Mark Hillen

ECO-CAIRS, in which donor ring segments are cross-linked outside the eye before implantation, closed ELZA’s ESCRS 2026 in London.
Mini-scleral lenses cut higher-order aberrations by 97% in keratoconus, ELZA reported on Monday in London, alongside the ESCRS Research Workshop chaired by Prof. Farhad Hafezi.
Ten-year cross-linking data, a case series of central toxic keratopathy and laboratory work on ring segments made Sunday ELZA’s busiest day at ESCRS 2026 in London.
Corneal biomechanics ran through ELZA’s Saturday in London, from a didactic course talk to data showing that more than 30% of the children of keratoconus patients already have measurable corneal abnormalities.
The ESCRS 2026 Cornea Day opened ELZA’s congress in London. Prof. Farhad Hafezi co-chaired the keratoconus session, and Dr Emilio Torres-Netto argued that cross-linking can improve vision, not only halt disease.
Prof. Farhad Hafezi spent early September in Riyadh, teaching new clinical applications of cross-linking at KKESH and presenting PACK-CXL for infectious keratitis at the Jamjoom SEE Vision Forum.
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In the August 2026 issue of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today, four corneal specialists, including ELZA’s Prof. Farhad Hafezi, debate how to manage a 7-year-old girl with enigmatically ultrathin, steep corneas.
At the 119th SOG annual congress in Lausanne, Prof. Farhad Hafezi chaired the ESCRS session on the second global keratoconus consensus, and Dr. Emilio Torres-Netto spoke on corneal biomechanics as a tool for clinical decision-making.
Vitamin B2 tablets and sunshine. Hard lenses that hold the cone back. A cornea too thin to treat. Seven things patients are commonly told about keratoconus, checked against the Second Global Consensus, in which 128 corneal experts from six continents voted on what the evidence actually supports.
The ELZA Institute travels to the 44th ESCRS Congress at ExCeL London, 11 to 15 September 2026, with seven podium presentations, nine invited lectures, six chaired sessions and six e-posters. The programme spans ten-year cross-linking outcomes, customised ELZA-PACE, ECO-CAIRS ring segments and keratoconus screening.
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