Overview
This uniquely comprehensive book will discuss the history of subspecialty training in cornea and our understanding of ocular surface disease, current best practices in important diseases of the cornea and ocular surface, and examine future directions in diagnosis and management.
This book will be an ideal guide for corneal specialists, ophthalmology residents and fellows planning to enter cornea, corneal scientists, and to those in ophthalmology and visual science interested in a comprehensive resource on cornea and the history of this field.
Written by leading cornea experts, many of whom trained under Claes Henrik Dohlman, MD, PhD, whose influence and many invaluable contributions have defined and shaped the field of cornea
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction & Historic Perspective
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Front Matter
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Perspectives on Important Corneal and External Diseases
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About this book
The field of cornea has seen tremendous advances over the last 40 years—this uniquely comprehensive book will discuss the history of these advances, current best practices in important diseases of the cornea and ocular surface, and examine future directions in diagnosis and management. Written by leading experts, many of whom trained under Claes Henrik Dohlman, MD, PhD, whose influence and many invaluable contributions have defined and shaped the field of cornea, each chapter will reflect the state of the art in the various aspects of cornea.
Foundations of Corneal Disease: Past, Present, and Future contains six different sections, opening with an introduction which delves into the evolution of subspecialty training in cornea, and provides a historical perspective of our understanding of ocular surface disease. Section Two addresses perspectives on important corneal and external diseases including infectious keratitis, dry eye, and herpes simplex. Section Three and Section Four address surgery and surgical alternatives, and frontiers in corneal research. Section Six closes this book with a discussion of special topics: imaging the cornea, corneal blindness, eye banking, and clinical trials in dry eye, and explores future directions in this fast-paced field.
Foundations of Corneal Disease: Past, Present, and Future contains is an ideal guide for corneal specialists, ophthalmology residents and fellows planning to enter cornea, corneal scientists, and to those in ophthalmology and visual science interested in a comprehensive resource on cornea and the history of this field.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Kathryn Colby, MD, PhD
Louis Block Professor
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences
Chicago, IL
Reza Dana MD, MSc, MPH
Claes H. Dohlman Professor of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School
Director, Cornea & Refractive Surgery, Massachusetts Eye & Ear
Boston, MA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Foundations of Corneal Disease
Book Subtitle: Past, Present and Future
Editors: Kathryn Colby, Reza Dana
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25335-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25334-9Published: 14 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25335-6Published: 31 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 400
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 118 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ophthalmology