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Chicago Cornea Consultants launches a new clinical trial of collagen cross linking (CXL) for keratoconus.   CXL is a relatively non-invasive procedure that is being performed in virtually every country as a standard treatment for keratoconus.  It has been shown to stop the progression of keratoconus.  However, it is not a procedure approved in the United States.  Drs. Majmudar and Epstein have been selected as one of eight sites throughout the USA and are actively enrolling patients for this study.  If you or a loved one has keratoconus, this treatment may be appropriate.  CXL may help slow down or even stop the progression of keratoconus, and may possibly even prevent the need for a corneal transplant.  For more information, please contact Jim Nykaza at 847.882.5900.

Parag A. Majmudar, MD, is a respected Chicagoland Corneal Specialist and LASIK surgeon, senior partner of Chicago Cornea Consultants and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. At the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 2009, he participated as Invited Faculty at the “Cornea and Anterior Segment Disasters: Bringing them back from the Precipice” meeting, and Invited Instructor for the “Lasik Course”.

Dr. Majmudar also acted as Chairman, Refractive Surgery Subcommittee, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2009 and a member of the Annual Meeting Program Committee, February 2009. He is a member of the American Society of Cataract Refractive Surgery’s Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee.  He also serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Refractive Surgery, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today and Ocular Surgery News.

Dr. Majmudar is a Fellowship trained in Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery who is invited to lecture both nationally and internationally. He is one of 4 international surgeons to be invited to the Annual Meeting of the Refractive Implant and IOL Society to be held in Agra, India in December 2009.  He was was one of the first surgeons in the United States to perform the Veriflex phakic implant (used for high myopes that cannot have LASIK), and helped pioneer the use of MMC for the prevention and treatment of corneal scarring in association with certain refractive surgical procedures. He recently co-authored an article entitled “Reduced Application Time for Prophylactic Mitomycin-C in Photorefractive Keratectomy” which will be published in Ophthalmology, 2010.

Chicago Corneal Expert and LASIK surgeon Randy J. Epstein, MD, CEO of Chicago Cornea Consultants participated in 6 presentations at this years worldwide meeting.  These included 3 original lectures, one panel discussion, and 2 instructional courses.  Titles included a “Breakfast with the Experts” presentation entitled “Mitomycin-C (MMC): When and how to use it”, and a lecture entitled “MMC for the prevention of corneal haze following Refractive Surgery”, in a course directed by Stephen Lane, MD.,  entitled “Risk factors, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Refractive Surgical Complications”.  In addition, he was co-author of a paper entitled “Acanthamoeba endopthalmitis following penetrating keratoplasty for Acanthamoeba keratitis”, which was presented at the pre-AAO Ocular Microbilogy and Immunology Group (OMIG) meeting.  He was a panelist for the “Refractive Surgery Original Papers” session moderated by Dr. Sonia Yoo, and a lab instructor for a course directed by Dr. Louis “Skip” Nichamin, entitled “Management of Astigmatism in the Cataract Patient”.  Finally, he presented a talk entitled “How to be spectacularly successful with premium IOL’s” at the Alcon Laboratories education booth.

Dr. Epstein was one of the pioneers in the use of MMC for the prevention and treatment of corneal scarring in association with certain refractive surgical procedures, having co-authored the first article on this topic in human beings.

Chicago Cornea Consultants hosted thier annual Optometric continued education course February 6, 2009.  Over 150 Optomitists from the state of Illinois attended to hear Drs. Randy J. Epstein, Parag A. Majmudar, and Maria Rosselsons’ new topic lectures.  Marsha  Malooley and Charles Faron, both Optomitrists at Chicago Cornea Consultants, delivered a riveting lecture on the treatment and benefit of a DSAEK procedure.  We were honored by guest speaker, Paul Karpecki, OD, FAAO,who spoke on “Innovations in Technology” and Joy Newby, LPN, CPC, who discussed medicare coding and compliance.

Drs. Randy J. Epstein and Parag A. Majmudar were honored to present a course on “Refractive Lens Surgery” at the Midwest Eyecare Conference, a large national meeting for eyecare professionals, held at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Rosemont on 5/9/08. They were the only refractive surgeons invited to participate in this meeting.

The same Phakic implant procedure that Chicago Cornea Consultants has performed on its patients for years was featured on FOX news and NBC’s Today show. This reversible procedure is especially popular amongst those who are NOT good LASIK candidates. Mainly those who cannot have LASIK because of their high level of nearsightedness, thin corneas, or a combination of both. To view the FOX report in its entirety click here.

You can view Visian ICL procedure on NBC’s Toady Show! Please click the links to view the before and after surgery reports.

Before Visian ICL Procedure

After Visian ICL Procedure

 Maria Rosselson grew up in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago before moving to Buffalo Grove, Illinois, where she graduated from Stevenson High School.  She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, double-majoring in Psychology and Spanish Language.  She received her M.D. from the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago.  She completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the St. Louis University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, and her Ophthalmology Residency at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, where she was trained as a comprehensive ophthalmologist.

Dr. Rosselson has a particular interest in glaucoma diagnosis and treatment, as well as cataract/anterior segment surgery.  She is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Dr. Rosselson is fluent in both Russian and Spanish.  In her spare time she enjoys cooking with her husband Ben, an Emergency Medicine physician, as well as running, visiting art galleries, reading fiction, and world travel.

 Maria Rosselson grew up in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago before moving to Buffalo Grove, Illinois, where she graduated from Stevenson High School.  She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, double-majoring in Psychology and Spanish Language.  She received her M.D. from the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago.  She completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the St. Louis University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, and her Ophthalmology Residency at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, where she was trained as a comprehensive ophthalmologist.

Dr. Rosselson has a particular interest in glaucoma diagnosis and treatment, as well as cataract/anterior segment surgery.  She is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Dr. Rosselson is fluent in both Russian and Spanish.  In her spare time she enjoys cooking with her husband Ben, an Emergency Medicine physician, as well as running, visiting art galleries, reading fiction, and world travel.