Karl Sussman, MD

Refractive Surgery Complications Management Section Editors: Karl G. Stonecipher, Md;

A 34-year-old black male underwent bilateral LASIK in February 2000 for refractions of -7.00 +3.00 X 100 = 20/20 OD and -7.00 +3.25 X 85 = 20/20 OS. He had successfully worn soft toric contact lenses for 15 years and had no pertinent medical or ocular history. His preoperative pachymetry measured by ultrasound was 535 μm OD and 529 μm OS. His scotopic pupil size was 6 mm OU. The surgeon created...

Refractive Surgery Complications Management Section Editors: Karl G. Stonecipher, Md, and Parag

A 64-year-old male returns to your clinic 4 years after undergoing hyperopic LASIK with flaps made using the Moria CB 130 microkeratome (Moria, Antony, France). The original, uneventful laser ablation used a 10-Hz Visx Star S2 (Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.) and 6 X 9mm profile for the following treatments: +1.00 +0.50 X 167 = 20/20 OD and +1.25 +0.50 X 002 = 20/20 OS. The patient’s postoperati...

A change of scene: Karl Karsch, MD, FRCP, FESC. Interview by Jennifer Taylor.

Mark Sussman: programming heart cells to heal.

Karl Sigmund.

Program Thursday, October 29 10:00 – 10:20 Opening addresses by Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Heinz Faßmann and by Dean Prof. Dr. Harald Rindler 10:20 – 11:15 Peter Schuster: “Modeling cooperation – From molecules to man” 11:15 – 12:10 Martin Nowak: “Natural cooperation” 12:10 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 14:55 Sebastian Schreiber: "Fitness covariances and coexistence of interacting, structured populations" 1...