Courses & Lectures

Courses & Lectures

(last updated August 2001)

July 4-8, 2001	"I: Riesgo de ectasia en LASIK: modelo matemático para generar nuevos criterios de seguridad" "II: Desarrollo "flaps" consistentemente mas delgados como una medida de seguridad" "III: Estudio Prospectivo al Azar Simple Ciego: Técnica Clásica de PRK vs. Flap Epitelial PRK" "IV: Orbscan : Analisis Biomecánico y Epitelial" "V: Reproducibilidad Orbscan II en 3D" Guest Professor, Centro Mexicano de Cirugia Refractiva & International Society of Refractive Surgery, Annual Meeting, Cancun, Mexico
July 4, 2001	"Complicaciones en LASIK" Faculty, International Society of Refractive Surgery, GLORY Refractive Surgery Course Cancun, Mexico
June 27th, 2001	"Excimer laser surgery for the correction of refractive errors" MENSA Canada Society, Annual Meeting Guest Lecturer, Vancouver, BC, Canada
April 28th, - May 2nd, 2001	"Three-dimensional precision of the Orbscan II; II: Biomechanical analysis of the cornea using the Orbscan II" Faculty , Use of Orbscan Corneal Elevation Maps in Clinical Practice. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting San Diego
April 28th, - May 2nd, 2001	LASIK Outcomes in 20,000 eyes using the Orbscan II, Hansatome and Technolas 217C Guest Lecturer, Innovators Lecture Series, B&L, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting San Diego
April 28th, - May 2nd, 2001	"Mysteries of corneal refractive surgery revealed by 3D very high-frequency ultrasound scanning" Course Director/Faculty, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting San Diego, California
March 11-14, 2001	"Very High Frequency Ultrasound: Instrumentation and Signal Analysis " Course Director/Faculty, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Meeting, Ophthalmologic and High-frequency Ultrasound Categorical Course Orlando, Florida
December 1st, 2000	"Que estamos haciendo mal? Misterios de la cirugia refractive revelados por ultrasonido de alta frequencia" Guest Professor, LXII National Medical Congress and Costa Rican Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting, San José, Costa Rica
November 18th, 2000	"Very high frequency ultrasound: Clinical applications and technological update" Invited Lecturer, Netherlands Intra-ocular Implant and Refractive Surgery Society (Netherlands Ophthalmological Society), Annual Meeting, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
November 17th, 2000	"Management of optical complications of refractive surgery" Invited Lecturer, Refractive Surgery Workgroup (Netherlands Ophthalmological Society), Annual Meeting, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
May 22nd, 2000	"Mysteries of corneal refractive surgery revealed by 3D very high-frequency ultrasound scanning" *Course Director/Faculty*, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting Boston, MA
May 10th, 2000	"Ultrasonographie de tres haute frequence de l'oeil" *Invited Lecturer*, Societe Francaise d'Ophtalmologie, Annual Meeting, Paris, France
April 2nd, 2000	"Applications of High-Frequency Ultrasound: Intravascular Imaging, Blood-Flow, Dermatology, Ophthalmology and Others"; "Very High-frequency Ultrasound Digital Signal Processing in Refractive Surgery" *Course Director/Faculty*, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Meeting, Ophthalmologic and High-frequency Ultrasound Categorical Course San Francisco California
October 26th, 1999	"Management of Irregular Astigmatism Following Excimer Laser Surgery of the Cornea" *Course Director/Faculty*, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting Orlando, Florida
January 21st, 2000	"Ultrasonographie de haute frequence en chirurgie refractive" (High-frequency ultrasonography in refractive surgery) *Invited Lecturer*, DIU Chirurgie Refractive et Phacoemulsification, Hotel Dieu, Paris, France
January 15th, 2000	"Ultrasonographie de haute frequence en chirurgie refractive" (High-frequency ultrasonography in refractive surgery) *Invited Lecturer*, Jounee Des XV-XX, Salons Hoche, Paris, France
January 16th, 2000	"Echographie de haute frequence en chirurgie refractive de la cornée et du segment anteieur" (High-frequency ultrasound echography of the cornea and the anterior segment) *Invited Lecturer*, Chirurgie Refractive Avancée en Direct, Journee micro-chirurgicale de l'hopital Foch, Hopital Americain, Paris, France
