Endothelial Keratoplasty | DLEK & DSEK Sutureless Corneal Transplant Surgery Techniques

Courses are offered on the following 2008 dates:

May 20

June 2

June 3

June 18

July 7

July 8

July 22

Aug. 4

Aug. 5

Sep. 8

Sep. 9

Sep.16

Our DSEK/DSAEK course includes the following: (1) a hands-on DSEK wet lab using human cadaver eyes, (2) viewing of post-operative patients in Dr. Terry's practice and (3) and sitting in as a first assistant at the microscope during DSAEK surgeries. The total cost of the course is $3350, which includes payment for the use of a cadaver eye and wet lab ($850) and payment to Dr. Terry for the course ($2500). Of note, we only schedule 2 physicians for each course in order to allow for a more personalized, truly “hands-on” DSAEK experience. In addition, all of our surgeries use pre-cut tissue from the Lions Eye Bank of Oregon. We also provide extensive study materials of videos on DVD (both edited and unedited surgeries), hard copy manuscript reprints of important articles, full powerpoint DSAEK lectures for your use, and electronic versions of our patient information packets and informed consent forms for DSAEK surgery which can easily be modified for your own DSAEK surgery programs. Some preliminary reading materials will be sent to you prior to your arrival to “jump start” your course.

For course dates that are on Tuesdays or Thursdays, the course begins at 8:30am at Devers Eye Institute. Please arrive at the second floor of Devers (1040 NW 22^nd Avenue, Portland, OR; telephone: 503 413-6223) and check in at the front desk to ask them to have Dan Friend come out to show you to the lab. During the morning, you will view videos, perform an extensive wet lab and also intermittently see post-op DSAEK patients in the clinic with Dr. Terry. After morning clinic, Dr. Terry will bring you to lunch at the hospital and then up to the outpatient surgery center for DSAEK surgery starting at 1:00 pm. The surgery schedule is usually concluded at about 6:00 pm. There is extensive time for discussion and questions and answers during the surgery as well as in between cases. You are encouraged to stay overnight so that you may view these same patients in clinic the next morning from 9:00 am to 10:00 am for their first post-op day examination. You are free to return home or explore our wonderful city of Portland after about 10:30 am.

For course dates that are on Wednesdays, the course begins at 7:30 am at St. Vincent's Hospital. Typically, we arrange for either the Corneal Fellow, or Dr. Terry, to pick you up at your hotel and take you over to St. Vincent’s Hospital, about a 10 minute drive on city streets from Devers Eye Institute. On these Wednesdays, we perform surgery in the morning until about 1:00 or 2:00 pm. In the afternoon, you will come back to Devers and perform your wet lab and also see other post-op DSAEK patients in the clinic. You are again encouraged to stay the following morning to see the patients on whom you assisted for their one day post-op examination if possible.

We feel that the very personalized experience and one-on-one training that occurs with our DSAEK course allows you to feel comfortable in returning home to provide safe and effective DSAEK surgery for your very first patients. We also encourage you to keep in contact with us with any problems, concerns or just questions that you may have as you proceed with your DSAEK clinical program.

If interest please contact Daniel Friend at (503) 413-8377 or email dfriend@deverseye.org. Below is the form needed to register for the course.

Devers Eye Institute

Mark A. Terry, M.D.

Director, Corneal Services

DSEK/DSAEK Training: Registration and Fee Form

Personal Information

Name:

Address:

Telephone #:

Cell Phone #:

Email:

Expected date and time of arrival in Portland:

(Courses start at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursdays at 1040 NW 22^nd Ave Suite #200 at the Oregon Lions Eye Bank)

Expected date and time of departure from Portland:

Local Hotel in Portland where you will be staying:

(A hotel that is close to the lab/hospital is the Holiday Inn Express, 2333 NW Vaughn St., (503) 484-1100)

Local Portland Phone number where you can be reached:

Payment for DSEK/DSAEK Training in advance or upon arrival in Portland with the following (2 separate payments to two separate organizations must be made):

(1) $850 by check, VISA, or MasterCard to: Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation

(processing fee for the use of Human cadaver eyes in wet lab)

AND

(2) $2,500 by check, VISA, or MasterCard to: Mark A. Terry, M.D., P.C (training fee)

If paying in advance by credit card, please provide the following:

Credit card type and number

Name as it appears on the credit card

Expiration date of credit card

Billing address that goes with the credit card

If paying by check please make out to the proper organizations and send the check attention Daniel Friend to the following address:

1010 N.W. 22nd Ave. N144
Portland, OR 97210

2 separate payments to the differing organizations must be made must be made in advance or upon arrival

For logistical information and course questions, contact Daniel Friend at:

(503)413-8377 or dfriend@deverseye.org or fax to (503) 413- 6937

Checklist for DSEK/DSAEK Course

Have you:

1.) Booked your flight to and from Portland, OR

2.) Booked your hotel (suggested hotel Holiday Inn Express (503) 484-1100)

3.) Completed and mailed in your registration form

4.) Made arrangements for two separate payments [one to Mark A. Terry, M.D., P.C (your training fee) and another to Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation (your human cadaver eye use fee)]