Second National Meeting of Cornea Society of India Keracon2014 19 th 20 th 21 st December 2014, Mahabalipuram Dear Friends, Warm greetings from the Cornea Society of India! It is indeed our pleasure to inform that Keracon 2014 will be held on the 19th to 21st of December, 2014 at the Radisson Blu Temple bay Resort, Mahabalipuram, India. The scientific program charted out for this year includes a wet lab for DALK and DSEK on the 19th along with master courses. The next 2 days would include case / situation based interactive sessions with focus on panel discussion and audience participation rather than didactic lectures. The hospitality, culture and warmth of the populace of this Temple town is legendary. We look forward for your active participation to make this conference a grand success. With Warm Regards, Srinivas K Rao / Geetha Iyer Organizers, Keracon2014 w w w. c o r n e a s o c i e t y i n d i a. o r g
Programme Highlights 19th December 2014 (Day 01) WET LAB 9.00 am 1.00 pm DSEK Dr Pravin Krishna & Team 2.00 pm 6.00 pm DALK Dr Rajesh Fogla & Team MASTER COURSES Time Topic Speaker / Panelists 9.00 10.00 am DSEK Coordinator : Vikas Mittal Chairperson : Donald Tan Pre-op and manual graft preparation DSAEK graft preparation and role of Glides in EK Forceps assisted DSEK and air management in DSEK Sheet s glide assisted DSEK and problems in DSEK 10.00 11.00 am PK Overview and Current status of Penetrating Keratoplasty Coordinator : Nikhil Gokhale Chairperson : Prof Harminder Dua Improving results of Corneal transplants - Better Instrumentation & techniques Management of Post keratoplasty astigmatism Femtosecond Laser Keratoplasty High risk grafts 11.00 12.00 noon DALK Applied Anatomy & Instrumentation for DALK Using AIR for stromal dissection: The Big Bubble Technique & variants Coordinator : Rishi Swarup Various manual techniques: principles & Chairperson : Tarek Katamish practical application Special Situations in DALK a. DALK after cross linking b. DALK Microperforation management c. DALK in peripheral ectasia Discussion 12.00 1.00 pm FREE PAPER 1 2.00 3.00 pm INFECTION Samar Basak Jeevan S Titiyal Rajesh Fogla Pravin Krishna Srinivas K Rao Hijab Mehta Nitesh Narayan Amit Gupta Sangeeta Wagh Srinivas K Rao Donald Tan Rishi Swarup Rajesh Fogla Namrata Sharma Ramendra Bakshi Coordinator : Somasheila Murthy Chairperson : Venkatesh Prajna 3.00 4.00 pm OCULAR SURFACE TUMORS
Coordinator & Chairperson: Santosh Honavar Tumors of the Ocular Surface - Diagnosis and management - An Interactive Tumors of the Ocular Surface - Case Scenarios Quiz 4.00 5.00 pm REFRACTIVE Introduction to the course LASIK vs. Surface Ablation Coordinator : Sujal Shah Chairperson : Jeevan S Titiyal Converting To Femto-LASIK ReLEx Smile-Principle, Technique, Results and Complications Discussion Q & A 5.00 6.00 pm FREE PAPER 2 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm Eye Banking Session 8.00 pm FACULTY DINNER Santosh G Honavar Geetha Iyer Santosh Honavar Sujal Shah Rohit Bang Arun Jain Sujal Shah 20th December 2014 (Day 02) 7.00 am - 8.00 am - Meet the Experts - Breakfast By the Beach 9.00am 6.00pm Sessions Topics of Discussion Speaker / Panelists 8.30 9.30 am DALK The 5 Key Steps Tarek Katamish Double AC Rishi Swarup Refractive DALK Sireesh Kumnar DALK Rejection in DALK Harminder Dua Moderator: Pravin Krishna Interface Vascularization Namrata Sharma Type II Bubble MGM Sandeep Arora 9.30-10.30 am Corneal Vascularization Harminder Dua Allergic eye Disease Vandana Jain Rheumatoid melt Somashiela Murthy INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS TED Priti Uday Khetan Moderator: Srinivas K Rao Peripheral infiltrate Kunjal Sejpal Mooren s ulcer Jnanankar Medhi 10.30-11 am TEA BREAK 11.00 12.00 noon Latest Advances in Dry Eye Quresh Maskati
