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1 Dr. Daniel Elies The Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Department of the IMO, Institute of Ocular Microsurgery Lecturer in the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Master s Degree and Anterior Segment Master s Degree of the IMO, Institute of Ocular Microsurgery License Number: Currículum Professional Profile Partner and doctor specialising in cornea and refractive surgery at the Ocular Microsurgery Institute, professor on the Master s Course in the Anterior Segment and the Master s Course in Cornea and Refractive Surgery run by the IMO and the Faculty of Medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, as well as being a teacher at the ESASO. He is dedicated to refractive pathologies and refractive surgery. He is an expert in the use of the Excimer and femtosecond laserand a specialist in the implant of intraocular phakic lenses (Artisan-Artiflex), ICL and intrastromal corneal rings. Training Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona ( ). Degree awarded by the Ministry of Education and Science in Specialist in Ophthalmology, training undertaken at Prínceps d Espanya University Hospital CSU Bellvitge in L Hospitalet de Llobregat as part of the MIR (residency) programme (January 1995 December 1998). Degree awarded by the Ministry of Education and Science in 1998.

2 Internal Residency Doctor (MIR programme) in the specialisation of Ophthalmology at Prínceps d Espanya University Hospital in L Hospitalet de Llobregat from January Training as a paediatric ophthalmologist in August and September 1998 at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona. Additional training in general and paediatric ophthalmology in October and November 1998 at Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital in Badalona. Specialisation He specialises in Cataract Surgery, the Cornea and Refractive corneal and intraocular Surgery with phakic and/or pseudophakic lens implants. The surgical techniques that he has worked with and researched include the excimer laser technique for corneal surgery, intrastromal corneal ring implants with femtosecond laser (INTRALASE/VISUMAX) and ICL phakic lens implants. He is one of the world s most experienced surgeons in this type of implant surgery. He also has extensive experience in cataract surgery with small-incision phacoemulsification techniques and the implanting of multifocal lenses to correct presbyopia. Professional Appointments Doctor at the ocular traumatology medical centre of ASEPEYO Barcelona Ophthalmology Institute from 1996 until December Staff doctor in the Ophthalmology Department of Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital in Badalona from January 1999 to January Ophthalmologist at the Ophthalmology Institute of Barcelona from July 1998 to November Care Director at the Comprehensive Ophthalmology Institute and the Clinsafa Ophthalmology Institute of the Corachan and Sagrada Familia clinics from November 2005 to November 2007.

3 Ophthalmologist from the Ocular Microsurgery Institute from November 2007 to the present. Speaker in over 200 Spanish and international courses and conferences. Trainer/Consultant in implanting ICL, PRL phakic lenses, in drainage devices such as Express and others and trainer in implanting Restore and Tecnis among others diffractive and toric lenses. Affiliations Full member of the Spanish Ophthalmology Society since January 1997 Spokesperson for the Spanish Society of Implant and Refractive Surgery (SECOIR) Member of Associació Catalana d Oftalmología since 1996 Member of Acadèmia de Ciències Mèdiques de Catalunya i Balears since 1996 Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology since 2000 Member of the American Society of cataract and refractive surgery since 2001 Member of the European Society of cataract and refractive surgery since 2003 Member of the scientific committee, Annals d Oftalmologia since 2001 Member of the scientific committee, SEO magazine since 2005 Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. Since June 2010

