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ROBERT MORRIS, M.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE

FOR CONFIDENTIAL AND OFFICIAL USE ONLY OCCUPATION Physician - Specialty: Ophthalmology Subspecialty: Retinal Diseases Ocular Traumatology BUSINESS ADDRESS Retina Specialists of Alabama, LLC Helen Keller Foundation for Research 1201 11th Avenue South, Suite 300 and Education Birmingham, Alabama 35205 1201 11th Avenue South, Suite 300

(205)933-2625 Birmingham, Alabama 35205 (800)292-8166 (205)933-9389

EDUCATION

1978 Fellowship - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida, Vitreoretinal Diseases, Drs. Robert Machemer, George Blankenship, and John Clarkson

1976 - 1977 Fellowship -University of Cologne, West Germany, Ocular Trauma and Retinal Diseases,

Dr. Helmut Neubauer and Dr. Klaus Heimann 1973 - 1976 Internship/Residency -University of Alabama in Birmingham Hospitals/Department of

Ophthalmology

1967 - 1973 University of Alabama Medical School, Birmingham, Alabama, M.D. 1971 - 1972 Pilot training, U.S.A.F., Vance Air Force Base

1963 - 1967 Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, B.S. in Physics, with Honors MILITARY SERVICE

1971 – 1976 Pilot (Reconnaissance, RF4 Phantom) Captain, U.S. Air National Guard CURRENT POSITIONS President, Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education President, Retina Specialists of Alabama, LLC Chairman, International Society of Ocular Trauma Director of Development, American Society of Ocular Trauma

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham MEMBERSHIPS Retina Society

American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS)


MEMBERSHIPS (continued) Machemer Society International Society of Ocular Trauma (Scientific Advisory Board and President) American Society of Ocular Trauma (Co-Founder) American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Alumni Society Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology (Past President) The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) HONORS

Buckler Award at the annual meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialist for video Degenerative Vitreous Syndrome “Let’s Talk About Floaters 2007

“Health Care Heroes” Researcher Award, Birmingham Business Journal 2006 – Best Biomedical Researcher, Birmingham Metropolitan Area Senior Honor Award – American Society of Retina Specialists 2005 Senior Achievement Award – American Academy of Ophthalmology 2003

Best Doctors in America, 1996 through 2013 The “Best of Show” Video Award, Annual American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting, October 2003 The “Best of Show” Video Award, Annual American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting, October 2000

The Vitreous Society Honor Award, September 1999

Migel Medal. The American Foundation for the Blind’s highest award. Given annually to one individual for distinguished volunteer achievement on behalf of people who are blind or visually impaired, 1995.

Honor Award, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), for significant contributions to the AAO and Ophthalmology, 1995.

Outstanding Faculty Award, The Eye Foundation Hospital/University of Alabama at Birmingham, Combined Program in Ophthalmology, 1992-1993.

Outstanding Faculty Award, The Eye Foundation Hospital/University of Alabama at Birmingham, Combined Program in Ophthalmology, 1990-1991.


HONORS (continued)

Hezz M. Cox Award, American Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AERB), for greatest contribution by a nonrehabilitation specialist to visually impaired citizens of Alabama, 1986.

Fellow of the German Academy of Science, for the study of ocular trauma, Cologne, Germany, 1976.

State of Alabama Medical Scholarship, 1967-71.

Ranking second academically, sixth flying, among class of 75, U.S.A.F. pilot training, Vance Air Force Base, 1972

Graduation with Honors, Physics, Purdue University, 1967.

Ranking in highest 2% of college seniors in national G.R.E. examinations for graduate school admission, 1967.

Sigma Pi Sigma, National Physics Honor Society, 1967. President's Honor Award, Purdue University, 1966. Recipient, Merit Scholarship, Purdue University, 1964-67.

National Merit Scholar Finalist, 1962. Ranking in highest 1.5% of national high school seniors tested in the largest national scholarship competition.

PATENTS

“Macula cover and method”, U.S. Patent Number 6,886,565. issued May 3, 2005 “Apparatus for performing surgery inside the human retina using fluidic internal limiting membrane (ILM) separation (FILMS), U.S. Patent Number 6,210,357, issued April 3, 2001.

“Axillary Prone Position Support”, U.S. Patent Number 6,047,420, issued April 11, 2000.

“Fluidic Internal Limiting Membrane Separation (FILMS)”, U.S. Patent Number 6,024,719, issued February 15, 2000.

"Method and Apparatus for Ocular Perfusion", U.S. Patent Number 5,047,009, issued September 12, 1991.

"Method and Apparatus for Ocular Perfusion", U.S. Patent Number 5,032,111, issued July 16, 1991.

"Parallel Infusion Apparatus and Method", U.S. Patent Number 4,813,927, issued March 21, 1989.

"Method and Apparatus for Ocular Perfusion", U.S. Patent Number 4,900,301, issued February 13, 1989. "The Gibraltar, Combination Wrist and Head Rest" U.S. Patent Number D 264875. RESEARCH GRANTS

Total Garnered 1982-2009 Approximately $15.0 million as President of the Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education and as a clinical research associate.


NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE STUDIES

Principal Investigator – Regeneron VGTF-OD-0605: A Randomized, Double Masked, Active Controlled Phase III Study of Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Repeated Doses of Intravitreal VEGF Trap in Subjects with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration, July 2007 Investigator Perfluorocarbon Liquid (Infinitec, Inc.)

Investigator Richard James Silicone Oil (1991-1997) Investigator Grieshaber Retinal Tack Investigator Cooper Vision Retinal Tack SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR ARVO, Seattle, WA, May 4-7, 2013

• “Vitrectomy with Intentional Bullous Retinal Detachment to Mobilize and Move Recent Subfoveal Hemorrhage in Age-related Macular Degeneration.” Reddy, D., Oltmanns, M,. Sapp, M., Morris, R..

• “Postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis: Tap/inject versus sutureless vitrectomy.” Lindquist, P., Mason, L., Mason J., Mason, J., McGwin, G., Friedman, D., Oltmanns, M., Morris, R., Sapp, M., Witherspoon, CD., Dinsmore, A., Price, N.

ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 4 – 5, 2012

• “Maculopexy: A New Treatment for Diffuse Diabetic Macular Edema.” Morris, R., Oltmanns, M., Lewis, G., Sapp, M.

Emory Southeastern Vitreoretinal Conference, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, February 17, 2012

• “Laser Prophylaxis for Retinal Detachment.” Hsia, A., Morris, R., Sapp, M. UAB Annual Clinical and Research Symposium, Birmingham, AL, May 2011

• “Prophylactic Laser Treatment for Posterior Bullous Retinoschisis” Davis, G., Morris, R., Sapp, M., Parma, S.

Ophthalmic Anesthesiologist Society, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, September 2011

• “Helen Keller and her legacy today.” Kuhn, F., Morris, R. New England Society of Ophthalmology, Boston, MA, May 2011

• “The life of the vitreoretinal surgeon” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Closure of corneal wounds” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Management of the ruptured eye” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V.

2nd Congress on Controversial Issues in Ophthalmology, Barcelona, Spain, March 2011

• “Eyes with no light perception vision: Why not to enucleate” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Reconstruction of the ruptured eye”’ Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Traumatic endophthalmitis” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V.

42nd Annual Meeting, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology, Adelaide, Australia,

November 2010 • “Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: Vitrectomy or scleral buckling?” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V.

American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2010 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 2010

• “Prevalence and Severity of Autonomic Dysfunction in Diabetic Patients Presenting for Retinal Surgery.” Boyd, G., Stout, D., Morris, R., Witherspoon, CD., Vetter, T.


23rd Annual Congress, Chilean Society of Ophthalmology, La Serena, Chile, October 2010 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued)

• “Management of the ruptured eye” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. Cape Town Eye Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, October 2010

• “Management of eyes with expulsive choroidal hemorrhage” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V.

Pretoria Eye Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, October 2010 • “Management of eyes with expulsive choroidal hemorrhage” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V.

University Eye Clinic, Dresden, Germany, September 2010

• “Management of the eyes with intraocular foreign body injury” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. World Ophthalmology Congress, Berlin, Germany, June 2010

• “Counseling of the eye trauma victim” Kuhn, F., Morris, R. UAB Annual Clinical and Research Symposium, Birmingham, Alabama, May 2010

• “Treatment of Optic Pit Maculopathy” Fabrizio, M., Morris, R. Hospital Luis Sanchez Bulnes, Mexico City, Mexico, February 2010

• “Counseling of the eye trauma victim” Kuhn, F., Morris, R. Fernando Fonseca Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal, January 2010

• “Timing of surgery for ocular trauma” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Counseling of the eye trauma victim” Kuhn, F., Morris, R.

Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, January 2010

• “Ocular trauma pathophysiology and the BETT classification system” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester V. • “Timing of surgery for ocular trauma” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “IOFB injuries”, Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Counseling of the eye trauma victim” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V.

Annual Meeting, Retina Subspecialty Day, American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA,

October 2009 • “Management of the injured eye with no light perception” Kuhn, F., Morris, R.

Columbian Vitreoretinal Society, Cartagena, Columbia, September 2009

• “Optic pit-related macular detachment” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Macular edema: Laser? Intraocular injections? Surgery?” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Vitrectomy for Terson syndrome” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V.

Biannual Meeting, European Society of Ophthalmology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2009

• “Terson syndrome with macular involvement: indications and timing of surgery Treatment of the eye with optic-related macular detachment” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V.

Annual Clinical and Research Symposium, Birmingham, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, May 2009

• “Small Gauge Vitrectomy for Symptomatic Vitreous Floaters” Bains, K., Morris, R., Correnti, A

• “Optic Nerve Pit Maculopathy, Poster Presentation” Booth, B., Sapp, M, Morris, R.


Middle Eastern and African Council of Ophthalmology, Manama, Bahrain, April 2009

• “Timing of vitrectomy in eyes with severe trauma” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued) 10th Antwerp Vitreoretinal Course, Antwerp, Belgium, March 2009

• “The timing of surgery for the severely injured eye” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Prophylactic chorioretinectomy to prevent trauma-related proliferative vitreoretinopathy”

Kuhn, F., Schrader, W., Morris, R., Mester, V.

Annual Conference, San Pierre Hospital, Brussels, Belgium, March 2009 • “Counseling the patient with eye injury” Kuhn, F., Morris, R.

Maribor Trauma Cours, Maribor, Slovenia, January 2009

• “BETT, the international language of ocular traumatology” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “The OTS” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Epidemiology of severe ocular trauma” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “The timing of surgery for the severely injured eye” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Prophylactic chorioretinectomy to prevent trauma-related proliferative vitreoretinopathy” Kuhn, F., Schrader, W., Morris, R., Mester, V.

International course on the management of diseases of the vitreous and retina, Jagello University, Krakow,

Poland, December 2008 • “Treatment of optic pit-related retinal detachment” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Terson syndrome” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Management of eyes with severe edema” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V.

Vitreoretinal and Trauma Symposium, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospita, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 2008

• “Intraocular foreign bodies: An update” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Management of the eye with no light perception vision” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V.

Annual Congress, Argentinian Retina Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2008

• “Intraocular foreign bodies: An update” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Prophylactic chorioretinectomy to prevent trauma-related proliferative vitreoretinopathy”

Kuhn, F., Schrader, W., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Expulsive choroidal hemorrhage” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Removal techniques for the internal limiting membrane” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. • “Management of the eye with cystoid macular edema” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V.

3rd Erlangen Ophthalmology Symposium, Erlangen, Germany, October 2008

• “Prophylactic chorioretinectomy to prevent trauma-related proliferative vitreoretinopathy” Kuhn, F., Schrader, W., Morris, R., Mester, V.

