Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of Dr. Scott Smith and Dr. Daniel Martin, it is our pleasure to invite you to the Second Retina and Uveitis Update by Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, taking place on February 7-8, 2020.
After the great success of the 2018 conference, “Current and Future Management of Retina and Uveitis” will bring back together faculty from Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and the Cole Eye Institute, along with other international and local experts, to examine the latest advances in medical retina therapy, the application of Artificial Intelligence to the field of retina imaging, cutting-edge surgical techniques as well as new gene therapies. The two-day symposium will feature the latest research and techniques on medical retina, uveitis, vitreoretinal surgery and imaging.
The symposium will gather 250 professionals in the region from medical retina specialists, vitreo-retinal surgeons, uveitis specialists, comprehensive ophthalmologists, ophthalmic technicians, and nurses and will be accredited with CME points from the Department of Health.
We look forward welcoming you back to Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and your participation at the Second Retina and Uveitis Update.
Francesco Pichi, MD
Chair, 2nd Retina and Uveitis Update
Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi
Sunil Srivastava, MD
Co-Chair, 2nd Retina and Uveitis Update
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Ohio, USA
Amani Fawzi
USA
Careen Lowder
USA
Daniel Martin
USA
Justis Ehlers
USA
Sunil Srivastava
USA
| 07:00 Onwards | Registration | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 08:10 | Greetings from Dr. Pichi | |
| 08:10 – 08:15 | Greetings from the Vice President of the ESO | |
| 08:15 – 09:15 | Session I: VR surgery - Instrumentation and Imaging | Moderator: Mohammad Abdul-Nabi |
| 08:15 – 08:30 | Novel instrumentation in VR surgery | Sunil Srivastava |
| 08:30 – 08:45 | Surgical techniques for submacular hemorrhage and the Nano Subretinal Gateway Device | Tamer Mahmoud |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Intraoperative OCT in 2020 - useful or not? | Justis Ehlers |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Questions | |
| 09:15 – 10:15 | Session II: VR surgery - Macular Surgery | Moderator: Ahmed El Khashab |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Lamellar Holes - should we operate on them? | Francesco Pichi |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | ILM flaps for macular holes. When and how? | Tamer Mahmoud |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Autologous retinal transplant for primary and refractory macular holes | Tamer Mahmoud |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Subretinal surgery for gene and stem cell-based therapy | Emad Abboud |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Session III: VR surgery - Management of complex retinal detachments | Moderator: Ahmed El Barky |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Tractional Retinal Detachment repair - tips and tricks | Tamer Mahmoud |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | RD repair after trauma | Ibraheem El Ghrably |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | PVR in 2020 | Tamer Mahmoud |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Panel Discussion: VR surgery | |
| 12:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Session IV: AMD | Moderator: Noura Al Mansoori |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | The new kids on the block in NVAMD – Brolucizumab and Abicipar - what we should know | Francesco Pichi |
| 14:15 – 14:35 | Comparative Studies in NVAMD – how frequent should we treat? | Daniel Martin |
| 14:35 – 14:45 | The Fluid Story in Wet AMD: Detection, Definition, and Management | Justis Ehlers |
| 14:45 – 16:00 | Session V: DM | Moderator: Mohammad Abdul-Nabi |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | DRCR Diabetes Protocols - the top 10 things to know | Daniel Martin |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Steroid therapy in Diabetes - when to pursue | Piergiorgio Neri |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Should we treat non-proliferative DR with anti-VEGF? | Amani Fawzi |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Panel Discussion: AMD/DM | |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break & Networking Session at the Exhibition Area | |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Session VI: Genetics | Moderator: Daniel Martin |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | Treatable retinal dystrophies | Arif Khan |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Genetic testing for retinal dystrophies: lessons I have learned | Arif Khan |
| 07:00 Onwards | Registration | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 08:15 | Opening remarks | |
| 08:15 – 10:15 | Session I: Artificial Intelligence and Automated Imaging | Moderator: Ahmed El Khashab |
| 08:15 – 08:30 | Novel concepts in OCT angiography | Amani Fawzi |
| 08:30 – 08:45 | Wide field imaging - how it can impact management of retinal diseases | Justis Ehlers |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | En face OCT imaging and FAF? | Francesco Pichi |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | AI in retinal diseases – is it for real? | Amani Fawzi |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Advanced OCT analysis in Retinal diseases | Justis Ehlers |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Automated imaging in Uveitis | Sunil Srivastava |
| 09:45 – 10:15 | Panel Discussion | |
| 10:15 – 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Session II: Uveitis | Moderator: Sheikha Noura Al Qassimi |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Work up of the Uveitis Patient in 2020 | Careen Lowder |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Imaging of the Uveitis patient | Francesco Pichi |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Infectious Uveitis - what to look out for | Careen Lowder |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Novel therapies in Uveitis | Piergiorgio Neri |
| 12:00 – 14:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:30 – 17:00 | Cases Presentation | Moderator: Ahmed El Barky |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Surgical Case Panel – How would you manage this | |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Medical Retina/Imaging/Uveitis Case Presentations | |
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