March 2017

SPECIAL FEATURE: CCLS 2017
Dr Marc Bloomenstein
American practitioner Dr
Marc Bloomenstein is adjunct
assistant professor at the
Southern California College of
Optometry and Arizona College
of Optometry and director
of optometric services at the
Schwartz Laser Eye Center
in Scottsdale, Arizona. He
will be covering a number of
different topics at CCLS 2017
including inflammation and CL
intolerance, povidone iodine
vs topical ganciclovir for EKC,
advanced corneal cross-linking,
LASIK surgery and Restasis vs
Xiidra for dry eye.
Marc Bloomenstein
What drew you into to eye health and influenced your
journey?
I always knew I wanted to work in the health industry; I wanted to
help people. But I didn’t want to be in a hospital setting. I liked the
idea of working with one organ and the ocular system has always
fascinated me, so optometry seemed a good fit.
I didn’t wear glasses as kid or have a squint and my parents weren’t
in eye care, but I didn’t have great eye exam experiences. I remember
my doctor sitting behind me in the examining room and using
automated eye charts. We didn’t have much interaction. I wanted
more of a relationship with my patients. I also found the surgical side
of things fascinating in optometry school, which has influenced my
practice to be more medically orientated. The anterior segment is
something of a speciality for me.
What are you most looking forward to at CCLS?
First and foremost, the people. I was lucky enough to go to Australia
and everyone was amazing; so engaged and interactive. I’m also
interested in how different people across the globe perceive the
same profession. In Trinidad, for example, I learned that access
to healthcare and treatments we take for granted in the US, like
drops or artificial tears, are not that accessible for doctors and
optometrists there. That informs the way they practise.
What do you hope delegates will take away from your
sessions at CCLS?
I hope they stay awake! A long time ago someone said to me that
if you can have everybody walk out of the room knowing just
one more thing than before they came, then that’s a win. I hope
everyone will be engaged and my talks will feed into their daily
practice, allowing them to approach something differently or be a
little more pro-active for the benefit of their patients.
Professor Ken Nischal
Professor Ken Nischal heads up Paediatric Ophthalmology,
Strabismus and Adult Motility at the Children’s Hospital of
Pittsburgh and is professor of ophthalmology at Pittsburgh
University’s School of Medicine. At CCLS 2017 he will
be tackling blepharokeratoconjunctivitis, penetrating
keratoplasty, acute corneal melt and alternatives to PKP in
children, and congenital corneal opacification.
What inspired you about eye health?
I was a lazy medical student and found it easy to look at the
eye – that’s the truth! However, early on in my training I saw
a child with a tumour in one eye and that really inspired me
to become involved in paediatrics.
Later, during a placement in Oxford, I saw a child with Peters’
anomaly, a clouding of the cornea that results in blindness. I
was told by a senior colleague there was nothing that could be
done. In the UK in 1998, it was deemed that the failure rate of
infant corneal transplants was too high to justrify the trauma.
Months later in Toronto, I saw a five-year-old who’d been born
with the same condition and had a corneal transplant. He
had a level of sight that meant he could lead an indpendent
life. When I got back to the UK, I championed infant corneal
transplants at Great Ormond Street Hospital and by the time I
left in 2011, it was standard practice.
What are you looking forward to at CCLS?
Exchanging ideas and discussing what people are doing
for adults and children. I always learn something at these
events.
What do you hope people will take from your talks?
I am giving several, varied sessions, including a talk about
acute corneal melt in children and how if you wait for the
eye to go quiet, the
damage will have been
done. I recommend
you operate when hot
– that should generate
some good discussion!
I will also be talking
about alternatives
to full thickness
corneal transplants
in children and
blepharoconjunctivitis
– a condition many
wrongly believe children
can’t get. Paediatric
approaches are often
Professor Ken Nishal
very different.
Corneal Lens Corporation (CLC)
2017 is going to be an exciting year for Corneal Lens Corporation. A
new distribution will be announced at the CCLS conference and Paul
Rose has released the Rose K2 Soft lens for irregular corneas, now
available in New Zealand through CLC.
The SMap mapping system has had a number of developments
that enhance the fitting of specialty lenses, the new benchmark in
data collection of the cornea and sclera. Plus, we’ve got a number of
new accessories for the management of dry eye. We look forward to
seeing you at CCLS 2017 on stand 8.
Abbott
Abbott is a proud sponsor of CCLS and will be stationed at booth 7
where Damien Liuzzo and Rachel Haynes will be representing Abbott
ANZ Consumer Eye Health. They will showcase Blink Intensive
Tears Plus gel drop 10ml, which is designed for enhanced ocular
comfort and relief of the symptoms of severe dry eye. Blink Intensive
Tears Plus gel drop’s visco-elastic technology provides maximum
lubrication with minimal blurring. While some eye ointments and
gels are messy and inhibit your vision, Blink Intensive Tears Plus gel
drop’s synergistic action of sodium hyaluronate and polyethylene
glycol formulation adapts to the eye’s natural blinking function and
provides hypotonic long lasting relief and vision acuity. Preservative
free in the eye. Free from Benzalkonium chloride.
Alcon Vision Care
Alcon’s Dailies Total1 water gradient contact lenses provide
outstanding breathability and comfort 1 to meet the demanding
needs of today’s contact lens wearers. Patients can now experience
both the benefits of high oxygen transmissibility and a lubricious
surface gel 2 with the world’s first and only water gradient contact
lens 2 . The unique chemistry of the lens material allows the water
content to increase from 33% at the core to almost 100% at the
outermost surface 2-4 . Dailies Total1 also feature phosphatidylcholine,
which is eluded into the tear film when needed through lipid layer
stabilisation 5 . A modulus of 0.01MPa at the outermost surface allows
the lens to mimic the softness of the corneal epithelial cells 6 . With
exceptional comfort ratings 7 , let your patients experience the lens
that feels like nothing 7 !
References available on request.
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