4 Publications Fourteen national and international indexed publications. Multiple scientific publications not catalogued and collaborator on publishing ophthalmology chapters in more than 10 Spanish and international books. Member of the medical editorial board of the journal Siete Días Médicos and regular contributor to its ophthalmology section from 1997 to Committee member of the Department of Health of the Catalonian Regional Government, involving drawing up protocols and codes of good practice for refractive surgery centres in Catalonia. Member of the Board for the Emetropia journal Reviewer of the journals from the Spanish Ophthalmology Society and the British Journal of Ophthalmology. Recent publications Muñoz G, Güell JL, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F, Verdaguer P, Ramos R. Corneal collagen crosslinking in progressive keratoconus: changes in corneal irregularity indices and correlation with the best spectacle-corrected visual acuity Güell JL, Morral M, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F. Chapter 18: Corneal Collagen Cross- Linking in Combination with Phakic Intraocular Lenses. Book: Corneal Collagen Crosslinking. CXL Editors: Farhad Hafezi/ J.Bradley Randleman. SLACK Incorporated Güell JL, P. Verdaguer, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F. Monografia Atlas de técnicas complejas en la cirugía del segmento anterior. Capitulo: reconstrucción del iris. Ed: Elsevier, Güell JL, Gris O, Aristizabal D, Elies D, Manero F, Morral M. Chapter 40: Sequential sectorial conjunctival epitheliectomy and superficial keratectomy. Book: Ocular Surface Disorders Edited by Jose M Benitez del Castillo y Michael Lemp. JP Medical Publishers, Güell JL, Elies D, Verdaguer P, Gris O, Manero F. ESASO COURSE SERIES. Vol 3. Cataract. Chapter: Phakic Intraocular lenses in Keratoconus. Morral M. Chapter: Laser Corneal Refractivve Surgery: An Update. Editor: Güell J.L. Barcelona. Karger Edition

5 Güell JL, Elies D, Manero F, Gris O, Morral M. Veryflex: Pearls for the implantation and for the right position and surgical results. En: Phakic IOLs: State of the Art. LASIK-The evolution of Refractive Surgery. Buratto L, Slade S, Tavolato M. SLACK, Güell JL, Elies D. Corneal refractive correction with MEL-80 excimer laser and / or Visumax femtosecond laser. En: Phakic IOLs: State of the Art. LASIK-The evolution of Refractive Surgery. Buratto L, Slade S, Tavolato M. SLACK, Güell JL, Elies D. Femto-lasik with Zeiss platform. En: Phakic IOLs: State of the Art. LASIK-The evolution of Refractive Surgery. Buratto L, Slade S, Tavolato M. SLACK, Güell JL, Elies D. Lasik after Radial Keratotomy. En: Phakic IOLs: State of the Art. LASIK- The evolution of Refractive Surgery. Buratto L, Slade S, Tavolato M. SLACK, Güell JL, Verdaguer P, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F. Corneal Impairment in a Patient With Type 2 Distal Arthrogryposis. Eye Contact Lens Nov 27. 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: Güell JL, Verdaguer P, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F. Reply: Corneal hydrops after intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation. Journal cataract refractive Surg 2013;39(5):816 Verdaguer P, Güell JL, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F. Cover Story. Enhancement after LASIK. Treatment of corneal epithelial ingrowth. Cataract and Refractuce SurgeryToday Europe. 2012: June; Güell JL, Morral M, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F. Transient myopic shift after phakic intraocular lens implantation. J Cataract Refract Surg Jul; 38(7): 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 Nov 1; 43(6): Güell JL, Morral M, Malecaze F, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F. Collagen crosslinking and toric iris-claw phakic intraocular lens for myopic astigmatism in progressive mild to moderate keratoconus. J Cataract Refract Surg Mar; 38(3): Güell JL, Morral M, Malecaze F, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F. Reply Crosslinking and Toric Phakic IOL in keratoconus. J Cataract Refract Surgery 2012; 38(8):

6 Güell JL, Verdaguer P, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F. Acute corneal hydrops after intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation for keratoconus. J Cataract Refract Surg Dec; 38(12): Güell JL, Morral M, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F, Saenz N. Barcelona-Cincinnati Technqiue for Limbal Transplantation. J Emmetropia 2012; 3: Güell JL, Morral M, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F, Saez N. Barcelona- Cincinnatti Technique for Limbal Transplatation 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. November/December 2012 ;43 (6): Elies D, Güell JL, Gris O, Aristizábal D. Intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation for irregular astigmatism after laser in situ keratomileusis. J Cataract Refract Surg May; 38(5): Güell JL, Morral M, Malecaze F, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F. Collagen crosslinking and toric iris-claw phakic intraocular lens for myopic astigmatism in progressive mild to moderate keratoconus. J Cataract Refract Surg Mar; 38(3): Elies D, Güell JL, Gris O, Aristizábal D. Intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation for irregular astigmatism after laser in situ keratomileusis. J Cataract Refract Surg May; 38(5): Verdaguer P, Güell JL, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F. Cover Story. Enhancement after LASIK. Treatment of corneal epithelial ingrowth. Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today Europe. 2012: June; Güell JL, Morral M, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F. Transient myopic shift after phakic intraocular lens implantation. J Cataract Refract Surg Jul; 38(7): 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 Nov 1; 43(6): Güell JL, Verdaguer P, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F. Acute corneal hydrops after intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation for keratoconus. J Cataract Refract Surg Dec; 38(12):

