OBJECTIVE: To educate attendees about diagnosis, prevention and up-to-date management of common retinal problems including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, macular edema, vein occlusions; to recognize less common but similarly appearing macular disorders; and to help answer frequently asked questions from our patients.
Time
Topic
Speaker
Abstract
8:00 AM
Registration/Exhibits
8:30 AM
Introduction
Johanna M. Seddon, MD, ScM
8:35 AM
New Insights into Prevention and Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema
Ron Adelman, MD
8:50 AM
Treatment of Retinal Vein Occlusions in the Era of Anti-VEGFs
Jeffrey Marx, MD
9:05 AM
Cost, Safety, and Efficacy of Anti-VEG Therapy for Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration
Philip J. Rosenfeld, MD
9:35 AM
Business Meeting
9:50 AM
Refreshment Break/Exhibits
10:20 AM
Age-related Macular Degeneration Masquerades: How to Identify and Manage
Manju Subramanian, MD
10:35 AM
Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration: Imaging and Clinical Trial Update
Philip J. Rosenfeld, MD
11:00 AM
Cataract Surgery: Use of OCT and Concerns about Retinal Problems
Thomas Ward, MD
11:15 AM
Panel Discussion and Cases
Jay S. Duker, MD, Moderator;
Ron Adelman, MD,
Jeffrey Marx, MD,
Philllip J. Rosenfeld, MD,
Johanna M. Seddon, MD, ScM,
Manju Subramanian, MD
11:45 AM
Luncheon Seminars
Afternoon Meeting
Cornea/Refractive Subspecialty
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Room Location: Patriot
Session Moderator: Stephen Pecsenyicki, MD
Program Committee Coordinator: Christopher J. Soares, MD
Time
Topic
Speaker
Abstract
1:00 PM
Introduction
2:20 PM
Refreshment Break/exhibits
4:00 PM
Adjourn
Oculoplastics Subspecialty
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Room Location: Freedom
Session Moderator: Katherine Lane, MD
Program Committee Coordinator: Christopher J. Soares, MD
Time
Topic
Speaker
Abstract
1:00 PM
Introduction
Kate Lane, MD
1:05 PM
Red, Itchy Eyelids
Maria Kirzhner, MD
1:23 PM
Emerging Paradigms in Ocular Rosacea
Ted Wladis, MD
1:41 PM
The Management of Capillary Hemangiomas
Michael Yoon, MD
1:59 PM
Saving Face: Coping with Cranio-facial Distinctions and Stigma in a Culture with Expectations of Perfection
Sondra Solomon, PhD
2:17 PM
Refreshment Break/exhibits
2:47 PM
Ocular Cicatricial Pemphagoid
Steven Foster, MD
3:05 PM
Topical Therapy for Periocular Tumors
Sarit Patel, MD
3:23 PM
Update on Botox and Facial Fillers
Mitesh Kapadia, MD
3:41 PM
Cosmetic Skin Lasers and Other Rejuvenating Devices
Yoash Enzer, MD
4:00 PM
Adjourn
Retina Subspecialty
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Room Location: Main Auditorium
Session Moderator: Dean Eliot, MD
Program Committee Coordinator: Christopher J. Soares, 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.
