Available Courses
Fusarium Keratitis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Kai Seely, MD, MHSc
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Sander R. Dubovy, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Dubovy, Seely
Fusarium Keratitis A patient with no pertinent ocular history presented with 3 months of pain, redness, and blurred vision in the right eye. Visual acuity was HM and slit lamp exam was remarkable for a central infiltrate with feathery irregular margins, significant injection, and a small hypopyon. …
Keratoconus
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: No
Presenter(s): Imane Tarib, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Ellen Koo, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Koo, Tarib
Keratoconus A patient presented with advanced keratoconus who is not tolerating contact lenses to improve BCVA of 20/100. Given absence of scarring and young age, corneal transplant such as DALK or PKP were not our first option. Instead, we treated the patient with corneal tissue addition keratopla…
Secondary Corneal Amyloidosis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: No
Presenter(s): Miguel E. Hernandez, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Sander R. Dubovy, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Dubovy, Hernandez
Secondary Corneal Amyloidosis A patient with a past ocular history of HSV keratitis and chalazia s/p biopsy presented with severe light sensitivity and intermittent ocular redness and discomfort in OS with symptoms present for ~ 10-15 years. The slit lamp exam was notable for an elevated, gelatinou…
To Wander from RAC: The Keratitis Experience
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Other Lectures
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Nicholas J. DeLuca, BS
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, DeLuca
Descemet Membrane Anterior Keratoplasty
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Surgical Videos
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Jerry Hsu, MD, MS; Victor L. Perez, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Hsu, Perez
Corneal Scar
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Ellen Koo, MD; Imane Tarib, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Koo, Tarib
Central corneal scar.
Diabetes Managed with Anterior Chamber Islet Cell Transplant
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Samera Ahmad, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Midhat H. Abdulreda, MS, PhD; Victor L. Perez, MD; Sonia H. Yoo, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Abdulreda, Ahmad, Perez, Yoo
Diabetes Managed with Anterior Chamber Islet Cell Transplant A patient with past medical history of uncontrolled diabetes and open globe injury of the right eye presents with blurred vision in her left eye. She had LP vision in her right eye. Her examination demonstrated changes consistent with pri…
Best of Interactive Consultations in Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2025
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Other Lectures
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS; Ellen Koo, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Donaldson, Koo
Corneal Tissue Addition Keratoplasty
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Ellen Koo, MD; Imane Tarib, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Koo, Tarib
Slit lamp photograph and Anterior Segment OCT in the peripheral and central cornea in a patient with Keratoconus after undergoing corneal tissue addition keratoplasty.
Ocular Surface Neoplasia
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Mario Cale, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Carol L. Karp, MD; Daniel Pelaez, PhD; Basil Williams, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Cale, Karp, Pelaez, Williams
Ocular Surface Neoplasia A patient presented to the clinic with progressive white corneal opacity, otherwise no past medical history. Ant seg OCT performed and lesion identified as ocular surface neoplasm. The patient was treated with cycles of topical 5FU with near total response. Advancements in …
Radial Keratotomy Associated Corneal Ulcer
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Kai Seely, MD, MHSc
Faculty Discussant(s): William W. Culbertson, IV, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Culbertson, Seely
Radial Keratotomy Associated Corneal Ulcer A middle-aged patient with a history of radial keratotomy in both eyes presented with 3 days of pain, redness, and blurred vision in the right eye. Visual acuity was 20/80 and slit lamp exam was remarkable for a stromal infiltrate with overlying epithelial…
Corneal Edema and Secondary Angle Closure Glaucoma Due to Cosmetic Iris Implants
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Mya Abousy, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Elena Bitrian, MD
Discussant(s): Jonathan D. Tijerina, MD, MA
Presenter/Faculty: Abousy, Bitrian, Tijerina
Corneal Edema and Secondary Angle Closure Glaucoma Due to Cosmetic Iris Implants Cosmetic iris implants have gained significant popularity in the media in the past 20 years. Despite their appeal to thousands of individuals across the globe, these implants have vision-threatening consequences. This …
Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Ellen Koo, MD; Jacob Fondriest, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Koo, Fondriest
A patient with Fuchs' Endothelial corneal dystrophy. Slit lamp photos with retroillumination demonstrate corneal guttate.
Pseudomonas Necrotizing Scleritis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Joseph Pecha, MD, MPH
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Pecha
A patient with no past medical history and a past ocular history of five prior pterygium removal surgeries presented to the Bascom Palmer Emergency Room for pain and irritation in his right eye for 1 week. He endorsed working construction just prior to symptom onset, but denied any trauma to the ey…
Nocardia Bacterial Keratitis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Spencer C. Barrett, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Barrett
Nocardia Bacterial Keratitis A patient presented to the Bascom Palmer Emergency Room with 2 weeks of red painful eye. On exam, he was found to have a patchy white stromal infiltrate suspicious for bacterial or fungal keratitis. Fortified antibiotics were started, and a culture was drawn. Ultimately…
Primary Localized Conjunctival Amyloidosis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Samantha M. Arsenault, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Sander R. Dubovy, MD; Carol L. Karp, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Arsenault, Dubovy, Karp
Primary Localized Conjunctival Amyloidosis A patient with a few years of intermittent left eye redness and left eyelid drooping. He has no significant past ocular or past medical history. Exam reveals intact visual acuity, normal pupils, intraocular pressure, extraocular motility, and confrontation…
Infectious Necrotizing Scleritis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Joseph Pecha, MD, MPH
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Sander R. Dubovy, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Dubovy, Pecha
Infectious Necrotizing Scleritis A patient with no past medical history and a past ocular history of five prior pterygium removal surgeries (three in the right eye and two in the left eye, most recently seven years ago in the right eye), presented to the Bascom Palmer Emergency Room for pain and ir…
Conjunctival Melanoma Treated with Systemic Checkpoint Inhibitors
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Samera Ahmad, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Carol L. Karp, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Ahmad, Karp
Conjunctival Melanoma Treated with Systemic Checkpoint Inhibitors A patient with past medical history of basal cell carcinoma and metastatic scalp melanoma presents with an enlarging pigmented lesion of his left conjunctiva. His vision was intact in both eyes with normal intraocular pressures. Exam…
Pseudophakic Bullous Keratopathy
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Ellen Koo, MD; Benny Wong, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Koo, Wong
Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy.
Pseudophakic Bullous Keratopathy, Corneal Edema
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Benny Wong, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Ellen Koo, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Koo, Wong
Pseudophakic Bullous Keratopathy, Corneal Edema A patient with a history of penetrating keratoplasty of both eyes, Fuchs endothelial cell dystrophy in both eyes and herpes simplex keratitis of the left eye presented with decreased vision in the right eye over the past several months. Slit lamp exam…