International Conference and Expo on Cataract and Optometrists Meeting August 04-05, 2016 Manchester, UK

Professor Yu-Chih Hou is an ophthalmologist at Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei , Taiwan. He was the Chief of Department of Ophthalmology at Taiwan Provincial Taipei Hospital, Taipei County, Taiwan. His special interests include corneal and conjunctival diseases including cataract and refractive surgery, genetic mutations in corneal dystrophies, corneal dystrophy and degeneration, infections, ulcers, tumors, dry eyes, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; endothelial keratoplasty. He has published around fifty papers. He is the member of The Ophthalmological Society of Taiwan and Asia Cornea Society. He has done his postgraduate training from National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Kellogg Eye Center, Michigan University, Michigan, USA and National Taiwan University Hospital.

Corneal and conjunctival diseases including cataract and refractive surgery, genetic mutations in corneal dystrophies, corneal dystrophy and degeneration, infections, ulcers, tumors, dry eyes, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and endothelial keratoplasty

I am a consultant ophthalmologist with an interest in cornea, cataract and external eye disease. I am based in St Paul’s Eye Unit at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital (UK) and the Department of Eye and Vision Science at the University of Liverpool. I have a particular clinical interest in ocular surface and anterior segment reconstruction. My laboratory research is translational in nature and relates to corneal stem cells.

Cornea,Cataract and External Eye Disease.

Iva Dekaris is a Professor of Ophthalmology at Universities of Zagreb and Rijeka (Croatia), and Associate-member of the Department of Medical Sciences of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. She works as Medical Director at University Eye Hospital “Svjetlost” in Zagreb. Dr. Dekaris completed Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Harvard Medical School and the Schepens Eye Research Institute in Boston. She was twice awarded with the highest Croatian State Reward for Achievements in Science (1999 and 2013). The areas of her expertise are corneal transplantation, cataract and refractive surgery. She has an overall experience of over 20,000 surgeries mainly PHACO, corneal transplantations, refractive lens exchange, phakic IOLs, amniotic membrane and stem-cell transplantations. She published 48 papers in CC Journals (citations: 393 Scopus), presented numerous invited talks all over the world, and co-authored 4 books. She is an immediate past president of the European Eye Bank Association (2010-2013), and Editorial board Member of Journal of Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, Journal of Eye & Cataract Refractive Surgery, Acta Medica Croatica and RAD HAZU-Medical Sciences. She acts as reviewer for 6 international journals.

Corneal transplantation, cataract and refractive surgery

Professor Michael O’Keefe is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Children’s University Hospital and the Mater Misericordiae Hospital Dublin. He is the Newman Clinical Professor of Paediatric Ophthalmology at University College Dublin. His special interests include congenital cataract, ROP and Refractive Surgery. He is a book and chapter editor and has published over one hundred and fifty peer review papers. He was awarded the Claud Worth Medal for his contribution to Paediatric Ophthalmology in 2004 by the British Child Health Foundation. In 2008 he was awarded the Eustace Medal for his research and contribution to Ophthalmology.

Congenital cataract, ROP and Refractive Surgery

Badri P Badhu is a Professor at Department of Ophthalmology, BPK Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. He is an Editor-in-Chief for Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology. He is teaching ophthalmology to undergraduate and postgraduate students for more than 20 years and providing MSICS and phacoemulsification training in low resource settings. He worked for many community eye services. He has more than 60 publications of ophthalmology in different journals. His main fields of interest are cataract, glaucoma, lacrimal surgery, orbit, ophthalmic oncology.

Cataract, Glaucoma, Lacrimal Surgery, Orbit, Ophthalmic Oncology.

Professor J E Moore completed a medical degree from Queens University Belfast, trained in Department of Ophthalmology, Belfast before gaining a fellowship in Flinders hospital SA and then a PhD in Ophthalmology from QUB after a year research fellowship in Harvard Medical School, Boston under the tutelage of Professor Tony Adamis and Professor Dimitri Azar. Currently anterior segment lead in the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast and also medical director in Cathedral Eye Clinic, specializes in both cataract, refractive and anterior segment reconstructive surgery. Actively involved in clinical refractive IOL research and with Professor Tara Moore in the development of genetic tools to manage ocular surface pathologies. Co-founder Ulster University online preparatory course for the RCOphth Certificate in Cataract and Laser Refractive Surgery. Published more than 100 scientific papers.

Cataract, Refractive and Anterior Segment Reconstructive Surgery

Celso Tello, MD, after obtaining his Medical degree from the University of Cuenca-Ecuador, he completed his ophthalmology residency at The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary in 1998. Following research and clinical fellowships in glaucoma, he joined Drs. Ritch and Liebmann in clinical practice. Dr Tello is presently Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the New York Medical College and Director of the Glaucoma Service at The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary where he is responsible for Resident and Fellow glaucoma education. Dr Tello is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Pan-American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the Ophthalmic Laser Surgical Society and the New York Society for Clinical Ophthalmology. He was instrumental in developing the clinical applications of ultrasound biomicroscopy. Dr. Tello is the author or co-author of over 165 medical and scientific papers, book chapters, and abstracts, and has lectured nationally and internationally on glaucoma diagnosis and management. He is currently President of the New York Society for Clinical Ophthalmology.

