Product Description

Cornea and Refractive Atlas of Clinical Wisdom, edited by Dr. Samir A. Melki and Dr. Mark A. Fava, gathers unique observations that experienced eye surgeons have learned in their daily treatment of patients. Each chapter begins with a detailed description of the condition from diagnosis to symptoms to complications to eventual treatment methods.

Features Include:

• Practical tips, as opposed to the theoretical aspects of the disease.
• Diagnostic and medical management of the disease.
• Anecdotal experience that has been proven correct over the years vs. the type of information that is awaited for from a large clinical trial.
• Full color images reinforce the information presented in the book.

Cornea and Refractive Atlas of Clinical Wisdom also includes a condensed summary of diagnostic pearls acquired through the years from personal experience with a focus on diagnosis and medical management.

Some Topics Include:

• Imaging and diagnostics:

• IOL Power, corneal topography

• Ocular surface disorders:

• Ocular chemical injury, dry eye syndrome

• Infectious disease:

• Fungal keratitis, epidemic keratoconjunctivitis

• Inflammatory Diseases:

• Scleritis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome

• Neoplasia and epithelial downgrowth:

• Melanocytic lesions of the ocular surface

• Dystrophies and degeneration:

• Keratoconus, corneal transplant rejection

• Refractive Surgery:

• LASIK flap folds, corneal ectasia after LASIK

All ophthalmologists, regardless of level of experience, will have an interest in the clinical diagnosis and medical management information gathered inside the pages of Cornea and Refractive Atlas of Clinical Wisdom.

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Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
Contributing Authors
Preface
Foreword by Joan W. Miller, MD

Section I Imaging and Diagnostics

Chapter 1 Intraocular Lens Power Calculation

Kenneth J. Hoffer, MD, FACS

Chapter 2 Corneal Topography

Isaac W. Porter, MD and Dimitri T. Azar, MD

Section II Ocular Surface Disorders

Chapter 3 Dry Eye Syndrome and Lid Margin Disease

Gary N. Foulks, MD, FACS

Chapter 4 Recurrent Erosion Syndrome

Peter R. Laibson, MD

Chapter 5 Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defects

Kenneth R. Kenyon, MD

Chapter 6 Pterygium: Medical and Surgical Management

Kenneth R. Kenyon, MD and Mark A. Fava, MD, FRCSC

Chapter 7 Ocular Chemical Injury

Kenneth R. Kenyon, MD and Michael D. Wagoner, MD, PhD

Section III Infectious Diseases

Chapter 8 Ocular Herpes Simplex

Deborah Pavan-Langston, MD, FACS

Chapter 9 Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus

Deborah Pavan-Langston, MD, FACS

Chapter 10 Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis

James Chodosh, MD, MPH

Chapter 11 Bacterial Keratitis

Mark Krakauer, MD, MPhil and Dimitri T. Azar, MD

Chapter 12 Fungal Keratitis

Elmer Y. Tu, MD

Chapter 13 Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Elmer Y. Tu, MD

Chapter 14 Staphylococcal Marginal Keratitis

Peter R. Laibson, MD

Section IV Inflammatory Diseases

Chapter 15 Episcleritis

Reza Dana, MD, MSc, MPH

Chapter 16 Scleritis

C. Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR and Sana S. Siddique, MD

Chapter 17 Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis

C. Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR and Luis Alonso Gonzalez-Gonzalez, MD

Chapter 18 Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

C. Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR and Laura Amorese, MD

Chapter 19 Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid

C. Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR and Ribhi Hazin, MD

Chapter 20 Steroid Use in Corneal Disease

Claes H. Dohlman, MD, PhD and Simon Wu, MD

Section V Neoplasia and Epithelial Downgrowth

Chapter 21 Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia

James Chodosh, MD, MPH

Chapter 22 Melanocytic Lesions of the Ocular Surface

Carol L. Shields, MD

Chapter 23 Epithelial Downgrowth

Claes H. Dohlman, MD, PhD; Mark A. Fava, MD, FRCSC; and Daniel Cherfan, BSc(Hon), MA/MS

Section VI Dystrophies and Degenerations

Chapter 24 Keratoconus

Mark J. Mannis, MD, FACS and Jennifer Y. Li, MD

Chapter 25 Fuchs' Dystrophy and Bullous Keratopathy

Mark S. Gorovoy, MD

Chapter 26 Stromal Dystrophies

Jessica Jer-Heng Wong, MD and Dimitri T. Azar, MD

Chapter 27 Corneal Transplant Rejection

Reza Dana, MD, MSc, MPH

Section VII Refractive Surgery

Chapter 28 Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis

Samir A. Melki, MD, PhD and Mark A. Fava, MD, FRCSC

Chapter 29 Epithelial Ingrowth After LASIK

Samir A. Melki, MD, PhD and Mark A. Fava, MD, FRCSC

Chapter 30 Corneal Ectasia After LASIK

Roger F. Steinert, MD

Chapter 31 LASIK Flap Folds

Roger F. Steinert, MD

Chapter 32 Corneal Scarring and Refractive Surgery

Samir A. Melki, MD, PhD; Daniel Cherfan, BSc(Hon), MA/MS; and John Mauro, DO

Financial Disclosures
Index

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Reviews

“Overall, this book is well-structured and easy to digest. The accompanying illustrations are of good standard, as expected in an ‘atlas’. The editors have done well in gathering all the authors to share their experience collected over years of clinical practice. This book will be extremely useful for trainees, general ophthalmologists and even experienced corneal and refractive surgeons as a textbook or quick reference guide for practical tips on management.”

            -Adrian Tey & Stephanie B. Kaye, Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

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About the Editors

Samir A. Melki, MD, PhD, is the founder and medical director of the Boston Eye Group. He is an attending physician on the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He teaches at Harvard Medical School where he holds a title of assistant clinical professor. Dr. Melki obtained his BSc from the American University of Beirut followed by an MD, PhD degree from Vanderbilt University. He completed his residency at Georgetown University and additional fellowship training at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Melki’s special interest lies in refractive and corneal surgery. His daily practice encompasses clinical duties, teaching, and research. Dr. Melki is also the ophthalmology medical director for the UK Specialist Hospitals, providing high volume cataract surgery for National Health Service patients in the United Kingdom.

Mark A. Fava, MD, FRCSC, began his interest in the visual sciences conducting research under the direction of Professor Kathryn Murphy, PhD, of the Visual Neuroscience Laboratory at McMaster University where he obtained his Bachelor of Science. He then went on to complete his medical degree at the University of Western Ontario. After completing his ophthalmology training at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Dr. Fava was awarded the E. A. Baker Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness Fellowship through the Canadian National Institute for the Blind to pursue training in cornea, refractive surgery, and external disease under the supervision of Dr. Melki, founder of the Boston Eye Group. During his fellowship, Dr. Fava acted as an assistant in ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and associate staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Dr. Fava is currently practicing at the Boston Eye Group and as an attending surgeon at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where his main focus of practice is corneal, anterior segment, and refractive surgery.

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