Join us for the 20th Annual International CXL & Keratoconus Experts’ Meeting held in historic Zurich, Switzerland.
Venue: Kongresshaus Zurich, Gotthardstrasse 5, 8002, Zurich
Venue:
Mövenpick Zurich Airport Hotel
The International CXL Experts’ Meeting 2023 Zurich, organized by the Light for Sight Foundation, is an independent forum to unite expert clinicians and researchers in the field of corneal cross-linking.
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If you are an ophthalmologist (aged 35 years or under; <2 years after entering subspecialty training), the Light for Sight Foundation would like to offer you a free registration to the Thursday courses to support your continuing education.
You must bring evidence of this status in order to benefit from the Young Ophthalmologist Discount.
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KCXL Experts’ Meeting 2024
Italy
Switzerland
USA
Lebanon
Honorary Member. Switzerland
Honorary Member. Germany
Brazil
Spain
| Time | Title | Speakers | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.00 | Corneal structure and biomechanics | John Marshall | UK |
| 14.30 | Oxygen, riboflavin and UV-A. Understanding the CXL reaction | Farhad Hafezi | Switzerland |
| 15.00 | CXL: biomechanics, resistance to digestion, oxidative stress, endothelial safety | Theo G. Seiler | Switzerland |
| 15.30 | Pre -op assessment when and to to operate? | Paolo Vinciguerra | Italy |
| 16.00 | How to do my first CXL | Frederik Raiskup | Germany |
| 16.30 | Modifying riboflavin solutions and fluence, when to use which? | Cosimo Mazzotta | Italy |
| Time | Title | Speakers | Country |
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| 14.00 | Title to be announced |
| Time | Title | Speakers | Country |
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| 15.00 | Title to be announced |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
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| 08:00 | Will be online after the review process, beginning of November | ||
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| 08:50 |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Presentation of the Delphi Panel | Farhad Hafezi | Switzerland |
| 09:15 | First Results | JA Gomes | Brazil |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | Epi-off Protocols | Cosimo Mazzotta | Italy |
| 09:45 | Epi-on Protocols | Emilio Torres | Switzerland |
| 10:00 | Customized CXL | Farhad Hafezi | Switzerland |
| 10:15 | Complications and Surprises | Paolo Vinciguerra | Italy |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Corneal Topography and Tomography | J. Bradley Randleman | USA |
| 11:15 | A new index to detect keratoconus | Riccardo Vinciguerra | Italy |
| 11:30 | Scheimpflug technology | Michael Belin | USA |
| 11:45 | OCT technology | Shady Awwad | Lebanon |
| 12:00 | Scheimpflug vs OCT, CXL Success | Farhad Hafezi | Switzerland |
| 12:15 | Epithelium before and after CXL | Robert Herber | Germany |
| 12:45 | Lunch Break | ||
| Time | Awardee |
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| 13:30 |
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| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | KC and biomechanics I (CorVis & Brillouin) | Riccardo Vinciguerra | Italy |
| 14:15 | KC and biomechanics II (Brillouin) | J. Bradley Randleman | USA |
| 14:30 | KC and biomechanics III (OCT Elastography) | Sabine Kling | Switzerland |
| 14:45 | Biological markers in KC | Rohit Shetty | |
| 15:00 | Long-term flattening in KC and ectasia | Paolo Vinciguerra | Italy |
| 15:15 | Concept of epi-on sub400 in ultrathin corneas | Emilio Torres | Switzerland |
| 15:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 | IOL power calculations , choosing the right formula | Emilio Torres | Switzerland |
| 16:10 | Tips & Pearls in phacoemulsification in KC | Jorge Alio | Spain |
| 16:20 | Pinhole vs monofocal IOLs | Emilio Predrotti | Italy |
