Schedule as of (Schedule subjects to further updates.) Date Time Presentation type Theme Venue Chair(s) Speakers & Topics Glaucoma Jun 29, 2008 09:00-10:30 Symposium Focus on the Glaucoma Patient - Practicalities and Problems Rm 606 Rm 607 Scott CHRISTENSEN Beverly LINDSELL Chun Zhang Scott CHRISTENSEN - The Association of International Glaucoma Patient Organizations Beverly LINDSELL - How to Start a Glaucoma Support Group James TSAI - Compliance and Persistancy Alan ROBIN - Overcoming Difficulties in Eyedrop Instillation Joseph COHEN - Patient Presentations - Living with Glaucoma Maria GORBY - Patient Presentations - Living with Glaucoma Shuji ZHENG - Patient Presentations - Living with Glaucoma Robert DOLGOFF - Psychology of Glaucoma Jun 29, 2008 14:00-15:30 Course How to Detect Progression in Glaucoma Theatre I Nancy YUEN Robert WEINREB Paul CHEW Robert WEINREB - Introduction Neeru GUPTA - Visual Field Progression Felipe MEDEIROS - Optic Disc Progression Christopher LEUNG - Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Progression Robert WEINREB - Putting it all Together Jun 29, 2008 14:00-15:30 Panel Video session 2 Rm 406 Rm 407 Robert RITCH Tarek SHAARAWY Ike AHMED Robert RITCH - Argon Laser Peripheral Iridoplasty Robert RITCH - Laser Suture Lysis Using the Ritch Laser Suture Lysis Lens Celso TELLO - SLT Keith BARTON - Blocked Tubes, Retracted Tubes and the Ahmed Tube Extender Celso TELLO - Baerveldt Glaucoma Implant: Tube Placement in the Sulcus and Tube Placement in the Par Plana Ike AHMED - Placement of Tube Shunt in Posterior Chamber Celso TELLO - Modified Goniotomy Technique Ike AHMED - Suprachoroidal Gold Shunt Celso TELLO - Gold shunt Marlene MOSTER - Ex-PRESS Miniature Implant - My Experience and Views on the Two Sides of This Coin Remo SUSANNA - Force Tube Irrigation for Seton Failure Jun 29, 2008 16:00-17:30 Symposium WGA Symposium: Hot Topics in Glaucoma - Controversy and Consensus Theatre I Ivan GOLDBERG Seng-keong FANG Michael KOOK Remo SUSANNA Paul HEALEY - Glaucoma Guidelines and You Michael KOOK - IOP, CCT, and Practice Jonathan CROWSTON - Imaging Technologies, When, What and Why Manuel AGULTO - Quality Use of Fixed Combinations in Medical Therapy Kuldev SINGH - Can Glaucoma Progression Be Completely Halted by IOP Lowering? Shlomo MELAMED - Roles of SLT in Glaucoma Management Prin ROJANAPONGPUN - Glaucoma Surgery - Are We Moving Forward? Clement THAM - Lens Removal and Angle Closure Jun 30, 2008 11:00-12:30 Symposium SEAGIG Symposium: Angle-Closure Glaucoma Theatre I Manuel AGULTO Ramanjit SIHOTA Ningli WANG Ramanjit SIHOTA - Synchial vs Appositional Damage in PACG P FOSTER - Synchial vs Appositional Damage in PACG Paul CHEW - Symptomatic vs Epidemiologic Classification in PACG Ki-ho PARK - Symptomatic vs Epidemiologic Classification in PACG Dennis LAM - MEDS vs. Paracentesis/ALPI in Acute PAC Tin AUNG - Medications vs Surgery Post-LI in PACG Hiroshi SAKAI - Medications Vs Surgery Post LI in PACG Ivan GOLDBERG - POAG vs PACG Blindness Jun 30, 2008 11:00-12:30 Panel Video session 3 Rm 606 Rm 607 Robert RITCH Tarek SHAARAWY Dexter LEUNG Ike AHMED - Iris Repair and Tube/Trab for Traumatic Glaucoma Ike AHMED - Pseudoexfoliation: Use Capsular Tension Devices for