Ravenna International Course in Ophthalmology, Ravenna, Italy 2008

• Management of the ruptured eye

Wilmer Resident and Nurse Conference, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD • Blinding ocular trauma in the USEIR

American Society of Anesthesiologist Orlando, Florida, October 2008

• PSV Pro® Eliminates the “Rocking Eye” during retinal surgery with LMA at Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama. Myra Aultman CRNA, Hayden Hughes, M.D., Robert Morris, M.D. and Gwendolyn L. Boyd, M.D.

Gonin Society, St. Morritz, Switzerland, September 2008


• The pathophysiology of the vitreoretinal interface in eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and its treatment implications

3rd Mediterranean Retina Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2008 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued)

• Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: Pathogenesis and its treatment implications • Prophylactic chorioretinectomy to prevent trauma-related proliferative vitreoretinopathy

EuRetina, Vienna, Austria, May 2008

• Management of the ruptured eye • Traumatic Endophthalmitis: Surgical treatment

ARVO Meeting, Ft .Lauderdale, Florida, May 2008

• Serious Eye Injuries in the elderly University of Alabama at Birmingham Annual Clinical and Research Symposium, Birmingham, Alabama, May 2008

• Temporary Keratoprosthesis in Vitrectomy for Advanced Endophthalmitis

American Academy of Ophthalmology Mid Year Forum, Washington DC, April 2008 • The epidemiology of serious eye injuries

1st International Trauma Conference, University of Cali, Cali, Colombia 2008 • BETT, the international language of ocular traumatology • The OTS • Counseling the eye injury victim • Management of eyes with no light perception vision

Postgraduate Course, Free State University, Bloemfontein, South Africa, March 2008

• Management of eyes with IOFB injury • Prophylaxis of PVR in severe trauma • The pathophysiology of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment • Management of the ruptured eye • No light perception vision after trauma: Don’t give it up!

New York Eye and Ear Hospital Trauma Day and Grand Rounds, New York, New York, January 2008 • Management of the ruptured eye • The acutely ruptured eye

American Society of Retina Specialists, Indian Wells, California, December 2007

• Vitreous Opacity Vitrectomy for Degenerative Vitreous Syndrome (DVS) – Let’s Talk About Floaters **Winner of the Buckler Award for Best Video**

13th Annual Trauma Symposium of the National Trauma Institute, San Antonio, TX, July 2007

• Scoring of the injured eye • Timing of reconstruction in ocular traumatology • Secondary reconstruction of the injured eye

27th Meeting of the PanAmerican Society of Ophthalmology, Cancun, Mexico, June 2007

• Timing and staging in eyes with open globe trauma • Surgery for eyes with perforating injury • Current issues in the management of patients with severe eye injury • Vitrectomy for severe macular edema

University of Alabama at Birmingham Annual Clinical and Research Symposium, Birmingham, Alabama,


May 2007 • Preventing Progression of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy with Silicone Oil

Annual Meeting, German Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons, Nurnberg, Germany, May 2007

• Management pearls in eyes with rupture ARVO Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May 2007

• The vitreoretinal interface in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment • Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: The vitreoretinal interface and its management

implications Porto Trauma Conference

• BETT, the international language of ocular traumatology • The Ocular Trauma Score • Counseling the eye trauma victim • The ruptured eye • Management of eyes with intraocular foreign body injury

Third International Retina Congress, Lodz, April 2007

• Removal of the ILM: Techniques, indications, results

Vail Vitrectomy, Vail, Colorado, February 2007 • Peeling of the internal limiting membrane: New forceps, new methods • Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: The vitreoretinal interface and its management

implications American Society of Anesthesiologists, Birmingham, Alabama, October 2007

• Endophthalmitis Following Cataract Surgery in a Pacemaker Patient. Gwendolyn L. Boyd, M.D., Myra Aultman, CRNA, Hayden Hughes, M.D., Robert Morris, M.D.

Uniformed Health Services, Walter Reed Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland, January 2007

• BETT, the new language of ocular trauma • The Ocular Trauma Score • Counseling the eye trauma victim • Management of eyes with no light perception vision • Prophylaxis or post-injury proliferative vitreoretinopathy • Management of eyes with intraocular foreign body injury

American Academy of Ophthalmology, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2006

• Update in Management of Posterior Segment Ocular Trauma – Counseling the Patient and Family

• A New Treatment for Retinal Detachment Prevention: IDO Laser Cerclage • Intraocular Foreign Body Injuries: An Update • The United States Eye Injury Registry

Injury Control Research Center Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, July 2006

• Serious eye injuries in the elderly VII International Symposium on Ocular Trauma, Rome, Italy, June/July 2006

• Management of eyes with no light perception • Management pearls for eyes with severe trauma • Epidemiology and management of IOFBS: a case series • Clinical epidemiology of eye injuries involving the posterior segment in the elderly • Ocular trauma in patients 60 years of age and over • Ocular trauma sustained during sport activities • Eye Injuries in the elderly


• Eye injuries in sports 2nd Mediterranean Retina Meeting, Antalya, Turkey, June 2006

• Internal limiting membrane removal for clinically significant macular edema SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued) 2nd Red Sea International Conference, Eilat, Israel, May, 2006

• Prevention of proliferative vitreoretinopathy in severe ocular trauma

Vision 20/20 National Conference, Kuwait City, Kuwait, May, 2006 • BETT, the international language of ocular traumatology • The Ocular Trauma Score • Counseling the eye injury victim and the family

• Principles in the management of IOFB trauma

University of Alabama at Birmingham Annual Clinical and Research Symposium, Birmingham, Alabama, May 2006

• “Subsequent Retinal Tears Following Treatment of Acute Retinal Tears”, Presentation

Annual Meeting, Iranian Society of Ophthalmology, Tehran, Iran, December 2005 • Prevention of proliferative vitreoretinopathy in severe open globe injuries

West Virginia University Eye Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, November 2005

• A proactive approach to severe, proliferation-prone injuries • Intraocular foreign bodies

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, November 2005

• Management of eyes with corneal trauma • Controversies in the management of eyes with serious trauma • Treatment of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment • Timing of intervention for the traumatized eye • Treatment of traumatic endophthalmitis

Madison Society of Ophthalmology, Madison, Wisconsin, November 2005

• Proactive treatment for eyes with injuries with high proliferative vitreoretinopathy rates China, October 2005

• Ocular Trauma Update, Tong-Ren Hospital • Retinal Detachment Prophylaxis, Tong-Ren Hospital • Macular Diseases, Xian and Shanghai Symposiums

Annual Meeting, Hungarian Retina Society 2005

• Vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane removal for macular edema American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago, Illinois, October 2005

• Intraocular Foreign Body Injuries: An Update • Maintaining Function in the Pre-Phthisical Eye • Surgery for NLP Eyes • The Role of USEIR / ASOT in the Field of Eye Trauma • Treatment of Traction Maculopathy • Management of the prepthisical eye • Traction maculopathies


European and German Societies of Ophthalmology Joint Meeting, Berlin, Germany, September 2005 • Epidemiology and prevention of intraocular foreign body injuries • Posterior segment intraocular foreign bodies: surgical techniques • Terminology of ocular trauma • Perforating injuries

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued)

ASRS Meeting, Montreal, Canada, July 2005 • The Relationship Between Foveal Thickness and Critical Print Size in Patients with Idiopathic

Macular Pucker • A proactive treatment approach to eyes with severe injuries • Indocyanine Green Dye-Viscoelastic Mixture for Staining of the ILM During Macular Hole

Surgery

Southeastern Eye Meeting, San Destin, Florida, July 2005 • The United States Eye Injury Registry • Prevention of PVR in severe ocular trauma

European Society of VitreoRetinal Surgeons, Orebro, Sweden, June 2005

• Vitrectomy for optic pit-related retinal detachment • ILM removal indications and techniques • Hemorrhagic macular cysts in Terson syndrome • The FILMS procedure for atraumatic ILM removal

ARVO Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 2005

• Pars Plana Vitrectomy (PPV), Lensectomy (PPL), Scleral-Sutured Intraocular Lens (SSIOL) and

• Indirect Ophthalmoscopy Laser Cerclage (IDOLC) Prophylaxis for Subluxed Lens in Marfan Syndrome Patients

• A Proactive Treatment Approach for Eyes with Perforating, Rupture, or Deep-Impact Intraocular Foreign Body Injury

• Comparing the MNREAD Continuous Text Reading Score With Snellen Acuity in Assessing Visual Impairment in Patients Undergoing Macular Pucker Surgery

• Resolution of Vitreomacular Traction and Cystoid Macular Edema by Intravitreal Injection of Triamcinolone

European VitreoRetinal Society, Orebro, Sweden, June 2005

• Results and complications of vitrectomy and internal limiting membrane removal in the treatment of macular edema

• Vitrectomy for optic pit-related retinal detachment

Annual Meeting, Hungarian Ophthalmological Society, Szeged, Hungary, June 2005 • A new treatment approach to eyes with perforating injuries

Bausch and Lomb Scientific Meeting, Kiev, Ukraine, April 2005

• Vitrectomy of primary retinal detachment

Annual Meeting, Ophthalmological Society of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 2005 • Suturing Corneal and Scleral Wounds • Controversies in the Management of Eye Injuries • Surgery on the macular surface

Annual Meeting, Ophthalmological Society of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa, March 2005

• Intraocular foreign bodies: Current concepts


• Management of eyes with Perforating Injuries • Suturing Corneal and Scleral Wounds

Epidemiology course, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, November 2004

• Epidemiology of serious eye injuries

American Academy of Ophthalmology, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2004 • Management of eyes with perforating injuries

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued) Bausch and Lomb Scientific Forum, Rackeve, Hungary, October 2004

• Management of eyes with postoperative endophthalmitis

13th Annual Meeting Mediterranean Society of Ophthalmology, Antalya, Turkey, October 2004 • BETT, the new language of ocular trauma • Management of eyes with traumatic cataract • Management of eyes with ruptures

4th Annual Meeting European VitreoRetinal Society, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2004 • Internal limiting membrane removal for refractory macular edema

Annual Meeting, Italian Society of Ocular Trauma, Milan, Italy, September 2004 • Epidemiology of pediatric eye injuries

XIIIth Regional Meeting, Pan-American Ocular Trauma Society, LaPaz, Bolivia, August 2004

• The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT) system • Management of eyes with trauma to posterior segment structures • Treatment of macular edema • Counseling of the eye disease patient

Regional Trauma Meeting, Adana University, Adana, Turkey, June 2004

• The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT) system • Counseling the patient with serious eye injury • Treatment strategies in ocular trauma

Pole to Pole Surgery, Ravenna, Italy, June 2004

• Intraocular foreign bodies: current concepts • Perforating injuries

Hungarian Society of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, June 2004 • Modern ocular traumatology

Yale University Trauma Symposium, New Have, Connecticut, Mary 2004

• The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT) system • Counseling the patient with serious eye injury • The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) • Epidemiology of serious eye injuries • Management of eyes with traumatic holes • Traumatic retinal detachment

Vail Vitrectomy Meeting, Vail, Colorado, March 2004

• Internal limiting membrane removal for clinically significant macular edema • The ruptured eye

American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, November 2003


• Fluidic internal limiting membrane separation in macular hole and macular pucker

Mini-Symposium: New developments in vitreoretinal surgery; actual vitreoretinal problems; ocular trauma, Bratislava, Slovakia, September 2003

• The posterior-anterior vitrectomy technique

Pole to Pole Surgery, Ravenna, Italy, September 2003 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued)

• Management of eyes with hyphema • Internal limiting membrane removal indications and techniques

Annual Meeting, Italian Society of Ocular Trauma, Florence, Italy, June 2003

• The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT) system • The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS)

