PROGRAM
All Times are ET
Program is subject to change

Saturday, October 26, 2024

3:00 to 5:00 pm	Early Registration

 

Sunday, October 27, 2024

7:50 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:50	Welcome Remarks Guillermo Amescua, MD
	Cataract I Moderator: Allister G. Gibbons, MD
9:00	Aphthera Intraocular Lens in Irregular Corneas Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD
9:10	Pupilloplasty 101 Allister G. Gibbons, MD
9:20	LAL in Post Refractive Eyes Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD
9:30	Use of Toric Intraocular Lenses with Prior Radial Keratotomy Allister G. Gibbons, MD
9:40	Panel Discussion Panel: Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD, Juan F. Batlle, MD, Allister G. Gibbons, MD
9:50	Femtocataracts from Simple to Complex Jose de la Cruz, MD
10:00	Incisions in Cataract Surgery Juan F. Batlle, MD
10:10	3D Cataract Surgery Comparing Two Platforms Jose de la Cruz, MD
10:20	Panel Discussion Panel: Juan F. Batlle MD, Allister G. Gibbons, MD, Jose de la Cruz, MD
	Imaging Moderator: Richard K. Lee, MD, PhD
10:30	Introduction Richard K. Lee, MD, PhD
10:35	Glaucoma OCT Imaging Luis E. Vazquez, MD, PhD
10:50	Diabetic Retinopathy – A Multi-Modality Approach to Assessment Maura Di Nicola, MD
11:10	Ultrasonography – What is New and How it Aids the Clinician Yale L. Fisher, MD
11:25	OCT and UBM in the Assessment of the Cornea Jose de la Cruz, MD
11:45	Questions and Discussion
12:00 pm	Group Photograph
12:30	Exhibits / Lunch
	Retina I Moderator: William E. Smiddy, MD
	Something Old
2:00	Introduction: Pathogenesis, Objectives, Options William E. Smiddy, MD
2:10	What Does Not Need to Be Treated Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD
2:20	Pneumatic Retinopexy Luis J. Haddock, MD
2:30	Scleral Buckling Justin H. Townsend, MD
2:40	Vitrectomy for RD Nicolas A. Yannuzzi, MD
2:50	Combined Vitrectomy and SBP Basil Williams, MD
3:00	CASES with Panel William E. Smiddy, MD Panel: Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD, Justin H. Townsend, MD, Luis J. Haddock, MD, Nicolas A. Yannuzzi, MD, and Basil Williams, MD
3:30	Refreshment Break
	Retina II Moderator: Luis J. Haddock, MD
	Something New
4:00	Timing of Repair William E. Smiddy, MD
4:10	Pediatric RDs Hong-Uyen Hua, MD
4:20	RD Due to Retinal Dialysis Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD
4:30	Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Justin H. Townsend, MD
4:40	New Instrumentation/Techniques Luis J. Haddock, MD
4:50	New Frontiers in Retinal Detachment Nicolas A. Yannuzzi, MD
5:00	CASES with Panel Luis J. Haddock, MD
5:25	UHealth International
5:30	Opening Ceremony and Raffle
6:00 - 8:00	Young Curso Film Festival

 

