Treatment & Management of Ocular Disease: Posterior Segment

Symposia Highlights:

Vision Science Section: ARVO/AAO Joint Symposium:
“Advanced Optical Measurements of the Retina in Diabetes and Glaucoma”
Thursday, October 24 3:30 – 5:30 PM
This session will bring together experts in advanced imaging and clinical researchers to educate clinicians and vision scientists about the rapidly changing field of retinal imaging, with an emphasis on new techniques which provide information targeted towards glaucoma and diabetic changes. Speakers include Ann E. Elsner, PhD, FAAO, Ruikang Wang, PhD, David Huang, MD, PhD, Stacey Choi, PhD, John Flanagan, BsC, PhD, FAAO, and Stephen A. Burns, PhD, FAAO.

Ocular Nutrition SIG Symposium:
“Conclusions and Controversies: AREDS II and Future Directions to AMD Management”
Wednesday, October 23 10:00 AM - Noon
This session will provide a brief overview of AREDS II conclusions and a review of controversies related to this study. Speakers will include Dennis Ruskin, OD, FAAO, Kimberly Reed, OD, FAAO, Larry Alexander, OD, FAAO, Stuart Richer, OD, PhD, FAAO, and A. Paul Chous, MA, OD, FAAO.

Lectures and Workshops:

Wednesday, Oct. 23

Thursday, Oct. 24

Friday, Oct. 25

Saturday, Oct. 26

9-10 AM
Exploring the Globe with Technologies That Image a Mile Wide and a Mile Deep
Jerome Sherman

9-10 AM
New Methods in Diagnosing AMD
Steven Ferrucci

2-3 PM
The Use of OCT in the Diagnosis and Management of Macular Holes, Cysts, Pseudoholes, and Lammellar Holes
Douglas Coon

11 AM-12 PM
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): Posterior Segment Applications
Nancy Wong

9-10 AM
Intravitreal Injections: Can They Treat Everything?
Leonid Skorin

10-11 AM
Optic Nerves that Pale in Comparison
Edward Chu

2-3 PM
Panoramic Fundus Autofluorescence : Clinical Applications and Limitations
Jerome Sherman

1:30-3:30 PM
You Can’t Afford to Miss This: Understanding Posterior Ocular Tumors
Carlo Pelino, Lauren Richards

2-3 PM
Updates and Advances in OCT and FAF technology for Vision Threatening Disease
Khadija Shahid, Bernard Szirth

10 AM-12 PM
Influence of Today’s Science on Retina Care in Your Office
Jeffry Gerson, Diana Shechtman

3-4 PM
The Essence of Fundus Autofluorescence in Hereditary Retinal Disease
Sherry Bass

2-3 PM
Diabetic Reinopathy
Steven Ferrucci

11 AM- Noon
Moving the Bull’s Eye: An Update on Plaquenil & the Eye
Todd Peabody, Richard Meetz

3-4 PM
Current Treatment Options for Wet AMD
Steven Ferrucci

1:30-3:30
Clinical Pearls in Vitreoretinal Surgery Mohammad Rafieetary

4:30-5:30
Epiretinal Membranes - What Are They All About?
William Jones