Conference presentations, research and hands-on teaching for ophthalmologists and optometrists in Australia and internationally, with a focus on corneal disease, keratoconus, CAIRS and cross-linking. His research is listed on the publications page.
Dr Brendan Cronin speaking on stage. Photo: FRANCESCO VICENZI, Organic Photo. Source: Insight.
Conferences, courses & collaboration
A record of professional education
Talks, teaching and research contributions are grouped below by meeting and year. Presentation formats are identified individually: a poster, wet lab or advisory discussion is not an oral congress lecture.
Dates are meeting ranges unless an individual session date is specified. Where a final title or date is not established, the record uses a descriptive topic or year only. Programme-listed roles are identified as such.
CAIRS: from surgical planning to practical teaching
Excel Exhibition Centre East, London, United Kingdom
Instructional-course and practical teaching at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons congress, alongside Lions World Vision Institute (LWVI) training.
Instructional course
CAIRS - Trephine cut
Speaker · Transitioning to CAIRS (INSC061)
14 September
Planning session
CAIRS Planning using CAIRSplan.com
Presenter
11 and 14 September
Wet lab
CAIRS wet labs
Co-instructor · Lions World Vision Institute
Scheduled teaching on 11, 12, 13 and 14 September; practical CAIRS preparation and planning.
Teaching CAIRS at the Lions World Vision Institute stand, ESCRS 2026.Recording Tips and Tricks for Starting CAIRS with Dr David Gunn for Ziemer, ESCRS 2026.
Bausch + Lomb breakfast symposium · APVRS 2026
From Innovation to Adoption: How enVista Aspire and Envy are meeting the evolving visual needs of patients
Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre, Australia
Industry-supported professional education during the 19th Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society Congress, as part of the breakfast symposium Inside Bausch + Lomb Technology: Tools, Innovation, and Impact.
Industry symposium
enVista Aspire and Envy
Speaker · Bausch + Lomb
Clinical experience with the enVista Aspire and Envy intraocular lens platforms.
Invited international speaker on corneal cross-linking. Research presentation and panel participation in the refractive surgery programme, with CAIRS presentations and hands-on teaching during the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
Oral presentation
Oxygen-supplemented and Topography-guided Epithelium-on Corneal Crosslinking with Pulsed Irradiation for Progressive Keratoconus
Presenter · Section IV: Hot Off the Press
17 October · Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day
Panel
Hot Off the Press
Panellist · Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day
Panel discussion alongside the research presentations.
Professional teaching
CAIRS keratoplasty and advanced corneal cross-linking
Presenter
CAIRS and advanced corneal cross-linking teaching.
Channel and graft specification to meet the objective of the surgical plan - developing guidelines
Lions World Vision Institute facility, Tampa, Florida, United States
Invited contributor to the Lions World Vision Institute's expert round table on CAIRS planning and technique, held separately from the AAO congress in Orlando.
Expert round table
CAIRS planning guidelines
Invited contributor
Channel and graft specification discussion, contributing to the development of CAIRS planning guidelines.
CAIRS
Surgical planning
Expert discussion
With fellow contributors to the CAIRS expert round table at the Lions World Vision Institute in Tampa, October 2025.
43rd Congress of the ESCRS
Cross-linking outcomes, corneal biomechanics and practical CAIRS
Bella Center Copenhagen, Denmark
Clinical research and practical surgical education at the ESCRS congress. The free paper, on-demand ePoster and wet-lab teaching are separate contributions.
Free paper
Clinical Outcomes Of Topography-Guided Oxygen-Supplemented Transepithelial-Accelerated Corneal Crosslinking For Progressive Keratoconus
Presenter / main author · Corneal Cross-linking (FP19)
15 September
ePoster
Corneal Biomechanical Changes In Progressive Keratoconus After Two Novel Methods Of Oxygen-Supplemented Transepithelial Accelerated Crosslinking
Free paper title slide: clinical outcomes of topography-guided oxygen-supplemented epithelium-on cross-linking, ESCRS 2025.ePoster title slide: corneal biomechanical changes after oxygen-supplemented epithelium-on cross-linking, six-month outcomes.
