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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.