First Annual International Military Refractive Surgery Symposium

Dates: February 5-7, 2007
Hilton San Antonio Airport
611 NW Loop 410
San Antonio, Texas

Hilton
*Attendee and Exhibitor Early registration ends Jan 31st!!!

Background:

The Navy Refractive Surgery Program has held three Navy-wide refractive surgery meetings where our latest scientific studies and updates from each refractive surgery center were shared. Business plans, Navy policy, and future goals were also discussed with all the key Navy ophthalmologists present. Refractive surgery leaders from the Air Force and Army attended the most recent meeting, held in San Diego in January, 2006, and it was evident that the military refractive surgery program could only benefit from shared knowledge and experience.


Goals for 2007 International Refractive Symposium
  1. Present the results of the most recent scientific research being done at military refractive surgery centers.
  2. Discuss current medical issues in refractive surgery such as wavefront guided ablations, new technology for cutting LASIK flaps, and prevention of ectasia, to name a few.
  3. Discuss current policy on refractive surgery for each of the services with the goal of achieving a more uniform policy and treatment standards.
  4. Open forum to help military services develop business plans and budgets.

In addition to talks from various military refractive surgeons, there will an invited keynote speaker prominent in the field of refractive surgery.