OCULUS Asia teaching & OptikTunggal Refractive Weekend
Using Topography, Tomography and Biomechanics to Identify and Treat Corneal Diseases
Surabaya, Indonesia
Invited corneal-imaging education for OCULUS Asia and at the OptikTunggal Refractive Weekend, reported in Brendan’s own retrospective. These associated teaching activities are grouped as one record.
Invited teaching
Using Topography, Tomography and Biomechanics to Identify and Treat Corneal Diseases
Presenter
Corneal-imaging presentation followed by case examples.
Title slide: topography, tomography and biomechanics, Surabaya 2025.
40th Australian and New Zealand Cornea Society meeting
Introduction to CAIRS and FS200 Femtosecond Laser Experience
Virtual meeting · moved online because of the Brisbane cyclone
The Australian Experience with CAIRS: Techniques and Clinical Outcomes symposium brought together Australian surgeons’ approaches. Although the advance programme names a Brisbane hotel, the meeting changed to a virtual format. Dr Cronin also presented on femtosecond laser-assisted DALK and on updates to CAIRSplan.com.
Symposium presentation
Introduction to CAIRS and FS200 Femtosecond Laser Experience
Named presenter · Australian Experience with CAIRS
6 March · Australian Experience with CAIRS symposium
Presentation
Femto DALK – how did we live without it?
Presenter
Femtosecond laser-assisted deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.
Presentation
CAIRSplan.com Updates
Presenter
Updates to the CAIRSplan.com online planning tool for CAIRS surgery.
JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort and Spa, Gold Coast, Australia
Clinical education for optometrists on dry-eye disease and treatment. Independent post-conference reports describe Brendan’s presentation and the balloon demonstrations used on stage.
Balloon demonstration at SCC 2024. Photo source: mivision.
42nd Congress of the ESCRS
CAIRS teaching and a cross-linking pain study
Fira Barcelona Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain
Teaching international surgeons with Lions World Vision Institute: CAIRS technique, instruments and planning with CAIRSplan.com. Dr Cronin also presented a poster on post-operative pain control after epithelium-on cross-linking.
Wet lab
Practical CAIRS training
Teacher · Lions World Vision Institute
Practical CAIRS preparation, technique and surgical planning.
Poster
Efficacy of a Tetracaine-Based Pain Management Protocol After Topography-Guided Epithelium-On Crosslinking
Presenting author
Retrospective series of 48 patients after topography-guided epi-on cross-linking: mean pain 1.56 out of 10 on the first evening, falling to 0 by day 5, with no ocular or systemic adverse events.
Lions World Vision Institute's thank-you to its surgeon instructors at ESCRS 2024 in Barcelona. Image: Lions World Vision Institute.
39th Annual Cornea Society & Eye Bank Meeting · ANZCS
Online CAIRS surgical planning tool
Sheraton Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
At ANZCS in Melbourne, Brendan Cronin and David Gunn jointly presented their online CAIRS surgical planning tool in the Updates on keratoconus session.
Clinical education for optometrists on keratoconus. Post-event coverage discusses Brendan’s presentation on allergy control, eye rubbing, cross-linking and corneal allogenic intrastromal ring segments.
Conference presentation
Keratoconus management
Speaker
Allergy control, eye rubbing, cross-linking and CAIRS.
Title slide: Keratoconus, boring title, exciting topic, SCC 2023.Custom cross-linking results: corneal maps before and after treatment, and vision gained by keratoconus severity.
41st Congress of the ESCRS
Oxygen-Supplemented And Topography-Guided Epi-On Corneal Crosslinking With Pulsed Irradiation For Progressive Keratoconus
Vienna, Austria
Cross-linking research presented as a poster at the Vienna congress. A presented-poster certificate identifies Brendan and the research title.
