A few weeks ago now, I had the honour of being invited to present at ASCRS Cornea Day on “Endothelial Keratoplasty in Vitrectomized Eyes – aphakic/aniridic and post-scleral fixated IOLs” at the American Cataract and Refractive Society 2022 in Washington DC.
It was a surreal moment to be onstage with some of the panelists I have idolized for quite some time. It was especially nice to be sharing the panel with Dr Nir Sorkin, my senior co-fellow…and in particular, I remembered Dr Soosan Jacob giving me a one hour DMEK tutorial at the Canadian meeting in 2018 just before I became a fellow, so to be onstage presenting alongside her was a special circular moment to me. Seems like just yesterday.
None of this would be possible without the teaching and mentorship of my fellowship co-directors Professors David Rootman and Allan Slomovic and Dr Joshua Teichman, and the entire Cornea Department at the University of Toronto – Professor Hall Chew, Associate Professor Clara Chan, and Dr Neera Singal – the skills I have learnt truly carry me through all of the work that I do here in Australia.
I was also excited to present some of the research published by the team of cornea fellows and residents at the University of Toronto – we are so very lucky to have such a cohesive department working towards a common goal. I am sure I will forget someone here but to recognize and thank you properly – Drs Sara Al-Shaker, Larissa Gouvêa, Nizar Din, Michael Mimouni, Eyal Cohen, Gisella Santaserra, Nir Sorkin, Alex Telli, Zale Mednick, Tanguy Boutin, Mohammed Kreimei, Adi Lifshitz, Mahmood Showail, Armand Borovik, Yishay Weill, Shai Gendler, Eli Kisilevsky, Yelin Yang, and Hatim Batawi and our medical students.
I am deeply grateful to Drs Naveen Rao and William Lee for the very kind invitation and putting together a fantastic and engaging program for the day – thankyou again, and it was so very lovely to make your acquaintances xx Until 2023!
Cornea Day ASCRS 2022 – “Endothelial Keratoplasty in Vitrectomized Eyes – aphakic/aniridic and post-scleral fixated IOLs”
