Saturday, March 9, 2019
Program is subject to change
| 8:30 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Welcome and Overview - Intersection of Science and Patient Care David T. Tse, MD, FACS and David Pelaez, PhD |
| Session I: Emerging Technologies 3D Printing in Ophthalmology, Augmented and Virtual Reality |
| 9:10 | Introduction to 3D Printing: Perspective, Limitations and Updates from the OBC Jean-Marie Parel, Ing.ETS-G, PhD, FARVO |
| 9:25 | 3D Printing for Orbital and Facial Prostheses Ernesto H. Weisson |
| 9:50 | 3D-Printed Scaffolds for Corneal and Ocular Surface Regeneration Alfonso L. Sabater, MD, PhD |
| 10:15 | Virtual Reality Classroom – Virtual Molecular Biology Laboratory for Clinician-Scientists Katherine D. Leviste |
| 10:40 | Virtual Reality Simulation for Mechanics of Ophthalmic Surgery Training Daniel E. Hutter, MD |
| Session II: Orbital Tumors Unexplored Horizons |
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| 11:10 | Approach to Orbital Tumor Management – An Overview and Case Discussion Pasquale W. Bendetto, MD |
| 11:35 | AMLV- and GALV- Pseudotyped Retroviral Replicating Vectors as a Gene Therapy Platform for the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer James J. Grosso |
| 12:00 pm | Considerations for Establishing In-Vitro Studies of Orbital Tumor Biology – A Clinician's Perspective Andrew Rong, MD |
| 12:25 | Notch Inhibition and Drug Screening in LGACC Ravi Doddapaneni, PhD |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| Session III: Stem Cells and Regenerative Ophthalmology |
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| 1:30 | iPSC Retinal Organoids as a Platform for New RGCs for Optic Nerve Repair Zenith Acosta-Torres |
| 1:55 | Endogenous Regenerative Mechanisms of the Mammalian Retina – Focus on Muller Glia Ryan A. Gallo |
| 2:20 | Traumatic Optic Neuropathy (TON) Management David T. Tse, MD, FACS |
| 2:45 | Inflammasome Facilitates Ganglion Cell Loss via Pyroptosis and Apoptosis in Ocular Hypertension Injury Valery I. Shestopalov, PhD |
| 3:20 | Wnt Signaling in Visual Pathway Regeneration Abigail S. Hackam, PhD |
| 3:45 | Closing Remarks David T. Tse, MD, FACS |
| 4:00 | Adjourn |