Agenda for the Retina Symposium on March 13-15, 2014
Course Director
Keye Wong, M.D. Sarasota, FL
Faculty
Charles Barr, M.D. Louisville, KY
Neil Bressler, M.D. Baltimore, MD
Susan Bressler, M.D. Baltimore, MD
Dennis Han, M.D. Milwaukee, WI
John Niffenegger, M.D. Sarasota, FL
Jose Pulido, M.D. Rochester, MN
Richard Spaide, M.D. New York, NY
Thursday, March 14, 2013
4:00 – 6:00 PM Retina Imaging Conference
6:00 – 7:00 PM Welcoming Reception
Friday, March 15, 2013
8:00 AM New Trends in the Management of ROP (Barr)
8:40 AM Truth or Consequences: My Name is Primary Vitreal Lymphoma (Pulido)
9:20 AM Applying “Lean Manufacturing” Processes to Ophthalmic Practice:
Improving Quantity and Quality (Han)
10:00 AM Break
10:30 AM Management of Vitreomacular Traction, Epiretinal Membranes, and
Macular Holes in 2013. (Barr)
11:10 AM Ophthalmic Antimicrobial Therapy: Myths Debunked (Han)
11:50 PM Genetic Testing for AMD: When & Why? (Niffenegger)
12:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 PM Does Genetic Testing of Melanomas Help? (Pulido)
2:10 PM OCT Interpretation from the Choroid to the Vitreous: What should we
recognize beyond "fluid?" (Spaide)
2:50 PM Adaptive Optics Imaging of the Retina (Han)
3:30 PM Adjourn
5:00 – 8:00 PM Beach Barbecue
Saturday, March 16, 2013
8:00 AM AMD Classification Beyond "Wet” and “Dry" (Spaide)
8:40 AM Relationship of Cataract Surgery to AMD? (Susan Bressler)
9:20 AM Anti-VEGF Therapy for Neovascular AMD: Which Drug? How Often? (Neil
Bressler)
10:00 AM Break
10:30 AM Some Clinically Relevant Results from the Diabetic Retinopathy
Clinical Research Network (Susan Bressler)
11:10 AM Current Role of Laser and Anti-VEGF Therapy for Diabetic Macular
Edema (Neil Bressler)
11:50 PM Application of Clinical Trials to Clinical Practice – Case
Presentations (Wong-Panel)
12:30 PM Adjourn