IN 2023 THERE WILL BE MORE THAN 100 THEORETICAL CLASSES AND MORE THAN 30 WET/DRY LABs

THE COURSE BEGINS AT 7:30 AM ON MARCH 29, Wednesday.

ENTRANCE TO THE ROOM FOR THE FIRST CLASSES on the 1st DAY WILL BE ALLOWED WITHOUT A BADGE

PICK UP BADGE AND MATERIAL OPEN from the afternoon of TUESDAY, MARCH 28TH 

OR WEDNESDAY 29TH THROUGHOUT THE DAY

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03/29/2023 Wednesday

 

Course presentation and format

New concept of REFRACTIVE SURGERY

Marcony Santhiago

 

Propaedeutics Part I: We need to talk about all this

7:30am     Systemic conditions/medications that impact the refractive surgery candidate

Larissa Pegorin

 

7:50am     What I need to know about Retina and Glaucoma: Key Points

Germana Mariz

 

8:05am     What I need to know about Ocular Motility: Key Points

Luis Eduardo Morato Carvalho

 

8:20am     Structured and ethical thinking to increase surgical volume

Liane Iglesias

 

8:40am     Informed consent in refractive surgery

What does it mean and how to do it properly

Claudia Morgado

 

8:55am     Pregnancy and Refractive Surgery

Lycia Pedral

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9:10am     Eye allergy and the relationship with keratoconus and refractive surgery

Denise Wajnsztajn

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Propaedeutics Part II: The surface 

9:25am     Refractive surgery candidate slit lamp

Lids, transparency, dry eye, corneal diameter and other details

Luiz Fernando Chaves

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9:40am     Herpes and refractive surgery: How and when to do prophylaxis

Luiz Fernando Chaves

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9:50am     Does the endothelium matter?

Specular microscopy and its role in the preoperative period

Vitor Carvalho

 

The Invisible hand

10:00am   The economic and marketing aspects of refractive surgery

cost effectiveness

Vitor Carvalho

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10:10am   History and development of Excimer Laser Refractive Surgery

John Marshall

 

10:30 COFFEE BREAK

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11:00am   Dry eye epidemic?

What the new epidemiological studies show us

Monica Alves

 

11:10am Diagnosis of dry eye syndrome

Which Dry Eye? The case for accurate diagnostic terminology in ophthalmology

Symptoms, signs, criteria, stains and automated surface analysis

Monica Alves

 

11:30am Ocular Rosacea Microbiome: When and How to Use Doxycycline

Diogenes Caldeira

 

11:40am   Inflammatory dry eye treatment

Artificial tear vs topical anti-inflammatory

Adriana Forseto

 

11:50am Inflammatory dry eye treatment

Oral Medications

Harumi Burga Kuroda

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12:00pm   Detailed review of new treatments for meibomitis

Pulsed Light, Thermotherapy, Oral Azithromycin, Massage and Automated Cleaning

Carolina Angeloni

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12:20pm Dry eye and refractive surgery

Flowchart on how to conduct pre- and post-operatively

Monica Alves

 

You are in the right place at the right time

12:40pm   Prevalence of candidates and patient satisfaction in refractive surgery

Evidence they need to know

Marcony Santhiago

 

1:10pm LUNCH

 

Propaedeutics Part III: The construction of structured thinking

 

2:00pm   My flowchart for decision making

Refractive surgery: Understand ALL risk factors for ectasia

How to analyze studies on the risk of ectasia

Screening methods for early keratoconus

Posterior interface matter?

Conceptual explanation of all indexes: Where they come from and what they analyze

Analysis of what we have from scientific evidence and clinical practice

Marcony Santhiago

 

Propedeutics Part IV: Corneal Imaging

2:40pm Image of the cornea

The basics you need to know

J. Bradley Randleman

 

Topography module

What the corneal topography exam reveals

 

3:20pm   Understanding the pattern of topographic images

Risk grades for ectasia based on topography

Marcony Santhiago

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4:00p COFFEE BREAK

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4:30pm - 10:30 pm WET/DRY LABs - HANDS ON

 

*There will be more than 30 wet/dry labs divided into 3 time slots

4:30pm - 6:30pm

6:30pm - 8:30pm

8:30pm - 10:30pm

15 rooms during the 5 days of the course

There will also be Special Sessions with extra content.

