3):475-84

5 14. Güell JL, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F, Morral M. Femtosecond laser assisted enhancements after LASIK. J Cataract Refract Surg 2011;37(11): Güell JL, Morral M, Kook D, Kohnen T. Phakic intraocular lenses: Part 2: Results and Complications. J Cataract Refract Surg 2010;36(12): Kohnen T, Kook D, Morral M, Güell JL. Phakic intraocular lenses: Part 1: historical overview, current models, selection criteria, and surgical techniques. J Cataract Refract Surg 2010;36(11): Güell JL, Morral M, Gris O, Manero F. Management of Epithelial Hyperplasia After Photorefractive Keratectomy on a cornea with Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments. Br J Ophth 2010;94(11): Güell JL, Morral M, Salinas C, et al. Four-year Follow-up of Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments for the Correction of Low Myopia. J Cataract Refract Surg 2010;36(7): Güell JL, Morral M, Salinas C, et al. Four-year Follow-up of Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments in Patients with Keratoconus. J Emmetropia 2010;1:9-15 Books and chapters in books Morral M. Corrección de defectos refractivos: lentes para ojo fáquico. Indicaciones, técnica quirúrgica y resultados. Editorial Académica Española ISBN: Güell JL, Morral M, Elies D, Gris O, Gaytan J, Manero F. Melting. In: Jorge L. Alio, Dimitri T Azar. Management of Complications in Refractive Surgery. 2nd Edition. Springer s distributor in the USA, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (LWWW) Editors: Güell JL, Morral M, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F. CXL in combination with phakic lenses. In: Hafezi F, Randleman B. Corneal collagen cross-linking. 2nd Edition. SLACK Güell JL, Morral M, Barbany M, et al. Intacs Corneal Implants for keratoconus. In: Price FW, McKee Y. Management of Keratoconus: ibook Güell JL, Gris O, Morral M. Indications for and Uses of Amniotic Membrane. In: Krachmer JH, Mannis MJ, Holland EJ. Cornea 4e. Mosby/Saunders. Elsevier 2015; Chapter 143

6 5. Güell JL, Kohnen T, Kook D, Morral M. Phakic Intraocular Lenses. In: Kleinmann G, Apple DJ, Assia EI. Premium and Specialized Intraocular Lenses. Bentham e-books 2014: Chapter 7, Pg Güell JL, Gris O, Aristizabal D, Elies D, Manero F, Morral M. Sequential Sectorial Conjunctival Epitheliectomy and Superficial Keratectomy. In: Lemp MA, Benitez del Castillo JM. Ocular Surface Disorders. JP Medical Ltd 2013: Chapter 40, Pg (ISBN 13: ; ISBN 10: ). 7. Güell JL, Morral M, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F. CXL in combination with phakic lenses. In: Hafezi F, Randleman B. Corneal collagen cross-linking. SLACK Güell JL, Morral M, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F. Veryflex: Pearls for the implantation and for the right position and surgical results. In: Buratto L, Slade SG, Tavolato M. Phakic IOLs: State of the Art. LASIK-The evolution of Refractive Surgery. SLACK. September (ISBN: ). 9. Güell JL, Morral M, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F. Complications of Excimer surgery. In: Spaeth GL, Danesh-Meyer H, Goldberg I, Kampik A. Ophthalmic Surgery. Principles and Practice. Volume IV: Refractive Surgery. Fourth Edition. Elsevier Saunders Editorial; 2012: Chapter 27, Pg (ISBN: ) 10. Güell JL, Elies D, Salinas C, Manero F, Gris O, Morral M. Estudio de la patología corneal con Tomografía de Coherencia Óptica. In: Castillo Gómez A. Métodos de Diagnóstico en Segmento Anterior. Monografía de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Ocular e Implanto-Refractiva; 2011: Chapter Güell JL, Gris O, Morral M. Indications for and Uses of Amniotic Membrane. In: Krachmer JH, Mannis MJ, Holland EJ. Cornea. Mosby/Saunders. Elsevier 2011; Chapter 146: (ISBN: ) 12. Güell JL, Morral M. Multiple foreign bodies in the cornea and conjunctiva. In: Price FW. Series Editor: Chang DF. Curbside Consultation in Cornea and External Disease. Slack Incorporated 2010: Güell JL, Sanchez C, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F, Morral M, Sisquella M, Marin Sanchez JM, Artal P. Lentes Ajustables con la Luz. In: Cirugía de la Presbicia. Monografía de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Ocular e Implanto-Refractiva; 2010: Chapter 25: Pg

