Glaucoma Care - Decision Making in Diagnosis and Management
Time: 8:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Session Moderator: Robert A. Lytle, MD
Objectives: This session will provide the participating ophthalmologist an improved understanding of current decision making in providing glaucoma care. Decision making based upon the history, physical exam, and supplemental testing will be discussed as the initial diagnosis and decision to treat is being made. The ongoing decision processes in caring for chronic glaucoma and assessing for disease progression will be emphasized. Treatment decisions regarding use of laser surgery, incisional surgery, and surgical options for the patient with coexisting cataract will also be addressed.
Time
Topic
Speaker
Abstract
8:00 AM
Registration/Exhibits
8:30 AM
Introduction
Robert A. Lytle, MD
8:35 AM
Assessing Glaucoma Risk Factors and Initiating Treatment
Robert A. Lytle, MD, Moderator
Donald L. Budenz, MD, MPH
David G. Campbell, MD,
Mark A. Latina, MD,
Cynthia Mattox, MD,
Douglas J. Rhee, MD,
Samuel Solish, MD
11:45 AM
Luncheon Seminar I - Can Two Weeks Make A Difference; 17 Years of Service in Ghana
Donald L. Budenz, MD, MPH
Poster Program
Time: 8:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Session Moderator: Mary K. Daly, MD
Residents and fellows from all the New England ophthalmologic teaching programs are invited and encouraged to submit abstracts for a scientific poster presentation contest to be conducted at the May 18, 2012, NEOS meeting. Posters will be judged on originality and scientific merit. Awards will be made for the first prize $500.00, second prize $300.00, third prize $200.00 and three honorable mentions of $50.00 each. Funding for the awards is derived from a gift to the NEOS Education Endowment Fund honoring the late Sanford Hecht, MD. Poster presentations exhibited at ARVO in 2012 and at the AAO meeting in of 2011 may be submitted. We encourage all trainees to participate in this event.
Time
Topic
Speaker
Abstract
8:00 AM
Wide-angle fundus imaging through the Boston keratoprosthesis
Decreasing Retinal Layer Thickness with Increasing Diabetes Duration is Independent of Diabetic Retinopathy Severity and Retinal Central Subfield Thickness
Adeno-associated Virus Mediated Delivery of Complement and Kallikrein-kinin System Inhibitors Reduce Vascular Dysfunction and Non-Vascular Pathology in a Model of Diabetic Retinopathy
Central Macular Thickness and Surgical Outcomes After Epiretinal Membrane Extraction Surgery Combined With Phacoemulsification Surgery versus Membrane Extraction Alone
Luncheon seminar #1-- Can Two Weeks Make a Difference? 17 Years of Service in Ghana
Time: 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM
Room Location: Freedom Room
Session Moderator: Donald L. Budenz, MD, MPH
Luncheon seminar #2--Case Studies in Uveitis
Time: 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM
Room Location: Patriot Room
Session Moderator: Paul A. Gaudio, MD
Afternoon Meeting
Uveitis
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Session Moderator: Paul A. Gaudio, MD
Objective: At the conclusion of this program, attendees will have an increased
familiarity with clinical spectrum of herpetic eye diseases. They will also be acquainted
with treatment options for viral eye infections, and with the judicious use of
corticosteroids in patients affected with these infections.