 

Special Session I​

Special session at REFRATIVA R.I.O.

4:30 pm – 7:00 pm Specific Device Series

Coordination Isadora de Castilhos and Harumi Burga

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4:30 Understanding Orbscan

4:50 Understanding iTrace

5:10 Understanding OPD Scan

5:30 pm Understanding Sirius

5:50 Understanding MS39

6:10 Understanding Anterion

6:30 Understanding Aladdin

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03/30/2023 Thursday

 

Tomography Module I

Origin of indexes, rationality, theoretical aspects,

practical applicability and clinical examples

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Tomography by Scheimpflug (Pentacam)

7:30am     What do they mean and how to use each of the Pentacam screens/displays

Nicole Larivoir

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7:40am      Tomography through Scheimpflug (Pentacam)

Integration of Scheimpflug-Based Tomography and Biomechanical Assessments (Corvis)

Renato Ambrosio Jr.

 

8:00am   Belin Display - What it means, Indexes and Cutoffs

Michael Belin

8:20am      Ambrosio Display - What it means, Indexes and Cutoffs

Renato Ambrosio Jr.

8:30 am     ABCD Display

Michael Belin

 

8:50am      Dual Scheimpflug Tomography and Placido Disc (Galilei)

What do they mean and how to use each of the Galilei screens/displays

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9:10am CLMI.X Display - Indices and Cutoffs

Maria Ximena Nunes

 

9:30am Elevation maps: How to use front and back interfaces seamlessly

κ angle and its effect on corneal elevation maps in refractive surgery candidates

Carlos Arce

 

9:50am Differences (and correlations) between Galilei and Pentacam devices

Nicole Larivoir

 

10:00am Corneal thickness analysis: When is it too thin and why?

Marcony Santhiago

 

10:30 COFFEE BREAK

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beyond the obvious

11:00am Epithelial map in the preoperative period of refractive surgery

Integrating Structural Tomographic Data and Epithelial Map in identifying the patient at risk

Marcony Santhiago

 

11:40am Artificial intelligence in diagnosing subclinical keratoconus

poojar khamar

 

12:00pm Percent Tissue Altered (PTA):

Concept and how to apply it in everyday life

Marcony Santhiago

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12:40pm Artificial intelligence in the preoperative refractive surgery assessment 

Marcony Santhiago

 

12:50pm Structured thinking (Flowchart) for decision making

Marcony Santhiago

 

1:10pm LUNCH with lunch box and

SPECIAL ROUND TABLE on DRY EYE

Coordination: Lycia Pedral and Barbara Dutra

Panelists: Monica Alves, Adriana Forseto and Anderson Martins

 

Perspectives

2:00pm What's happening in the eye care market

Amaury Guerreiro

 

structurally speaking

2:10pm Translational biomechanics in refractive and corneal surgery

William J. Dupps

2:30pm Biomechanical principles for the refractive surgeon

William J. Dupps

 

2:50pm The Fragility of Knowledge

J. Bradley Randleman

 

3:30pm Why Q: Does asphericity manipulation work?

Marcony Santhiago

 

3:45pm Refractive Surgery as a turning point in the human Experience

Guy M Kezirian

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4:00p COFFEE BREAK

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4:30pm - 10:30 pm WET/DRY LABs - HANDS ON

 

*There will be more than 30 wet/dry labs divided into 3 time slots

4:30pm - 6:30pm

6:30pm - 8:30pm

8:30pm - 10:30pm

15 rooms during the 5 days of the course

There will also be Special Sessions with extra content.

 

Special Session I​I

Special session at REFRATIVA R.I.O.

4:30 pm – 8:30 pm Management: You are your business

Coordination Carla Medeiros and Carolina Angeloni

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03/31/2023 Friday

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we need to know more

7:30am Pupil size matters. Oh! Does it?

Glauco Mello

 

7:40am Optical Zone and Centralization

(Coaxial with light reflex or pupil center?)

Glauco Mello

 

7:50am The importance of cyclotorsion compensation

Ways to align astigmatism with different braces

Is it still necessary to mark the axes in the supine position?

