Béatrice Cochener is Professor and Head of the University Eye Clinic, Brest, France. Together with J. Colin, she developed a very active anterior segment surgery practice. She is currently involved in imaging research, clinical evaluation, and anterior segment surgery teaching. Vice president of the SAFIR, the French implant and refractive surgery society, and president of the SFO (Société Française d’Ophtalmologie), editorial board member of the Journal Français d’Ophtalmologie, she is a specialist of refractive techniques in vision correction. She participated in three books on surgical techniques, and has published 32 peer reviewed journal articles