The Binkhorst lecture & medal were established in 1975 in honor of intraocular lens pioneer Cornelius D. Binkhorst. Each year, ASCRS awards the medal to an individual who has followed in Dr. Binkhorst’s footsteps with outstanding contributions to the understanding and practice of cataract surgery and IOL implantation. Honorees, who present the Binkhorst lecture during the annual ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, include some of the world’s most prominent pioneering surgeons.
Binkhorst Medal Lecturers
Edward J. Holland, MD, 2008
Steve C. Schallhorn, MD, 2007
Stephen S. Lane, MD, 2006
Graham D. Barrett, FRACO, 2005
Roger F. Steinert, MD, 2004
Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, 2003
Lecture moved to ASCRS in 2002
Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, 2001
Robert H. Osher, MD, 2000
Walter J. Stark, MD, 1999
Samuel Masket, MD, 1998
Kenneth J. Hoffer, MD, 1997
Kensaku Miyake, MD, 1996
Theo Seiler, MD, 1995
Howard V. Gimbel, MD, 1994
Douglas D. Koch, MD, 1993
Jack T. Holladay, MD, 1992
Stephen L. Trokel, MD, 1991
Stephen A. Obstbaum, MD, 1990
Charles D. Kelman, MD, 1989
David J. Apple, MD, 1988
Richard P. Kratz, MD, 1987
Endre A. Balazs, MD, 1986
Henry M. Clayman, MD, 1985
Edward Epstein, MD, 1984
Robert C. Drews, MD, 1982
D. Peter Choyce, MD, FRCS, 1981
Henry Hirschman, MD, 1979
Miles A. Galin, MD, 1978
Norman S. Jaffe, MD, 1977
Jan G. F. Worst, MD, 1976
Cornelius D. Binkhorst, MD, 1975
2008 ASCRS Binkhorst Lecture
Innovations in Corneal Surgery: Beyond Penetrating Keratoplasty
Edward J. Holland, MD
Saturday, April 5, 2008
ASCRS Opening General Session, 10:00 am
McCormick Place, West Building, Chicago, IL
The past few years have brought tremendous innovations in corneal surgery. New surgical procedures target the specific layer of pathology rather than replacing the entire cornea for all disorders. Endothelial disease is no longer managed by penetrating keratoplasty but rather the more precise techniques of endothelial keratoplasty. Anterior corneal disorders can be treated with the newer deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty techniques.
Patients requiring penetrating keratoplasty have better refractive outcomes because of laser vision correction surgery in the grafts as well as femtosecond assisted keratoplasty surgery. These techniques have resulted in much improved uncorrected as well as best corrected visual acuity.
The most challenging corneal patients are those with limbal stem cell failure. These patients benefit from the ever improving ocular surface transplant procedures as well as new advances in keratoprosthetic devices.
These new procedures have resulted in our ability to treat more corneal patients than ever before with a more rapid recovery and better visual outcomes.
