ARVO 2019
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Excellence in Imaging Research: Amitha Domalpally, MD, Receives Prestigious Award
Dec 01 2017 // Dr. Amitha Domalpally, research director for the Fundus Photograph Reading Center, has been awarded the ARVO Foundation 2018 Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Award for translational research. Read More
DOWNLOAD 2019 ARVO – FULL UW-MADISON ACTIVITIES
Join our faculty and learners in Vancouver as we present, lead and share at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2019 Annual Meeting.
| SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2019 | |||||||
| Time | Main Session | Type | # | Poster/Paper Title | Author(s)/Moderator(s) | Speaker/s | Location |
| 08:00 AM – 09:45 AM | 10: AMD screening, risk factors, and consequences | Poster | A0130 | Mail-based Stool Collection in Women with and without Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) | Amy Millen, Kristen Hall, Kelly Kamm, Zhe Liu, Barbara Krajewski, Jean Wactawski-Wende, Gareth Lema, Michael Buck, Rachael Hageman Blair, Yijun Sun, Daniel McSkimming, Julie Mares | Amy Millen | West Exhibition Hall |
| 08:00 AM – 09:45 AM | 12: AMD anti-VEGF II | Poster | A0307 | Chronic Nonclinical Ocular Toxicity Study of KSI-301 Demonstrates Tolerability after Intravitreal Administration in Cynomolgus Monkeys | John Sinclair, Hong Liang, Zachary Antonio, Paul Miller, Avery Tolosa, Joel Naor, Leah Quarberg, Alok Sharma, Xiaojian Huang, Janine Lu, William Ngo, Dan Dang, Frances Clemo, James Ver Hoeve, T. Michael Nork, D. Victor Perlroth | John Sinclair | West Exhibition Hall |
| 08:00 AM – 09:45 AM | 14: Animal Imaging | Poster | A0595 | Functional, Histologic, and Ultrastructural Assessment of Novel OCT Findings in the Cynomolgus Monkey | Helen Booler, Aija Kusi, Nardos Tassew, Christopher Frantz, Matthew Holdren, Phillip Lai, T. Michael Nork, Carol Rasmussen, William Meier, Vladimir Bantseev | Helen Booler | West Exhibition Hall |
| 08:00 AM – 09:45 AM | 14: Animal Imaging | Poster | A0610 | OCT in Neonate Monkeys With and Without Maternal Zika Virus Exposure | Carol Rasmussen, Seth Eaton, Nathan Diers, Peter Cueno, Emma Mohr, David O’ Connor, Alexander Katz, Michelle Schotzko, Christopher Murphy, Yijun Huang, T Michael Nork | Carol Rasmussen | West Exhibition Hall |
| 01:00 PM – 02:45 PM | 35: AMD therapies (excluding anti-VEGF) | Poster | A0232 | Small PEDF-derived peptides mitigate choroidal neovascularization | Jack Henkin, Ignacio Melgar-Asensio, Soesiawati Darjatmoko, Shoujian Wang, Christine Sorenson, Daniel Albert, Reshma Bhowmick, Olga Volpert, Nader Sheibani | Jack Henkin | West Exhibition Hall |
| 01:00 PM – 02:45 PM | 36: Gene variants and regulation of ocular genes expression in health and disease | Poster | A0370 | Mutations in splicing factors that cause Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) do not affect splicing in a global manner | Revital Bronstein, Sudeep Mehrotra, Elizabeth Capowski, Leah Foltz, Michael Farkas, David Gamm, Dennis Clegg, Eric Pierce | Revital Bronstein | West Exhibition Hall |
| 01:00 PM – 02:45 PM | 44: Neurodegeneration | Poster | B0129 | Exploring the Role of BAX in the Degeneration of Retinal Ganglion Cell Axons and Dendritic Arbors | Ryan Donahue, Briana Ebbinghaus, Mrinalini Hoon, Robert Nickells | Ryan Donahue | West Exhibition Hall |
| 01:00 PM – 02:45 PM | 44: Neurodegeneration | Poster | B0151 | Neuro-inflammation and degeneration in the Optic Nerve Head (ONH) in a Genetic Feline Model of Glaucoma | Kazuya Oikawa, Julie Kiland, N. Matthew Ellinwood, Gillian McLellan | Kazuya Oikawa | West Exhibition Hall |
| 03:00 PM – 04:45 PM | 70: AMD clinical research I | Poster | A0183 | Comparable Growth Rates of Bilateral Geographic Atrophy due to Age-related Macular Degeneration | Jeong Pak, Amitha Domalpally, Kyle McDaniel, Barbara Blodi | Jeong Pak | West Exhibition Hall |
| 03:00 PM – 04:45 PM | 71: AMD clinical research II | Poster | A0202 | Characteristics of Reticular Pseudodrusen in the AREDS2 | Meghana Agni, Jeong Pak, Amitha Domalpally, Emily Chew | Meghana Agni | West Exhibition Hall |
| 03:00 PM – 04:45 PM | 73: From Modeling to Potential Therapies | Poster | A0356 | Performance of a Novel OCT Segmentation Method for Determining Lesion Volume in the Assessment of a Non-Human Primate Model of Choroidal Neovascularization | Seth Eaton, Yijun Huang, Ronald Danis, T Michael Nork, Carol Rasmussen, Hugh Wabers, Michael Neider, Brian Christian, Menno Van Lookeren Campagne, Christopher Murphy | Seth Eaton | West Exhibition Hall |
| 04:15 PM – 04:30 PM | 54: Retina | Paper | 968 | Vigabatrin-induced retinal bipolar cell plasticity in C57BL/6J mice | Kore Chan, Brad Wahlgren, Shawna Gloe, James Ver Hoeve, Mrinalini Hoon, Bikash Pattnaik, Jeremy Williams, Julie Kiland, Erwin Jansen, Gajja Salomons, Dana Walters, Jean-Baptiste Roullet, K Michael Gibson, Gillian McLellan | Kore Chan | East 2/3 |
| MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2019 | |||||||