Profound Zonular-dehiscence Ike AHMED - Draining Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage Intraop Keith BARTON - Management of Cyclodialysis Cleft Keith BARTON - The Baerveldt Glaucoma Implant - A New Technique for More Predictable IOP Ike AHMED - Re-op for Iris Prolapse/Incarceration After Trabeculectomy Ike AHMED - Small Pupil Management with Novel Pupil Ring (Malyugin Ring) Ike AHMED - Placing Setons Over Scleral Buckles Ike AHMED - Repair of 300 Degree! Cyclodialysis and IOL Exchange with Iris-sutured IOL and Pupilloplasty (a 3.5 hr case!) Jun 30, 2008 14:00-15:30 Symposium Promoting and Maintaining Filtering Bleb Function Theatre II Peng KHAW Boonsong WANICHWECHARUNGRUANG Abdul Rahman ROPILAH Yaniv BARKANA - Early Post-OP Leak/Overfiltration Jonathan CROWSTON - A Potential Role for Anti-VEGF Therapy After Trabeculectomy Keith BARTON - Revising Failing Blebs Steven SEAH - Effects of Steroids or Gas on Trabeculectomy Blebs Jimmy LAI - Post-op Trabeculectomy Management in Angle-closure Peng KHAW - Optimizing Bleb Appearance and Antimetabolite Application Boonsong WANICHWECHARUNGRUANG - Does Pigment in the Bleb Improve Filtration? Abdul Rahman ROPILAH - Needling the Failing Bleb Makoto ARAIE - A New, Safe Enzyme Inhibitor to Enhance Filtering Bleb Formation Jun 30, 2008 16:00-17:30 Course Clinical Challenges in Glaucoma Rm 406 Rm 407 Siu-ping HUI Paul LICHTER Jody PILTZ-SEYMOUR Siu-ping HUI - CMV & Its Glaucoma Relationships Sally ATHERTON - Herpes Simplex and its Glaucoma Relationships Neeru GUPTA - Glaucoma Progression from the Eye to the Brain Xing-huai SUN - Is Emotional Upset the Cause or the Result of Glaucoma? Jody PILTZ-SEYMOUR - The Varied Presentations of Angle Closure Glaucoma Jun 30, 2008 16:00-17:30 Course Pearls in Glaucoma Surgery Rm 606 Rm 607 Hon-wah YUNG Tarek SHAARAWY Clive PECKAR Tarek SHAARAWY - Deep Sclerectomy, Shortening the Learning Curve L VIJAYA - Aqueous Misdirection Syndrome Peng KHAW - Diffuse Non-cystic Blebs and Gradual Pressure Reduction After Antimetabolite Assisted Surgery Paul PALMBERG - Procedures Performed at the Slit Lamp in the Management of Acute Glaucoma Conditions Goji TOMITA - Intravitreal Bevacizumab (Avastin) Assisted Trabeculectomy for Neovascular Glaucoma James TSAI - Phaco-trabeculectomy: Modifications to Improve Surgical Outcome Clive PECKAR - Canaloplasty: Is Schlemm's Canal Surgery The Answer for Open Angle Glaucoma? (History & Surgical Technique) Robert STEGMANN - Canaloplasty: Is Schlemm's Canal Surgery The Answer for Open Angle Glaucoma? (Micro-Anatomy Revealed) Jul 01, 2008 09:00-10:30 Symposium AOGS Symposium: Medical and Las edical and Laser Treatment of Open-Angle Glaucoma Theatre II Makoto ARAIE Doris YICK Jost JONAS Prin ROJANAPONGPUN - SLT: Tricks, Tips, and Outcomes Tin AUNG - Current Role of Cyclophotocoagulation Changwon KEE - Efficacy of ALT in Korean OAG Patients Kazuhisa SUGIYAMA - SLT as Adjunctive Therapy for Open-angle Glaucoma Ling-ling WU - What is the First Choice of Treatment in China Paul PALMBERG - The One-eye Trial is still the Best Way to Initiate Therapy Jost JONAS - Medical Therapy Based on the EGS Guidelines Ting-hong WANG - Management of POAG in Patients with High Myopia Jul 01, 2008 