Professor Madhavan Rajan organised and hosted the 2022 Bowman meeting at St John’s Cambridge. We were delighted to welcome the UK corneal society members to Cambridge. The meeting featured several international experts with special focus to discuss recent advances in the management of corneal disorders.

Recent research publications

Moledina M, Roberts HW, Mukherjee A, Spokes D, Pimenides D, Stephenson C, Bassily R, Rajan MS, Myerscough J. Analysis of microbial keratitis incidence, isolates and in-vitro antimicrobial susceptibility in the East of England: a 6-year study. Eye (Lond). 2023 Jan 28:1–7. doi: 10.1038/s41433-023-02404-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36709219; PMCID: PMC9883814.

Pujari R, Matsou A, Kean J, Zhang J, Rajan MS. A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Microthin Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty With Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty: Two-Year Report. Cornea. 2022 Dec 1;41(12):1519-1524. PMID: 36343166.

• Pujari R, Deshmukh R, Sheth C, Rajan MS. Maternal finger-prick allogenic blood for persistent corneal epithelial defects. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Apr 9;14(4):e241138. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-241138. PMID: 33837031; PMCID: PMC8042995.

• Patra, H. K., Azharuddin, M., Islam, M. M., Papapavlou, G., Deb, S., Osterrieth, J., Zhu, G. H., Romu, T., Dhara, A. K., Jafari, M. J., Ghaderi, A., Hinkula, J., Rajan, M. S., Slater, N. K. H., Rational Nanotoolbox with Theranostic Potential for Medicated Pro-Regenerative Corneal Implants. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29, 1903760.

• Matsou A, Pujari R, Sarwar H, Rana M, Myerscough J, Thomson SM, Nandakumar G, Zhang J, Rajan MS. Microthin Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty Versus Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Cornea. 2020 Nov 3. doi:10.1097/ICO PMID: 33156076.