| Time | Main Session | Type | # | Poster/Paper Title | Author(s)/Moderator(s) | Speaker/s | Location |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | 110: Imaging: posterior segment, clinical | Poster | A0344 | Utility of Ultra-Widefield Imaging in Patients with Inherited Retinal Diseases | Rachael Lyerla, Nickie Stangel, Angie Adler, Melanie Schmitt, Kimberly Stepien | Rachael Lyerla | West Exhibition Hall |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | 112: Retinal Vascular Biology | Poster | B0274 | Suprachoroidal (SC) injection of endothelin-1 (ET-1) in rabbits: A new model of outer retinal ischemia. | T Michael Nork, Alexander Katz, Elizabeth Hennes-Beean, Charlene Kim | T Michael Nork | West Exhibition Hall |
| 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | 118: Translational immunology in AMD, uveitis and thyroid eye disease | Paper | 1722 | Infection Patterns of Periodontal Microbiota and Age-related Macular Degeneration | Chung-Jung Chiu, Alpdogan Kantarci, Ronald Klein | Chung-Jung Chiu | East Ballroom A |
| 12:45 PM – 01:00 PM | 127: New Ideas in Glaucoma | Paper | 1788 | Schlemm’s canal imaging, pressure measurement, catheterization and substance delivery in live monkeys | Sri Meghana Konda, Julie Kiland, Mary Mohr, Jared McDonald, Candice Ho, Anita Chan, Jesse Moreno, Phil Prosser, Shamira Perera, Paul Kaufman | Sri Meghana Konda | ARVO Ballroom |
| 04:00 PM – 05:45 PM | 173: IOP Measurement | Poster | A0591 | Validation of the Icare® TONOVET Plus rebound tonometer in normal rabbit eyes | Julie Kiland, Abby Rothering, Shawna Gloe, Gillian McLellan | Julie Kiland | West Exhibition Hall |
| 04:00 PM – 05:45 PM | 173: IOP Measurement | Poster | A0598 | High Contrast Grating Based Mechanical Sensor for Intraocular Applications | Jayer Fernandes, Yong Kwon, Jae-Jun Kim, Mary Ann Croft, Hewei Liu, Paul Kaufman, Hongrui Jiang | Jayer Fernandes | West Exhibition Hall |
| 04:00 PM – 05:45 PM | 178: Retinal Vascular Diseases II | Poster | B0121 | Ellipsoid Zone Status and its Association with Visual Acuity in Eyes with Macular Edema in the Study of COmparative Treatments for REtinal Vein Occlusion 2 (SCORE 2) | Chandana Papudesu, Amitha Domalpally, Neal Oden, Paul VanVeldhuisen, Ingrid Scott, Michael Ip, Barbara Blodi | Chandana Papudesu | West Exhibition Hall |
| 04:45 PM – 05:00 PM | 165: Biomechanics | Paper | 2247 | Modulating Human Intraocular and Intracranial Pressure Using the ex-vivo Translaminar Autonomous System | Tasneem Sharma, Abbot Clark, Husain Lohawala, Colleen McDowell | Tasneem Sharma | ARVO Ballroom |
| 05:15 PM – 05:30 PM | AMD: Clinical Research | Paper | 2216 | Reticular Pseudodrusen as a Risk Factor for Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration | Amitha Domalpally, Jeong Pak, Elvira Agron, Tracy Clemons, Emily Chew | Amitha Domalpally | East Ballroom B |
| 07:30 PM – 09:00 PM | 296: New Clinical Trial Results in Retinal Vein Occlusion: SCORE2 and LEAVO Trials | Special Session | SCORE2 Interesting Cases | Barbara Blodi | Barbara Blodi | West 212-214 | |
| TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019 | |||||||
| Time | Main Session | Type | # | Poster/Paper Title | Author(s)/Moderator(s) | Speaker/s | Location |
| 08:45 AM – 10:30 AM | 212: Stem Cell based Approaches for Transplantation and Therapies | Poster | A0057 | Transplantation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived photoreceptors on a biocompatible scaffold in the S334ter rat | Allison Ludwig, Joe Phillips, Lindsey Jager, Kelsy Nilles, Sara Stuedemann, Juhwan Lee, Inkyu Lee, Shaoqin Gong, Zhenqiang Ma, David Gamm | Allison Ludwig | West Exhibition Hall |
| 08:45 AM – 10:30 AM | 219: OCTA – Experimental Applications and Technical Improvements | Poster | A0431 | Assessment of OCT angiography image quality in clinical studies | Ian Holmen, Sri Meghana Konda, Jeong Pak, Barbara Blodi, Kimberly Stepien, Amitha Domalpally | Ian Holmen | West Exhibition Hall |
| 08:45 AM – 10:30 AM | 224: Aqueous humor Dynamics and IOP | Poster | B0358 | Imaging Post-Trabecular Outflow Pathways in Spontaneous Canine Glaucoma | Gillian McLellan, Mary Rebecca Telle, Jake Nilles, Kevin Snyder, Kazuya Oikawa, Julie Kiland, Leandro Teixeira, Alex Huang | Gillian McLellan | West Exhibition Hall |
| 08:45 AM – 09:00 AM | 202: Diabetic Retinopathy: Clinical Imaging | Paper | 2803 | Diabetic Retinopathy Severity Level Assessment in Ultrawide-field Imaging | Nancy Barrett, Kristi Dohm, Kyle McDaniel, Barbara Blodi, Amitha Domalpally | Nancy Barrett | East Ballroom B |
| 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | 206: Glaucoma Genetics Development with advanced technology & large datasets | Paper | 2835 | Novel DDX58 Gene Mutation Associated With Childhood Glaucoma | Terri Young, Kristina Whisenhunt, Yasmin Bradfield, Nickie Stangel, Sarah Lamartina, Stuart Tompson | Terri Young | West 217-219 |