Genetics, imaging, glaucoma diagnosis, and medical and surgical management of glaucoma.

Dr. John Sheppard is the President of Virginia Eye Consultants. He received his medical degree from Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He is a board-certified and fellowship-trained corneal eye surgeon, and he specializes in such areas as corneal transplantation, dry eye syndrome, uveitis, cataract surgery, glaucoma, and premium lens implants. His commitment to performing the highest quality of eye care solutions has led to Dr. Sheppard receiving the American Academy of Ophthalmology Honour Award, and he has also been named one of The Best Doctors in America since 2002.

Corneal transplantation, dry eye syndrome, uveitis, cataract surgery, glaucoma, and premium lens implants

Dr Mark Fountain has a PhD in Lean Transformation, MBA, MSc, BEng (Hons) and is by background a Chartered Engineer. He is presently the CEO of Healthcare Business Solutions, the UK’s leading provided of integrated healthcare solutions for the NHS. Mark has run hospitals and healthcare businesses in the UK and Middle East. Previous roles include CEO, COO, VP and various Director roles in blue chip Engineering companies, including Fujitsu and BOC.

Healthcare Business

Roy Quinlan trained as a biochemist at the University of Kent with Keith Gull joined the Franke lab in Heidelberg as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow in 1981 before returning in 1985as a MRC fellow to Cambridge. From 1988-2001 he was lecturer, then senior lecturer in the School of Life Sciences, Dundee University, before taking the Foundation Chair in Biomedical Sciences at Durham University in 2001. His H-index is currently 43. He serves as lens section editor for Experimental Eye Research and is currently a scientific trustee for Fight for Sight UK.

Cataract and its prevention, the aging process of the eye lens; lens regeneration; proteinopathies; role of lipids in lens homeostasis and reversal of cataract; statin use and cataract

Sandeep Jain is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Cornea Service, Director at Corneal Neurobiology Laboratory and Director at Dry Eye Service and also Editorial Board Member at Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Ocular Surface. His research focuses on the molecular and cellular aspects of corneal nerve regeneration, which may lead to new therapies for blinding corneal diseases. His research is funded by the National Eye Institute K08 and R01 awards. Currently, he is initiating clinical trials on treatment for dry eye. He has been named one of America’s Best Doctors since 2007 and has received the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Achievement Award. Sandeep Jain joined the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary in 2006. He is board certified in ophthalmology.

Sandeep Jain research focuses on the molecular and cellular aspects of corneal nerve regeneration, which may lead to new therapies for blinding corneal diseases. His research is funded by the National Eye Institute K08 and R01 awards. Currently, he is initiating clinical trials on treatment for dry eye.

Soledad Cortina is an attending physician in the Cornea Service and Director of the Comprehensive Ophthalmology Faculty Practice, the General Eye Clinic and the Keratoprosthesis Artificial Cornea Program within the Cornea Service. She conducts basic science investigations into the regeneration of corneal nerves following corneal and refractive surgery. She is fluent in Spanish, joined the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary in 2010 and is board certified in ophthalmology.

Soledad Cortina conducts basic science investigations into the regeneration of corneal nerves following corneal and refractive surgery.

Daniel Valverde prsently working as Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Guayaquil.Being Specialist in Retina Medicinal – OcularNutrition - Low Vision – Pediatric Vision - Public Health - Community Development Projects in Public Health.

Igor Nasonkin is a Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Charles & Louella Snyder Retinal Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, and the Assistant Director, the Louis J. Fox Centre for Vision Restoration of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre and University of Pittsburgh. He also holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Developmental Biology at Pitt. Igor Nasonkin educational background includes receiving a BSc degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (secondary major: molecular genetics) at St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia. He then attended the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, where he earned his MSc degree in Biochemistry (Mentor: Robert Molday, PhD). Following that, he obtained his PhD in Human Genetics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Mentor: Sally A. Camper, PhD).

Igor Nasonkinb current interest is to drive human ES cells further towards neural lineage, and into specialized neuronal type (retinal cells), with further transplantation into retina, and studying potential alleviation of blindness in several genetic models of retinopathy.

Dr. Racette is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute at Indiana University’s School of Medicine (Indianapolis, IN), and an adjunct professor at Indiana University’s School of Optometry (Bloomington, IN). After receiving her Ph.D. from Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada), Dr. Racette joined the University of California at San Diego (San Diego, CA) where she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Hamilton Glaucoma Center.

Serena Wang joined the U.T. Southwestern faculty in November 2006, following a successful private practice in Dallas and Plano for the previous two years. Serena Wang has trained extensively at UT Southwestern, completing her ophthalmology internship and residency, as well as her pediatric ophthalmology and corneal and external disease fellowships, here. She also has a strong research background in pediatric ophthalmology, especially in the treatment of pediatric cataracts. She completed a research fellowship at the Storm Eye Institute, Medical University of South Carolina in 1995. Passionate in her care of pediatric ophthalmic patients, Serena Wang is known for her caring approach. She specializes in the treatment of pediatric eye diseases with a special focus on pediatric cataracts and adult strabismus. She is currently seeing patients at Childrens Medical Center at Legacy, and Childrens Medical Center Dallas.

Serena Wang has a strong research background in pediatric ophthalmology, especially in the treatment of pediatric cataracts.