| 16:30 | Phakic IOLs in KC: optimizing outcomes | Shady Awwad | Lebanon |
| 16:40 | Sizing in Phakic IOLs | Andrea Russo | Italy |
| 16:50 | Refractive Surprise after Toric phakic IOLs: what to do | Jorge Alio | Spain |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | New insights into CXL-resistance to digestion | Farhad Hafezi | Switzerland |
| 17:10 | RF PACK-CXL for infectious keratitis | Boris Knyazer | Israel |
| 17:20 | RB PACK-CXL for infectious keratitis | Guillermo Amescua | USA |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:30 | DALK – Big bubble Technique. Why, When and How | Anas Anbari | UK |
| 17:40 | Femto DALK vs conventional DALK: getting the bubble and outcomes | TBD | |
| 17:50 | No bubble, no problem: tactics and strategies to dissect until Descemet’s | Rajesh Fogla | India |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
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| Will be online after the review process, beginning of November | |||
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
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| 8:00 | Will be online after the review process, beginning of November | ||
| 8:10 | |||
| 8:20 | |||
| 8:30 | |||
| 8:40 | |||
| 8:50 |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
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| 9:00 | Basics of Corneal Topography (20′) and 10′ discussion | Stephen Klyce | USA |
| 9:30 | Basics of Corneal Tomography (20′) and 10′ discussion | Michael Belin | USA |
| 10:00 | Basics of AS-OCT (20′) and 10′ discussion | Francesco Versaci | Italy |
| 10:30 | Basics of Corneal Biomechanics (20′) and 10′ discussion | Riccardo Vinciguerra | Italy |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Wavefront-guided surface ablation | Paolo Vinciguerra | Italy |
| 11:15 | ELZA-PACE: customized cross-linking | Farhad Hafezi | Switzerland |
| 11:30 | Discussion | ||
| 11:45 | Pin-hole IOL | Emilio Pedrotti | Italy |
| 12:00 | Femto-CAIRS | Shady Awwad | Lebanon |
| 12:15 | Discussion | ||
| 12:30 | Lunch Break | ||
| 14:00 | Lenticule Augmentation | Mario Nubile | Italy |
| 14:15 | TREK | Rohit Shetty | India |
| 14:30 | Discussion | ||
| 14:45 | Bowman layer transplantation: evolving technique and results | Lamis Baydoun or Bader Khayyat | |
| 15:00 | ICRS: results and long-term safety | Olivier Prisant | France |
| 15:15 | Discussion | ||
| 15:30 | Group Photo | ||
| 15:45 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:15 | Are we ready to transition from ICRS to CAIRS? | Shady Awwad | Lebanon |
| 16:30 | Xenia implants for Keratoconus: where do we stand? | ||
| 16:45 | Customized PRK and CXL: latest trends, do’s and don’ts | Paolo Vinciguerra | Italy |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
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| 17:00 | Will be online after the review process, beginning of November | ||
| 17:10 | |||
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| 17:30 | |||
| 17:40 | |||
| 17:50 |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
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| 8:00 | Will be online after the review process, beginning of November | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
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| 17:00 | Will be online after the review process, beginning of November | ||
Title | Presenting Author | |
Clinical Sciences: Poster Presentations | ||
| FRCS1 | Algorithmic Approach for Toric Implantable Collamer Lens (TICL) Planning in Post-Crosslinking Keratoconic Eyes | Shalu Chavan, Rohit Shetty, Pooja Khamar, Amulya Punati |
| FRCS2 | Case series of CTK post CXL | Nancy All Raqqad, Mohammed Alyarabi, Mohammad Altarawneh |
| FRCS3 | Corneal Cross-Linking: An Alternative Treatment in Infectious Corneal Ulcers | Susanne Marx-Gross, Faustin Ngounou, Paul-Rolf Preussner |