Conjunctivochalasis M Srinivasan Restasis, Aurosporine, Anita Raghavan Tacrolimus in Dry eye DRY EYE MEDICAL Comorbidities in VKC Glaucoma, cataract, Moderator: Himanshu Matalia Priya Srinivas keratoconus MGD Nidhi Gupta Newer Investigative tools Jatin Ashar 12.00 1.00 pm INAUGURATION 1. 00-1.30 pm Lunch Symposium-Allergan 1.30 2.30 pm LUNCH 2.30 3.30 pm GBM 3.30 4.30 pm Corneo-Scleral Lacerations Various Types & Suturing Techniques Rajib Mukherjee Timing of cataract surgery and IOL calculation Sujith Nayanar CORNEAL TRAUMA Infection and trauma Revathy Rajaram Moderator: Srinivas K Rao Hyphema Hijab Mehta Combined procedures N Radhika DM detachment Meeta Bi 4.30 5.30 pm Fibrin Glue in Surface Surgeries Harminder Dua Cataract Surgery in RA Vinay S Pillai SJS Lid margin MMG Shweta Agarwal OSD - SURGICAL Pterygium Paras Mehta Moderator: Geetha Iyer Chemical injury Acute Measures to re-epithelialize surface Vanathi Murugesan SLET/CLET/COMET Virender Sangwan 5.30 6.30 pm PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO EDITING Moderator: Rajesh Fogla Slit lamp photography - basic techniques Video Editing - tips and tricks Adding voice to video - the right way Award winning videos - secrets unveiled 8.00pm ONWARDS GALA DINNER 21st December 2014 (Day 03) Pravin Krishna Ramesh Dorairaj Sushmita G Shah Namrata Sharma Sessions Topics of Discussion Speaker / Panelists 7.30 8.30 am DMEK The 5 Key Steps Rajesh Fogla Manual dissection depth Samar Basak DSEK advantages Jeevan Titiyal DSEK First day dislocation Aashish Nagpal Moderator: Venkatesh Prajna Unfolding difficulties Prateek Gujar DSEK + additional procedures Vikas Mittal
8.30 9.30 am Intrastromal Rings How to start Rohit Shetty Accelerated CXL Raminder Bakshi CORNEAL ECTASIA Contact lens Varsha Rathi Moderator: Himanshu Matalia Monitoring progression Nikhil Gokhale ICL planning Anand Parthasarathy 9.30 10.30 am ACSIKS Study Venkatesh Prajna Bacterial Nivedita Narayanan Fungal Nimisha Shah CORNEAL INFECTIONS Viral Arun Jain Moderator: Prashant Garg Acanthameba Donald Tan Post LAS IK infection Radhika Tandon 10.30 11 am TEA BREAK 11.00 12.00 noon Surface Tumors An update Santosh Honavar Chemotherapy Uma Sridhar Nevus / Melanoma Harminder Dua OCULAR SURFACE TUMORS Scleral involvement in OSSN Rama Rajagopal Moderator: Srinivas K Rao Masquerade Ritu Arora Dermoid Veenashree M P 12.00 1.00 pm LASIK vs SMILE an unbiased view Sri Ganesh Screening Ectasia risk Chitra Ramamurthy Complications D Ramamurthy REFRACTIVE SURGERY Femto Pearls Sujatha Mohan Moderator: Pravin Krishna Vardhaman Blurred vision post LASIK Kankariya Placidotopo - limits Ashok Sharma 1.00 2.00 pm An overview of KPro Donald Tan Boston type KPro- Indications Jeena Mascerenhas Sterile melts and infections Type I J K Reddy KERATOPROSTHESIS Variations of Type 1 Kpro Sayan Basu Moderator: Geetha Iyer Vitritis in Kpro Srinivas K Rao Glaucoma in Kpro Bhaskar Srinivasan 2.00 3.00 pm Valedictory Function Followed by Lunch
Registration Tariff Category Early Bird till 30th Sep 2014 From 1st Oct 2014 CSI Members Non - Members Delegates in training International Delegates Rs. 3000 Rs, 5000 Rs. 2000 USD 125 Rs. 4000 Rs. 6000 Rs. 3000 USD 150 Cheque / DD Payment To be made in favour of Cornea Society of India payable at Bangalore Note a) Conference registration is mandatory to attend workshop b) Bonafide certificate to be produced by PG s c) Please add Rs. 100 for outstation cheques d) Online service charge of 2.6% is applicable for online registrations has Awarded 6 Tamil Nadu Medical Council For Online registration & payment kindly logon to www.corneasocietyindia.org Address for communication: Cornea Society of India (Hallmark Events) - #82/20, 1st Floor, 4th Cross, Brindavan Nagar, Mathikere, Bangalore-560054. Ph: 09880880682, 09845671462 Mail us @ keracon2014@gmail.com Venue : Radisson Blu Resort Temple Bay, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu