Corneal Topography

Melanie Corbett is a consultant ophthalmologist at the Western Eye Hospital, London and has a special interest in the cornea and anterior segment. She undertook a medical doctorate at St Thomas' Hospital under Professor John Marshall and then completed a corneal fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital. She is the Chair of Education for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, and has lead the Training the Trainers programme in the UK and overseas for over 10 years. She is a leading authority in diseases and surgery of the cornea and anterior segment and is the author of over 60 peer-reviewed publications and several textbooks. Nicholas Maycock is a consultant ophthalmologist with a specialist interest in cornea, anterior segment and complex cataract surgery. He is a past committee member of the Young Ophthalmologist Programme (YOP) at the UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS) and is a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists microsurgical skills faculty. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and frequently presents at national and international conferences. Emanuel Rosen is one of the pioneers of modern cataract surgery. He is a world-renowned ophthalmologist with a specialist interest in anterior segment disease and cataract and refractive surgery. He is a past president of the International Intraocular Implant Club (IIC), set up in 1966 to promote research into intraocular lens implantation. He is also a past president of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) and is a current board member and chairman of the ESCRS publications committee. He has won numerous national and international awards. He was a visiting professor at the Department of Visual Sciences at Manchester University (retired), but remains in private clinical practice. He is a founding and current editor of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and is author of numerous books, book chapters, and peer-reviewed journal publications. David O'Brart has been a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London since 1996 and is the Director of Refractive, Cornea and Anterior Segment Surgery. In recognition of his clinical research, he was appointed as Professor of Corneal Science at King's College, University of London in 2015. He is a past president of the United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons and specialist adviser to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence and the Medical Health Research Authority for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. His current clinical and laboratory research is directed at optimizing treatments for Keratoconus and Dry Eye and Femtosecond laser technology for Cataract Surgery. As a leading international researcher in the field of Corneal Collagen Cross-linking, Laser Refractive and Cataract Surgery he has published one hundred and forty scientific publications in peer-reviewed ophthalmic journals, co-authored books on corneal topography, refractive and corneal surgery and contributed numerous chapters to international ophthalmic text books.

BASIC PRINCIPLES: Assessment of corneal shape.- Videokeratoscopes.- Projection-based systems.- Scheimpflug camera systems.- Optical coherence tomography.- Presentation of topographic information. THE NORMAL CORNEA: Normal Topography.- Contact lens practice. CORNEAL DISEASE: Corneal surface disease.- Corneal stromal disease.- Corneal endothelial disease.- Corneal ectasia. CORNEAL SURGERY: Corneal endothelial disease.- Keratoplasty.- Cataract surgery.- Refractive corneal surgery.- Refractive laser surgery.- Ocular surgery.