ASCRS Binkhorst Lecture

Edward J. Holland, MD

Innovations in Corneal Surgery: Beyond Penetrating Keratoplasty

Saturday, April 5, 2008
ASCRS Opening General Session, 10:00 am
McCormick Place, West Building, Chicago, IL

The Binkhorst Lecture
ASCRS established the Binkhorst Lecture and Medal to honor Cornelius D. Binkhorst for his pioneering with with intraocular lenses. Each year since 1975, ASCRS has conferred the Binkhorst Medal on an individual whose career has made significant contributions to the science and practice of ophthalmology and established that person among the world's most prominent ophthalmologists. This year's honoree is Edward J. Holand of Union, Kentucky.

Abstract
The past few years have brought tremendous innovations in corneal surgery.  New surgical procedures target the specific layer of pathology rather than replacing the entire cornea for all disorders.  Endothelial disease is no longer managed by penetrating keratoplasty but rather the more precise techniques of endothelial keratoplasty.  Anterior corneal disorders can be treated with the newer deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty techniques. 

Patients requiring penetrating keratoplasty have better refractive outcomes because of laser vision correction surgery in the grafts as well as femtosecond assisted keratoplasty surgery.  These techniques have resulted in much improved uncorrected as well as best corrected visual acuity.

The most challenging corneal patients are those with limbal stem cell failure.  These patients benefit from the ever improving ocular surface transplant procedures as well as new advances in keratoprosthetic devices.

These new procedures have resulted in our ability to treat more corneal patients than ever before with a more rapid recovery and better visual outcomes.

Edward J. Holland, MD
Dr. Holland is Director, Cornea Services at the Cincinnati Eye Institute and Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Cincinnati. He attended the Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago and trained in ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota. He completed a fellowship in cornea and external disease at the University of Iowa, and then completed a second fellowship in ocular immunology at the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He returned to serve as Director of Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service at the University of Minnesota. He was promoted to the position of Professor and was granted the Elias Potter Lyon Chair in Ophthalmology. He also served as President of the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Holland serves on the Board of Trustees for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and serves as Secretary of the AAO annual meeting. Dr. Holland is a former Chair of the Medical Advisory Board for the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) and currently its Chair-elect. In 2002, he received the EBAA’s Paton Society Award.  Dr. Holland is the immediate past President of the Cornea Society (formerly the Castroviejo Cornea Society), and Chair of the Cornea Clinical Committee of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 

Dr. Holland has received both the Senior Achievement Award and the Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Among other honors, Dr. Holland has been listed in the Best Doctors in America. Dr. Holland has a national and international reputation for his knowledge and expertise in the field of Cornea and External Disease. He is a frequent invited lecturer at national and international meetings, and over the past ten years has directed one of the most prestigious training programs for specialists in corneal and refractive surgery. Dr. Holland is the author of more than 100 articles in peer review journals and has edited Cornea, the most widely read journal on corneal disease and surgery. He has co-edited the recently published textbook, Ocular Surface Disease: Medical and Surgical Management.

As the Director of Cornea Services at the Cincinnati Eye Institute, Dr. Holland has attracted worldwide referrals for medical and surgical corneal problems and for stem cell transplantation. His clinical interests include Corneal Transplantation, Cataract Surgery, Ocular Surface Transplantation, and Refractive Surgery.

Binkhorst Medal Lecturers

Edward J. Holland, MD, 2008
Steve C. Schallhorn, MD, 2007
Stephen S. Lane. MD, 2006
Graham D. Barrett, MD, 2005
Roger F. Steinert, MD, 2004
Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, 2003
(Lecture moved to ASCRS in 2002)
Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, 2001
Robert H. Osher, MD, 2000
Walter J. Stark, MD, 1999
Samuel Masket, MD, 1998
Kenneth J. Hoffer, MD, 1997
Kensaku Miyake, MD, 1996
Theo Seiler, MD, 1995
Howard V. Gimbel, MD, 1994
Douglas D. Koch, MD, 1993
Jack T. Holladay, MD, 1992
Stephen L. Trokel, MD, 1991
Stephen A. Obstbaum, MD, 1990
Charles D. Kelman, MD, 1989
David J. Apple, MD, 1988
Richard P. Kratz, MD, 1987
Endre A. Balazs, MD, 1986
Henry M. Clayman, MD, 1985
Edward Epstein, MD, 1984
Robert C. Drews, MD, 1982
D. Peter Choyce, MD, FRCS, 1981
Henry Hirschman, MD, 1979
Miles A. Galin, MD, 1978
Norman S. Jaffe, MD, 1977
Jan G.F. Worst, MD, 1976
Cornelius D. Binkhorst, MD, 1975