Current Advances in Ocular Surgery

Dr. Edmund Tsui, MD is currently an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the UCLA Stein Eye Institute and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA. He completed his medical training at Dartmouth Medical School, followed by residency training at New York University and a uveitis and ocular inflammation fellowship at the Francis I. Proctor Foundation and UCSF. His research interests are in clinical trials and imaging in ocular inflammatory diseases. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed papers and has given talks at national and international conferences. He is part of the American Uveitis Society Executive Committee. He also serves on the ARVO Professional Development and Education Committee and is Chair of the Young Uveitis Specialists Communications Committee.. Dr. Simon Fung, MD MA FRCOphth is an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the UCLA Stein Eye Institute and the David Geffen School ofMedicine at UCLA, USA. He completed his medical training at the University of Oxford, followed by ophthalmology residency at the Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, England. After a fellowship in adult cornea and external disease at Moorfields, Dr. Fung undertook an additional fellowship in pediatric cornea and external diseases at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Fung’s research interests are in pediatric cornea and ocular surface diseases. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles, and is on the editorial board of Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. He is part of the Young Ophthalmologists Committees of both the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the European Society of Ophthalmology. Dr. Rohan Bir Singh is a fellow at the Laboratory of Corneal Immunology, Transplantation and Regeneration at the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, USA. Hisresearch interests include immunopathogenesis of dry eye disease, immunology of corneal graft rejection, and epidemiology of corneal disorders in the United States. He is a PhD candidate at the Leiden University Medical Center (The Netherlands) with concentration in ocular immunology. He is also a visiting senior lecturer of Ophthalmology at the University of Adelaide (Australia) and honorary research associate at the Department of Ophthalmology, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (United Kingdom). He has more than 70 peer reviewed publications and chapters.

Injectables: aesthetics/cosmetics.- Fornix reconstruction - amniotic membrane/ buccal mucosa.- Femtosecond laser/Zepto/ MiLoop.- Scleral fixation IOL: Glued IOL/ Yamane/ Bell-loop/ Canabrava.- Iris implants: HumanOptics (vs BrightOcular).- New lenses: EDOFs/ Trifocal IOLs/ Pin-hole IOL.- Laser ablative procedures: Topographic, transepithelial PRK/PTK.- Small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE).- Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL).- Collagen Cross-linking and refractive-plus procedures.- Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplantation (SLET).- Corneal neurotisation.- Keratoprosthesis: Adult (Boston/ Auro.- MIGS: iStent, KDB, Trab360, ABiC, Hydrus, Xen, Cypass (Including Pediatric glaucoma - MIGS and tubes).- New glaucoma tubes: PAUL, ClearPath.