Cultured Endothelial Cells for the Treatment of Cornea Edema

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Cultured Endothelial Cells for the Treatment of Cornea Edema
Presented by Matthew Giegengack, MD
Wake Forest University Eye Center

Cultured corneal endothelial cells are a potential alternative to cornea transplant for cornea edema.  This talk will discuss this novel therapy, its advantages over current practices, as well as detail the clinical studies completed and still ongoing.

Dr. Matthew Giegengack is currently an associate professor at Wake Forest University Eye Center and the co-director of the Wake Forest cornea fellowship program. Dr. Giegengack received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and completed medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, followed by an ophthalmology residency and fellowship at the Casey Eye Institute in Portland, OR. He joined the faculty at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 2007 and has become one of the busiest cornea transplant surgeons in the United States

Dr. Giegengack is the Director of Wake Forest University Global Ophthalmology.  He has led greater than 20 ophthalmology outreach brigades to Central America over the past 10 years, providing surgical and medical eye care to underserved.

Dr. Giegengack has been a medical director for SightLife Eye Bank, and has been involved in SightLife’s global outreach, teaching and performing cornea and cataract surgery in India, Nepal, Honduras, El Salvador and Ethiopia. He currently serves as Medical  Director for CorneaGen, Inc, the world’s largest distributor of donor corneal tissue.

We begin at 6 p.m. with networking, appetizers, and cash bar (credit cards not accepted), followed by the meeting and dinner at 6:45 p.m. Members are encouraged to invite guests.