Schedule as of (Schedule subjects to further updates.)
Date
Time
Presentation type
Theme
Venue
Chair(s)
Speakers & Topics
Subspecialty Day - Retina
Jun 28, 2008 09:00-10:30 Symposium AMD - Update and Overview Hall 7A
Paul MITCHELL
Fernando AREVALO
  1. Paul MITCHELL - AMD Pathogenesis and Epidemiology
  2. Kang ZHANG - The Genetics of AMD
  3. Peter KAISER - AMD-Pharmacologic Therapy: Ranibizumab as Primary Therapy
  4. Fernando AREVALO - AMD-Pharmacologic Therapy: Bevacizumab as Primary Therapy
  5. Peter KAISER - AMD- Combination and Triple Therapy
  6. Lawrence SINGERMAN - Next Generation Targets for AMD Therapy: Beyond VEGF Inhibitors
  7. James KLANCNIK - Updates on Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation (RAP)
  8. Timothy LAI - Updates on Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy
Jun 28, 2008 11:00-12:30 Symposium Treatment of Retinal and Macular Vascular Diseases Hall 7A
Lihteh WU
Tien WONG
  1. Dennis LAM - Update on the Management of Diabetic Macular Edema
  2. Stanley CHANG - Current Approaches for the Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
  3. Lihteh WU - Treatment Options for Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
  4. Marilita MOSCHOS - Treatment Options for Central Retinal Vein Occlusion
  5. Tien WONG - Hypertensive Retinopathy Revisited
  6. Wai-man CHAN - Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
  7. Kyoko OHNO-MATSUI - Update in the management of myopic choroidal neovascularization
  8. James KLANCNIK - Current Management of Juxtafoveal Retinal Telangiectasis
Jun 28, 2008 14:00-15:30 Symposium Current Concepts and Managements on Various Vitreoretinal Diseases Hall 7A
Jerry SHIELDS
Wai-ching LAM
  1. Carol SHIELDS - Update on the Management of Retinoblastoma
  2. Jerry SHIELDS - Update on the Management of Choroidal Melanoma
  3. Yasushi IKUNO - Myopic Foveoschisis
  4. Alvin KWOK - Practical Approach in the Management of Epiretinal Membrane and Macular Hole
  5. Wai-ching LAM - Current Concept and Management of Retinopathy of Prematurity
  6. David S H WONG - Practical Pearls for Using Various Tamponades in Vitreoretinal Surgery
  7. Soon-phaik CHEE - Clinical Update on Choroiditis
  8. Susan LIGHTMAN - Clinical Update on Retinal Vasculitis and Retinitis
  9. Ferenc KUHN - Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: Primary Vitrectomy vs Primary Buckle
Jun 28, 2008 16:00-17:30 Symposium Updates on Instrumentation/Technique/ and Imaging Hall 7A
Steve CHARLES
David CHOW
  1. David CHOW - New Vitreoretinal Instruments
  2. Frank KOCH - Ways to Improve Visualization in Vitrectomy
  3. Steve CHARLES - Physics of Vitrectomy- from Theory to Practice
  4. Frank HOLZ - Autofluorescence Imaging- Hypothesis and Review
  5. Graham DUGUID - New Development and Advancement in Optical Coherence Tomography
  6. Mark BLUMENKRANZ - New Angiographic Imaging Modalities
  7. George WILLIAMS - Microplasmin in Vitrectomy