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This International Cornea Update took place in November 2020 and brings together two cornea experts from either side of the Atlantic. Chris Starr discusses Managing Dry Eye Disease/Ocular Surface Disease in the Pre Operative Setting and Damian Lake addresses Ocular Surface Reconstruction. The session concludes with David Lockington joining the two speakers for a panel discussion and taking questions from the audience.
This recording is accredited for 1 non-interactive GOC CPD point for Optometrists, Dispensing Opticians and IP Optometrists, and 1 RCOphth CPD point for Ophthalmologists.
Domains and Learning Outcomes
Clinical Practice
(s.5) Practitioners will appreciate that by keeping up do date with recent research and developments on both our understanding of dry eye and ocular surface disease and the implications to those awaiting surgery, they will be able to offer more balanced advice and recommendations to their patients.
(s.7) Practitioners will have an awareness of the different treatments/managements options for the different presentations of dry eye so as to offer balanced advice to patients, including those awaiting surgery.
Speciality CPD AS/SP/IP Optometrist
(s.5) Practitioners will have an awareness of treatment options currently available, both OTC or POM for the treatment of blepharitis and dry eye disease, in patients awaiting surgery.
About The Panel
Mr David Lockington is a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, UK with a sub-specialist training in Cornea, Cataract and Anterior Segment.
Mr Chris Starr is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Mr Damian Lake is a Consultant Ophthalmologist, the Lead Corneal Transplant surgeon and clinical director at the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead.