Soft Contact Lenses
World Congress on Myopia Control
Session One, August 2023 ~ August 2024
February 03, 2024 | Soft Contact Lenses | 08:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
03 de Fevereiro de 2024, às 10h30 (Hora de Brasília)
Soft Contact Lenses for controlling the progression of Myopia
Bruce Koffler
Soft contact lenses for myopia control a comprehensive overview
Ursula Vogt
The current increase of myopia in elementary and junior high school students in Japan, and the problem of soft contact lens use by children and young teenagers in Japan.
Akira Murakami
Comparative study between Abiliti and Misight
Chen Hsin Tsai Sun
Discussion Moderator
Celso Cunha, Gudrun Bischoff, Patricia Gus, Monica Leuschner 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.
Ursula Vogt
United Kingdom
She is a leading Medical & Aviation Ophthalmologist and Contact Lens Specialist, a well known international lecturer, medical legal expert, coach and mentor.
Ophthalmologist. Fulbright fellow Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 1979. Association specialist, staff grade representative St. Mary's Ophthalmolic Division,1995-, local negotiating committee, 1995-1997. Fellow Royal Society Medicine; member Royal College Ophthalmologist, Medical Contact Lens Ocular Surface Association (president 1996-1998).
Akira Murakami
Japan
Akira Murakami is a professor at Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine. He served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Juntendo University from 2003 to 2022. His work focusses on molecular genetics of ocular diseases and public health ophthalmology for prevention of blindness. He is currently the president of the Japan National Society for Prevention of Blindness.
He is interested in therapeutic applications of contact lenses, especially in corneal dystrophies, which he continues to study. He is currently the president of International Medical Contact Lens Council (IMCLC).
Chen-Hsin Sun
Singapore
Dr Sun Chen-Hsin is a clinician-engineer. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering, and Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2009. In 2013, he received Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. After completing his Ophthalmology residency clinician-scientist training in 2019, he was accredited by the Specialists Accreditation Board as a specialist in Ophthalmology by Ministry of Health of Singapore.
As he has special interests in managing progressive myopia in children and developing paediatric Ophthalmology medical devices, he developed a wearable device to track outdoor time and near reading. These are both important factors in determining myopia progression. He is also developing an ambulatory biometer to measure the elongation of eyeball in children. This will allow precise monitoring of the myopia progression of children, optimising their course of treatment.