Events Sponsored by

The Corneal Dystrophy Foundation

Northern Virginia / Washington, D.C. Metro Area

Corneal Dystrophy Support Group Meeting

Luncheon - Anthony’s Restaurant Falls Church, VA

11:30 AM Saturday January 16, 2010

If you live in the Northern Virginia / Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and have an interest in corneal dystrophy.  The luncheon will be in a private room at 11:30 a.m. at Anthony’s Restaurant in Falls Church, VA. 

The address of the restaurant is:

Anthony’s Restaurant

309 W. Broad St

Falls Church VA 22046

The purpose of the luncheon is to share information and experiences relating to  corneal dystrophy, especially Fuchs’ Corneal Dystrophy and related corrective surgery, including DSAEK Surgery.  It looks like there’s going to be a good turnout.

If you would like to come, please sign up by responding to:

 Claudia

 in  Northern Virginia   We are looking forward to a good time!

Summary

10 people attended from Fairfax, Falls Church and Vienna VA also from Gaithersburg & Bowie MD and Washington DC.

Bob talked about his DSAEK transplant. Find out about this surgery by Googling

DSAEK

Outreach ( localized small groups of people w/Fuchs’ Dystrophy) was discussed.

Northern Virginia / Washington, D.C. Metro Area

Corneal Dystrophy Support Group Meeting

Luncheon - Anthony’s Restaurant Falls Church, VA

11:30 AM Saturday October 24th, 2009

If you live in the Northern Virginia / Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and have an interest in corneal dystrophy.  The luncheon will be in a private room at 11:30 a.m. at Anthony’s Restaurant in Falls Church, VA. 

The address of the restaurant is:

Anthony’s Restaurant

309 W. Broad St

Falls Church VA 22046

The purpose of the luncheon is to share information and experiences relating to  corneal dystrophy, especially Fuchs’ Corneal Dystrophy and related corrective surgery, including DSAEK Surgery.  It looks like there’s going to be a good turnout.

If you would like to come, please sign up by responding to:

 Claudia

 in  Northern Virginia   We are looking forward to a good time!

Summary

11 Interchanged information about corneal dystrophy.
Frances travelled from Voorhees, NJ to be at the meeting, a round trip of over 400 miles!
5 attendees obtained the Proceedings of the 2009 Corneal Dystrophy Symposium, a 3 DVD set with 9 of Duke University’s Top Eye Docs presenting valuable information for people with corneal dystrophy.

Thank you all for coming and making it a success

Northern Virginia / Washington, D.C. Metro Area

Corneal Dystrophy Support Group Meeting

Luncheon - Anthony’s Restaurant Falls Church, VA

11:30 AM Saturday August 22, 2009

If you live in the Northern Virginia / Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and have an interest in corneal dystrophy.  The luncheon will be in a private room at 11:30 a.m. at Anthony’s Restaurant in Falls Church, VA. 

The address of the restaurant is:

Anthony’s Restaurant

309 W. Broad St

Falls Church VA 22046

The purpose of the luncheon is to share information and experiences relating to  corneal dystrophy, especially Fuchs’ Corneal Dystrophy and related corrective surgery, including DSAEK Surgery.  It looks like there’s going to be a good turnout.

If you would like to come, please sign up by responding to:

 Claudia

 in  Northern Virginia   We are looking forward to a good time!

The 2009 Corneal Dystrophy Symposium

May 15 & 16, 2009

Co-presented by

The Corneal Dystrophy Foundation

and

Duke University Eye Center.

at the

Albert Eye Research Institute (AERI) Auditorium

3475 Erwrin Rd
Durham, NC 27710

and

The Millennium Durham Hotel

2800 Campus Walk Ave

Durham, NC 27705-4479

2009 Corneal Dystrophy Symposium Speakers

Natalie Afshari, MD, Conference Chairperson & Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University

Alan Carlson, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University

Pratap Challa, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University

Anthony Kuo, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University

Diane Whitaker, OD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University

Terry Semchyschyn, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University

Evelyn Kelly, Health Care Administrator

Christopher Boehlke, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University

Washington, D.C. Metro Area

Corneal Dystrophy Support Group Meeting

Breakfast - Amphora Restaurant, Vienna VA

11:30 AM Saturday March 7, 2009

If you live in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and have or know someone with a corneal dystrophy, causes, .  The breakfast will be at 11:30 a.m. at the Amphora restaurant in Vienna.  The address of the restaurant is 377 Maple Avenue West (Route 123).  

The purpose of the breakfast is to share information and experiences relating to corneal dystrophy.  It looks like there’s going to be a good turnout.  If you would like to come and haven’t done so previously, please sign up by responding to Janet in  Northern Virginia  We are looking forward to a good time!

If you are interested in sponsoring an educational event about corneal dystrophy in your area, contact Bob Bellizzi, Executive Director at 866.807.8965 Ext 1 (execdir@cornealdystrophyfoundation.org) or Faye LIston 866.897.8965 Ext 2