Corneal Topography

BASIC PRINCIPLES: Assessment of corneal shape.- Videokeratoscopes.- Projection-based systems.- Scheimpflug camera systems.- Optical coherence tomography.- Presentation of topographic information. THE NORMAL CORNEA: Normal Topography.- Contact lens practice. CORNEAL DISEASE: Corneal surface disease.- Corneal stromal disease.- Corneal endothelial disease.- Corneal ectasia. CORNEAL SURGERY: Corneal endothelial disease.- Keratoplasty.- Cataract surgery.- Refractive corneal surgery.- Refractive laser surgery.- Ocular surgery.

Melanie Corbett is a consultant ophthalmologist at the Western Eye Hospital, London and has a special interest in the cornea and anterior segment. She undertook a medical doctorate at St Thomas' Hospital under Professor John Marshall and then completed a corneal fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital.  She is the Chair of Education for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, and has lead the Training the Trainers programme in the UK and overseas for over 10 years. She is a leading authority in diseases and surgery of the cornea and anterior segment and is the author of over 60 peer-reviewed publications and several textbooks.


Nicholas Maycock is a consultant ophthalmologist with a specialist interest in cornea, anterior segment and complex cataract surgery. He is a past committee member of the Young Ophthalmologist Programme (YOP) at the UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS) and is a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists microsurgical skills faculty. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and frequently presents at national and international conferences. 


Emanuel Rosen is one of the pioneers of modern cataract surgery. He is a world-renowned ophthalmologist with a specialist interest in anterior segment disease and cataract and refractive surgery. He is a past president of the International Intraocular Implant Club (IIC), set up in 1966 to promote research into intraocular lens implantation. He is also a past president of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) and is a current board member and chairman of the ESCRS publications committee. He has won numerous national and international awards. He was a visiting professor at the Department of Visual Sciences at Manchester University (retired), but remains in private clinical practice. He is a founding and current editorof