Keratoconus Optical and Surgical Management

1.     Keratoconus Definition, Epidemiology, and Risk Factors
Leila Ghiasian

2.     Keratoconus Classification
Mohammad Ghoreishi, Alireza Eslampoor

3.      Updates on Keratoconus Diagnosis
Mehrdad Mohammadpour, Zahra Heidari

4.     Role of AI in Diagnosis of Keratoconus and Post Refractive Surgery Keratectasia
Aydano P. Machado, Renato Ambrósio Jr.

5.     Oxidative Stress in Keratoconus
Parisa Abdi, Mehdi Aminizadeh

6.     Epithelial Thickness Mapping for Keratoconus Screening by VHF Digital Ultrasound or Anterior Segment OCT
Dan Z Reinstein, Timothy J Archer

7.     Glasses Prescription in Keratoconus
Elham Azizi

8.     Management of Keratoconus with Contact Lenses
Khorrami-Nejad, Yasir Adil Shakor

9.     Corneal Cross-Linking: Epi-off vs. Epi-on vs. Epi -Partially off Techniques
Mehrdad Mohommadpour, Masoud Khorrami-Nejad

10.  Conventional vs. Accelerated vs. Customized Corneal Cross-Linking
Mehrdad Mohommadpour, Masoud Khorrami-Nejad

11.  Corneal Cross-Linking in Special Conditions: Pediatrics, PACK CXL , PiXL and Conductive Keratoplasty
Mehrdad Mohommadpour, Masoud Khorrami-Nejad

12.  Combined Corneal Cross-Linking Protocols
Mehrdad Mohommadpour, Masoud Khorrami-Nejad, Kiana Raeesdana

13.  Corneal Cross-Linking at the Slit Lamp
Farhad Hafezi, Emilio A. Torres-Netto-Mark Hillen

14.  Corneal Cross-Linking Combined With LASIK, LASEK, PRK, PTK and SMILE Refractive Surgeries
Mehrdad Mohommadpour, Masoud Khorrami-Nejad

15.  Therapeutic Refractive Surgery for Regularly and Irregularly Irregular Astigmatism
Dan Z Reinstein, Timothy J Archer

16.  Intracorneal Ring Segments in Corneal Ectasia
Seyed Javad Hashemian, Yasaman Hadi

17.  Corneal Cross-Linking Combined with Intracorneal Ring Segments.
Mehrdad Mohommadpour, Masoud Khorrami-Nejad

18.  Complete 360-degree Intrastromal Corneal Rings With and Without Corneal Cross-Linking in the Management of Keratoconus
Mehrdad Mohommadpour, Masoud Khorrami-Nejad, Rua Abulhosein

19.  Phakic IOL in Keratoconus
Mohammadreza Sedaghat, Javad Sadeghy,

20.  Corneal Transplantation in Keratoconus.
Mohammad Soleimani, Ahmad Masoumi

21.  Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Penetrating Keratoplasty in Keratoconus-
Hassan Hashemi, Saeid Shahhosseini

22.  Femtosecond laser-Assisted Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty
Ramin Salouti, M. Hossein Nowroozzadeh

23.  Management of Post-Keratoplasty Astigmatism
Saeed Raeisi, Zahra Bibak Bejandi, Seyed Farzad Mohammadi

24.   Post-Keratoplasty Astigmatism Management by Femtosecond Laser Astigmatic Kertotomy.
Mohammad Naser Hashemian, Sadegh Gahfarian

25.  Intraoperative and Postoperative Suture Related Considerations and Complications of Corneal Graft for Keratoconus (PK and DALK)
Alireza Peyman, Asieh Aslani, Mohsen Pourazizi

26.  Corneal Graft Rejection; Pathophysiology, Clinical Presentations, Prevention, and Management.
Mohammad-ali Javadi,Kiana Hassanpour, Hossein Mohammad-Rabei

27.  Ocular Surface Considerations in Corneal Transplantation in Keratoconus
Siamak Zarei-Ghanavati,Mehrdad Motamed Shariati

28.  Post-Keratoplasty Infectious Keratitis
Mehrnaz Atighehchian

29.   New International Achievements in Modern Modalities of Keratoconus Treatment
Khosrow Jadidi, Seyed AliAsghar Mousavi

30. New Horizon for Regenerative Medicine and Gene Therapy for Keratoconus
Sara Taghizadeh, Seyed Farzad Mohammadi

Biography

Professor Mehrdad Mohammadpour MD, Eye Surgeon and Cornea Specialist , Professor of Ophthalmology,Farabi Eye Hospital ,Faculty of Medicine,Tehran University of Medical Sciences

He was graduated from Alborz College in 1989 as the first rank student  and in the same year was accepted as a medical student at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine.  In 1996, he graduated from the TUMS as an excellent student, and in 1998 he started the Cornea Fellowship and after that, he succeeded in completing the corneal subspecialty course, and since 2003, he has performed more than ten thousands of eye surgeries in the field of keratoconus cataract and Refractive surgery and Corneal Cross linking and inventor of many techniques in Combines Corneal Cross Linking and Refractive Surgeries and Intrastromal Corneal Ring implantation with long follow up and success He has published more than 100 scientific articles in the field of ophthalmology in the most prestigious ophthalmological journals. He has also trained more than 200 ophthalmologists and subspecialists as a faculty member in Tehran University of Medical Sciences. He is also a reviewer of the most ophthalmology journals around the world and has given several lectures in the high level ophthalmology international congresses. He is the inventor of several new ophthalmic surgery techniques and the inventor of the first nano - ophthalmology eye drop and currently as an official scientific member of the Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Farabi Hospital He teaches fellows and residents of ophthalmology. He is also have one of the highest H-index in ophthalmology articles in the world. He is also the main author of the "Diagnostics in Ocular Imaging Cornea, Retina, Glaucoma and Orbit" published by Springer and “Updates of Diagnosis and Managements for Dry Eye “Book published by TUMS publishing Group.

Assistant Professor Masoud Khorrami-Nejad, PhD.

He was born and raised in Tehran, Iran in 1985. After completing his BSc degree, he went on to pursue graduate studies in the field of optometry and vision science. He obtained his MSc degree and later secured the top rank in his PhD program, demonstrating his exceptional academic abilities. 

Over the past years, he has established himself as a prolific researcher and author in ophthalmology and optometry, with over 80 papers published in reputable international journals. He has played a lead role in many of these publications, being either the first author or corresponding author in more than 70% of his papers. He has also written or edited 4 academic books, sharing his expertise with students and fellow researchers. His outstanding research contributions have been recognized through prestigious awards like the Best Published Articles Award at Iran's annual Ophthalmology Festival in 2017, 2019 and 2020.  In addition to his robust research portfolio, he is also an experienced educator. Since 2013, he has taught at various Iranian universities training over 300 optometry students. He currently holds an assistant professor position at the international campus of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. To date, he has delivered over 17 presentations at major global conferences and has served as the scientific secretary for 7 seminars. He has successfully supervised upwards of 40 Masters and PhD candidates, guiding the next generation of academics studying visual sciences.