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| 1985 |
Department of Ophthalmology,
Bethesda Eye Institute, St. Louis University School of Medicine
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| 1986 |
Washington National
Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Washington, DC |
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| 1988 |
Emory University, Department
of Ophthalmology, Atlanta, GA. |
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| 1990 |
Chung-Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology,
Taipei, Taiwan.
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| 1990 |
Pan-American Association
of Ophthalmology, Caracas, Venezuela. |
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| 1991 |
The University of Texas
Health Science Center, Department of Ophthalmology, San Antonio,
Texas. |
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| 1993 |
National Institute of Health, Taiwan. |
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| 1994 |
Department of Ophthalmology
& Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy. Wake Forest University,
The Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. |
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| 1994 |
Fundacion Oftalmologica
Nacional, Bogota, Colombia, Feb. 17-19, 1994. XV Annual Course.
(a) New frontiers in dry eye (b) Concept of limbal stem cells
and corneal diseases characterized by limbal stem cell dysfunction
(c) Limbal transplantation for corneal surface reconstruction
(d) Novel strategies for corneal surface reconstruction including
amniotic membrane transplantation. |
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| 1996 |
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 6-7,
1996. Department of Ophthalmology. (a) New strategies for
ocular surface reconstruction. Department of Cell Biology,
Anatomy and Neurobiology. (b) Regulation of corneal epithelial
stem cells at the limbus
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| 1997 |
Outstanding Faculty/Administrator
Scholar and elected to Phi Beta Delta, the National Honor Society
for International Scholars. |
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| 1997 |
Department of Ophthalmology,
Dong-A University, Pusan, Korea, March 24, 1997. (a) New Strategies
for Ocular Surface Reconstruction |
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| 1997 |
Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College,
Ichikawa, Japan, March 26, 1997, (a) Ocular Surface Health,
Reconstruction, and Floppy Eyelid Syndrome |
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| 1997 |
Visiting Expert under
Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) sponsored by Ministry
of Health Singapore and Singapore National Eye Center, June
17 to 24, 1997. |
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| 1997 |
Department of Ophthalmology,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, September 11-12, 1997.
(a) Ocular surface health, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies,
(b) Corneal diseases characterized by limbal deficiency, (c)
New Strategies of ocular surface reconstruction. |
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| 1998 |
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, March
19, 1998. (a) Important concepts for treating ocular surface
and tear disorders, (b) Regulation of limbal stem cells by
stromal fibroblasts and matrix.
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| 1998 |
Department of Ophthalmology,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, April 28, 1998.
(a) Important concepts for treating ocular surface and tear
disorders. |
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| 1998 |
Department of Ophthalmology,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, August 21-22, 1998. (a) Dysfunction
and restoration of ocular surface epithelial stem cells - New
strategies using amniotic membrane transplantation and stem
cell transplantation. (b) Important concepts of treating ocular
surface and tear disorders. |
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| 1998 |
Department of Ophthalmology,
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, October
5-7, 1998. Dysfunction and restoration of epithelial stem cells. |
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| 1999 |
Department of Ophthalmology,
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, April 24, 1999.
(a) New strategies of ocular surface reconstruction. (b) Important
concepts for treating ocular surface and tear disorders. |
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| 1999 |
The Second Ulrich Ollendorff
Lectureship, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Department of
Ophthalmology, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia
University, New York, NY, May 20, 1999. (a) Dysfunction and
Restoration of Ocular Surface Epithelial Stem Cells - New Strategies
of Ocular Surface Reconstruction with Stem Cell Transplantation
and Amniotic Membrane Transplantation. |
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| 1999 |
Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,
November 6-7, 1999. (a) Dysfunction and Restoration of Ocular
Surface Epithelial Stem Cells - New Strategies of Ocular Surface
Reconstruction with Stem Cell Transplantation and Amniotic
Membrane Transplantation. (b) Important Concepts of Treating
Ocular Surface and Tear Disorders.
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| 1999 |
King Khaled Eye Specialist
Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 13-17, 1999. (a) Dysfunction
and Restoration of Ocular Surface Epithelial Stem Cells - New
Strategies of Ocular Surface Reconstruction with Stem Cell Transplantation
and Amniotic Membrane Transplantation. (b) Important Concepts
of Treating Ocular Surface and Tear Disorders. |
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| 2000 |
Brooke Army Medical
Center, San Antonio and University of Texas Health Center, San
Antonio, Texas, January 20-21, 2000. (a) Important Concepts
for Treating Ocular Surface & Tear Disorders. (b) Dysfunction
and Restoration of Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells. |
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| 2000 |
El-Maghraby Eye Hospital,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, January 24-28, 2000. (a) Important Concepts
for Treating Ocular Surface & Tear Disorders. (b) Dysfunction
and Restoration of Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells. Amniotic Membrane
Transplantation for Ocular Surface Reconstruction |
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| 2000 |
Department of Ophthalmology,
Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan. February
22, 2000. Dysfunction and Restoration of Limbal Epithelial Stem
Cells: Role of Amniotic Membrane transplantation |
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| 2001 |
Department of Ophthalmology,
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, September 15-16, 2000.
(a) Neuroanatomic Integration of Ocular Surface Defense: Clinical
Significance, (b) Amniotic Membrane Transplantation for Ocular
Surface Reconstruction |
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| 2002 |
Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba,
Japan, September 28, 2001 (a) Clinical significance of kinetic
analysis fo tear interference images; October 1, 2001 (b)
New progress of amniotic membrane transplantation
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| 2002 |
Department of Ophthalmology,
Osaka University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Oct 15, 2001.
Ocular Surface Reconstruction with Epithelial Stem Cells and
Amniotic Membrane |
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| 2002 |
2002 LSU Eye Center,
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans,
LA, Nov 7, 2002. |
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| 2003 |
Visiting Professor,
Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Japan,
April 2003 – present
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| 2003 |
Visiting Professor,
New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, New York, NY, March 11-12,
2004. (a) How Does Amniotic Membrane Works? (b) What Is Dry
Eye? |
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| 2004 |
Visiting Professor,
Western University, London, Ontario, September 14-16, 2004 |
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| 2004 |
Visiting Professor,
Long Island Jewish Hospital, NY, December 8, 2004 |
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