Instructor to Eye Surgeons Worldwide

Dr. Thomas John believes in promoting the very best in ophthalmic practices. Dr. John has spent years practicing and teaching others better, more advanced techniques on how to improve vision in patients. His expert knowledge on the subject matter has taken him around the world to help guide other ophthalmologists. He has been invited to speak on a number of occasions at many different locations around the world:

• Invited Speaker from the USA, at the VII Congresso S.I.C.S.S.O. International Scientific Meeting: “Lamellar”..as much as possible. John T: Use of vision blue in anterior and posterior lamellar keratoplasty, June 12-14, 2008, Florence, Italy.

• Invited Speaker from the USA, at the Congresso Nationale Di Chirurgia Della Cataratta E Della Refrattiva, VideoCataratteRefractiva 2008, Organizer – Lucio Buratto, MD, John T: Endothelial Keratoplasty (Cheratoplastica endoteliale), February 15, 16, 2008, Milan, Italy.

• Invited Speake from the USA, at the Congresso Nationale Di Chirurgia Della Cataratta E Della Refrattiva, VideoCataratteRefractiva 2008, Organizer – Lucio Buratto, MD, John T: Endothelial Keratoplasty. February 15, 16, 2008, Milan, Italy.

• Invited Speaker from the USA, at the XXVII Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology, invited by the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis, spoke on Pearls and Pitfalls of DXEK Surgery, May 31, 2007, Cancun, Mexico.

• Invited Speaker from the USA, spoke at the XXVII Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology, spoke on Simplified DXEK Surgery, June 01, 2007, Cancun, Mexico.

• Invited Speaker from the USA at the XIth Congresso Nationale S.I.Trac.C., 22-24, 2007, Rome, Italy. Spoke on: Step step by step for DXEK/DSEK, Descemetoressi con endocheratoplastics

• Invited Speaker from the USA, at the 50thAnniversary Meeting of the Medical Military Academy, November 03, 2006, Belgrade, Serbia. Spoke on: Descemetorhexis with endokeratoplasty (DXEK)

• Invited Speaker for the Milawaukee Ophthalmological Society Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, Club of Milwaukee, November 28, 2006. Spoke on: The New Cornea Transplants

• Invited Speaker as a World Cornea Expert at the World Ophthalmology Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 19-24, 2006. Spoke on: Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty: DLEK verus DXEK

• Invited Foreign Guest Speaker at 61stAll India Ophthalmological Conference in India. Spoke on:"Deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK): Preliminary results and advanced surgical techniques.” New Delhi, India, January 17, 2003.

• Invited Foreign Guest Speaker at the Meeting Promocion Medica “Centenario Daniel A. Carrion.” Lima, Peru, 30 – November 2, 2002. Spoke on: Transplantation of the cornea: Deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK).

• John, T: Acanthamoebakeratitis: Interaction with contact lenses, and typical and atypical presentations. 33rd Congress of the International Society of Contact Lens Specialists, Chicago, Illinois, June 5 - 9, 1999.

• Invited Foreign Guest Speaker at the Annual National Meeting of the Finnish Ophthalmological Society in Finland. September 28 - 29, 1990, Oulu, Finland. Spoke on: "Present status of Disposable Soft Contact Lens", and "Role of Soluble Collagen Shields in Anterior Segment Disease"

• Invited Speaker, at Minto Ophthalmic Institute, University of Bangalore, India, July 28, 1980. Spoke on corneal epithelial-endothelial interactions in organ culture and on scanning electron microscopic study of rubeosis iridis