| 11:45 AM – 01:30 PM | 238: Stem Cells and Retinal Organoids: Development | Poster | A0028 | Characterization of interphotoreceptor matrix proteins expressed by human pluripotent stem cell derived retinal cells | Steven Mayerl, Elizabeth Capowski, Divya Sinha, Joe Phillips, Kimberly Edwards, David Gamm | Steven Mayerl | West Exhibition Hall |
| 11:45 AM – 01:30 PM | 240: Gene therapy for ocular disorders | Poster | A0161 | Gene therapies differentially rescue disease phenotype in patient-specific hiPSC-RPE models of Best disease | Divya Sinha, Benjamin Steyer, Pawan Shahi, Rasa Valiauga, Kimberly Edwards, Cole Bacig, Bikash Pattnaik, Krishanu Saha, David Gamm | Divya Sinha | West Exhibition Hall |
| 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM | 230: Retinal Angiogenesis and Related Mechanisms in Vascular Biology | Paper | 3260 | 1,25(OH)2D3 Attenuates Retinal Angiogenesis by Inhibiting Proangiogenic Activity of Pericytes | Nader Sheibani, Nasim Jamali, Christine Sorenson | Nader Sheibani | East 11/12 |
| WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 | |||||||
| Time | Main Session | Type | # | Poster/Paper Title | Abstract Author Block | Speaker/s | Location |
| 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM | 336: Trabecular Meshwork and Ciliary Body | Poster | B0537 | TLR4 signaling in the human trabecular meshwork | Colleen McDowell, Tasneem Sharma | Colleen McDowell | West Exhibition Hall |
| 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM | 336: Trabecular Meshwork and Ciliary Body | Poster | B0541 | Activation of αvβ3 integrin in human trabecular meshwork cells enhances Rho-independent assembly of fibronectin fibrils. | Mark Filla, Harini Desikan, Donna Peters | Mark Filla | West Exhibition Hall |
| 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM | 336: Trabecular Meshwork and Ciliary Body | Poster | B0546 | Inactivation of αvβ3 integrin in talin-1 deficient human trabecular meshwork cells prevents TGFβ2 induced increase in fibronectin protein expression | Jennifer Faralli, Johanna Balas, Mark Filla, Donna Peters | Jennifer Faralli | West Exhibition Hall |
| 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM | 324: Imaging | Paper | 4823 | Non-invasive Detection of Visual Pathway Abnormalities in Genetic Experimental Models of Glaucoma Using Diffusion Tensor MRI | Max Colbert, Yolandi van der Merwe, Leon Ho, Gillian McLellan, Samuel Hurley, John Fingert, Carlos Parra, Muneeb Faiq, Gadi Wollstein, Joel Schuman, Kevin Chan | Max Colbert | ARVO Ballroom |
| 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM | 315: Stem Cells and Organoids | Paper | 4766 | Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of human NRL null retinal organoids | Donald Zack, Alyssa Kallman, Elizabeth Capowski, Anu Kaushik, Liben Chen, Melissa Liu, Alex Jansen, Kim Edwards, Cindy Berlinicke, Ming-Wen Hu, Jiang Qian, Eric Pierce, Jeff Wang, David Gamm | Donald Zack | East 11/12 |
| 03:00 PM – 04:45 PM | 368: Diabetic Retinopathy Imaging | Poster | B0029 | Comparison of Diabetic Retinopathy Severity Level Assessment Between Standard 7-field Imaging and Ultrawide Field Color Imaging | Kristi Dohm, Nancy Barrett, Kyle McDaniel, Barbara Blodi, Amitha Domalpally | Kristi Dohm | West Exhibition Hall |
| 03:00 PM – 04:45 PM | 368: Diabetic Retinopathy Imaging | Poster | B0031 | Correlation of peripheral non-perfusion from ultrawide field fluorescein angiography to color ETDRS severity level in eyes with diabetic retinopathy | Ellie Corkery, Kyle McDaniel, Amitha Domalpally, Barbara Blodi | Ellie Corkery | West Exhibition Hall |
| 03:00 PM – 04:45 PM | 372: Healthcare Delivery | Poster | B0332 | Engaging patients and clinical stakeholders to increase teleophthalmology use for diabetic eye screening in rural primary care clinics | Yao Liu, Julia Carlson, Nicholas Zupan, Todd Molfenter, Jane Mahoney, Deanne Boss, Ronald Klein, Timothy Bjelland, Maureen Smith | Yao Liu | West Exhibition Hall |
| 03:00 PM – 04:45 PM | 375: Imaging II | Poster | B0463 | Accommodative Ciliary Muscle Contraction: Choroid and Lens Thickness Measurements | Mary Ann Croft, T Michael Nork, Jared McDonald, Paul Kaufman | Mary Ann Croft | West Exhibition Hall |
| THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 | |||||||
| Time | Main Session | Type | # | Poster/Paper Title | Author(s)/Moderator(s) | Speaker/s | Location |
| 08:00 AM – 09:45 AM | 398: Vision Assessment & Performance. Aging. Driving | Poster | A0411 | Macular pigment and low luminance vision in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS), an ancillary study of the Women’s Health Initiative | Krista Christensen, Zhe Liu, James Ver Hoeve, James Stringham, Yao Liu, Robert Wallace, Karen Gehrs, Lesley Tinker, Tom Lawler, Julie Mares | Krista Christensen | West Exhibition Hall |
| 08:00 AM – 09:45 AM | 398: Vision Assessment & Performance. Aging. Driving | Poster | A0425 | Visual Acuity, Motor Vehicle Collisions, and Moving Violations in a Cohort of Patients Who Have Undergone Eyelid Surgery | Katherine Lucarelli, Mark Lucarelli, Cat Burkat, Suzanne van Landingham | Katherine Lucarelli | West Exhibition Hall |
| 08:00 AM – 09:45 AM | 400: Animal Electrophysiology | Poster | A0474 | Normative Values for Multifocal ERGs Recorded from Cynomolgus Macaques in a Non-clinical Setting | Yelena Krakova, Charlene Kim, Seth Eaton, Brian Christian, Ewa Budzynski, Jackie Miller, T Michael Nork, Christopher Murphy, James Ver Hoeve | Yelena Krakova | West Exhibition Hall |
| 08:00 AM – 09:45 AM | 402: Retinal Development | Poster | A0515 | Bim Expression Modulates Retinal Astrocyte Function through Regulation of the Extracellular Microenvironment | Christine Sorenson, Juliana Falero-Perez, Nader Sheibani | Christine Sorenson | West Exhibition Hall |
| 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM | 431: Retinal Detachment, Trauma and Repair | Poster | A0287 | Retinal Detachment Repair Outcomes in Patients who Received Preoperative Evaluation with a Different Surgeon | Zackery Oakey, Ian Holmen, Jonathan Chang, Elaine Downie, Michael Ip, Michael Altaweel, Justin Gottlieb, T Michael Nork | Zackery Oakey | West Exhibition Hall |
| 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM | 431: Retinal Detachment, Trauma and Repair | Poster | A0292 | Recurrent retinal detachment: Surgical practices and outcomes | Elaine Downie, Zackery Oakey, Ian Holmen, Michael Altaweel, Justin Gottlieb, Michael Ip, T Michael Nork, Jonathan Chang | Elaine Downie | West Exhibition Hall |
| 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | 416: Advances in Retinal Gene Therapy and Stem Cells | Paper | 6397 | Survival and migration of photoreceptor precursors following transplantation into a macaque eye with host photoreceptors ablated | Ebrahim Aboualizadeh, M Joseph Phillips, Jennifer Strazzeri, David Diloreto, Kamal Dhakal, Brittany Bateman, Jennifer Hunter, William Merigan, David Gamm, David Williams | Ebrahim Aboualizadeh | East 8 & 15 |
| 12:15 PM – 01:45 PM | 440: Exploring Controversial Issues in BEST1-related Retinal Disease – SIG | Special Interest Group | Exploring Controversial Issues in BEST1-related Retinal Disease | Janet Sparrow, Stephen Tsang, Anthony Moore, Tingting Yang, Bernhard Weber, David Gamm, Olaf Strauss | David Gamm, Anthony Moore, Janet Sparrow, Olaf Strauss, Stephen Tsang, Bernhard Weber, Tingting Yang | East Ballroom A | |
| 12:15 PM – 01:45 PM | 442: EVER/ARVO workshop: The breadcrumb trail in glaucoma: From biology to the patient | Workshop | The BAX activation mechanism (BAM) in damaged retinal ganglion cells: prospects for future intervention | Robert Nickells | Robert Nickells | West 211 | |
| MODERATING ACTIVITIES | |||||||
| Date | Time | Type | Poster Series | Session Title | Moderator(s) | Location | |
| April 28, 2019 | 08:00 AM – 09:45 AM | Poster | A0592 – A0617 | 14: Animal Imaging | Gillian McLellan, Robert J. Zawadzki | West Exhibition Hall | |
| April 29, 2019 | 01:15 PM – 02:45 PM | Workshop | 260: Members-in-Training Career Forum: Preparing for your future career NOW! | Colleen McDowell, Esther M. Bowie | West 211 | ||
| April 29, 2019 | 04:00 PM – 05:45 PM | Poster | B0213 – B0249 | 292: Diabetic Retinopathy: Pathogenic Mechanisms | Nader Sheibani | West Exhibition Hall | |
| May 1, 2019 | 12:15 PM – 01:45 PM | Workshop | Women in Eye and Vision Research Workshop: From Bench to Bedside and Back | Terri Young | West 211 | ||
| May 1, 2019 | 03:00 PM – 04:45 PM | Poster | B0017 – B0048 | 368: Diabetic Retinopathy Imaging | Amitha Domalpally, Toco Yuen Ping Chui | West Exhibition Hall | |
| ANCILLIARY EVENTS | |||||||
| Time | Date | Event | Organization | Activity | Speaker/s | Location | |
| 08:00AM – 02:00 PM | April 27, 2019 | Vision Quest | The Foundation Fighting Blindness | Presentation: Restoring Vision with Stem Cells (9:55 AM – 10:25 AM) | David Gamm | Stanley Park Pavilion | |
| 610 Pipeline Road | |||||||
| 01:15 PM – 03:00 PM | April 29, 2019 | Luncheon | Women in Eye and Vision Research | Introduction | Terri Young (Chair) | ||
| LEADERSHIP/SERVICE ACTIVITIES | |||||||
| Name | Position | Organization | |||||
| Amitha Domalpally | Editorial Board Member | Translational Vision Science and Technology (TVST) Journal | |||||
| Kara Vogel | Training Fellow | ARVO Science Communication | |||||
| Gillian McLellan | Chair Elect | ARVO Animals in Research Committee | |||||
| Gillian McLellan | ARVO Delegate | Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International | |||||
| Terri Young | Chair | Women in Eye and Vision Research | |||||
| Terri Young | Mentor | Developing Country Eye Research Travel Fellowship | |||||
| Terri Young | Member | ARVO Foundation Board of Trustees | |||||
| Terri Young | Editorial Board Member | Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science Journal | |||||
| Terri Young | Editorial Board Member | Experimental Eye Research | |||||
DOWNLOAD UW ARVO Activities 2018
Join our faculty and learners in Honolulu as we present, lead and share at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2018 Annual Meeting.
| SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2018 | ||||||||
| TIME | # | MAIN SESSION | TITLE | LOCATION | PRESENTER | AUTHOR BLOCK | TRACK | SCIENTIFIC SECTION |
| 08:15 AM – 08:30 AM | N/A | Inherited retinal diseases: divergent viewpoints of pathogenesis and treatment | Assessing the potential value of human pluripotent stem cell treatments for retinal degenerative diseases | Room 316A | David Gamm, PhD | David Gamm, PhD | Education Course | |
| SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2018 | ||||||||
| TIME | # | MAIN SESSION | TITLE | LOCATION | PRESENTER | AUTHOR BLOCK | TRACK | SCIENTIFIC SECTION |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | A0127 | AMD and retinal therapies excluding anti-VEGF | In vivo effects of CCFD9260S following intravitreal administration to cynomolgus monkeys | Exhibit Hall | Helen Booler | Helen Booler, Nardos Tassew, Aija MacKenzie, Hong Liu, Deborah O’Connor, Florence Lorget, Paul Miller, Tim Streit, T Nork, James Ver Hoeve, Cinzia Stella, Yanqiu Liu, Daniela Bumbaca, Vladimir Bantseev | Poster Session | Retina |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | C0024 | AMD | Re-packaging bevacizumab in 2-mL glass vials for prolonged sterility, stability and bio-activity | Exhibit Hall | Jan Peterson | Jan Peterson, Kenneth Rockwell, Paul VanVeldhuisen, Michael Ip, Ingrid Scott, Barbara Blodi | Poster Session | Physiology/Pharmacology |
| 01:00 PM – 02:45 PM | B0158 | Stem cell therapy | Comprehensive in vivo assessment of human pluripotent stem cell-derived photoreceptor survival and differentiation potential in the immune-compromised S334ter rat | Exhibit Hall | Joe Phillips | Joe Phillips, Allison Ludwig, Patrick Barney, Katherine Barlow, Lindsey Jager, Elizabeth E. Capowski, David M. Gamm | Poster Session | Retinal Cell Biology |
| 01:00 PM – 02:45 PM | B0183 | New insights on retinogenesis from organoids | Investigation of retinal ganglion cell diversity and subtype specification from human pluripotent stem cells | Exhibit Hall | Jason Meyer | Jason Meyer, Sarah Ohlemacher, Clarisse Fligor, M Phillips, Peng Jiang, David Gamm, Kirstin Langer | Poster Session | Retinal Cell Biology |
| 01:00 PM – 02:45 PM | C0296 | Insights into myopia – animal models to human studies | Whole-genome sequencing identifies UTR variants in LRPAP1 in a large Iranian family with high myopia | Exhibit Hall | Terri Young, MD, MBA | Terri Young, Kristina Whisenhunt, Stuart Tompson, Reza Maroofian, Maryam Najafi, Abolfazl Rad | Poster Session | Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology |
| 02:00 PM – 02:15 PM | N/A | Experimental design for optimal animal research in the age of the ‘reproducibility crisis’ | Journal reviewers & editors perspective of the use of animals in research | Room 316B | Paul Kaufman, MD | Workshop | ||
| 03:15 PM – 05:00 PM | B0351 | Diabetic eye disease screening and management | Association of retinal vessel diameters and diabetic retinopathy in pregnancy | Exhibit Hall | Barbara Klein, MD, MPH | Barbara Klein, Kristine Lee, Stacy Meuer, Anne Mosher, Andy Ewen, Ronald Klein | Poster Session | Clinical/Epidemiologic Research |
| 03:15 PM – 05:00 PM | B0357 | Diabetic eye disease screening and management | Ecological factors influencing patient adherence with diabetic eye screening in rural communities: a qualitative study | Exhibit Hall | Nicholas Zupan, MPH | Nicholas Zupan, Olayinka Shiyanbola, Rebecca Swearingen, Julia Carlson, Nora Jacobson, Maureen Smith, Jane Mahoney, Ronald Klein, Timothy Bjelland, Yao Liu | Poster Session | Clinical/Epidemiologic Research |
| 03:15 PM – 05:00 PM | B0361 | Diabetic eye disease screening and management | Assessing diabetic eye screening rates in a rural, multi-payer health system | Exhibit Hall | Julia Carlson | Julia Carlson, Stephany Georgeson, Rebecca Swearingen, Nicholas Zupan, Maureen Smith, Jane Mahoney, Ronald Klein, Timothy Bjelland, Yao Liu | Poster Session | Clinical/Epidemiologic Research |
| MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2018 | ||||||||
| TIME | # | MAIN SESSION | TITLE | LOCATION | PRESENTER | AUTHOR BLOCK | TRACK | SCIENTIFIC SECTION |
| 09:45 AM – 10:00 AM | 1196 | Gene therapy | Rescue of Kir7.1 function by gene augmentation in LCA16 patient derived iPSC-RPE cells | Room 316A | Pawan Shahi, PhD | Pawan Shahi, Divya Sinha, Sabrina Stulo, De-Ann Pillers, David Gamm, Bikash Pattnaik | Paper Session | Physiology/Pharmacology |
| 11:54 AM – 12:12 PM | 1610 | Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction in retinal and optic nerve disease – Minisymposium | The roles of BAX in mitochondrial dynamics pre and post the activation of the apoptotic pathway | Room 320 | Robert Nickells, PhD | Robert Nickells, PhD | Minisymposium | Biochemistry/Molecular Biology |
