Orthokeratology
World Congress on Myopia Control
Session One, August 2023 ~ August 2024
April 06, 2024 | Orthokeratology | 08:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada)
06 de Abril de 2024 às 9h30 (Hora de Brasília)
Orthokeratology: Past, Present, Future and Myopia Control
Bruce Koffler
Orthokeratology in Russia Since 2002: An Inspiring Story
Andrei Shmakov
Orthokeratology and Myopia Control in Brazil
Izabela Godinho
Discussion Moderator
Carlos Arce, Penny Asbel
President:
Dr. Tania Schaefer
Organizing committee:
Dr. Fernando Abib
Dr. Paulo Ricardo de Oliveira
Speakers

Bruce Koffler
United States of America
He has extensive qualifications that we estimate put him among the top LASIK and refractive as well as cataract surgery experts in the United States.
For your convenience, these credentials and criteria have been grouped by Experience, Patient Care and Credentials. In addition, Dr. Koffler has included some additional career highlights that while not used by Trusted LASIK Surgeons in our screening process, clearly supplement his highly distinguished career.

Andrei Shmakov
Russia
Andrei N. Shmakov received his Medical Diploma with Honours from Novosibirsk State Medical Institute (Russia). Upon graduation he started his career in biomedical research and completed PhD at the Novosibirsk Institute of Clinical Immunology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. He moved to United Kingdom then and worked as a Research Fellow at Babraham Institute, Cambridge, and as a Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Medicine, University of Edinburgh.
Dr Andrei N. Shmakov has published several papers in peer-reviewed international journals, including Nature Medicine. His next endeavours began when he moved to medical business and worked for several years with Merck (MSD) and Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) in Russia. He is currently a Director at Doctor Lens Consulting Ltd and MedCornea Ltd (Moscow, Russia).

Izabela Godinho
Brazil
• Member of the Brazilian Society of Contact Lenses, Conea and Refraction (SOBLEC);
• Cornea and Contact Lens Preceptor at Hospital Evangélico de Belo Horizonte;
• Dep preceptor for contact lenses at Banco de Olhos de Sorocaba (BOS);
• Coordinator of the Cleber Godinho Contact Lenses Course;
• International Representative of SOBLEC (18/19) (20/21);

Tania Schaefer
Brazil