7 Recent courses and conferences Moderator 1. Hot and New. Moderated Poster Session. XXXIII ESCRS Annual Meeting, Barcelona 7th September (Co-moderator) 2. Multifocal IOLs and Advanced Optic. Free Paper Session. XXXIII ESCRS Annual Meeting, Barcelona, 8th September (Chairperson) 3. The Perfect Phaco. Young Ophthalmologists Symposium. XVIII ESCRS Winter Meeting, Ljubjliana 16th February (Chairperson) 4. Capsular Complications First Aid Kit: Prevention, Detection, Solution. Young Ophthalmologists Symposium. XVII ESCRS Winter Meeting, Warsaw 17th February (Chairperson) 5. Phacoemulsification 1: Getting a crack Young Ophthalmologists Programme. XXXI Congress of the ESCRS, 5th October, (Moderator) 6. Complex Cases and Surgery Free Paper Session. XXXI Congress of the ESCRS, 7th October (Moderator) Speaker 1. Morral M. Non-infectious keratitis. Cornea Didactic Course. XX ESCRS Winter Meeting, Athens 27th February Morral M. Incision/Capsulorhexis complications: Young Ophthalmologists Session: How to Prevent Complications What Not to do During Phaco. XXXIII Congress of the ESCRS, Barcelona 6th September Morral M. Non-infectious keratitis. Cornea Didactic Course. XIX ESCRS Winter Meeting, Istambul 21st February Morral M. Keratoplasty and cataract surgery. Round table: Combined procedures. 45th Annual Meeting of the Catalan Society of Ophthalmology; 29th November Morral M. Non-infectious keratitis. Cornea Didactic Course. XVIII ESCRS Winter Meeting, Ljubjliana 15th February Morral M. Non-infectious keratitis. Cornea Didactic Course. XVII ESCRS Winter Meeting, Warsaw 16th February 2013.

8 7. Morral M. Non-infectious keratitis. Cornea Didactic Course. XVI ESCRS Winter Meeting, Prague 4th February Morral M. Non-infectious keratitis. Cornea Didactic Course. XIV ESCRS Winter Meeting, Budapest 13th February Free presentations of scientific articles as an author 1. Morral M, Amich JM, Elies D, et al. Astigmatism Management in Cataract Surgery with a New Aspheric Toric Intraocular Lens. XXXIV ESCRS Annual Meeting, Copenhagen 10th-14th September Morral M, Laso P, Elies D, et al. Lente intraocular tórica asférica Precizon para el manejo del astigmatismo en cirugía de la catarata. 31º Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Ocular Implanto Refractiva. Mayo Morral M, Guell JL. Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty in Failed Penetrating Keratoplasty Grafts. Main Symposium: Posterior Lamellar Keratoplasty. 6th EU Cornea Congress, Barcelona 5th September Morral M. Corneal Endothelium after Unilateral Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation vs Corneal Refractive Surgery or No surgery: a Paired-ye Comparison. XXXIII ESCRS Annual Meeting, Barcelona 5th-9th September Morral M. Ocular surface reconstructions of a case of total limbal deficiency secondary to an acid burn. Case Presentation. Cornea Day. XIX ESCRS Winter Meeting, Istambul 20th February Morral M. Bilateral Corneal Ulcers as a Complication of Systemic Inhibitors of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor: a Case Report. Case Presentation. Cornea Day. XVIII ESCRS Winter Meeting, Ljubjliana 14th February Morral M. Topical and intracameral voriconazole for the treatment of refractory fusarium keratitis. Annual Cornea Day ESCRS/EU Cornea. XVI ESCRS Winter Meeting, Prague 3rd February Morral M, Reinstein DZ, Archer TJ, Gobbe M. Accuracy of refraction measurements with the WASCA aberrometer in myopic and hyperopic astigmatism evaluated by calculating the predicted accuracy of LASIK had the WASCA refraction been used instead of the manifest refraction. Free paper. XIX Congress of the ESCRS, Vienna, September 2011

9 9. Morral M, Molina N, Sainz de la Maza MT. Severe corneal trophic problems associated with systemic inhibitors of the epidermal growth factor receptor. Poster presentation. XXVIII Congress of the ESCRS, Paris, 4-9 September M. Morral. Topical and intracameral voriconazole for the treatment of refractory Fusarium Keratitis. Cornea Day case presentation. XIV ESCRS Winter Meeting, Budapest 12th February Posters 1. Güell JL, Morral M. DMEK: A new Surgical Approach to speed Intraocular Membrane Manipulation and Diminish rebubbling Rate. Eye Bank Association of America. Cornea Society/EBAA Educational Symposium. Friday, November 9, Molina N, Saint-Jean RA, Torras J, Morral M, Sainz de la Maza M. Ocular Side Effects Of Inhibitors Of The Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor: Report Of 4 Cases. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting. Poster Session 268. Poster number 1997/D978. Ft Lauderdale, 2nd May Molina N, Sainz de la Maza MT, Morral M. Severe corneal trophic problems associated with systemic inhibitors of the epidermal growth factor receptor. Poster presentation Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Chicago, October Giralt J, Morral M, Casaroli-Marano RP, et al. To Evaluate the Comfort and Tolerance of Topical Anaesthesia During Clear Cornea Phacoemulsification in Previously Vitrectomized Patients. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting. Poster Session 519. Poster number 5453/A469. Ft Lauderdale, 6th May Güell JL, Morral M. Neurotrophic post-herpetic perforation. Cornea Day case presentation. XIV ESCRS Winter Meeting, Budapest 12th February 2010.

10 Research 1. Co.Investigator of Clinical investigation of visual function following bilateral implantation of two presbyopia correcting Trifocal IOLs. Protocol: ILH297 P003; Project: A Year Co-investigator of a coordinated FIS ( Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria ) project for the development of a new concept of intracorneal ring and its impact on visual quality and quality of life in patients with keratoconus: Desarrollo de un nuevo concepto de anillo intracorneal y estudio de su impacto en la calidad visual y calidad de vida de los pacientes con queratocono (FIS PI ) ( )