Fabio Marujo

 

8:00am Effect of anisometropia on the predictability and accuracy of refractive surgery

Isadora de Castilhos

 

8:10am OCT in anterior segment

How to use this tool in the daily life of the refractive, cataract and cornea patient

Norma Allemann

 

Evolution and reality

8:30am "From broad beam to flying spots and such"

Evolution of the way the laser is applied to the cornea

Jackson Barreto Jr

 

8:45am Evolution of ablation profiles

How and why we got at the optimized profile and aspheric treatments

Jackson Barreto Jr

 

Therapeutic refractive surgery I

9:00am Topography-guided surgery on irregular corneas

Adriana Forseto

 

9:20am Excimer laser vision correction in patients with amblyopia

Julie Schallhorn

 

9:40am PTK: Indications and planning

Ramon Ghanem

 

10:00am Special Launch event for something that could change your life forever

Marcony Santhiago

 

10:30 COFFEE BREAK

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enlighten me

11:00am Topography-guided LASIK on virgin corneas

Avi Wallerstein

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11:20am Interpretation of higher order preoperative aberrations

Surgical manipulation of optical aberrations and their clinical effect

Jackson Barreto Jr

 

11:40am Ray tracing optimization of excimer laser ablation

Any room for AI?

John Kanelloupollous

 

Yeah... Technically that's it I

12:00pm PRK: Indications, particularities and scientific evidence | transepithelial PRK

What we know about post PRK pain

Myths and truths about haze: What is the evidence

Marcony Santhiago

 

​12:45pm Delayed epithelial healing after photorefractive keratectomy

Why it happens and what to do?

Julie Schallhorn

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1:00pm Topical losartan as prevention of corneal haze

Lycia Pedral

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1:10pm LUNCH​

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Yeah... Technically that's it II

 

2:00pm LASIK part I: Indications, particularities and scientific evidence

Marcony Santhiago

 

2:30pm Perspectives: Available devices for LASIK with FS and MK

Barbara Dutra

 

2:40pm LASIK Flap/Interface Complications and how to handle

J. Bradley Randleman

 

3:00pm Infectious keratitis after laser vision correction: Incidence and risk factors

Julie Schallhorn

            

3:10pm Deep analysis of regression rates (and their risk factors/rationality)

Michael Mimouni

 

3:20pm Low postoperative visual acuity: possible explanations, what to do and when?

wallace chamon

 

3:40pm Interview with American Academy CEO Stephen McLeod

The global refractive surgery landscape, new FDA regulations,

the future of ophthalmology with consolidations and much more

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4:00p COFFEE BREAK

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4:30pm - 10:30 pm WET/DRY LABs - HANDS ON

 

*There will be more than 30 wet/dry labs divided into 3 time slots

4:30pm - 6:30pm

6:30pm - 8:30pm

8:30pm - 10:30pm

15 rooms during the 5 days of the course

There will also be Special Sessions with extra content.

 

Special Session I​II

Special session at REFRATIVA R.I.O.

4:30 pm – 8:00 pm The OTHERS: other techniques or software available that are worth being presented in detail

Coordination Terla Castro and Isadora de Castilhos

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4:30pm FLACS Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery

Technique (in details), refractive outcomes, safety, and cost-effectiveness

Charles Lin

 

​4:50pm LAL Light Adjustable Lens

5:00pm LASEK (not LASIK) and Epi LASIK

Adriana Tytun

5:10pm LIRIC laser-induced refractive index change

Liliana Werner

5:20pm LIKE lenticule intrastromal keratoplasty

Majid Moshirfar

5:30pm FILI Femtosecond Intrastromal Lenticule Implantation

sheetal brar

5:50pm Lenticule Intrastromal Implantation for Keratoconus

 

6:00pm Relaxing incision: applications and nomogram

Adriana Forseto

6:10pm Femtosecond Laser–Assisted Arcuate Keratotomy

6:20pm Corneal Remodeling Technique: crescent keratectomy

Cesar Carriazo

 

6:30pm Bio-synthetic Collagen Presbyopic Corneal Inlay

6:40pm Pupiloplasty for visual rehabilitation

6:50pm Artificial iris: Indications and results

Ramon Ghanem

7:00pm Intrastromal ring for high myopia

Sandro Coscarelli

7:10pm Scleral lens in patient with keratoconus

Terla Castro

 

7:20 to 8:00pm How to use Phorcides Analytic Engine™️

Mark Lobanoff walks through this software designed to assist in planning topo-guided surgery treatments with Contoura.

