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ECLA ERF/Sjogrens (SSF) Scientific Research Grant

Congratulations to Scott D. Walter, MD, of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the recipient of the 2014 ECLA ERF/Sjögrens (SSF) Scientific Research Grant for the submission titled "Targeted Lipidomic Analysis of Tear Film Endocannabinoids". The Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists Education and Research Foundation (ECLA ERF) in partnership with the Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation (SSF) announced the availability of one Scientific Research Grant to be awarded December 30, 2013.  This award for $3,000 is intended to provide support for proposals specifically concerned with issues directly related to dry eye and ocular surface disease. Thank you to all who have submitted applications for the ECLA ERF/Sjögrens (SSF) Scientific Research Grant. The Grants Committee received many fine and highly competitive research proposals for consideration this year and we congratulate all who participated.

 

ECLA International Symposium and Congress ~ June 12-14, 2014 ~  InterContinental Toronto Centre Hotel ~ Toronto, Canada

Register Now!  Learn more about the latest techniques/technology and cutting-edge information in contact lens and related vision science.

Join us for 2 days of outstanding education while enjoying the beauty and culture of cosmopolitan Toronto. June 12 will feature an evening ‘Welcome Reception’, followed by programming on June 13-14.

Topics include:

  • Innovations and Controversies in Contact Lenses
    • Conventional Hydrogels/SiHy
    • Scleral Lenses for Ocular Surface Disease
    • Hybrid Lens Technology
  • Myopia Control and Orthokeratology
  • Contact Lens Discomfort: New Options, New Directions, and Perspectives from the Contact Lens Discomfort Workshop
  • Choosing an IOL: Imaging, Optics, Visual Acuity and Visual Function
  • Contact Lens as Part of Your Practice: Business Aspects of  Prescribing and Training Resources
  • Risk Management/Ethics
  • Contact Lens as Innovative Platform
    • Drug Delivery
    • Myopia Control
  • Infiltrates, Ulcers and Problem Pathogens
  • International Symposium
  • Ocular Surface Disease: Surgical Approaches

The meeting will also feature Professor Donald TH Tan, FRCS, who will present the Oliver H. Dabezies, Jr, MD, Lecture; Allan R. Slomovic, MD, FRCSC, who will present the Harold A. Stein, MD, Lecture; and Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD, who will be the program’s Keynote presenter.

More information on programming, registration and housing is available at www.toronto2014.clao.org 

Questions:  eyes@clao.org

 

Scientific Symposium: Silicone Hydrogel Lenses - Ten Years Later

A unique scientific symposium entitled “ Silicone Hydrogel Lenses – Ten Year Later” sponsored by the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, Inc®  (ECLA®) and ECLA's peer-reviewed Journal, Eye & Contact Lens (ECL), was held at the Riverside Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Friday and Saturday May 4-5, 2012, just prior to the AVRO Meeting.  The purpose of this Symposium was to review the developments in silicone lenses over the past decade and to present cutting edge research in the field. 

Internationally renowned contact lens researchers from around the world were invited to participate in this special event.  Each expert presenter will be submitting a paper to ECL based on their presentation at the Symposium and on their area of expertise within the subject.  After the peer-review process, these papers will be published in an issue of ECL.  This issue compilation will serve as the most current and comprehensive stand-alone reference on this important subject of silicone hydrogel contact lenses. This educational project is made possible through an unrestricted educational grant to ECLA from Vistakon, Johnson and Johnson Vision Care, Inc. (JJVCI).

Click here to view the program brochure with speaker titles and presentation abstracts.