7 Güell JL, Morral M, Malecaze F, Gris O, Elies E, Manero F. Reply Crosslinking and Toric Phakic IOL in keratoconus. J Cataract Refract Surgery 2012; 38(8): Güell JL, Morral M, Gris O, Elies D, Manero F, Saenz N. Barcelona-Cincinnati Technique for Limbal Transplantation. J Emmetropia 2012; 3: Güell JL, Elies D, Manero F, Gris O, Morral M. Veryflex: Pearls for the implantation and for the right position and surgical results. En: Phakic IOLs: State of the Art. LASIK-The evolution of Refractive Surgery. Buratto L, Slade S, Tavolato M. SLACK, Güell JL, Elies D. Femto-lasik with Zeiss platform. En: Phakic IOLs: State of the Art. LASIK-The evolution of Refractive Surgery. Buratto L, Slade S, Tavolato M. SLACK, Güell JL, Elies D. Corneal refractive correction with MEL-80 excimer laser and/or Visumax femtosecond laser. En: Phakic IOLs: State of the Art. LASIK-The evolution of Refractive Surgery. Buratto L, Slade S, Tavolato M. SLACK, Güell JL, Elies D. Lasik after Radial Keratotomy. En: Phakic IOLs: State of the Art. LASIK- The evolution of Refractive Surgery. Buratto L, Slade S, Tavolato M. SLACK, Güell JL, Morral M, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F. Complications of Excimer surgery. Section IV. Refractive. En: Ophthalmic Surgery. Principles and Practice. Fourth Edition. Danesh-Meyers, Goldberg Kampik. Elsevier Saunders, Güell JL, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F, Morral M. Femtosecond laser-assisted enhancements after laser in situ keratomileusis. J Cataract Refract Surg Nov; 37(11): Güell JL, Morral M, Elies D, Gris O, Manero F. Complications of excimer surgery. En: Ophthalmic surgery: principles and practice. Spaeth GL. Elsevier, Güell JL, Elies D, Pacheco M, Manero F, Gris O, Sánchez C. Sistema Combinado topografía-tomografía Visante Omni. En: Monografía 2011: métodos de diagnóstico en segmento anterior. Castillo A. Sociedad Española de Cirugía Ocular Impl, Güell JL, Elies D, Salinas C, Manero F, Gris O, Morral M. Estudio patología corneal con OCT. En: Monografía 2011: métodos de diagnóstico en segmento anterior. Castillo A. Sociedad Española de Cirugía Ocular Impl, Aristizábal D, Güell JL, Elies D, Gris O. Estudio endotelial con microscopía especular. En: Monografía 2011: métodos de diagnóstico en segmento anterior. Castillo A. Sociedad Española de Cirugía Ocular Impl, 2011.