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01/04/2023 Saturday

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In addition to the excimer laser

7:30am Anterior chamber phakic lens: results and complications

Pedro Bertino

 

7:45am Posterior chamber phakic lens

Perspectives: Correcting astigmatism with a phakic lens: Posterior vs anterior

 

8:00am Lenticle extraction: Options, technique, results and management of complications

Marcia Toledo

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details matter

8:20am Limits in refractive surgery how far to steepen or flatten?

Maria Ximena Nunes

 

8:40am Perspectives: Differences (and similarities) between excimer laser devices

Fernando Marquez

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Nomogram adjustments, centering, optical zone and tips on transposing refraction to excimer

8:50am Planning to optimize the outcome of treating astigmatism

Glauco Mello

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9:00am Special features of the excimer laser for myopia

Rafael Kobayashi

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9:10am Special features of the excimer laser for hyperopia 

Carla Medeiros

            

9:20am What Just Happened?

Complicated Complications in Refractive Surgery (medical errors)

J. Bradley Randleman

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9:40 Epithelial map in postoperative monitoring

Marcony Santhiago

 

10:05am Myths and truths in refractive surgery

wallace chamon

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10:30 COFFEE BREAK

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11:00 Round table: Discussion of clinical situations and illustrative cases

Coordination: Marcony Santhiago and Larissa Stival

Panelists: J. Bradley Randleman, Julie Schallhorn, Wallace Chamon, Marcia Toledo, Glauco Mello, Maria Ximena Nunes and Ramon Ghanem

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Dilated patient with a lot of difference in refraction, how much hyperopia to treat?

Correct static or dynamic refraction? | Astigmatism: axis of top or refraction?

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Patient is not satisfied, what could it be?

The epithelium does not close, what to do?

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Cataract or Cornea: Where to Go? | How to treat dry eye?

Myopic presbyopic patient, what is the best option? What if you are hypermetropic?

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Altered topography and normal tomography: Can I operate?

Is this cornea too thin or can it be operated on?

 

Questions like these and many others in 2 hours of discussion with lightness and information

 

1:10pm LUNCH

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2:00pm Keratoconus: Rewriting the Textbook

J. Bradley Randleman

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2:30pm Keratoconus: diagnosis and natural history of the disease

Evolution criteria and management flowchart in ectatic disease

Marcony Santhiago

 

2:40pm All about CROSSLINKING

Beyond UV Light: The Role of Riboflavin and Its Vehicle

Correct indications, results, different situations and age

Different techniques and customization

Marcony Santhiago

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3:00pm Critical review of oral riboflavin: What's the evidence?

Rafael Arantes

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3:10pm Minimal thickness, techniques for thin cornea and role of oxygen

Marcony Santhiago

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3:20pm CXL on thin corneas

Hyposmolar Riboflavin | Customized Sub400 protocol | contact lens assisted protocol

Marcony Santhiago

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Understanding complications and unexpected results

Critical analysis of other CXL applications

Practical tips and my flowchart for doing CXL

Marcony Santhiago

 

​3:40pm Perspectives: The Coming Age of Pharmacological Control of the Corneal Opacity

             Topical Losartan: prophylactic and therapeutic treatments in the eye.

Steven E. Wilson

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4:00p COFFEE BREAK

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4:30pm - 10:30 pm WET/DRY LABs - HANDS ON

 

*There will be more than 30 wet/dry labs divided into 3 time slots

4:30pm - 6:30pm

6:30pm - 8:30pm

8:30pm - 10:30pm

15 rooms during the 5 days of the course

There will also be Special Sessions with extra content.

 

Special Session I​V

Special session at REFRATIVA R.I.O.

4:30 pm – 8:00 pm Do you have a cornea to operate on?

Coordination Lycia Pedral and Pedro Bertino