Monday, October 28, 2024

7:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:00	Glaucoma Videos
	Glaucoma I Moderators: Paul F. Palmberg, MD, PhD, Elena Bitrian, MD, and Luis E. Vazquez, MD, PhD
9:00	Insightful Horizons: Remote Care Integration in the Future of Glaucoma Management in Adults and Children Alana Grajewski, MD
9:20	Francisco E. Fantes, MD Distinguished Lecture The Evolution of Tube Surgery Keith Barton, MD, FRCP, FRCS
10:00	The X-Files: Cases that Teach
10:30	Refreshment Break
	Glaucoma II Moderators: Paul F. Palmberg, MD, PhD, Luis E. Vazquez, MD, PhD, and Elena Bitrian, MD
11:00	Navigating the Crossroads of Angle Surgery Analisa Arosemena, MD
11:20	Minimally Invasive Bleb Forming Surgery Keith Barton, MD, FRCP, FRCS
11:40	How I Managed a Complication Panel Presentations and Discussion
12:10	The Management of Glaucoma in Uveitis Keith Barton, MD, FRCP, FRCS
12:30 pm	Exhibits/Lunch
	Cornea and External Diseases Moderator: Angela Y. Zhu, MD
	Topic: “Hot off the Press: Trending Updates in Corneal and External Diseases”
2:00	Update on Corneal Endothelial Cell Therapy Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD
2:08	Update on Magnetized Corneal Endothelial Cell Replacement Therapy William W. Culbertson, MD and Ellen Koo, MD
2:16	Update on Descemet Stripping Only – When and How Ellen Koo, MD
2:24	Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers Panel: Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD, William W. Culbertson, MD, Carolina Mercado, MD, and Ellen Koo, MD
2:30	Update on Management of Corneal/Limbal Dermoid Jaime Martinez Martinez, MD
2:38	Update on Clinical Trials in Infectious Keratitis Guillermo Amescua, MD
2:46	Update on Corneal Allogenic Intrastromal Ring Segments for Keratoconus Rahul S. Tonk, MD, MBA
2:54	Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers Panel: Jaime Martinez Martinez, MD, Guillermo Amescua, MD, and Rahul S. Tonk, MD, MBA
3:00	Update on New Devices for Corneal Surgery Carolina Mercado, M
3:08	Update on Artificial Intelligence in AS-OCT Diagnosis of Conjunctival Lesions Carol L. Karp, MD
3:16	Update on Remote Monitoring for Keratoplasty Jose de la Cruz, MD, MS
3:24	Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers Panel: Carolina Mercado, M, Carol L. Karp, MD, and Jose de la Cruz, MD, MS
3:30	Refreshment Break
	Ocular Surface Diseases Symposium Moderator: Alfonso L. Sabater, MD
4:00	Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurotrophic Keratopathy Angela Y. Zhu, MD
4:10	Clinical Decisions in Patients with Necrotizing Scleritis Guillermo Amescua, MD
4:20	Role of Surgery in Ocular Surface Diseases Jaime D. Martinez Martinez, MD
4:30	Can I Regenerate the Ocular Surface with Blood and Genes? Alfonso L. Sabater, MD, PhD
4:40	Can I Replace the Cornea or Make It Better? Jose de la Cruz, MD
4:50	Questions and Discussions
5:30	Raffle

 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

7:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:00	Cataract Videos From Concept to Clinic: Mastering the Snare Technique Anil Shah, MD
	Refractive Surgery I Moderator: Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS
	Trending Topics in Refractive Surgery
9:00	Refractive Surgery Far Vs. Close to the Equator Jose de la Cruz, MD, MS
9:10	Navigating Haze from Corneal Cross-linking Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD
9:20	Cataract and Keratorefractive Surgery When There is a Pterygium William W. Culbertson, MD
9:30	Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers Panel: Jose de la Cruz, MD, MS, Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD, William W. Culbertson, MD, Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS, and Juan F. Batlle, MD
9:45	Update on Implantable Collamer Lenses Juan F. Batlle, MD
9:55	Predicting Success with Premium Lens Technology Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS
10:05	Introducing SMILE In My Practice Jose de la Cruz, MD, MS
10:15	Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers Panel: Jose de la Cruz, MD, MS, Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD, William W. Culbertson, MD, Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS, and Juan F. Batlle, MD
10:30	Refreshment Break
	Refractive Surgery II Moderator: Rahul S. Tonk, MD, MBA
	Interactive Case Presentations
11:00	Fellow Case Presentation: Quickfire Refractive Surgery Evaluations Despoina Theotoka, MD
11:45	Refractive Surgery Challenges: What would you do? TBD
12:15 pm	Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers Panel: Jose de la Cruz, MD, MS, Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD, William W. Culbertson, MD, Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS, and Juan F. Batlle, MD
12:30 pm	Exhibits / Lunch
	Cataract II Moderator: Jaime D. Martinez Martinez, MD
2:00	Introduction
2:05	Cataract Surgery in Patients with Fuchs Corneal Dystrophy Jose de la Cruz, MD, MS
2:15	A Finger-Controlled Nonultrasonic Lens Extractor Sonia H. Yoo, MD
2:25	Blanco – Puncture in Surgery of White Cataracts Juan F. Batlle, MD
2:35	Panel Discussion Panel: Jaime D. Martinez, MD, Sonia H. Yoo, MD, Jose de la Cruz, MD, MS, and Juan F. Batlle, MD
2:45	Managing Corneal Lumps and Bumps in the Cataract Patient Patient Florence A. Cabot, MD
2:55	IOL Power Calculations in Irregular Corneas Rahul S. Tonk, MD, MBA
3:05	Challenging Cases of Intraocular Lens Exchange Guillermo Amescua, MD
3:15	Panel Discussion Jaime D. Martinez, MD, Florence A. Cabot, MD, Rahul S. Tonk, MD, MBA, and Guillermo Amescua, MD
3:30	Refreshment Break
	Ocular Oncology Moderator: Carol L. Karp, MD
4:00	Introduction Carol L. Karp, MD
4:05	Lymphoma Basil Williams, MD
4:15	Uveal Melanoma Dan S. Gombos, MD, FACS
4:25	Scary Conjunctival Lesions Carol L. Karp, MD
4:35	Myth Busters: Malignant Transformation of Uveal Melanocytic Tumors Zelia M. Correa, MD, PhD
4:45	Does Multimodal Imaging Help in Ocular Oncology? Maura Di Nicola, MD
5:05	Diagnostic Cytopathology in Ophthalmology Sander R. Dubovy, MD
5:15	Discussion
5:30	Raffle
7:00	“La Fiesta” Cocktail Reception and Dance