09:00-10:30 Panel Video session 1 Rm 406 Rm 407 Robert RITCH Tarek SHAARAWY Ike AHMED Robert RITCH - Limbus-based Trabeculectomy with a 5 mm Incision Celso TELLO - Fornix-based Trabeculectomy Paul PALMBERG - Slit-lamp Procedures in the Management of Glaucoma Paul PALMBERG - Management of Painful Blebs Celso TELLO - Compression sutures to manage overfiltering blebs Celso TELLO - Surgical Revision of Overfiltering Limbus-based Trabeculectomy Celso TELLO - Ab-interno bleb revision of failed blebs during cataract surgery Dennis LAM - Phaco in APAC Eyes - How to Prevent and Manage the Complications Dennis LAM - Phaco in CACG Eyes - How to Prevent and Manage the Complications Ike AHMED - Phaco-goniosynechialysis with Microforceps for Angle Closure Ike AHMED - Pars Plana Tap in Lensectomy for Acute Angle Closure Tarek SHAARAWY - Deep Sclerectomy Tarek SHAARAWY - Glaucoma Video Keith BARTON - Aqueous Shunt Implantation after Retinal Surgery Keith BARTON - Diagnosis and Managment of the Cyclodialysis Cleft Peng KHAW - Moorfields Safer Surgery System for Trabeculectomy Jul 01, 2008 11:00-12:30 Symposium Glaucoma Surgery: New Techniques and Approaches Convention Hall C Celso TELLO Keith BARTON Jialiang ZHAO Keith BARTON - Modern Trabeculectomy Celso TELLO - Modern Aqueous Drainage Devices Tarek SHAARAWY - Deep Sclerectomy Marlene MOSTER - Express Mini-shunt Gabriel SIMON - Gold Shunt Thomas SAMUELSON - Canaloplasty Quang NGUYEN - Trabectome Remo SUSANNA - Cyclodestructive Procedures Wesley HSU - OculusGen Jul 01, 2008 14:00-15:30 Symposium Normal-Tension Glaucoma Theatre I Josef FLAMMER Dexter LEUNG Robert RITCH Josef FLAMMER - The Vascular Dysregulation Syndrome as a Risk Factor for Glaucomatous Damage Yoshiaki KITAZAWA - Disc Hemorrhage: Etiology and Significance Yaniv BARKANA - What We Need to Learn About Nocturnal IOP Dexter LEUNG - Neuroradiologic Findings in Normal-tension Glaucoma Franz GRUS - Immune Abnormalities in Normal-tension Glaucoma Robert RITCH - Systemic Biomarkers for Normal-tension Glaucoma Maneli MOZAFFARIEH - Current and Future Approaches to Treatment of Non-IOP-dependent Risk Factors Jul 01, 2008 16:00-17:30 Symposium Neuroprotection Theatre I Robert WEINREB Jonathan CROWSTON Jian GE Robert WEINREB - Glaucoma Neuroprotection: What is is and why it is needed Neeru GUPTA - Is Glaucoma a Brain Disease? Keith MARTIN - Axonal Neuroprotection Yeni YUCEL - Evidence for Neuroprotection in Animal Models Christopher LEUNG - Imaging of Retinal Ganglion Cells Jonathan CROWSTON - Neuroprotection and Diet Modification Qi CUI - Alternative Medicine and Neuroprotection Ivan GOLDBERG - Patient Selection for Glaucoma Neuroprotection Jul 02, 2008 09:00-10:30 Course Glaucoma and Cataract Management Rm 402 Rm 403 Jian GE Robert RITCH Clement THAM - Lens Extraction in Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma Richard PACKARD - Implications for the Cataract Surgeon of Glaucoma Management Options Kenneth ROSENTHAL - Artificial Iris in Glaucomatous Eyes Celso TELLO - Quadruple Procedures (Cataract, PK, PPV, Implant) Garry CONDON - Sutured Intraocular Lenses in Glaucomatous Eyes Jeanne ROSENTHAL - Cataract Surgery in the Setting of Silicone Oil and Retinal Detachment Surgery Jul 02, 2008 