| 12:12 PM – 12:30 PM | 1611 | Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction in retinal and optic nerve disease – Minisymposium | Mitochondrial integrity and function in hPSC-derived RPE | Room 320 | Divya Sinha | Divya Sinha | Minisymposium | Biochemistry/Molecular Biology |
| 01:30 PM – 03:00 PM | N/A | Membrane dynamics in RPE health and disease | Membrane dynamics in RPE health and disease | Ballroom A | Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD | Aparna Lakkaraju, Kapil Bharti, Goldis Malek, David Williams, Catherine Bowes Rickman | Special Interest Group | Retinal Cell Biology |
| 03:30 PM – 03:45 PM | 1948 | Accomodation and binocular vision | Ciliary muscle and ciliary process’ area: aging changes versus lens dimensions at rest and during accomodation | Room 310 | Mary Ann Croft, MS | Mary Ann Croft, T Michael Nork, Jared McDonald, Gregg Heatley, Elke Lütjen-Drecoll, Paul Kaufman | Paper Session | Visual Psychophysics/Physiological Optics |
| 03:30 PM – 05:15 PM | C0047 | Neovascular AMD | Association of diet to the development of late AMD in participants of AREDS | Exhibit Hall | Elvira Agron | Elvira Agron, Emily Chew, Julie Mares, Esther Mezhibovsky, Traci Clemons, Freekje Van Asten | Poster Session | Retina |
| 03:30 PM – 05:15 PM | C0048 | Neovascular AMD | Agreement in CNV lesion location as assessed by SD-OCT vs. fluorescein angiography | Exhibit Hall | Mary Wilda | Mary Wilda, Ellie Corkery, Cynthia Hurtenbach, Amitha Domalpally, Ralph Trane, Barbara Blodi | Poster Session | Retina |
| 03:30 PM – 05:15 PM | C0088 | Dry AMD | Fundus autofluorescence risk factors for progression of geographic atrophy (GA) in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 | Exhibit Hall | Jeong Pak | Jeong Pak, Amitha Domalpally, Elvira Agron, Ronald Danis, Traci Clemons, Emily Chew | Poster Session | Retina |
| TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2018 | ||||||||
| TIME | # | MAIN SESSION | TITLE | LOCATION | PRESENTER | AUTHOR BLOCK | TRACK | SCIENTIFIC SECTION |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | B0164 | ROP 1 | Assessment of human fetal circulating oxytocin levels in cord blood | Exhibit Hall | Claudette Adegboro, MD | Claudette Adegboro, Bikash Pattnaik, Nathaniel York, Pamela King | Poster Session | Retina |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | B0208 | OCT angiography – clinical applications | Comparison of foveal avascular zone metrics in diabetic retinopathy | Exhibit Hall | Kimberly Stepien, MD | Kimberly Stepien, Ellie Corkery, Sheila Watson, Cynthia Hurtenbach, Ralph Trane, Jeong Pak, Amitha Domalpally | Poster Session | Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Group |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | B0222 | OCT angiography – clinical applications | Correlation of optical coherence tomography angiography vascular density to color ETDRS severity level in eyes with diabetic retinopathy | Exhibit Hall | Ellie Corkery | Ellie Corkery, Amitha Domalpally, Dawn Myers, Jeong Pak, Ralph Trane, Barbara Blodi | Poster Session | Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Group |
| 08:30 AM – 08:45 AM | 2567 | Retinal vascular diseases I | Association between retinal microvascular caliber and chronic kidney disease: participant-level and aggregate-data meta-analyses | Room 311 | Charumathi Sabanayagam | Charumathi Sabanayagam, Weng Kit Lye, Riswana Banu, E Shyong Tai, Takamasa Kayama, Michael Shlipak, Arfan Ikram, Jonathan Shaw, Paul Mitchell, Barbara Klein, Ronald Klein, Kunihiro Matsushita, Alexander Maxwell, Christopher Patterson, Tien Wong, Gareth Mckay | Paper Session | Retina |
| 11:15 AM – 01:00 PM | A0113 | Retinal cell and developmental biology | Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of human and murine NRL-null retinas | Exhibit Hall | Alyssa Kallman | Alyssa Kallman, Elizabeth Capowski, Aniruddha Kaushik, Melissa Liu, Baranda Hansen, Liben Chen, Jie Cheng, Karl Wahlin, Ming-Wen Hu, Loyal Goff, Jiang Qian, Cynthia Berlinicke, Jeff (Tza-Huei) Wang, David Gamm, Donald Zack | Poster Session | Retinal Cell Biology |
| 11:15 AM – 01:00 PM | A0118 | Retinal cell and developmental biology | Artificial extrauterine environment supports retinal development in preterm fetal lambs | Exhibit Hall | Robert Carroll | Robert Carroll, Ali Mejaddam, Hasan Bashir, Gil Binenbaum, Uche Nlebedum, Leandro Teixeira, Gulraiz Malik, Alan Flake, Vivian Lee | Poster Session | Retinal Cell Biology |
| 11:15 AM – 01:00 PM | A0125 | Retinal cell and developmental biology | Oxytocin receptor expression in the retinal pigment epithelium increases with retinal maturation | Exhibit Hall | Nathaniel York | Nathaniel York, Hannah Labarge, Allison Lutz, De-Ann Pillers, Nader Sheibani, Bikash Pattnaik | Poster Session | Retinal Cell Biology |
| 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM | 3014 | Nutrition and eye disease | Oxidized LDL and the incidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) | Room 316B | Ronald Klein, MD, MPHD | Ronald Klein, Kristine Lee, Stacy Meuer, Lorraine Danforth, Ronald Gangnon, Michael Tsai, Barbara Klein | Paper Session | Clinical/Epidemiologic Research |