Corneal Biomechanical Changes in Progressive Keratoconus After Oxygen Supplemented Transepithelial Accelerated Corneal Crosslinking: Six Months Outcomes
Washington, D.C., United States
Clinical research at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting, co-authored with Atanu Ghosh, PhD, at Queensland Eye Institute. Dr Cronin presented his one-year results for oxygen-enriched transepithelial cross-linking with pulsed and accelerated irradiation as a paper, which received an Honorable Mention, and also presented an ePoster on six-month changes in corneal biomechanics after the same treatment.
Paper presentation · Honorable Mention
Oxygen-Enriched Transepithelial Corneal Crosslinking with Pulsed and Accelerated Irradiation for Progressive Keratoconus: 1 Year Results
Presenter · with Atanu Ghosh
Presented as “Oxygen-Supplemented Transepithelial Accelerated Corneal Crosslinking with Pulsed Irradiation for Progressive Keratoconus: One-Year Outcomes” and awarded an Honorable Mention at the 2022 ASCRS Annual Meeting. Certificate signed by Edward J. Holland, MD, ASCRS Program Chairman.
ePoster
Corneal Biomechanical Changes in Progressive Keratoconus After Oxygen Supplemented Transepithelial Accelerated Corneal Crosslinking: Six Months Outcomes
Presenter · with Atanu Ghosh, PhD
Six-month corneal biomechanical outcomes after the same cross-linking protocol.
Cross-linking
Corneal biomechanics
Keratoconus
Research
ASCRS 2022 Honorable Mention for one-year results of oxygen-enriched transepithelial cross-linking with pulsed and accelerated irradiation.Title slide of the Honorable Mention paper: one-year outcomes of oxygen-supplemented transepithelial accelerated cross-linking, ASCRS 2022.ePoster title slide: corneal biomechanical changes after oxygen-supplemented cross-linking, ASCRS 2022, Washington, D.C.
Future Directions in Ophthalmology 2022 · Novartis
Prepare and Protect: Managing the ocular surface
2022
An industry-supported professional meeting with an ocular-surface case discussion. The agenda lists Brendan as a panellist, not the session presenter or panel lead.
Australian Vision Convention 2020 · Optometry Queensland & Northern Territory
Advances in corneal cross-linking and new directions in glaucoma
Virtual meeting · moved online because of COVID-19
Invited speaker at the Australian Vision Convention, Optometry Queensland & Northern Territory's annual education meeting for optometrists, themed Vision Beyond 2020. Dr Cronin gave two invited lectures, on corneal cross-linking and on glaucoma management. Planned for the Marriott Resort & Spa in Surfers Paradise, the convention moved online because of COVID-19.
Invited lecture
Advancements in Corneal Collagen Cross Linking
Invited speaker
Recent advances in corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus.
Invited lecture
Glaucoma – New Directions in Medical and Surgical Management
Invited speaker
New directions in the medical and surgical management of glaucoma.
Title slide: Advancements in Corneal Collagen Cross Linking, AVC 2020.Title slide: Glaucoma, New Directions in Medical and Surgical Management, AVC 2020.
Expert Panel in Cataract Surgery (EPICS) · J&J Vision IOL Scientific Advisory Board
Creating Exceptional Patient Experience with TECNIS Eyhance™
Singapore
A faculty briefing assigns Brendan a presentation and advisory-board discussions. This industry advisory meeting is distinguished from a scientific congress lecture.
Advisory meeting
Creating Exceptional Patient Experience with TECNIS Eyhance™
Toric intraocular lens design and rotational stability
Johnson & Johnson Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Industry professional education on intraocular lenses. The faculty brief names Brendan’s presentation session; the heading here describes the topic, not an exact recovered lecture title.
Marriott Resort & Spa, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia
Invited speaker at the Australian Vision Convention, Queensland's annual education meeting for optometrists, held at the Marriott on the Gold Coast over the first weekend of April 2016 with more than 450 attendees. Dr Cronin lectured on recognising and managing anterior segment emergencies.
Invited lecture
Anterior Segment Emergencies
Invited speaker · Corneal and anterior segment surgeon, Queensland Eye Institute
Recognising and managing urgent problems of the front of the eye.
