Schedule as of (Schedule subjects to further updates.)
Date
Time
Presentation type
Theme
Venue
Chair(s)
Speakers & Topics
Pharmacology & Ocular Drug Delivery
Jun 28, 2008 14:00-15:30 Symposium Ocular Drug Delivery to the Posterior Segment Rm 201B
Baruch KUPPERMANN
Jose CARDILLO
Masahito OHJI
  1. George WILLIAMS - Steroid Implants I (Retisert, Alimera/Medidur)
  2. Young-hee YOON - Steroid Implants II Posurdex Dexamethsone Implant and the Surmodics Triamcinolone Implant)
  3. Jose CARDILLO - Microspheres
  4. Paul SIEVING - Cell Based Drug Delivery Including the Neurotech Cell Based CTNF Implant
  5. Wai-man CHAN - Trans-scleral Drug Therapy
  6. Eugene DE JUAN - Subretinal and Suprachoroidal Drug Delivery
  7. Baruch KUPPERMANN - Topical Therapy (including TargeGen 801, Othera, OcuCure, and CoMentis)
  8. Mark HUMAYUN - Nanotechnology/MEMS Based Approaches to Drug Delivery
  9. William MIELER - Thermoreversible Hydrogels for Posterior Segment Drug Delivery
Jun 29, 2008 14:00-15:30 Symposium Ocular Pharmacology for Posterior Segment Diseases Rm 603
Rm 604
Mark BLUMENKRANZ
David S H WONG
Albert AUGUSTIN
  1. Marc DE SMET - Plasmin and Other Vitreolytic Agents
  2. Norris TSANG - Anti-VEGF Antibodies (ie Lucentis & Avastin)
  3. Quan-dong NGUYEN - VEGF trap
  4. Jay AMBATI - siRNAs (Sirna 027, bevasirinab, and RTP 801 inhibitor)
  5. Mark GILLIES - Corticosteroids
  6. Mark BLUMENKRANZ - Rapamycin/MTOR Inhibitors
  7. Kwok-fai SO - Neuroprotectants
  8. José SAHEL - RdCVF for Retinal Degenerations
Jun 29, 2008 16:00-17:30 Symposium Management of Posterior Segment Diseases using Pharmacotherapies as Sole or Combination Therapy Rm 206
Rm 207
Rm 208
Quan-dong NGUYEN
Alvin KWOK
Francesco BANDELLO
  1. Harvey UY - Updates on Pharmacotherapies for Central Serous Retinopathy
  2. Albert AUGUSTIN - What is New in Combined Therapy for Neovascular AMD?
  3. Diana DO - Fluorescein Angiography and Optical Coherence Tomography: Are Combined Information needed in the Management of Neovascular AMD?
  4. Francesco BANDELLO - Combined Therapy for Diabetic Macular Edema
  5. Oh-woong KWON - Updates on Pharmacotherapies for Hemorrhagic Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy
  6. Masahito OHJI - What is New in Pharmacotherapy for Retinal Vein Occlusion
  7. Ivana KIM - Pharmacotherapy for Posterior Segment Diseases: Looking Beyond Anit-Angiogenic Approaches