Annual Meeting, Croatian Society of Ophthalmology, Rovinj, Croatia, May 2003 • The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT) system • The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS)

Annual Meeting, Ophthalmological Society of South Africa, Durban, South Africa, March 2003

• Current concepts in the management of patients with intraocular foreign bodies • The internal limiting membrane: removal indications and techniques

Grand Rounds, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, January 2003

• Principles in the management of serious eye injury • Current concepts in the management of patients with intraocular foreign bodies

HealthSouth Ophthalmology Update, Birmingham, Alabama, October 2002

• Management of eyes with no light perception initial vision

American Society of Retinal Surgeons and Retinal Society Joint Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 2002

• Laser cerclage prophylaxis against retinal detachment in bilateral pseudophakia • Fluidic internal limiting membrane separation (FILMS) in macular hole and macular pucker

Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, Sandestin, Florida, July 2002

• Primary vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment Endotamponades and intraocular substances in vitreoretinal surgery 2002

• Management of eyes with traumatic macular holes • The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT) system • Management of intraocular foreign body injuries • Principles in the management of serious eye injuries • The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) • Management of patients with traumatic cataract

35th Panhellenic Ophthalmological Meeting, Chalkidiki, Greece, June 2002

• Management of eyes with macular holes Annual Meeting, Chicago Ophthalmological Society, Chicago, Illinois, June 2002

• Ocular trauma today (Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness Lecture) • Vitrectomy for endophthalmitis


• The traction maculopathies 2nd Annual Meeting, European VitreoRetinal Society, Chalcidiki, Greece, June 2002

• Expulsive choroidal hemorrhage in the phacoemulsification era • Indirect ophthalmoscopic laser cerclage prophylaxis for fellow eyes with pseudophakic retinal

detachment 20th Singapore-Malaysia Joint Meeting in Ophthalmology, Singapore, May 2002

• The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT) system: Classifying eye injuries SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued)

• The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS): Early prognostication of eye injuries • Controversies in the management of eye injuries • Eye injury epidemiology: The United States and Hungarian Eye Injury Registries • Management of intraocular foreign body injuries

29th Conference, International Council of Ophthalmology, Sydney, Australia, April 2002 • BETT, the standardized terminology of eye injuries • OTS, an objective method to prognosticate the outcome of a seriously injured eye • Intraocular foreign bodies: current concepts

Training School, European Vitreoretinal Society, Bremen, Germany, April 2002

• Internal limiting membrane removal for eyes without a macular hole • Internal limiting membrane removal for idiopathic macular holes • Internal limiting membrane removal for traumatic macular holes • Primary vitrectomy for retinal detachment • The posterior hyaloid face, epimacular proliferations, and the internal limiting membrane • BETT, the standardized language of ocular trauma • OTS: prognosticating the outcome of a serious injury • Trauma management principles • IOFBs: current concepts

Grand Rounds, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, April 2002 • The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT) system: Classifying eye injuries • The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS): Early prognostication of eye injuries • Management of eyes with intraocular foreign bodies • Internal limiting membrane removal for eyes with traumatic macular holes • Ocular trauma: management principles

6th Congress of the Spanish Vitreoretinal Society, San Sebastian, Spain, March 2002

• Pneumatic maculopexy for diabetic cystoid macular edema • BETT, the new terminology of ocular traumatology and the Ocular Trauma Score • Management of eyes with traumatic macular holes

Macular Degeneration Seminar, Sponsored by the International Retinal Research Foundation, Birmingham, Alabama, March 2002

• Clinical Aspects of Macular Degeneration

Annual Scientific Meeting, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida, February 2002 • Internal limiting membrane removal indications and techniques

Southeastern Vitreoretinal Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2002

• Pneumatic maculopexy for diabetic cystoid macular edema

Annual Meeting, All-India Ophthalmology Society, Ahmedabad, India, January 2002 • Management of eyes with expulsive choroidal hemorrhage


• Epimacular proliferation and the internal limiting membrane - differential diagnosis and management

Annual Meeting, Vitreous Society, Puerto Rico, November, 2001

• The United States Eye Injury Registry (USIER) introduces internet online reporting • Vitrectomy for vitreomacular traction syndrome •


Annual Meeting, American Academy of Ophthalmology, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2001 • Postoperative Endophthalmitis: Prevention and Treatment • Visualization in Ocular Trauma • Management of Eyes with Intraocular Foreign Bodies (IOFB): Current Concepts • The Posterior Hyaloid, Epimacular Proliferations, and the Internal Limiting Membrane:

Differential Diagnosis and Management • Fluidic internal limiting membrane separation in macular hole and macular pucker

European VitreoRetinal Society Annual Meeting, Biarritz, France, October 2001

• Primary vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment • The P/A vitrectomy technique

Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sandestin, Florida, July 2001

• Internal limiting membrane removal for traumatic macular holes • The United States Eye Injury Registry

Resident’s Conference, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, June 2001 • Internal limiting membrane removal for traumatic macular holes

Southern Retina Study Group, Houston, Texas, May 2001 • Internal limiting membrane removal for traumatic macular holes

ARVO Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, April 2001 • Exhibit: Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education • Internal limiting membrane removal for traumatic macular holes • Changing patterns of eye injuries with age

Annual Meeting, Vitreous Society, Cancun, Mexico, January 2001

• Internal limiting membrane removal for traumatic macular holes surgery • Scientific exhibit: The United States Eye Injury Registry

Retina 2001 Meeting, Maui, Hawaii, January 2001

• Macular Pucker: A New Treatment Paradigm • Vitrectomy and Endophthalmitis

Thirty-Third Annual Scientific Session, The Retina Society, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2000

• Forceps Removal of ILM in Macular Hole: The Key Hole and Apple Peeling Techniques

Retina Society Annual Meeting, Coral Gables, Florida, November 2000 • Forceps removal of the internal limiting membrane in macular hole: the keyhole and apple

peeling techniques Grand Rounds, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Ophthalmology, Birmingham, Alabama, November 2000

• Macular Surgery: New Approaches


Annual Meeting, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Dallas, Texas, October 2000

• Surgery-Macular Holes and Macular Puckers • The United States Eye Injury Registry • Epidemiology of eye injuries in the elderly • Video Panel: ILM Peeling: How Do We Do It? • Management of Eyes with Intraocular Foreign Bodies (IOFB): Current Concepts


• Postoperative Endophthalmitis: Prevention and Treatment • Surgical Repair of the Injured Eye with NLP Initial Vision • ICG Use in Macular Surgery (Alcon & Zeiss)

5TH International Symposium on Ocular Trauma, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 2000

• The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) • Intraocular Foreign Bodies • Trauma Course: Management of Globe Injuries: A Comprehensive Review • Management of Traumatic Endophthalmitis • Counseling of the Eye Trauma Victim and the family • Internal Limiting Membrane Removal for Traumatic Macular Holes • Cyclodialysis Cleft • The Severely Injured Eye • Epidemiology of Eye Injuries in the Elderly

Alabama Academy of Opthalmology Annual Meeting, Point Clear, Alabama, June 2000

• The Ocular Trauma Score • The United States Eye Injury Registry

Annual Clinical and Research Symposium, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Ophthalmology, Birmingham, Alabama, May 2000

• Penetrating Keratoplasty after Temporary Keratoprosthesis and Posterior Segment Surgery • Marfan’s Syndrome: A Surgical Approach • Evaluation of Serious Eye Injuries Caused by Pressurized Bottles

ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 2000

• Poster: Macular Hole Repair in eyes with Concomitant Retinal Detachment Due to Peripheral Retinal Tears

Vail Vitrectomy, Vail Colorado, March 2000

• Pneumatic Maculopexy (PMx) • Traction Maculopathy

Scientific Seminar, UAB Center for Aging, Birmingham, Alabama, February 2000

• Epidemiology of serious eye injuries and the Ocular Trauma Score Grand Rounds, American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, February 2000

• Sports-related eye injuries

Annual Meeting, Southeastern Vitreoretinal Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2000 • Internal Limiting Membrane Removal for Traction Maculopathy

Grand Rounds, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 2000

• Epidemiology of serious eye injuries • The BETT • Management of intraocular foreign bodies


• Internal limiting membrane removal for traumatic macular holes

Retina 2000 - Meeting, Maui, Hawaii, January 2000 • Vitrectomy for Pseudophakic Retinal Detachment • Treatment of Macular Detachment Associated with Optic Nerve Pits • Hypotony: Closure of Cyclodialysis Cleft


Medical University of South Carolina, Storm Eye Institute, Charleston, South Carolina, December 1999

• Traction Maculopathy • Traumatic endophthalmitis • Management principles in ocular trauma • Prophylaxis of retinal detachment

Annual Meeting, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Orlando, Florida, October 1999

• Postoperative endophthalmitis: prevention and treatment • Can We Prevent Retinal Detachment in High Risk Eyes? • Intraoperative expulsive choroidal hemorrhage: And now what? • Controversies in ocular trauma management • Membrane dissection techniques • Indirect ophthalmoscope laser cerclage prophylaxis of retinal detachment • Epidemiology of serious sports injuries

Annual Meeting, The Vitreous Society, Rome, Italy, September 1999

• Fluidic Internal Limiting Membrane Separation (FILMS) Video

Annual Meeting, Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, Sandestin, Florida, August 1999 • New Approaches to Macular Surgery

XII Congress of the European Society of Ophthalmology, Stockholm, Sweden, June 1999

• Chairman, Ocular Trauma Symposium • Vitrectomy Management of Ocular Trauma • Traumatic Endophthalmitis

ARVO, Annual meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 1999

• An update of the epidemiology of serious eye injuries from the United States Eye Injury Registry

• Indirect ophthalmoscopic laser cerclage as prophylaxis for post-operative retinal detachment in macular hole surgery

• Internal limiting membrane removal in the management of idiopathic macular hole

Retina 99’ Meeting, Maui, Hawaii, January 1999 • Treatment of traction maculopathies • Reconstruction of the eye using a temporary keratoprosthesis • Vented gas forced infusion in vitreoretinal surgery • Prophylaxis of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Annual Meeting, American Academy of Ophthalmology, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1998

• Postoperative endophthalmitis: prevention and treatment The Retina Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, September, 1998

• Fluidic Internal Limiting Membrane Separation (FILMS): A substantial advance in surgery for traction maculopathy


Annual Meeting, Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, Destin, Florida, August 1998 • Endophthalmitis: management concepts

1998 Alcon Retinal Symposium, Napa Valley, California, August 1998 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued)

• ILM Removal for Macular Hole Surgery

Vitreous Society Annual Meeting, Ketchikan, Alaska, July, 1998 • Fluidic Internal Limiting Membrane Separation (FILMS)

International Congress of Ophthalmology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 1998

• Postoperative endophthalmitis: Current concepts and management • Internal limiting membrane removal IILM maculorhexis) in the management of stage II-IV idiopathic

macular holes • The no light perception eye and temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy • Posttraumatic endophthalmitis: management concepts

ARVO, Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 1998

• Internal limiting membrane removal (ILM maculorhexis) in the management of idiopathic macular holes

• Analysis of serious eye injuries in the United States Eye Injury Registry (USEIR) and the Hungarian Eye Injury Registry (HEIR)

• Initial findings in the development of the Ocular Trauma Score (ITS) Lecture, 301 Military Hospital, Beijing, China, March, 1998

• Overview of ocular trauma: Epidemiology and management Symposium for University Ophthalmology Faculty of Beijing, Beijing, China, March 1998

• The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT) • Open globe trauma • Traction maculopathy surgical treatment

