EyeWorld Asia-Pacific March 2011 Issue

2 EW TABLE OF CONTENTS March 2011 SNEC 21: Tomorrow’s vision, today 35 SNEC turns 21 with a meeting focused on translational research by Chiles Aedam R. Samaniego MYRROR on myopic CNV 37 Phase III trial investigates treatment for a potentially blinding complication of pathologic myopia by Chiles Aedam R. Samaniego NEWS & OPINION ACS 2010: One time, one meeting 32 Highlightes of the 2nd Asia Cornea Society Biennial Scientific Meeting by Chiles Aedam R. Samaniego Asia-ARVO 2011: The bionic eye, & others 33 The future of ophthalmic medicine brought to light at the Asia-ARVO 2011 Meeting on Research in Vision and Ophthalmology by Chiles Aedam R. Samaniego 29 38 Geuder and Sankara Eye Hospital establish new training center in India 38 P U B L I S H I N G S TA F F Publisher APACRS Charity Wai apacrs@snec.com.sg Donald R. Long dlong@eyeworld.org APACRS Editorial Kathy Chen apacrs@snec.com.sg Joanna Peh Christine Shimmon Senior Staff Writer Chiles Aedam R. Samaniego ASCRS Editorial Editor Stephanie Clark-Graham Staff Writers Faith Hayden Jena Passut Production Graphic Designer Julio Guerrero Production Assistant Karen Salerni Contributing Editors Vanessa Caceres – Lakeland, Florida Michelle Dalton – Reading, Pennsylvania Rich Daly – Arlington, Virginia Enette Ngoei – Singapore Matt Young – Malaysia March 2011 Volume 7 • No.1 Senior Contributing Editor Maxine Lipner – Nyack, New York Advertising Sales ASCRS Media 4000 Legato Road Suite 700, Fairfax, VA 22033 (1-703) 591-2220 • fax: (1-703) 273-2963 eyeworld@eyeworld.org • www.eyeworld.org Director Donald R. 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EyeWorld Asia-Pacific Chinese Edition (ISSN 1521-7566) is jointly published quarterly by the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (APACRS), c/o Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, telephone (65) 6322-7469, fax (65) 6327-8630, email apacrs@snec.com.sg; and the Chinese Ophthalmological Society (COS), c/o Chinese Medical Association, 42 Dongsi Xidajie, Beijing 100710, PR China, telephone (86-10) 6524-9989 ext 2456, fax (86-10) 6512-3754. Printed in Beijing, PR China. Editorial Offices : EyeWorld Asia-Pacific Edition: Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (APACRS), c/o Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, telephone (65) 6322-7469, fax (65) 6327-8630, email apacrs@snec.com.sg. 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Requests to reprint, use or republish: Requests to reprint or use material published herein should be made in writing only to the APACRS publisher, c/o Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, telephone (65) 6322-7469, fax (65) 6327-8630, email apacrs@snec.com.sg. Change of address : Notice should be sent to the APACRS publisher, c/o Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, six weeks in advance of effective date. Include old and new addresses and label from a recent issue. The APACRS publisher cannot accept responsibility for undelivered copies. 6 KDN number: PPS 1766/07/2011 (020124) MICA (P) 099/02/2011 EDITORIAL CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR Professor Graham BARRETT, Australia BOARD MEMBERS Dr John CHANG, Hong Kong Dr Abhay VASAVADA, India Professor S. ISTIANTORO, Indonesia Professor Hiroko BISSEN-MIYAJIMA, Japan Professor Choun-Ki JOO, Korea Dr YC LEE, Malaysia Professor ANG Chong Lye, Singapor e Dr CHAN Wing Kwong, Singapore Assoc. Professor CHEE Soon Phaik, Singapore Dr Ronald YEOH, Singapore Dr Pannet PANGPUTHIPONG, Thailand Assoc. Professor Prin ROJANAPONGPUN, Thailand REGIONAL EDITORIAL BOARDS ASIA-PACIFIC CHINESE EDITION Regional Editors-in-Chief Professor ZHAO Jialiang, China Professor Zhao Kan Xing, China Regional Deputy Editor Professor HE Shouzhi, China ASIA-PACIFIC INDIA EDITION Regional Managing Editor Dr S. NATARAJAN, India