May 20-22nd 1999	"Estudios Ultrasonicos sobre el epitelio, el flap el estroma residual y la seguridad del LASIK" (Ultrasound studies of the epithelium, the flap, the residual stroma and the safety of LASIK) *Invited Lecturer*, 3a Reunion Cientifica de Cirugia Refractiva y Catarata del CEOVAL, Aruba
April 13, 1998	"Management of Irregular Astigmatism Following Excimer Laser Surgery of the Cornea" *Course Director/Faculty*, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington
March 16, 1999	"Very High-frequency ultrasound - Clinical Applications and Technological Update" *Course Director/Faculty*, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Meeting, Ophthalmologic and High-frequency Ultrasound Categorical Course San Antonio, Texas
November 11th, 1998	"Management of Irregular Astigmatism Following Excimer Laser Surgery of the Cornea" *Course Director/Faculty*, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting New Orleans Louisianna
July 30th, 1998	"High-frequency Ultrasound and the Future of Refractive Surgery" *Symposium Chairman/Lecturer*, First International Symposium on High-frequency Ultrasound in Refractive Surgery, International Society of Eye Research, Paris, France
May 18th, 1998	"Utilidad del Ultrasonido de Alta-Frecuencia en Cirugia Refractiva" (High-frequency ultrasound in Refractive Surgery) *Invited Lecturer*, 2a Reunion Cientifica de Cirugia Refractiva y Catarata del CEOVAL, Valencia, Venezuela
March 23rd, 1998	"High-frequency Ultrasound Applications in Medicine" *Course Director/Faculty*, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Meeting, Ophthalmologic and High-frequency Ultrasound Categorical Course San Diego California
February 12th, 1998	"Fisica del Ultrasonido" (Ultrasound Physics) & "Avances en Diferenciación Tisular" (Advances in Tissue Characterization)& "Utilidad del Ultrasonido de Alta-Frecuencia en Cirugia Refractiva" (High-frequency ultrasound in Refractive Surgery) *Invited Lecturer*, XIX Curso de Actualización, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional, Bogotá , Colombia
September 9th, 1997	"Utilidad del Ultrasonido de Alta-Frecuencia en Cirugia Refractiva" (High-frequency ultrasound in Refractive Surgery) *Invited Lecturer*, Clinica Oftalmologica de Cali, Cali, Colombia
August 7th, 1997	"Utilidad del Ultrasonido de Alta-Frecuencia en Cirugia Refractiva" (High-frequency ultrasound in Refractive Surgery) *Invited Lecturer*, Instituto Zaldivar, Mendoza, Argentina
August 27th, 1997	"Utilidad del Ultrasonido de Alta-Frecuencia en Cirugia Refractiva" (High-frequency ultrasound in Refractive Surgery) *Invited Lecturer*, Clinica Barraquer, Bogota, Colombia
March 24th, 1997	"High-frequency ultrasound examination of the cornea - unique diagnostic modalities" *Faculty*, Categorical Course, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, San Diego, California
November 13-18, 1994	"Microanatomic evaluation of the cornea after excimer laser keratectomy by 3-D high-frequency ultrasound Corneal Pachymetric Topography" Invited Lecturer, Symposium on Effects of Excimer Laser on the Cornea, International Society of Eye Research, New Delhi, India
September 10-11, 1993	"La utilidad del ultrasonido de alta frecuencia en el examen paquimétrico tridimensional del epitelio corneal" (The use of high-frequency ultrasound in three-dimensional pachymetric examination of the cornea.) *Faculty*, for Course Module in Research "Excimer and other lasers in refractive and corneal surgery" Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
May 24, 1993	"Applications of High-Frequency Ultrasound Signal Processing in Ophthalmology" *Invited Lecturer*, Special Interdisciplinary Lecture Series Department of Theoretical Physics, The Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford Oxford, England
May 16, 1993	"L'examen ophthalmologique à l'aide d'ultrasons. Pachymetrie aux ultrasons à haute frequence digitalisés et caracterisation du tissu par analyse informatique" ("Ophthalmic ultrasound examination. High-frequency digital ultrasound pachymetry and tissue characterization using signal processing techniques") *Invited Lecturer*, Club de Travail, d'Etudes et de Recherches en Echographie en Ophtalmologie (CTEREO), Annual Meeting, Paris, France, May 16, 1993.