Trauma Conference, Tong Ren Eye and ENT Hospital, Beijing, China, 1998

• Vitrectomy for serious ocular trauma Vitreoretinal Symposium, Shanghai Vitreoretinal Institute, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, China, March, 1998

• Treatment of severe endophthalmitis using the Temporary Keratoprosthesis Vitrectomy • Management of hemorrhagic macular cysts in Terson’s syndrome • Traumatic Macular hole surgery and treatment • Vitrectomy for serious ocular trauma • Management of intraocular foreign bodies

Annual Meeting Southern Medical Association, Charleston, North Carolina, November, 1997

• Retina and vitreous trauma • The United States Eye Injury Registry • Eye injury epidemiology

American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, October, 1997

• Updated classification of trauma • Intraocular foreign body management: Are you for myths or truths? • Prevention and therapy of traumatic bacillus endophthalmitis


Annual Meeting of the Panhellenic Ophthalmic Society, Kos, Greece, September, 1997

• Management of hemorrhagic cysts in Terson’s Syndrome • The foveal internal limiting membrane

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued) Trauma Symposium, Wurzburg, Germany, September, 1997

• Management of macular holes 5th International Congress of the Bietti Foundation, Rome, Italy, September, 1997

• Management of intraoperative expulsive choroidal hemorrhage during anterior segment surgery 2nd International Symposium on Experimental and Clinical Ocular Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics Munich, Germany, September, 1997

• Retinal toxicity caused by prophylactic injection of subconjunctival gentamycin after cataract surgery • Laryngeal mask airway(LMA) in vitreoretinal surgery • Intravitreal antibiotics and complete vitrectomy in the management of postoperative endophthalmitis

Annual Meeting, Retina Society, Vancouver, Canada, September, 1997

• Internal limiting maculorhexis in the management of macular holes International Ocular Trauma Course, Monteray, Mexico, August, 1997

• Terminology and classification of eye injuries • Management of subretinal and suprachoroidal hemorrhages

XIth Biannual Meeting, European Society of Ophthalmology, Budapest, Hungary, June, 1997

• Terson’s syndrome: long-term prognosis and implications • Intraocular foreign bodies: Myths and truths • The Ocular Trauma Score • Update on ocular terminology: BETT • Early vitrectomy in the management of traumatic endophthalmitis • Temporary keratoprosthesis

Alabama Athletic Trainers Association Annual Meeting, Gulf Shores, Alabama, May, 1997

• The eye: What you don’t see Alabama College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Perdido Beach, Alabama, May, 1997

• Saving severely injured eyes despite no light perception initial vision ARVO, Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May, 1997

• Visual problems and pathological findings among football players: An epidemiological study • The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS): Developmental considerations and

preliminary findings Annual Meeting, Vitreoretinal Society of India, Bombay, India, February, 1997

• Spontaneous hydraulic ILM removal in Terson’s syndrome: long-term prognosis and implications • ILM maculorhexis in vitrectomy for traction maculopathy

55th Annual Meeting, All-India Society of Ophthalmology, Delhi, India, February, 1997

• Expulsive choroidal hemorrhage: prevention and management 4th International Symposium on Ocular Trauma, Bombay, India, February, 1997

• Management of intraocular foreign bodies • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy


Annual Meeting, Vitreous Society, Cancun, Mexico, December, 1996

• Preventive and therapeutic vitrectomy for Bacillus endophthalmitis SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued) A Tribute to Dr. Relja Zivojnovic, Antwerp, Belgium, November, 1996

• The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology system • Management of eyes with no light perception vision

New approaches in the diagnosis and therapy of macular diseases, University Eye Hospital, Leipzig, Germany,

November, 1996 • Spontaneous hydraulic ILM removal in Terson’s syndrome; long-term prognosis and implications • ILM maculorhexis in vitrectomy for traction Maculopathy

American Academy of Ophthalmology Centennial Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October, 1996

• Trauma involving the post-surgical eye • Expulsive choroidal hemorrhage: Can you handle it? • Intraocular foreign body management: Are you for myths or truths?

XXth Meeting of the Club Jules Gonin, 29th Annual Scientific Session of the Retina Society, Bern,

Switzerland, September, 1996 • Management of severe ocular trauma by temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy • Epidemiology of serious eye injuries: the United States Eye Injury Registry

International Ocular Trauma Conference, Zheng-Zhou, China, September, 1996

• General management principles in the management of the injured eye • Closure of traumatic wounds • Management of eyes with no light perception vision • Management of eyes with traumatic retinal detachment • Management of eyes with intraocular foreign bodies

Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, Birmingham, Alabama, August, 1996

• Rehabilitation after vision loss

Association of the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, St. Louis, Missouri, July, 1996 Chairman, Session on Medical Aspects of Visual Loss

• Retinal disease and eye injury Eye Foundation Hospital Alumni Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama, May, 1996

• Vitrectomy for optic pit macular detachment • Terminology of eye injuries • Management of traumatized eyes with no light perception initial vision

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, April,

1996 • Epidemiology of serious eye injuries in the United States Eye Injury Registry and the Hungarian

Eye Injury Registry • Development of an Ocular Trauma Score: Preliminary report

Ocular Trauma Course, Harkany, Hungary, April, 1996

• Terminology of eye injuries • Epidemiology of ocular trauma • Strategic thinking in the management of eye injuries


• Management of scleral staphyloma • Vitrectomy in the management of eye injuries • Management of traumatic suprachoroidal hemorrhages


• Comprehensive management of traumatic endophthalmitis • Management of intraocular foreign bodies • Management of eyes with no light perception vision

Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Grand Rounds, Melbourne, Australia, February, 1996

• A new system of ocular trauma terminology • Ocular trauma: Management principles

3rd World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control, Melbourne, Australia, February, 1996 • A new system of ocular trauma terminology: why is it necessary? • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy for visual rehabilitation following severe ocular trauma

Southeastern Vitreoretinal Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1996

• A new terminology of eye injuries Southern Medical Association Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, November, 1995

• Epidemiology of serious eye injuries: The United States Eye Injury Registry Annual Meeting, Venezuelan Society of Ophthalmology, Caracas, Venezuela, November, 1995

• Management of endophthalmitis • Management of anterior segment trauma • Management of posterior segment trauma • Intraocular foreign bodies: Myths and facts

Annual Meeting, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 1995 • Management of intraocular and orbital foreign bodies • Expulsive choroidal hemorrhage: Can you handle it? • Bacillus endophthalmitis • The United States Eye Injury Registry

Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 1995

• Xanthomonas maltophilia endophthalmitis after cataract extraction Retina Society 28th Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September, 1995

• Management of severely injured eyes with opaque media and no light perception Annual Meeting of the Vitreous Society, London, United Kingdom, August, 1995

• Vitrectomy for optic pit macular detachment • Epidemiology of serious eye injuries: The United States Eye Injury Registry

Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, Panama City, Florida, July, 1995

• Epidemiology of ocular trauma • Traumatic endophthalmitis; current concepts

Xth Congress of the European Society of Ophthalmology, Milan, Italy, June, 1995

• Prognostic value of no light perception vision in the immediate postinjury period • Intraocular foreign bodies: Myths and facts

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May, 1995


• Vitrectomy for Terson’s syndrome: Indications and results SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued)

• Reconstruct or remove the injured eye: The significance of light perception versus no light perception initial vision

American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, October 30-November 3, 1994

• No light perception: An unreliable indicator early post injury (Paper) • Management of intraocular and orbital foreign bodies (Course) • Expulsive choroidal hemorrhages: Can you handle it? • The 20/100 surprise: Poor vision after cataract surgery

First International Ocular Trauma Course, Pécs, Hungary, August, 1994

• The significance of no light perception vision • Management of suprachoroidal hemorrhage • Management of intraocular foreign bodies • Management of glaucoma and Hypotony • Uveitis and sympathetic ophthalmia • Management of scleral staphyloma • Controversies in the management of eye injuries • General management principles • Management of hyphema • Injuries of the retina and vitreous • Traumatic endophthalmitis • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy • Management of proliferative vitreoretinopathy

International Congress of the Hungarian Ophthalmological Society, Pécs, Hungary, August 1994

• The surprise of poor vision after cataract surgery: what went wrong? • Intraoperative expulsive choroidal hemorrhage: now or never • Postoperative endophthalmitis: current concepts

International Congress on Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Montreal, Canada, July, 1994

• Management of intraoperative expulsive choroidal hemorrhage 27th International Congress of Ophthalmology, Toronto, Canada, June, 1994

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy for severe ocular trauma • Management of hemorrhagic macular cysts in Terson’s syndrome • No light perception vision in the immediate post-injury period is an unreliable prognostic

marker The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, Florida, May 1994

• Baseball-related ocular trauma (Poster) • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy for severe ocular trauma • A new system of ocular trauma terminology

Sports Medicine Conference, American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, April, 1994

• Eye injuries in sports ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts, April, 1994

• A high definition 3-D symposium of anterior segment surgery


SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued) 3rd International Symposium on Ocular Trauma, Cancun, Mexico, March, 1994 Co-Chairman, Reconstructive Surgery of the Posterior Segment, United States, Dr. Robert Morris

• Management of hemorrhagic macular cysts in trauma-related Terson's syndrome • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy for severely damaged eyes • Frequent "eye-Checks" for early detection of post-traumatic endophthalmitis • A new system of ocular terminology • The good, the bad and the clumsy: instruments for intraocular foreign body removal • Surgical management of traumatic scleral staphylomas • Epidemiology of baseball-related serious eye injuries

American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois , November, 1993

• Management of combined anterior/posterior segment trauma (Course) • Management of intraocular and orbital foreign bodies (Course) • Expulsive choroidal hemorrhages: Can you handle it? • United States Eye Injury Registry (Scientific Exhibit)

Retina Update on Ocular Trauma, The Center for Retina Vitreous Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee, October, 1993

• Significance of no light perception vision in the immediate post injury period • Principles of ocular trauma management • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy

Annual Meeting, Atlantic Vitreoretinal Surgery Study Group, Baltimore, Maryland, October, 1993

• Intraoperative expulsive choroidal hemorrhage: Now what? Retina Society 26th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 28-October 3, 1993

• Hemorrhagic cysts in Terson's syndrome: Implications for macular surgery First International Symposium Ophthalmology Bordeaux '93, Bordeaux, France, September, 1993 Chairman, Pediatric Surgery Section, United States, Dr. Robert Morris

• Epidemiology of pediatric injuries from the Eye Injury Registry of Alabama (EIRA) • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy in combined anterior / posterior segment trauma • Hemorrhagic cysts in Terson's syndrome: Implications for macular surgery

Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Innsbruck, Austria, September, 1993

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy 2nd International Retina Workshop, Pécs, Hungary, August, 1993

• Vitrectomy management of Terson’s syndrome • Epidemiology of motor vehicle crash-related serious eye injuries

Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, Panama City, Florida, August, 1993

• Hemorrhagic cysts in Terson’s syndrome: Implications for macular surgery • Temporary keratoprosthesis (TKP) vitrectomy for endophthalmitis

Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology, Caracas, Venezuela, July, 1993

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy in combined anterior/posterior segment trauma • Temporary keratoprosthesis (TKP) vitrectomy for endophthalmitis


SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued) International Conference on Cornea, Eye Banking, and External Diseases, Jerusalem, Israel, June, 1993

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy for severe ocular trauma Second World Congress on Injury Control, Atlanta, Georgia, May, 1993

• Serious ocular injuries caused by nonpowder guns Eye Foundation Hospital Alumni Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama, May, 1993

• Hemorrhagic cysts in Terson’s syndrome: Implications for macular surgery • Postoperative endophthalmitis in the monocular patient resulting from prosthesis contamination • Must all ferrous intraocular foreign bodies be removed?

