Friday, November 6, 2009




Caught looking over the bay in front of Alcatraz. I love meetings in San Francisco! I loved living in this part of the country in 2002 and 2003 and always love to return whenever I get the chance. The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) annual meeting was in a great venue at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. I was honored to be accepted as one of the upcoming classes of the Leadership Development Council of the AAO for the upcoming year. Our elite group of young ophthalmologists is a superb class from throughout the United States and Latin America. We also had some exceptional talks at the Federated Societies Symposium hosted by the Cornea Society and the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA), including my fellow's presentation (Dr. Lusk) of our work on endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). He did a great job!