| 03:30 PM – 05:15 PM | C0364 | Profound low vision and low-vision clinical trials | The Natural History of the Progression of Choroideremia (NIGHT) Study: longitudinal changes in visual acuity over 12 months | Exhibit Hall | Mark Pennesi | Mark Pennesi, Byron Lam, M Dominik Fischer, Eeva-Marja Sankila, Frank Holz, Robert MacLaren, David Birch, Ian MacDonald, Graeme Black, Carel Hoyng, Neil Bressler, Stephen Tsang, Kimberly Stepien, Michael Ip, Vedran Pavlovic, Aniz Girach | Poster Session | Low Vision Group |
| 03:30 PM – 05:15 PM | C0365 | Profound low vision and low-vision clinical trials | Natural History of Progression of Choroideremia (NIGHT) Study: cross-sectional analysis of baseline characteristics | Exhibit Hall | Byron Lam | Byron Lam, M Dominik Fischer, Mark Pennesi, Eeva-Marja Sankila, Frank Holz, Robert MacLaren, David Birch, Ian MacDonald, Carel Hoyng, Graeme Black, Neil Bressler, Stephen Tsang, Kimberly Stepien, Michael Ip, Vedran Pavlovic, Aniz Girach | Poster Session | Low Vision Group |
| WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018 | ||||||||
| TIME | # | MAIN SESSION | TITLE | LOCATION | PRESENTER | AUTHOR BLOCK | TRACK | SCIENTIFIC SECTION |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | A0117 | RPE | Aberrant endosome dynamics in the retinal pigment epithelium promote complement C3 activation in models of macular degeneration | Exhibit Hall | Li Xuan Tan | Li Xuan Tan, Gulpreet Kaur, Gurugirijha Rathnasamy, Nilsa LaCunza, Aparna Lakkaraju | Poster Session | Retinal Cell Biology |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | A0153 | RPE: metabolism | Live-cell imaging of mitochondrial dynamics in the retinal pigment epithelium | Exhibit Hall | Gurugirijha Rathnasamy, PhD | Gurugirijha Rathnasamy, Li Xuan Tan, Aparna Lakkaraju | Poster Session | Retinal Cell Biology |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | B0048 | Imaging: posterior segment II | Increased optic nerve cupping as a marker for cognitive decline: the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) | Exhibit Hall | Thasarat Vajaranant | Thasarat Vajaranant, Joelle Hallak, Pauline Maki, Mark Espeland, Louis Pasquale, Barbara Klein, Stacy Meuer, Stephen Rapp, Mary Haan | Poster Session | Glaucoma |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | C0421 | Corneal wound repair and healing | Clinical and histologic phenotyping of mice deficient in a key cellular mechanotransducer, TAZ | Exhibit Hall | Brian Leonard | Brian Leonard, Soohyun Kim, Leandro Teixeira, Denise Imai, Vijaykrishna Raghunathan, Sara Thomasy, Christopher Murphy | Poster Session | Cornea |
| 09:30 AM – 09:45 AM | 3958 | Myopia prevalence, progression, and risk factors | Axial length and myopic macular degeneration prevalence among Chinese-Americans: The Chinese American Eye Study (CHES) | Room 316B | Farzana Choudhury | Farzana Choudhury, Stacy Meuer, Ronald Klein, Mina Torres, Roberta McKean-Cowdin, Rohit Varma | Paper Session | Clinical/Epidemiologic Research |
| 11:15 AM – 01:00 PM | A0024 | Molecular mechanisms of retinal function and retinal disease | Macular pigment and prevalent inflammatory disease among older women in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS), an ancillary study of the Women’s Health Initiative | Exhibit Hall | Krista Christensen, MPH, PhD | Krista Christensen, Zhe Liu, Robert Wallace, Yao Liu, Amy Millen, Barbara Blodi, Michael Klein, Julie Mares | Poster Session | Biochemistry/Molecular Biology |
| 11:15 AM – 01:00 PM | A0172 | Stem cells: new approaches and disease modelling | Evaluation of iPS-derived retinal pigment epithelium (iRPE) as a model for in vitro lentiviral-based gene therapy | Exhibit Hall | Florian Udry | Florian Udry, Sarah Decembrini, Corinne Kostic, David Gamm, Yvan Arsenijevic | Poster Session | Retinal Cell Biology |
| 11:15 AM – 01:00 PM | A0318 | Imaging techniques and applications II | Evaluation of diabetic retinopathy using the ETDRS Severity Scale – is there a gold standard? | Amitha Domalpally, PhD | Amitha Domalpally, Ralph Trane, James Reimers, Barbara Blodi | Poster Session | Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Group | |
| 11:15 AM – 01:00 PM | N/A | Novel genes found through methods old and new | Room 316C | Terri Young, MD, MBA (moderator) | Paper Session | Genetics Group | ||
| 01:30 PM – 3:00 PM | N/A | Phagocytosis in the outflow pathway: what we can learn from other ocular tissues | Phagocytosis in the outflow pathway: what we can learn from other ocular tissues | Room 320 | Donna Peters, PhD | Paloma Liton, Donna Peters, Emeline Nandrot, Nicholas Marsh-Armstrong, Florian Sennlaub | Special Interest Group | Physiology/Pharmacology |