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, Florida, May, 1993

• Epidemiology and final visual outcome of serious eye injuries of the elderly • Ocular trauma terminology; are we speaking the same language? • The effect of gender on serious eye injury

Trauma Conference, Tong Ren Eye and ENT Hospital, Beijing, China, April, 1993

• Removal of magnetic posterior segment intraocular foreign bodies; instrumentation and techniques 2nd International Ocular Trauma Conference, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China, April, 1993 Co-Chairman, Ocular Trauma, United States, Dr. Robert Morris

• Epidemiology of serious eye injuries: The United States Eye Injury Registry (USEIR) • Epidemiology and final visual outcome of serious eye injuries of the elderly • Epidemiology of pediatric injuries from the Eye Injury Registry of Alabama (EIRA) • An analysis of serious ocular fireworks injuries • Eye injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes • Expulsive choroidal hemorrhage • Accidental intraocular injection of steroids; treatment and prognosis • Ocular trauma terminology; are we speaking the same language? • Management of acutely injured eyes with no light perception vision; is primary enucleation indicated? • Strategies in ocular trauma management • Closure of corneal/scleral wounds • Reconstruction of the injured anterior segment • Removal of magnetic posterior segment intraocular foreign bodies; instrumentation and techniques • Do we have to remove every ferrous intraocular foreign body? • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy in combined anterior/posterior segment trauma • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy for endophthalmitis • Reconstruction of an eye with large intraocular foreign body • Management of a traumatically dislocated lens into the suprachoroidal space • Management of giant retinal tears, subretinal scars, and subretinal hemorrhage

Annual Meeting, Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology, Chattanooga, Tennessee, April, 1993

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy in combined anterior/posterior segment trauma Southern Vitreoretinal Surgery Group, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 1993

• Hemorrhagic macular cysts in Terson’s syndrome Alabama Optometric Association Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama, February, 1993

• Management of macular holes Annual Meeting, Atlantic Vitreoretinal Surgery Study Group, Baltimore, Maryland, December, 1992

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy in combined anterior and posterior segment trauma


SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AS PRIMARY PRESENTOR OR CO-AUTHOR (continued) Southern Medical Association, 86th Annual Scientific Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, November, 1992

• Vitrectomy for Terson’s syndrome Annual Meeting, Alabama Optometric Association, Birmingham, Alabama, November, 1992

• Advances in vitreoretinal surgery American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, November, 1992

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy in combined anterior/posterior segment trauma (Teaching Course)

• Management of intraocular and orbital foreign bodies (Teaching Cose) Annual Meeting, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Portland, Oregon, October, 1992

• Epidemiology of motor vehicle crash-related serious eye injuries Welsh Cataract Congress, Houston, Texas, September, 1992

• The challenge of intraoperative expulsive choroidal hemorrhage Annual Meeting, Hungarian Ophthalmological Society, Gyor, Hungary, September, 1992

• Management of severely injured eyes with no light perception vision: Is primary enucleation indicated?

• Management of intraocular foreign bodies • Expulsive choroidal hemorrhage: Can you handle it?

Retina Society Annual Meeting, New York, New York, September, 1992

• Epidemiology and treatment of expulsive choroidal hemorrhage German Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Heidelberg, Germany, September, 1992

• Perspectives on ocular trauma • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy in combined anterior/posterior segment trauma • Removal of magnetic posterior segment intraocular foreign bodies: Instrumentation and techniques

Club Jules Gonin, Vienna, Austria, September, 1992

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy in combined anterior/posterior segment trauma Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, Panama City, Florida, August, 1992

• Vitrectomy for Terson’s syndrome • Temporary keratoprosthesis (TKP) vitrectomy in the management of severe ocular trauma • Temporary keratoprosthesis (TKP) vitrectomy for endophthalmitis

Vitreoretinal Surgery Course of the German Retina Society, Essen, Germany, July, 1992

• Vitrectomy treatment of the traumatized eye Bascom Palmer Eye Institute 28th Annual Residents' Days Meeting, Miami, Florida, June, 1992

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy (TKP) in the management of severe ocular trauma The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, Florida, May 1992

• United States Eye Injury Registry (Exhibit) • Eye injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes (Poster)

Eye Foundation Hospital Alumni Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama, May, 1992 • Epidemiology of motor vehicle-related eye injuries



• Shall we enucleate all severely traumatized eyes with no light perception vision? • Expulsive choroidal hemorrhage

American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, April, 1992

• Management of patients with Terson's syndrome (vitreous hemorrhage) following subarachnoid hemorrhage

Second International Symposium on Ocular Trauma, Geneva, Switzerland, April, 1992 Co-Chairman - Foreign Bodies Section R.E. Morris USA K.H. Packo USA

• United States Eye Injury Registry • Epidemiology of serious eye injuries of the elderly • Expulsive choroidal hemorrhage • Pathology of no light perception eyes enucleated for severe trauma • Accidental intraocular injection of steroids: Treatment and prognosis • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy for endophthalmitis • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy in combined anterior and posterior segment trauma

Machemer Society Annual Meeting, Napa Valley, California, March, 1992

• Temporary for keratoprosthesis vitrectomy endophthalmitis Annual Meeting, Student’s Scientific Forum, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, March, 1992

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy for endophthalmitis Southeastern Vitreoretinal Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1992

• Management of expulsive choroidal hemorrhage

Southern Medical Association 85th Annual Scientific Assembly, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 1991 • Epidemiology of more than 2,500 serious eye injuries: The United States Eye Injury Registry

Atlantic Vitreoretinal Surgery Study Group Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, November 1-2, 1991

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy for advanced bacterial endophthalmitis

American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1991 Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, October, 1991 • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy in combined anterior/posterior segment trauma (Course) • Expulsive choroidal hemorrhage: Can you handle It? (Course) • Management of intraocular and orbital foreign bodies (Course)

The Vitreous Society Annual Meeting, Paris, France, September, 1991

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy in endophthalmitis

The Retina Society Twenty-Fourth Scientific Session, Quebec, Canada, September, 1991 • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy for endophthalmitis

Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, Destin, Florida, August, 1991

• New device to manage expulsive choroidal hemorrhage • How to keep up with the ocular trauma literature: The birth of the Journal of Eye Trauma (JET)

First International Retinal Workshop, Pécs, Hungary, August, 1991

• Intraocular foreign body management



• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy in severe eye trauma Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Alumni Meeting, Miami, Florida, July, 1991

• Serious eye injuries; a report of 2,300 cases

Twenty-Seventh Annual Residents Day Meeting of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Key Biscayne, Florida, June, 1991

• Serious eye injuries; a report of 2,300 cases The Eye Foundation Hospital/University of Alabama at Birmingham Third Annual Alumni Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama, May, 1991

• TKP vitrectomy for advanced endophthalmitis Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Sarasota, Florida, April 28 - May 3, 1991

• Analysis of 2,176 serious eye injuries: The United States Eye Injury Registry (USEIR - Poster) • Epidemiology of pediatric injuries from the Eye Injury Registry of Alabama (EIRA - Paper) • Visual function success in retinal detachment patients managed by vitrectomy and scleral buckling

(Paper) Third National Injury Control Conference, Denver, Colorado, April, 1991

• United States Eye Injury Registry • An analysis of serious ocular fireworks injuries: The Eye Injury Registry of Alabama/United States

Eye Injury Registry Annual Meeting, South and North Carolina Academy of Ophthalmology, Charleston, South Carolina, April, 1991

• Removal of magnetic intraocular foreign bodies • Primary management of ocular trauma • Secondary management of ocular trauma

Southern Retina Study Group, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 1991

• Photic retinal injury from endoillumination during vitrectomy Vitreous Society, Hawaii, January, 1991

• Do we have to remove every ferrous intraocular foreign body? American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1990 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October 28 - November 1, 1990

• Management of intraocular and orbital foreign bodies (Course) • Vitrectomy in Terson's syndrome: A report of 21 cases (Paper)

Eye Foundation Hospital Medical Staff Meeting/Clinical Conference, Eye Foundation Hospital, Birmingham,

Alabama, October, 1990 • Management of expulsive choroidal hemorrhage during cataract extraction and during penetrating

keratoplasty The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine/Eye Foundation Hospital Combined Program in

Ophthalmology Retina Lecture Series, Birmingham, Alabama, October, 1990 • Infectious Endophthalmitis

International Intraocular Trauma Course, Antwerp, Belgium, October, 1990 • Ocular trauma epidemiology • Blunt ocular trauma • Techniques of hyphema removal



• Management of the open globe • Timing of secondary ocular reconstruction • Introduction to posterior segment injury • Removal of intraocular foreign bodies • Microscopic sterile preparation of the open globe • Optical considerations in traumatic aphakia • Introduction to intraocular foreign bodies • Removal of large intraocular foreign bodies • Magnetic intraocular foreign body removal: Instruments and techniques • Management of traumatic suprachoroidal lens luxation • Session Chairman: Intraocular foreign bodies • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy for traumatic endophthalmitis • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy for recurrent PVR in trauma • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy for intraocular foreign body removal • Latrogenic trauma: Vitrectomy for removal of intraocular celestone • Expulsive choroidal hemorrhage epidemiology • Management of expulsive choroidal hemorrhage • Combined late reconstruction of anterior/posterior segment injury

Southern Medical Association, 84th Annual Scientific Assembly, Nashville, Tennessee, October, 1990

• Removal of magnetic intraocular foreign bodies Scientific Meeting of the University of Pécs, Hungary, September, 1990

• The arsenal for removal of intraocular magnetic foreign bodies • Management of Eye Trauma • Temporary Keratoprosthesis Vitrectomy in Ocular Trauma

American Diabetes Association, 50th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Luncheon Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, August, 1990

• Vitreous surgery for diabetic retinopathy

Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, 1990 Scientific Session, Panama City Beach, Florida, August, 1990 • Case presentations • Panel discussions

Eye Foundation Hospital/University of Alabama at Birmingham Second Annual Alumni Meeting, Birmingham,

Alabama, May, 1990 • Ocular nail injury

Eye Foundation Hospital Joint EMS/IPRC Grand Rounds, Eye Foundation Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, May, 1990

• The United States Eye Injury Registry/Reconstruction of the injured eye XXVI International Congress of Ophthalmology, Singapore, March, 1990

• Selective increase of fibronectin in the choroid in human retinal detachment following penetrating ocular injury: An immunofluorescence study

Machemer Society 2nd Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, February, 1990

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy Southeastern Vitreoretinal Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1990

• Surgical management of macular detachment associated with optic nerve pit



American College of Surgeons, 75th Clinical Congress, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 1989 • Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy in severe ocular trauma

Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, 1989 Scientific Session, Panama City Beach, Florida, August 1989

• Temporary keratoprosthesis vitrectomy Eye Foundation Hospital Medical Staff Meeting, Eye Foundation Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, July, 1989

• United States Eye Injury Registry (USEIR) State of Alabama, Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation and Crippled Children Service Annual Meeting, Sterrett, Alabama, June, 1989

• Current advances in ophthalmology

Eye Foundation Hospital/University of Alabama at Birmingham First Annual Alumni Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama, April, 1989

• Macular detachment secondary to congenital optic nerve pit • Temporary keratoprosthesis

International Congress on Ocular Trauma, Tel-Aviv, Israel, February, 1989 Co-chairman - Epidemiology and Geographic Trauma Section R.E. Morris USA P. E. Liggett USA M. H. Seelenfreund Israel Co-chairman - Foreign bodies Section Robert Morris USA S. Merin Israel International Congress on Ocular Trauma, Tel Aviv, Israel, February, 1989

• Demographics and Prognosis of 1104 Serious Eye Injuries from the Eye Injury Registry of Alabama • Bilateral Ocular Shotgun Injury • Temporary Keratoprosthesis in Severe Ocular Trauma

Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Section 3rd Annual Vitreoretinal Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, January, 1989

• Nail Injury to the Eye: 67 Cases

American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1988 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1988 • Temporary Keratoprosthesis in Severe Ocular Trauma • Eye Injury Registry of Alabama (Instructional Exhibit) • Nail Injuries to the Eye (Poster Presentation)

Third National Eye Trauma Symposium, Medical College of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, July, 1988

• Salvage of Traumatized Eyes Through Use of the Temporary Keratoprosthesis

Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, 1988 Scientific Session, Destin, Florida, July, 198 • Salvage of Traumatized Eyes Through Use of the Temporary Keratoprosthesis

Annual Panhellenic Congress of Ophthalmology, Thessoloniki, Greece, May, 1988

• Temporary Keratoprosthesis in Severe Ocular Trauma • Temporary Keratoprosthesis Vitrectomy in Ocular Trauma •



American Academy of Ophthalmology, Southern Regional Update Course, Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida, March, 1988

• Postoperative Endophthalmitis Prevention and Management Emory University School of Medicine, January Vitreoretinal Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, January, 1988

• Endophthalmitis The University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center, Infectious Disease Conference, January, 1988

• Endophthalmitis American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1987 Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, November, 1987

• Optic Nerve Pit and Macular Detachment: Treatment

Eye Foundation Hospital, Medical Staff Meeting, Eye Foundation Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, July, 1987 • Expulsive Choroidal Hemorrhage Incidence During Cataract Extraction and During Penetrating

Keratoplasty Retina Research Foundation, Mid-South Regional Retina Organization Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, May, 1987

• Expulsive Choroidal Hemorrhage Incidence During Cataract Extraction and During Penetrating Keratoplasty

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 59th Annual Meeting, Sarasota, Florida, May, 1987

• Expulsive Choroidal Hemorrhage Incidence During Cataract Extraction and During Penetrating Keratoplasty

Alabama Affiliate of the American Diabetes Association, Diabetes Workshop Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May, 1987

• Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Eye Foundation Hospital/The University of Alabama Combined Program in Ophthalmology, Retina Lecture Series, Retina and Vitreous Associates of Alabama P.C., Birmingham, Alabama, February, 1987

• Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases of the Posterior Segment Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Section Vitreoretinal Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, January, 1987

• Endophthalmitis Maculopathy Eye Foundation Hospital/University of Alabama Combined Program in Ophthalmology, Retina Lecture Series, Retina and Vitreous Associates of Alabama P.C., Birmingham, Alabama, November, 1986

• Diabetic Retinopathy

Club Jules Gonin Meeting (International Retina Society), August, 1986, and American Retina Society Meeting, November, 1986

• Optic Pit with Macular Detachment: Treatment Using Mechanical Retina-RPE • Apposition and Laser Photocoagulation

Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, 1986 Scientific Session, Destin, Florida, August, 1986

• Bilateral Severe Eye Injury Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AERB) International Conference, MacFarland Seminar, 1986 Chicago Convention, Chicago, Illinois, July, 1986



• Retinal Diseases - Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AERB), 3rd Annual Training Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, July, 1986

• Bilateral Penetrating Injuries The Eye Foundation Hospital/University of Alabama Combined Program in Ophthalmology Retina Lecture Series, Retina and Vitreous Associates of Alabama, P.C., Birmingham, Alabama, May, 1986

• Ocular Trauma

5th Vail International Vitreoretinal Seminar, Vail, Colorado, March, 1986 • Endophthalmitis Maculopathy

The Aspen Retinal Detachment Society, 14th Annual Meeting, Snowmass Village, Colorado, March 2-7, 1986

• Bilateral Severe Eye Injury - 17 Cases • Terson's Syndrome and Vitrectomy

Diabetes Research and Treatment Center/University of Alabama at Birmingham, Endocrinology Rounds, February, 1986

• Diabetic Retinopathy Treatment St. Vincent's Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, Surgical Grand Rounds, January, 1986

• Vitrectomy Eye Foundation Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, Medical Staff Meeting, October, 1985

• Endophthalmitis Update The Eye Foundation Hospital/University of Alabama at Birmingham Combined Program in Ophthalmology, Birmingham, Alabama, Ophthalmology Grand Rounds, September, 1985

• Optic Nerve Head Pits AAWB/AEVH Alliance 1st Annual International Conference, MacFarland Seminar Nashville, Tennessee, June, 1984

• The Current Management of Eye Injuries Brookwood Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, Workshop, "Living With Diabetes Control Versus Complications," April, 1984

• Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Alabama Chapter, National Federation of the Blind, State Convention, Montgomery, Alabama, April, 1984

• The Current Status of Eye Care • Coordination of Eye Care and Services to the Blind in the State of Alabama

The Aspen Retinal Detachment Society, 12th Annual Meeting, Snowmass Village, Colorado, March, 1984 • Vitrectomy for Selected Extramacular Traction Retinal Detachments

University of Alabama at Montgomery, Montgomery Internal Medicine Residency Program, Montgomery, Alabama, February, 1984

• Vitrectomy for Diabetic Retinopathy Annual Ophthalmology Conference for U.S. Army Physicians in Europe Heidelberg, West Germany, September, 1983 Course Director



Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, 1983 Scientific Session, Gulf Shores, Alabama, August, 1983 • Endolaser Treatment During Vitrectomy

Annual International Conference of the American Association of Workers for the Blind (AAWB), Phoenix, Arizona, July, 1983 (Medical Keynote Speaker)

• Vitrectomy Eye Surgery 2nd Vail International Vitreoretinal Seminar, Vail, Colorado, March, 1983

• Diabetic Extramacular Traction Retinal Detachment/Vitrectomy • Alabama Eye Injury Registry

Baton Rouge General Hospital, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Vitrectomy Course for Faculty, September, 1982

• Visiting Instructor

Eye Foundation Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, Advanced Course on Planned Extracapsular Cataract Extraction and Phacoemulsification and Posterior Chamber IOL Implantation, August, 1982 Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, 1982 Scientific Session, Destin, Florida, July, 1982

• Course Director: Vitrectomy Techniques in the Anterior Segment University of Alabama at Huntsville, "An Afternoon of Office Ophthalmology," May, 1982

• Guest Lecturer: Systemic Diseases with Retinal Manifestations Vitrectomy Course for University Faculty of Europe, Cologne, West Germany, December, 1981

• Guest Instructor Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, 1981 Scientific Session, Gulf Shores, Alabama, July, 1981

• Vitrectomy Update Vitrectomy Workshop, Indianapolis, Indiana, October, 1980 The Eye Foundation Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, Course on Extracapsular Cataract Extraction, September, 1980

• Vitrectomy for Complications of Extracapsular Cataract Extraction and Traumatic Cataract Annual German Academy of Ophthalmology, Kiel, West Germany, September, 1980

• Vitrectomy Treatment for Chronic Uveitis • Endophthalmitis Treatment by Vitrectomy

Annual Conference, Alabama Chapter, American Association of Workers for the Blind, July, 1980 Chairman, Panel on Ocular Diseases

• Presentation: Diseases of the Retina and Vitreous

Vitrectomy Course for University Faculty of Europe, Cologne, West Germany, May 1980 • Special Guest Lecturer

Vail International Vitreoretinal Seminar, Vail, Colorado, March 1980

• Special Cases of Penetrating Eye Injuries • Instrumentation for Vitrectomy • Extramacular Diabetic Traction Retinal Detachment



Outcome/Fragmatome Workshop, Birmingham, Alabama, January, 1980 • Penetrating Injuries of the Posterior Segment

Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, 1979 Scientific Session, Gulf Shores, Alabama, July, 1979

• Techniques of Anterior Segment Vitrectomy Annual Conference, Alabama Chapter, American Association of Workers for the Blind, July, 1979

• Anatomy of the Eye • Diseases of the Eye

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Conference on Diabetic Complications and Management, March, 1979

• Diabetic Eye Disease

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Vitrectomy Course, March 1979 • Anesthesia for Vitrectomy • Basic Manipulations in Vitrectomy • Corneal Edema Secondary to Vitreous Touch • Presentation of Cases

PUBLICATIONS “Childhood Ocular Trauma.” Kuhn F, Morris RE, Mester V. Pediatric Retina, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadephia. 2013; pp 661-681 “Presumed Air by Vitrectomy Embolization (PAVE).” Morris RE, Sapp M, Oltmanns MH, Kuhn F. Br Jour Ophth.June 2013 “Helen Keller: From Her Mind To Your Mind “ A Book of Quotations by Helen Keller. Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education, Morris, R., , published March 2012, Blurb, On-Line Publishing “Traction Maculopathies” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D.; In: Retinal and Vitreoretinal diseases and surgery, eds: Boyd, S., Cortez, R., Sabates, N., Jaypee - Highlights Medical Publishers, Clayton,Panama 345-366, 2011 “Retinal and Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery” Book Chapter, Traction Maculopathies: Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome, Cellophane Maculopathy, Macular Pucker and Macular Hole, eds: Boyd, S., Cortez, R., Sabates, N., Jaypee Highlights medical Publishers, Clayton Panama 345-366, 2010 “Retinal detachment” Book Chapter, Kuhn, F., Morris, R. https://online.epocrates.com/noFrame/showPage.do?method=diseases&MonographId=651 “Emergency management of ophthalmic injuries” Book Chapter, Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. In: Modern Management of Ocular Trauma, eds: Boyd, S., Sternberg, P., Recchia, F.M. Jaypee Highlights Medical Publishers, Clayton Panama 35-48, 2009 “Modified 360◦ retinopexy may avert retinal detachment in high-risk eyes: Creating a ‘second ora’ during vitrectomy for retained cataract fragments may reduce the need for additional surgical intervention” Interview for Ocular Surgery Magazine, May 2009, Page 17 “Intraoperative retinal detachment prophylaxis in vitrectomy for retained cataract fragments” Morris, R., MD, Shere, J., Witherspoon, C.D., MD, Segal, Z., Tehranchi, L., Kuhn, F., Sapp, M., Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, May 2009 Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 491-495


