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Japanese researcher to receive Troutman Award at AAO meeting
SAN FRANCISCO — Che J. Connon, PhD, has been named this year’s recipient of the Troutman Award, the group presenting the award announced in a press release.
Dr. Connon is currently a fellow in the department of ophthalmology at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in Japan. His award was announced by the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Connon will present the findings of his study on persistent haze after phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) during the ISRS/AAO refractive surgery subspecialty day meeting later this week. He will receive the award later in the meeting.
Dr. Connon found that after PTK in rabbit corneas, anterior corneal fibrils were more widely spaced and unevenly organized than in normal rabbit corneas, according to a press release announcing the award. Dr. Connon did not find a significant loss of transparency, and he therefore concludes that the fibrils are unlikely to contribute to haze.
“I hope that this award will highlight the increasing value of collaboration between ophthalmologists and basic scientists, such as myself, toward a further understanding of the eye and novel ocular treatments,” Dr. Connon said in the press release.
His paper was selected by the editors of the Journal of Refractive Surgery, the official publication of the ISRS. The Journal of Refractive Surgery is published by SLACK Incorporated, the publisher of the OSN SuperSite.