| FRCS4 | Keratometric Outcomes of Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking for Keratoconus Patients at Sussex Eye Hospital: 5-Year Results | Mohamed Elghobaier, Mayank Nanavaty |
| FRCS5 | Long-term keratometric and refractive stability after TG-PRK with CXL on keratoconic eyes | Olivier Prisant, Elodie Pottier |
| FRCS7 | Refractive and Topographic Results of Progressive Thickness Versus Stable Thickness Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segment Implantation in Duck Type Keratoconus | Efekan Coşkunseven |
| FRCS8 | Zagreb Protocol – A Combined Guided T-PRK and CXL Protocol for the Treatment of Low Visual Acuity Keratoconus | Doria Gabric, Alma Biščević, Mateja Jagić, Ivan Gabric, Lucija Žerjav |
| FRCS9 | Epithelial Thickness Analysis Using Anterior Segment OCT in Keratoconus Patients with Very Asymmetric Ectasia | Tadas Naujokaitis, Maximilian Friedrich, Gerd U. Auffarth, Ramin Khoramnia, Victor A. Augustin |
| FRCS10 | Understanding the critical link of eye rubbing and inflammation by molecular pathways and its potential therapeutics | Sanjri Malhotra, Rohit Shetty, Pooja Khamar, Nithin Kiran, Nimisha Rajiv Kumar |
Laboratory Science: Poster Presentations | ||
| FRLS1 | Evaluation of the effect of infiltration time on diffusion depth and rose bengal-green light corneal cross-linking efficacy | Jinhai Huang, Rongrong Gao, Keith M. Meek |
| FRLS2 | Intrastromal Stem Cell and Telocyt Implantation for Advanced Keratoconus (KCN) | Faruk Semiz, Ceren Ece Semiz, Njomza Hima Musa, Zekeriya Alp Demirsoy, Gamze Tanriverdi |
Title | Presenting Author | |
Clinical Sciences: Poster Presentations | ||
| SACS1 | Antifungal Effect on Candida albicans and Fusarium spp. PACK-CXL in Combination with Low-Energy Laser Radiation (630-670 nm) in Fungal Keratitis Experiment In Vivo | Liudmyla Troichenko, Galyna Drozhzhyna |
| SACS2 | Corneal Perforation Following Combined CXL+PRK – A Case of CTK | Doria Gabric, Ivan Gabric |
| SACS3 | CXL Combined with Either Transepithelial PTK, for Epithelial and Partial Stromal Removal, or with Transepithelial Topo-Guided Ablation, for Corneal Optical Regularization | Yue Feng, Aleksandar Stojanovic |
| SACS4 | Genetic Risk Factors for Post-LASIK/PRK Ectasia | Javier Tato, William Trattler, Nicole Kantor, Tori Hersman |
| SACS5 | Prevention of Vascularization Through Ex Vivo CXL of Corneal Donor Tissue: Evidence from Prospective Boston Kpro CXL Study | Joseph Ciolino, Ana Roldan, Rohan Singh, Nikolay Boychev, Sofia De Arrigunaga |
| SACS6 | Scleral Lens Fitting in a Patient After INTACTs, Cross-Linking, and Conductive Keratoplasty | Stephanie Frankel |
| SACS7 | The Increase in Corneal Stiffness After Accelerated Corneal Cross-Linking in Progressive Keratoconus Using Different Methods of Epithelial Debridement | Robert Herber, Frederik Raiskup |
| SACS8 | A novel genetic panel for Keratoconus in Asian population. | Durgalaxmi Modak, Pooja Khamar, Rohit Shetty, Arkasubhra Ghosh, |
| SACS9 | Optimizing UV-A Irradiation Profiles in Cross-Linking for Progressive Keratoconus: A Comparison of Outcomes After Standard Accelerated and Topography-Guided Protocols | João Quadrado Gil, Telmo Cortinhal, Andreia Rosa, Maria João Quadrado, Joaquim Murta |
Laboratory Science: Poster Presentations | ||
| SALS2 | Corneal shape (Q value) changes in keratoconus (KCN) after fresh myopic intrastromal lenticular (FML) implantation | Faruk Semiz, Ceren Ece Semiz, Njomza Hima Musa, Zekeriya Alp Demirsoy |
| SALS3 | Histopathologic correlation between patients who underwent Keratoplasty after Rose Bengal Photodynamic Antimicrobial Therapy | Juan Carlos Navia, Jaime Martinez Martinez, Jordan Huang, Guillermo Amescua, Jean-Marie Parel |
| SALS4 | Rose Bengal Photodynamic Therapy Safety Study | Jaime Martinez Martinez, Guillermo Amescua, Sander Dubovy, Roger Leblanc, Jean-Marie Parel |
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