8 Conferences and courses Elies D. (2014). Speaker. Adenoviral keratitis. 40th Meeting of the Galician Ophthalmology Society. Lugo. Elies D. (2014). Speaker. My algorithm in refractive surgery. 40th Meeting of the Galician Ophthalmology Society. Lugo. Elies D. (2014). Live surgery. FacoElche. Elche. Elies D. (2014). Moderator. Trifocal versus bifocal lenses with depth of focus. FacoElche. Elche. Elies D. (2014). Speaker and debate. ReLex Smile versus Lasik. What is ReLex Smile? 14th Refractive Seville. Seville. Elies D. (2014). Speaker. Update on phakic lenses. myopia. 14th Refractive Seville. Seville. ICL versus LASIK in moderate Elies D. (2014). Coordinator. Verion, Luxor, Nevanac and Centurion sessions. Innovation Day, Clearfuture. Barcelona. Elies D. (2014). Live surgery. Innovation Day, Clearfu- ture. Barcelona Elies D. (2014). Speaker. LASIL XTRA: Consolidating refractive results. SECOIR. Alicante. Elies D. (2014). Comments. Meetings with the ex- pert. Roberto Zaldivar: Refractive Surgery. SECOIR. Alicante. Elies D. (2014). Comments. Symposium: refractive surgery. Presbyopia/Near vision: surgical alternatives. SECOIR. Alicante. Elies D. (2014). Comments. Symposium on crystalline lens surgery. Lensectomy in high myopia and hypero- pia. SECOIR. Alicante. Elies D. (2014). Speaker. Technologic cataract. 13th National Video-ophthalmology Festival. Lleida. Elies D. (2014). Speaker. Smile for the correction of myopia. 13th National Videoophthalmology Festival. Lleida.

9 Elies D. (2014). Moderator. Phaco in carrier of anterior chamber lens. Explant of phakic lenses. 13th National Video-ophthalmology Festival. Lleida. Elies D. (2013). Speaker. The BIs with less addition: the Mplus'. FacoElche. Elche. Elies D. (2013). Speaker. Cataract and femtolaser. 7th Symposium on controversies in ophthalmology. Barcelona. Elies D. (2013). Moderator. Roundtable: management of dissatisfied patient with Premium lenses. Videos of clinical cases: Premium lens explantation. 12th Refrac- tive Seville. Seville. Elies D. (2013). Participant. Roundtable: Femtosec- ond laser contributions in crystalline lens refractive surgery. 12th Refractive Seville. Seville. Elies D. (2013). Moderator. Intraocular lenses (II). Toric and pseudo-accommodative lenses. 12th Refractive Seville. Seville. Elies D. (2013). Speaker. TORIC MX60T envista toric lens. 12th Refractive Seville. Seville. Elies D. (2013). Moderator. Intraocular lenses (II). Toric and pseudo-accommodative lenses. 12th Refractive Seville. Seville. Elies D. (2013). Speaker. Evolution and future of cataract surgery: Premium and femtophaco surgery: Lentis Comfort. SECOIR. Barcelona. Elies D. (2013). Roundtable. Symposium: Crystalline Lens Surgery (I). SECOIR. Barcelona. Elies D. (2013). Speaker. Meeting with the expert: Allaa El-Danasoury. Phakic IOLs: What did I learn over 20 years. SECOIR. Barcelona. Elies D. (2013). Speaker. Interest group 3: Phakic lens- es. SECOIR. Barcelona. Elies D. (2013). Director. Refractive Course Epicapsu- lar collamer phakic lenses. SECOIR. Barcelona. Elies D. (2013). Speaker. SECOIR I continuing educa- tion: Crystalline Lens Surgery. SECOIR. Barcelona. Elies D. (2013). President of the Organising Commit- tee. SECOIR. Barcelona.

10 Elies D. (2013). Speaker. Lentis Comfort: Premium lens for standard cataract surgery. 11th Anterior Seg- ment Symposium. Barcelona. Elies D. (2013). Speaker. C-6 New ICLs: indications, management and results. 88th Conference of the Spanish Ophthalmology Society. Barcelona. Elies D. (2013). Live surgery. Refractive Cataract Video (VCR-Alcon). Barcelona. Elies D. (2013). Speaker. Axial length changes after Visian ICL implantation. 31st ESCRS Congress. Am- sterdam. Elies D. (2013). Speaker. Lasik update with surgical tips in primary and secondary cases basic compar- ison with surface ablation technique. 31st ESCRS Con- gress. Amsterdam. Elies D. (2013). Speaker. Oculentis innovations: MplusX.5th Topcon Symposium. Barcelona.

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