 

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

7:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:00	Best of Grand Rounds Videos
	Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Hilda Capo, MD and Craig A. McKeown, MD
	Cases That Kept Me Up at Night
9:00	Not So Scary Retinoblastoma Updates Dan S. Gombos, MD, FACS
9:10	Nightmare Files #1: Retina Case That Kept Me Up at Night Hong-Uyen Hua, MD
9:18	Nightmare Files #2: Retina Case That Kept Me Up at Night Dan S. Gombos, MD, FACS
9:26	Nightmare Files #3: Anterior Segment Case That Kept Me Up at Night Angela Y. Zhu, MD
9:34	Nightmare Files #4: Anterior Segment Case That Kept Me Up at Night Ta Chen Peter Chang, MD
9:42	Nightmare Files #5: Glaucoma Case That Kept Me Up at Night Elena Bitrian, MD
9:50	Nightmare Files #6: Strabismus Case That Kept Me Up at Night Kara M. Cavuoto, MD
9:58	Nightmare Files #7: Strabismus Case That Kept Me Up at Night Michelle Falcone, MD
10:06	Nightmare Files #8: Strabismus Case That Kept Me Up at Night Hilda Capo, MD
10:14	Nightmare Files #9: Strabismus Case That Kept Me Up at Night Craig A. McKeown, MD
10:22	Questions and Answers
10:30	Refreshment Break
	Oculoplastics Moderator: Thomas E. Johnson, MD
11:00	Introduction to Corneal Neurotization Andrew Rong, MD
11:12	Update on Clinical Trials in Thyroid Eye Disease Sara T. Wester MD, FACS
11:24	Unusual Orbital Inflammations Thomas E. Johnson, MD
11:36	Lower Lid Blepharoplasty and Adjuncts Nathan W. Blessing, MD
11:48	Using Virtual Reality in Ophthalmology Medical Education: The BPEI Experience Chris R. Alabiad, MD
12:00 pm	BLICK Assessment of Tearing David T. Tse, MD
12:12	Questions and Answers
12:30	Exhibits / Lunch
	Uveitis Moderator: Raquel Goldhardt, MD, FACS
2:00	Introduction
2:05	Fog in the AIR Stephanie M. Llop, MD
2:20	TB or not TB Thomas A. Albini, MD
2:35	Out of the Box Janet L. Davis, MD
2:50	Illuminating Uveitis Raquel Goldhardt, MD, FACS
3:05	What is it? Identifying the Masquerade Maura Di Nicola, MD
3:20	Panel Discussion
3:30	Refreshment Break
	Neuro-Ophthalmology Moderator: Carlos E. Mendoza, MD
4:00	Opening Remarks Carlos E. Mendoza, MD
4:05	Challenging Case in Neuro-Ophthalmology I Joshua Pasol, MD
4:15	Challenging Case in Neuro-Ophthalmology II Hong Jiang, MD, PhD
4:25	Challenging Case in Neuro-Ophthalmology III Maja Kostic, MD, PhD
4:35	Challenging Case in Neuro-Ophthalmology IV Carlos E. Mendoza, MD
4:45	Challenging Case in Neuro-Ophthalmology V Byron L. Lam, MD
5:05	Questions and Answers Panel
	Global Ophthalmology and Telehealth Moderators: Zubair Ansari, MD and Giselle Ricur, MD, MBA, MSc, FATA
5:10	The Next Chapter in Global Ophthalmology Zubair Ansari, MD
5:20	Telehealth and the Artificial Intelligence Odyssey Giselle Ricur, MD, MBA, MSc, FATA
5:30	Raffle