PUBLICATIONS (continued) “Retinal Detachment Laser Prophylaxis. Ora Secunda Cerclage (OSC): Creating a Second Ora” Morris R., Witherspoon C.D., Kuhn F., Sapp M., Retina Today Magazine, March/April, 2008. “Clinical Observations of Venous Cannulation Procedures for Central Retinal Vein Occlusion” Witherspoon C.D., Morris R., Retina Times Magazine, Spring, 2008. “Injury involving the entire globe” Kuhn F, Morris R, Witherspoon C.D., Ocular Traumatology, Springer, Berlin, Kuhn, F., editor. pp.405-416, 2008 “Counseling the injured individual and the family” Kuhn F, Morris R, Mester V, Witherspoon C.D., Ocular Traumatology, Springer, Berlin, Kuhn, F., editor. pp.23-32, 2008 “Predicting the severity of an eye injury: the Ocular Trauma Score (OTS)” Kuhn F, Morris R, Ocular Traumatology, Springer, Berlin, Kuhn, F., editor. pp.17-22, 2008 “Terminology of mechanical injuries: The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT)” Kuhn F, Morris R, Mester V, Witherspoon C.D., Ocular Traumatology, Springer, Berlin, Kuhn, F., editor. pp.3-12, 2008 “Fishhook injuries lead to keratoprosthesis/vitrectomy” Morris R., Witherspoon C.D., Phillips R. EyeWorld Magazine, November, 2007, p.87 “Complicated case requires many minds” Witherspoon C.D., Morris R., Phillips R. EyeWorld Magazine, November, 2007, pp.84-87 “Ocular trauma rates increase” Kuhn F., Morris R. EyeWorld Magazine, November, 2007, pp.70-71 “Ocular field redefines standards” Morris R., Kuhn F., Witherspoon C.D., Phillips R. EyeWorld Magazine, November, 2007 pp.82-83 “Fishing surpasses basketball as No. 1 for eye injuries” Morris R., Witherspoon C.D. Birmingham News, April 22, 2007 “Blunt-force injuries involving the posterior segment” Kuhn F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Mann, L. Retinal Physician, July/August: pp.20-24, 2007 “Terson syndrome” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. Retinal Vascular Disease, eds: Joussen, A.M., Gardner, T.W., Kirchof, B., Ryan, S.J., Springer, Berlin, pp.595-600, 2007 “Removal of epimacular proliferation (EMP) in eyes” Morris, R., Scharper, P.H., Fletcher, D.C., Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn, F., Harrill, M. Retina 26: p.589, 2006 “Epidemiology of Blinding Trauma in the United States Eye Injury Registry” Kuhn F., Morris, R., Witherspoon CD., Mann L. Ophthalmic Epidemiology, June 2006, Volume13, 3: pp.209-216 “General Evaluation of the Traumatic Eye.” Ready E., Tucker C., Morris R., Witherspoon CD. The Highlights Collection; Modern Management of Ocular Trauma, 2006, 3: pp.13-24 “Emergency Management of Ophthalmic Injuries.” Kuhn F., Morris R., Mester V. The Highlights Collection; Modern Management of Ocular Trauma, 2006, 3: pp.35-48 “Epiretinal Membrane Removal in Eyes With Good Visual Acuities.” Morris R., Scharper P, Fletcher D, Witherspoon CD, Kuhn F, Harrill M. Letter to Editor, response to article RETINA, May/June 2005, Vol 26; 5:p589


“Glaucoma following penetrating ocular trauma: A cohort study of the United States Eye Injury Registry.” Girkin, C., McGwin, G., Morris, R., Kuhn, F. Journal of Glaucoma, 2005, 14:p6. PUBLICATIONS (continued) “Glaucoma following penetrating ocular trauma: A cohort study of the United States Eye Injury Registry.” Girkin, C., McGwin, G., Morris, R., Kuhn, F. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2005; 139:100-105. “Pediatric Trauma.” Kuhn, F., Morris, R. Pediatric Retina, 2005; pp.467-489. “Counseling and rehabilitation”, Morris, R., Fletcher D, Scott, S. Ophthalmology Clinics of North America, 2002; 15:167-170. “A proactive treatment approach for eyes with perforating injury.” Kuhn, F., Mester, V., Morris, R., Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde 221: pp.622-928, 2004 “The Birmingham Eye Traumatology System (BETT).” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Mester, V. Journal Francoise d’Ophthalmology 27: pp.206-210, 2004 “Serious eye injury caused by bottles containing carbonated drinks.” Kuhn, F., Mester, V., Morris, R., Dalma, J. British of Ophthalmology 88: pp.69-71, 2004 “The effect of indocyanine-green on functional outcome of macular pucker surgery.” Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn, F., Taylor, W.M., Breaud, S. American Journal of Ophthalmology 136: pp.778-779, 2003 “Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT): Terminology and classification of mechanical eye injuries.” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D. Ophthalmology Clinics of North America 2002; 15: pp.139-144. “The Traction Maculopathies: Macular Pucker, Macular Hole, Cellophane Maculopathy, Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome.” Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Kuhn, F., Taylor, S.W. Chapter in Book: Highlights of Ophthalmology, Retinal and Vitreoretinal Surgery Highlights Press, Boyd, B., editor, 2002. “The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS): Prognosticating the final version of the seriously injured eye.” Kuhn, F., Maisiak, R., Mann, L., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D. Chapter in Book: Ocular Trauma: Principles and Practices, pp.9-13 2002 “Eye injury epidemiology and prevention of ophthalmic injuries.” Kuhn, F., Mester, V., Mann, L., Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Maisiak, R. Chapter in book: Ocular Trauma: The Essentials. Thieme Publishers, Kuhn, F., Pieramici, D. editors. pp.14-21, 2002 “A standardized classification of ocular trauma terminology” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Heimann, K., Jeffers, J., Treister, G. Zdravniski Vestnik 71:, 17-19, 2002 “The Terminology of Eye Injuries.” Kuhn, F, Morris, R.: Letter to the Editor – Ophthalmologica, 2001; 215:138. “Intraocular Foreign Bodies. ”Kuhn, F., Mester, V., Morris, R., Chapter in book: Ocular Trauma: The Essentials. Thieme Publishers, Kuhn, F., Pieramici, D., editors. Chapter 24:235-263, November, 2001 “The OTS: Predicting the final vision in the injured eye.” Kuhn, F., Maisiak, R., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Mann, L. Chapter in book: Ocular Trauma: The Essentials Thieme Publishers, Kuhn, F., Pieramici, D., editors. Chapter 3:9-13, November, 2001 “BETT: The terminology of ocular trauma.” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D. Chapter in book: Ocular Trauma: The Essentials Thieme Publishers, Kuhn, F., Pieramici, D., editors. Chapter 1:3-5, November, 2001. “Counseling the patient and the family.” Morris, R., Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D. Chapter in book: Ocular Trauma: The Essentials Thieme Publishers, Kuhn, F., Pieramici, D., editors. Chapter 5:22-26,


November, 2001 PUBLICATIONS (continued) “Severe combined anterior and posterior segment trauma.” Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Phillips, R., Kuhn, F., Nelson, S., Witherspoon, R. Chapter in book: Ocular Trauma: The Essentials. Thieme Publishers, Kuhn, F., Pieramici, D., editors. Chapter 25: 264-272, November, 2001. “Chorodial detachment and expulsive chorodial hemorrhage.” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. Chapter in Book: Ophthalmology Clinics of North America. Fine, H., Nagpal, P.N., editors. Chapter 14: pp.639-650, 2001 “Internal limiting membrane removal for traumatic macular holes.” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V., Witherspoon, C.D. Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers 32:308:315;2001. “The terminology of eye injuries.” Kuhn, F., Morris, R. Ophthalmologica 215: pp.138, 2001. “Posterior segment intraocular foreign bodies: Management in the vitrectomy era.” (Editorial) Kuhn, F., Morris, R. Ophthalmology 108:432, 2001 “Non-penetrating Injuries of the Posterior Segment.” Morris, R., Moore, T.J. Chapter in book: American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Monograph on Ocular Trauma. In Press. “Traction Maculopathy – Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome, Cellophane Maculopathy, Macular Pucker, Macular Hole.” Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn, F., Nelson, S., Priester, B., Mayne, R. Retinology Today, 2000. “Posterior segment intraocular foreign bodies: Management in the vitrectomy era.” (Editorial) Kuhn, F., Morris, R. Ophthalmology 107:821–822, 2000. “Prophylactic scleral buckle for prevention of retinal detachment following vitrectomy for macular hole.” Morris, R., Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D., Mester V. British Journal of Ophthalmology 84: 673, 2000 “The epidemiology and surgical management of Terson’s syndrome and hemorrhagic macular cysts. The significance of internal limiting membrane removal in the treatment of traction maculopathies.” Kuhn, F., Mester V., Morris, R. Hungarian Journal of Ophthalmology (Szemészet) 137: 127–136, 2000 “Macular rings in Terson’s syndrome.” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. Acta Ophthalmologica 78: pp.721-722, 2000 “Serious fireworks-related eye injuries.” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Mann, L., Mester, V. Modis, L., Berta, A. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 7:139-148, 2000 “The epidemiology of serious eye injuries from the United States Eye Injury Registry.” May, D., Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, D., Danis, R., Matthews, P., Mann, L. Graefe’s Archives for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 238: pp.153–157, 2000 “Sports eye injuries,” Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Chapter in: Coaches Manual: HealthSouth Corporation “Ocular and periocular trauma,” Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Chapter in Book: Field evaluation and treatment of common athletic injuries, Mosby-Year Book “Epidemiology of sports injuries.” Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mann, L. Ophthalmology Clinics of North America. Pizzarello, L., Easterbrook, M., editors. Vol. 12; pp.333-343, 1999 “Baseball-related eye injuries,” Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R. Chapter in book: Injuries


in Baseball; edited by Andrews, Zarins, and Wilk. Lippincott-Raven Press, Chapter 37: 395-400, 1998. PUBLICATIONS (continued) “Epidemiology of serious ocular trauma: The United States Eye Injury Registry (USEIR) and the Hungarian Eye Injury Registry (HEIR)”. Kuhn, F., Mester, V., Berta, A., Morris, R. Der Ophthalmology 95: pp.332-343, 1998 “Classification of ocular trauma: The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT).” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D. Chapter in book: Vitreoretinal surgery of the injured eye. Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Alfaro, V., Liggett, P. Chapter 2, 9-16, 1998. “Epidemiology and socioeconomic impact of eye injures.” Kuhn, F., Mester, V., Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Maisiak, R. Chapter in book: Vitreoretinal surgery of the injured eye. Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Alfaro, V., Liggett, P. Chapter 3, 17-24, 1998. “Counseling of the Trauma Victim and the Family.” Morris, R., Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D. Chapter in book: Vitreoretinal surgery of the injured eye. Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Alfaro, V., Liggett, P. Chapter 4, 25-29, 1998. “Management of the recently injured eye with no light perception vision.” Morris, R., Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D. Chapter in book: Vitreoretinal surgery of the injured eye. Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Alfaro, V., Liggett, P. Chapter 11, 113-125,1998. “New treatment for the prevention of retinal detachment.” Moore, T., Nelson, S., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn, F. Eye World 3: pp.33-34, 1998 “Major advances in vitreoretinal surgery.” Morris, R., Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D. Highlights of Ophthalmology 26:63–72, 1998 “Potatogun injuries.” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. Ophthalmology 105: p.1796, 1998 “Terson’s syndrome. Results of vitrectomy and the significance of vitreous hemorrhage in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V., Witherspoon, C.D. Ophthalmology 105:472-477, 1998, Ophthalmology 105: pp.2161–2163, 1998 “Screening for ocular hemorrhages in patients with ruptured cerebral aneurysms: a prospective study of 99 patients.” Frizzell, R.T., Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Quinn, C., Fisher, W.S. 3rd. Neurosurgery 41(3): pp.529-533, 1997 “Counseling the eye trauma victim.” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V. Hungarian Journal of Ophthalmology (Szemészet) 134: pp.141-146, 1997 “Blunt trauma to the posterior segment,” Morris, R., Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D. Chapter in Book: Manual of eye injuries: American Academy of Ophthalmology; ed.: Harriston, R., Parver, L. “Intraoperative expulsive choroidal hemorrhage: Prevention and management.” Kuhn, F., Mester, V., Morris, R. Review in Ophthalmology; pp. 111-123 August 1997 “Quantitative vitreous collection using a modified infusion fluid during vitrectomy,” Hardwick, Jr., C., Morris, R., Guidry, C., Retina 17:51-56, 1997. “Internal Limiting Membrane (ILM) maculorrhexis for traction maculopathy,” Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn, F., Priester, B., Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology, 8: 4, Winter 1997. “A standardized classification of ocular trauma terminology” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Heimann, K., Jeffers, J., Treister, G. Ocular Surgery News, 15; October 1, 58-59, 1997


