Controversies in Cornea and Cataract Surgery

February 4, 2023

Controversies in Cornea and Cataract Surgery is designed to offer the newest clinical information on many topics in the field of anterior segment ophthalmology utilizing the clinical and research expertise of the Duke Eye Center Faculty.  The Course will cover topics in medical and surgical cornea as well as cataract evaluation and management.  Throughout the course we aim to focus on many of the unanswered questions in anterior segment ophthalmology including several new controversial issues facing our field.  We invite you to join us as we explore the past, present and future of cornea and cataract surgery.


Trent Seamans CenterLearning Objectives    

  • Develop management strategy for medical and surgical management of common cornea and external diseases
  • Understand the surgical management  of refractive error
  • Understand principles of refractive cataract surgery
  • Understand principles of advanced refractive surgery techniques
  • Develop treatment strategy for ocular surface disease management  
  • Expert course faculty in cornea and external diseases
  • Integrated surgical wet-labs offered to cornea fellows
  • Hands-on use of new instrumentation
  • Small group discussion of advanced surgical techniques
  • Demonstrations of novel imaging and surgical devices
  • A series of surgical cases and complication panel discussions

Cornea Symposium Agenda

Sonia Yoo, MD

Sonia H. Yoo, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering

Associate Medical Director at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Participating Duke Faculty

Medical Instructor in the Department of Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Stephen and Frances Foster Distinguished Professor of Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
Medical Instructor in the Department of Ophthalmology
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology