Clinical Skills Transfer Course Instructor at 2009 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Dr. Will participated as the keynote instructor at the recent American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in San Diego, California.  The Skills Transfer Course entitled “Understanding Laser Cornea Interactions and Femtosecond Laser System Optimization” was directed at both new and experienced Intralase laser users from around the globe wishing to enhance their LASIK surgical skills.

Dr. Will presented detailed information regarding the physiology of laser – tissue interactions and their influence on refractive surgery healing and visual outcomes.  He also demonstrated how laser induced sonic compression waves can induce inside out transmembrane signaling that directly influences control of stromal interstitial fluid pressures.  Based upon a novel pathophysiologic cascade first described by Dr. Will in 2004, it is this transmembrane signaling mediated by beta-integrin proteins located on the cell membrane that can induce lamellar keratitis and transient refractive effects in LASIK and PRK.

During his lecture, Dr. Will also described his innovative technique of Continuous Plane Photodisruption for the Intralase, which incorporates his soft docking technique first described by Dr. Will in 2002 and optimization of laser energy and spot energy first described by Dr. Will in 2003.   Hundred of surgeons world wide now use the surgical techniques developed by Dr. Will.