PUBLICATIONS (continued) “A standardized classification of ocular trauma terminology” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Heimann, K., Jeffers, J., Treister, G. Ophthalmology 104: 345, 1997 “Intraocular foreign bodies: Myths and truths.” Kuhn, F., Halda, T., Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Mester, V. European Journal of Ophthalmology 6:464–471, 1996 “Iris Trauma,” Morris, R., Bishop, B., Phillips, R., Taylor, S.W., Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology 8: 3 , 1996. “The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology System,” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology 8(3): 2, 1996. “Hourly eye checks for early detection of posttraumatic endophthalmitis,” Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn, F., Kaiser, G.M., Taylor, S.W., Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology 8(3): 8, 1996. “Development of an Ocular Trauma Score (OTS): Preliminary report,” Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Maisiak, R., Mester, V., Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology 8(3): 10, 1996. “A Standardized Classification of Ocular Trauma Terminology,” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Heimann, K., Jeffers, J., Treister, G., Ophthalmology 103:240-243, 1996. Graefe’s Archives for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 234:399-403, 1996. Ophthalmology Digest 8:23-26, 1996 “Positional Keratopathy,” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Halda, T., Massey, M., Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology:7(4), 8, 1995. “Percentage scattergram to Depict Changes in Large Amounts of Data Over Time,” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., King, W.D., Ophthalmic Epidemiology; Volume 2, 45-48, 1995. “Eye Injury and the Air Bag,” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D. Current Opinion in Ophthalmology; Volume6, 38-44, 1995. “Anterior and Posterior Segment Trauma,” Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Collins, W.P., Phillips, R. In: Master Techniques in Ophthalmic Surgery; ed. Hampton Roy, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 538-547, 1995. “Endophthalmitis,” Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn, F., Byrne, J.B. In: Master Techniques in Ophthalmic Surgery; ed. Hampton Roy, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 560-572, 1995. “Optic Nerve Pit Macular Detachment,” Morris, R., Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D. In: Master Techniques in Ophthalmic Surgery; ed. Hampton Roy, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 813-818, 1995. “Scleral Staphyloma & Dehiscences,” Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Collins, W.P. In: Master Techniques in Ophthalmic Surgery; ed. Hampton Roy, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1176-1183, 1995. “Intraocular Foreign Body (Posterior Segment),” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D. In: Master Techniques in Ophthalmic Surgery; ed. Hampton Roy, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1201-1212, 1995.

"Epidemiology of Motor Vehicle Crash-Related Serious Eye Injuries," Kuhn, F. Collins, P., Morris, R. International Journal of Accident Analysis and Prevention, Volume 26, No.3,pp.385-390, 1994. "Retinal Folds and Hemorrhagic Macular Cysts in Terson's Syndrome," Morris, R., Kuhn, F.,


Witherspoon, C.D. Ophthalmology 101:1, 1994.

"Achieving Optimal Silicone Oil Fill in an Aphakic Eye," Morris, R., Kuhn, F., Kaiser, G. Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology, 6(2): 8, 1994

PUBLICATIONS (continued) “Effective Management Key in Visual Rehabilitation After Intraocular Foreign Body,” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology 5:1-3, 1993.

"Management of Magnetic Posterior Segment Intraocular Foreign Bodies: Current Concepts," Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Harris, C.L., Brown, S. Ophthalmology, 90:539-548, 1993.

"Nasal Secretions and Intraocular Surgery," Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn, F., Hudson, S. Ophthalmic Surgery, 24:L780, 1993.

"Postoperative Endophthalmitis Resulting from Prosthesis Contamination in a Monocular Patient," Morris, R., Camesasca, F., Byrne, J., John, G. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 116(3):346-349,1993.

“Effective Management Key in Visual Rehabilitation after Intraocular Foreign Body Removal,” Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology 5: 1-3, 1993 "Enucleation of No Light Perception Eyes," Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Collins, P. Ocular Surgery News, International Edition, 4(10):12, 1993.

"Motor Vehicle Crash-Related Eye Injuries," Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Ophthalmology, 100:1280, 1993. "Air Bag: Friend or Foe?" Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Byrne, J., Brown, S., Archives of Ophthalmology, 111(10):1333-1334, 1993. "Permanent Intraocular Magnets," Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R. Retina 13:176-177, 1993. "Epidemiology of Motor Vehicle Crash-Related Serious Eye Injuries," Kuhn, F., Collins, P., Morris, R., Brown, S. Proceedings of the 36th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, p. 305-318, 1992. "Performing Temporary Keratoprosthesis Vitrectomy for Severely Injured Eye", Morris R., Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn, F., Phillips, R., Collins, P., International Edition, Ocular Surgery News 3(9): 23-24, 1992. "Collagen Gel Contraction by Cells Associated With Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy," Morris ,R., Witherspoon, C.D., Hook, M., Guidry, C., McFarland, R.J., Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 33(8): 2429-2435, 1992 “Expulsive Choroidal Hemorrhage: What You Should Know,” Kuhn, F., Byrne, J.B., Morris, R., International Edition: Ocular Surgery News 3(9): 22-24, 1992, Ocular Surgery News 10(22): 94-96, 1992 "Temporary Keratoprosthesis Vitrectomy for "End" Ophthalmitis," Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Kuhn ,F., Collins, P., McGahey, G., Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology 3(5):1, 1991. "Optic Nerve Injury from Metallic Projectiles Without Penetration of the Globe," Morris, R., Camesasca, F., John, G.R. , Italian Journal of Ophthalmology 5(2):107-112, 1991. "Endoscopic Surgery vs Temporary Keratoprosthesis Vitrectomy,” Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Archives of Ophthalmology 109:768, 1991.


PUBLICATIONS (continued) "Temporary Keratoprosthesis Vitrectomy for Severely Injured Eyes," Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Kuhn, F., Phillips, R., Collins, P., Ocular Surgery News, International Edition 3 (9): 23, 1992. Ocular Surgery News 10(22): 74-75, 1992 "Epidemiology of Serious Eye Trauma: The United States Eye Injury Registry," Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Kovacs, B., Hungarian Journal of Ophthalmology, (Szemeszet) 33:115-119, 1991. "Studies of Collagen Gel Contraction by Cells Associated with Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy," Guidry, C., McFarland, R.J., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Hook, M. , Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 33(8): 2429-2435, 1992 "Safety in Vitreoretinal Surgery," Breaud, S.M., Nelson, S., Morris, R. Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology 3,2:4, 1991. "Eye Surgery Contamination by Nasal Secretions," Morris, R., Kuhn, F., Madieros ,N., Armstrong, J., Dooley , C., Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology 3:1, 1991. "Endoscopic Surgery vs Temporary Keratoprosthesis Vitrectomy," Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Archives of Ophthalmology 109:768, 1991. "Photic Retinal Injury From Endoillumination During Vitrectomy," Morris, R., Kuhn ,F., Massey, M.P., American Journal of Ophthalmology 111:42-46, 1991. "Vitrectomy for Terson's Syndrome: A Report of 21 Eyes in 16 Patients," Morris, R., Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D., Feist, R.M., Brown, S. , Ophthalmology, 1991. "Vitrectomy in Asteroid Hyalosis," Feist, R.M., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Blair, N.C., Ticho, B., White, M.F., Retina 10:173-177, 1990. "Removal of Attached Posterior Hyaloid Face in Eyes without Retinal Detachment." Kuhn, F., Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R. , Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology 2,6:2, 1990. "Cytoskeletal Characterizations of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells," White, M.F., Feist, R.M., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Couchman, J.R., Proceedings of First International PVR Symposium, Cologne. Heimann K, Wiedemann P (eds). Heidelberg, Kraden-Verlag, 1989. "Ocular Self-Mutilation," Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Feist, R.M. , Annals of Ophthalmology 21:7,1989. "Retinal Detachment Repair--Change is the Status Quo," Morris, R., Vitreoretinal Surgery and Technology, March/April, 1989. "Prevalence and Prognosis of Eye Injury by Setting," White, M.F., Jr., Morris, R., Feist, R.M., Witherspoon, C.D., Helms, H.A., Jr., John, G.R., Southern Medical Journal, l 82 :151-158, 1989. "Temporary Keratoprosthesis Vitrectomy," Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., John, G.R., White, M.F., Ophthalmology January, 1989. *Total ocular reconstruction. Increases the total cases thus far reported in subacute trauma management from ten to twenty-eight. "Serious Eye Trauma in Alabama," Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., et al. Journal of Alabama Medical Association, 5836-40, 1988. "Field Evaluation of Polycarbonate Versus Conventional Safety Glasses," John, G.R., Witherspoon, C.D.,


PUBLICATIONS (continued) Morris, R., White, M.F., Jr., Feist, R.M., Southern Medical Journal, 81 :1534-1536, 1988. "Optic Disc Coloboma," White, M.F.,Jr, John, G.R., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Resident and Staff Physician, Winter 1988. "Ocular Lawn Mower Injuries," John, G.R., Witherspoon, C.D., Feist, R.M., Morris, R., Ophthalmology 95:1367-1370, 1988.

"Evolving Techniques in the Treatment of Macular Detachment Caused by Optic Nerve Pits," Cox , M.S., Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Flynn, H.W. , Ophthalmology 95:889-896, 1988. *Reports first predictable method of repairing this congenital condition. "Recovery of Vision after Presumed Direct Optic Nerve Injury," Feist, R.M., Kline, L.B., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Michelson, M.A., Ophthalmology 94:1567-1569, 1987. *The only case of reversible NLP fully documented by serial VEP, ERG, photography, and neuro-ophthalmic examination. "Eye Injury Registry of Alabama Preliminary Report: Demographics and Prognosis of Severe Eye Injury," Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Helms, H.A., Jr., Feist, R.M., Byrne, J.B., Jr., Southern Medical Journal, 80:810-816, 1987. *The largest series of serious eye injuries ever reported in the literature. The only series reported with final outcome. "Globe Perforation from Peribulbar Injection," Kimble, J.A., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Feist, R.M., Archives of Ophthalmology 105:749, 1987. "Bilateral Ocular Shotgun Injury," Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Feist, R.M., Byrne, J.B., Jr., Ottemiller, D.E.,American J Journal of Ophthalmology 103:695-700, 1987. *The only series ever published of bilateral eye injury. The largest series of shotgun injuries ever reported. "Infectious Endophthalmitis: An Ocular Emergency," Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Feist, R.M., Jones, J.G., Ala Med 56:18-26, 1986. "Automated Regulation of Fluid Infusion Pressure During Vitrectomy," Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Goggans, W.E., Jr. , Archives of Ophthalmology 104:1551, 1986. "Use of Nondepolarizing Agents in Penetrating Ocular Injuries.” Rich, A.L., Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., Feist, R.M., Anesthesiology 65:108-109, 1986. "Diabetic Retinopathy Treatment," Morris, R., Witherspoon, C.D., McDaniel, H. (eds). Medcom, Inc., USA, Famous Teachings in Modern Medicine slide series, February, 1984. "The Role of Endoscopic Vitreous Microsurgery in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy," Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Alabama Journal of Medical Science, 20:286-288, 1983. "Vitrectomy in the Treatment of Endophthalmitis," Heimann, Morris, Paulmann. Transactions of the German Academy of Ophthalmology, 1981. "Ocular Toxoplasmosis Recurrence in Renal Transplant Patients," Pass, Morris, Shaw, Diethelm. Southern Medical Journal J 74:1033-1034, 1981.


"Pars Plana Vitrectomy for the Treatment of Chronic Uveitis," Heimann, K., Tavakolian, A., Morris, R., Berlin Deutsch Ophthalmology Ges. 78 (1981). PUBLICATIONS (continued) "Combined Surgical Headrest/Wristrest," Morris, R. Ocutome Newsletter, June, 1980. SCIENTIFIC REVIEWER/CONSULTANT For the following journals: American Journal of Ophthalmology, European Journal of Ophthalmology, Retina, Retina Today, Graefe’s Archives for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Eye World, Archives of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surgery News (Currently on the Editorial Board), Retina Times, Review of Ophthalmology, Birmingham Medical News.

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