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About IKS
The IKS is an independent non-profit society registered in Muscat, Oman. It has an annual congress, the World Keratoconus Congress (WKC) that will rotate every year through different cities across the world, an official website, and an official journal, the International Journal of Keratoconus and Ectatic Diseases (IJKED).
It gathers experts from around the world to fight Keratoconus worldwide. Its mission is focused on education, research, and establishing guidelines and fostering consensus. It would be the appropriate platform for conducting conferences and research and developing internationally recognized guidelines.
IKS Founders

Adel Barbara

Cosimo Mazzotta

Farhad Hafezi

Mazen Sinjab

Miltos Balidis

Mohamed Hosny

Mohamed Shafik

Rashed Alsaidi

Shady Awwad
IKS Steering Committee

Adel Barbara

Artashes Zilfyan

Biatrice cochener

Christopher Liu

Cosimo Mazzotta

Cynthia Roberts

Damien Gatinel

Hidenaga Kobashi

Jod Mehta

Jorge Alio

Mazen Sinjab

Merab Dvali

Miltos Balidis

Mohamed Hosny

Mohamed Shafik

Peter Hersh

Rashed Alsaidi

Roberto G. Albertazzi

Rohit Shetty

Roy Rubinfeld

Shady Awwad

Shiao Chen

Sihem Lazrag

Yousef Yousef
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