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.
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.
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.
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
An expert round-table agenda on CAIRS planning and technique, separate from the AAO congress in Orlando.
Expert round table
CAIRS planning guidelines
Named contributor on the agenda
Channel and graft specification discussion. An expert/advisory contribution, not a public congress lecture.
CAIRS
Surgical planning
Expert discussion
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
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.
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.
Symposium presentation
Introduction to CAIRS and FS200 Femtosecond Laser Experience
Named presenter · Australian Experience with CAIRS
6 March · Australian Experience with CAIRS symposium
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.
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.
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.
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.
