Endothelial Keratoplasty | DLEK & DSEK Sutureless Corneal Transplant Surgery Techniques

Courses are offered as DALK cases arise on the schedule. Contact David Davis-Boozer (503-413-8377) for scheduling details.

Our DALK course includes the following: (1) a hands-on DALK 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 DALK surgeries. The total cost of the course is $3300, which includes payment for the use of two cadaver eyes and wet lab ($800), as well as payment to Dr. Terry for the course ($2500). Of note, we only schedule one physician for each course in order to allow for a more personalized, truly “hands-on” DALK experience. We also provide extensive study materials of videos on DVD (both edited and unedited surgeries), hard copy manuscript reprints of important articles, full PowerPoint DALK lectures for your use, and electronic versions of our patient information packets and informed consent forms for DALK surgery which can easily be modified for your own surgery programs.

For course dates that are on Mondays or Tuesdays, the course begins at 8:00am at Devers Eye Institute. Please arrive at the second floor of Devers (1040 NW 22^nd Avenue #200, Portland, OR; telephone: 503 413-8377) and check in at the front desk to ask them to have David Davis-Boozer come out to show you to the lab. During the morning, you will view videos and perform an extensive wet lab. After morning clinic, Dr. Terry will bring you to lunch at the hospital and then up to the outpatient surgery center for DALK 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 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 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.

We feel that the very personalized experience and one-on-one training that occurs with our DALK course allows you to feel comfortable in returning home to provide safe and effective 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 DALK clinical program.

If interested, please contact David Davis-Boozer at (503) 413-8377 or email ddboozer@deverseye.org. Below is the form needed to register for the course.

Devers Eye Institute

Mark A. Terry, M.D.

Director, Corneal Services

DALK Training: Registration and Fee Form

Personal Information

Name:

Address:

Telephone #:

Cell Phone #:

Email:

Desired course date:

Expected date and time of arrival in Portland:

(Courses start at 8:30 a.m. at 1040 NW 22^nd Ave Suite #200 at the Devers Eye Institute)

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 Inn at Northrup Station, 2025 NW Northrup St, (503) 224-0543)

Local Portland Phone number where you can be reached:

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

(1) $800 by check, VISA, or MasterCard to: Lions Eye Bank of Oregon Vision Research Lab

(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 David Davis-Boozer to the following address:

1040 N.W. 22nd Ave. #200
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 David Davis-Boozer at:

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