Medical training - Eye Surgery

2008 "Two-Stage Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty" is a good example of the many medical training programs that Powerhouse has helped create. This procedure replaces the top layer of lenses on the eye with a donor lens, with minimal invasion and using new techniques fibrin glue. Many of our programs like this one are entered into international competitions in professional organizations, and several have won top accolades: 2001 First Place Award, Surgical Video Competition, from the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS), at the Annual Meeting held in New Orleans, LA, November 8-10, 2001, for the following Surgical Video Presentation: John, T: Surgical Treatment of Acute AlkaliBurn. 2000 Best of Show Award for the video tape presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), Dallas, Texas, October 22-25, 2000. Videotape Title: Penetrating Keratoplasty, Ahmed Valve and Pericardial Graft. Selected and included in the COVE Program, American Academy of Ophthalmology. 2000 Best of Show Award for the video tape presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), Dallas, Texas, October 22-25, 2000. Videotape Title: New Surgical Technique for the Management of Exposed Ahmed Valve Tube. Selected and included in the COVE Program, American Academy of Ophthalmology. 1999 Videotape selected by Video Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery to be included in this journal, by invitation, from videos presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Seattle, WA, April 10-14, 1999. Videotape Title: Acute surgical management of extensive iridodialysis with nuclear and cortical lens remnants, intact capsule and corneal edema (Video Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Vol, XVI (1), 2000). 1997 Videotape selected as one the six best tapes presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), San Francisco, California, October 26-29, '97. Videotape Title: Intraoperative control of corneal astigmatism during penetrating keratoplasty: Addition of corneal sutures. 1996 Honor Award American Academy of Ophthalmology 1995 First Place Award Film Festival Award, Special Interest Surgical Video Presentation, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), San Diego, California April 1 - 5.