09:00-10:30 Course Imaging in Glaucoma Theatre II Christopher LEUNG Felipe MEDEIROS Carol CHEUNG Remo SUSANNA - Evaluation of the Optic Nerve Head in Glaucoma Carol CHEUNG - The Principles of Glaucoma Imaging Instruments Luciana ALENCAR - Interpretation of OCT, HRT, and GDx Felipe MEDEIROS - Comparison of Imaging Instruments for Glaucoma Detection Marlene MOSTER - Progression Analysis in Glaucoma Tin AUNG - Anterior Segment OCT for Anterior Chamber Angle Assessment Christopher LEUNG - Glaucoma Imaging with Aspectral OCT Cristiana VAASILE - Essential Skills in Optic Disc Assessment Jul 02, 2008 09:00-10:30 Course Treatment of Glaucoma Surgery Complications Rm 201B Jean-paul YIH Kwou-yeung WU Brian FRANCIS Jonathan MYERS - Management Options in a Failing Bleb Paul PALMBERG - Hypotony and Related Complications Kuldev SINGH - Bleb and Tube Related Infections and Endophthalmitis Brian FRANCIS - Bleb Leaks and Overfiltering Blebs Ching-lin HO - Tube Shunt Complications (excluding infection) Kwou-yeung WU - Managing Complications in Trabeculectomy with Deep Sclerectomy and Long-term Outcomes Ike AHMED - Exfoliation Syndrome and Its Surgical Issues Jul 02, 2008 11:00-12:30 Course Glaucoma Setons Convention Hall C Xing-huai SUN Celso TELLO Elie DAHAN Dao-yi YU - Role of the Conjunctiva in Glaucoma Seton Surgery Celso TELLO - Pearls of Baerveldt Drainage Implant Surgery Elie DAHAN - 7 years of Experience with the Ex-PRESS Miniature Shunt Under a Scleral Flap Xing-huai SUN - Glaucoma Shunts for Neovascular Glaucoma K. Sheng LIM - Seton Surgery and the Cornea Tao YU - Augmented Trabeculectomy by Deep Sclerectomy, Iridencleisis and Mytomicin C Jul 02, 2008 11:00-12:30 Course Practical Strategies in the Management of Open-Angle Glaucoma Convention Hall A&B Tetsuya YAMAMOTO Gregory SKUTA Chota MATSUMOTO - How to Detect Functional Abnormalities in OAG Patients Ki-ho PARK - Optic Disc Analysis in OAG Sayoko MOROI - On Target Pressure Atsuo TOMIDOKORO - Medical Therapy for OAG Patients Catherine LIU - Role of Trabeculectomy in OAG Jian GE - How to Manage Concomitant Cataract and OAG Maneli MOZAFFARIEH - IOP-independent Therapy for GON Jul 02, 2008 14:00-15:30 Course Diagnosis and Treatment of Angle Closure Glaucoma Convention Hall C Ningli WANG L VIJAYA Robert RITCH Dennis LAM - Alternative Treatments in Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma Clement THAM - Surgical Management of Chronic Angle Closure Glaucoma L VIJAYA - Management of Combined Mechanism Glaucoma Chaiwat TEEKHASAENEE - Management of Malignant Glaucoma Celso TELLO - Differential Diagnosis of Angle-closure Jul 02, 2008 14:00-15:30 Symposium Glaucoma Therapy - What's Under Development for the Future Hall 7B Terete BORRAS Calvin PANG G CHANDRASEKHAR Paul KAUFMAN - Novel Ways of Controlling IOP Hidenobu TANIHARA - Novel Drugs: ROCK Inhibitors for Glaucoma Jonathan KIPNIS - Regulatory T cells - New Targets for Neuroprotective Vaccines in Glaucoma Alon HARRIS - Optic Nerve Head Blood Supplo and Vasoprotection Alan ROBIN - Long-term Drug Delivery to the Anterior Segment Michael YOUNG - Stem Cells for the Treatment of Retinal Damage Terete BORRAS - Pharmacogenetics: Pipeline of Genes and Vectors Calvin PANG - Genomics of Glaucoma