| 03:30 PM – 05:15 PM | A0088 | Biochemical processes and disease mechanisms involved in glaucoma | Association between aqueous humor (AH) Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β and intraocular pressure (IOP) in a spontaneous glaucoma model | Exhibit Hall | Kazuya Oikawa, DVM | Kazuya Oikawa, David Sun, Julie Kiland, Elizabeth Hennes-Beean, Ralph Trane, Gillian McLellan | Poster Session | Biochemistry/Molecular Biology |
| 03:30 PM – 05:15 PM | B0173 | ROP 2 | Early diagnosis and management of aggressive posterior neonatal vitreoretinopathy presenting in premature neonates | Exhibit Hall | Samir Patel | Samir Patel, Mrinali Patel Gupta, Irene Rusu, Yoshihiro Yonekawa, Karyn Jonas, Erica Oltra, Anton Orlin, Jonathan Chang, Jason Horowitz, Antonio Capone, Robison Chan | Poster Session | Retina |
| 03:30 PM – 05:15 PM | B0187 | Consequences of and associations with vision impairment | The intrinsically-photosensitive retinal ganglion cell (ipRGC)-mediated pupil light reflex (PLR) as a potential biomarker for sleep and cognition | Exhibit Hall | Yanjun Chen, MD | Yanjun Chen, Alex Pinto, Adam Paulsen, Karen Cruickshanks | Poster Session | Clinicial/Epidemiologic Research |
| 03:30 PM – 05:15 PM | B0363 | Healthcare delivery | Emergency department ophthalmology consultations in a tertiary care hospital | Exhibit Hall | Michael Heiferman | Michael Heiferman, Saira Khanna, David Gu, Samantha Agron, Sarah Eichinger, Paul Bryar | Poster Session | Clinical/Epidemiologic Research |
| 03:30 PM – 05:15 PM | C0216 | Retina | Evaluation of the trans-scleral intravitreous administration procedure in mice and rats via 3H-dexran recovery | Exhibit Hall | Craig Struble | Craig Struble, Justine Oswald, Matt Jensson, T Nork | Poster Session | Physiology/Pharmacology |
| THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2018 | ||||||||
| TIME | # | MAIN SESSION | TITLE | LOCATION | PRESENTER | AUTHOR BLOCK | TRACK | SCIENTIFIC SECTION |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | C0310 – C0344 | Vitreoretinal surgery: novel approaches | Exhibit Hall | T Michael Nork, PhD (moderator) | Poster Session | Retina | ||
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | A0036 | Gene variants and regulation of ocular genes expression in health and disease | Effectiveness of near-cognate amino acid insertion for KCNJ13 nonsense suppression | Exhibit Hall | Bikash Pattnaik, PhD | Bikash Pattnaik, Raghu Ramesh, Pawan Shahi, Sara Counter, Sabrina Stulo, De-Ann Pillers | Poster Session | Biochemistry/Molecular Biology |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | A0064 | Gene variants and regulation of ocular genes expression in health and disease | A novel genetic diagnostic approach combines NGS and RNA-seq methodologies for detection of non-coding mutations in IRD patients | Exhibit Hall | Revital Bronstein | Revital Bronstein, Sudeep Mehrotra, Elizabeth Capowski, David Gamm, Eric Pierce | Poster Session | Biochemistry/Molecular Biology |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | A0156 | Retinal ischemia, angiogenesis and vascular remodeling | 1α, 25(OH)2D3 Promotes vascular maturation through vitamin D receptor mediated VEGF production and attenuation of pericyte proliferation and migration | Exhibit Hall | Nasim Jamali | Nasim Jamali, Shoujian Wang, Soesiawati Darjatmoko, Christine Sorenson, Nader Sheibani | Poster Session | Retinal Cell Biology |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | A0234 | AMD epidemiology and outcomes | The relationship between lutein and zeaxanthin intake and change in macular pigment in the Second Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease (CAREDS 2) study | Exhibit Hall | Tom Lawler, MS, RD | Tom Patrick Lawler, Zhe Liu, Krista Christensen, Yao Liu, Robert Wallace, Amy E. Millen, Elizabeth Johnson, Kristen Hall, Karen Gehrs, Barbara A. Blodi, Julie A. Mares | Poster Session | Clinical/Epidemiologic Research |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | A0235 | AMD epidemiology and outcomes | Macular pigment and prevalent inflammatory disease among older women in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS), an ancillary study of the Women’s Health Initiative | Exhibit Hall | Zhe Liu, MS | Zhe Liu, Krista Christensen, Tom Lawler, Kimberly Wood, Yao Liu, Max Snodderly, Amy Millen, Lesley Tinker, Julie Mares | Poster Session | Clinical/Epidemiologic Research |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | A0256 | AMD: immunobiology | Association of age-related macular degeneration with retinal vascular caliber in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | Exhibit Hall | Douglas Jabs | Douglas Jabs, Mark Van Natta, Jeong Pak, Ronald Danis, Peter Hunt | Poster Session | Immunology/Microbiology |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | A0377 | Gene therapy, implants | Ocular Safety of AAV2.7m8-ChrimsonR-tdTomato (GS030-DP) following intravitreous injection and exposure to 595 nm LED light in blind rd1 mice | Exhibit Hall | Brian Christian | Brian Christian, Steven Sorden, Michael Ward, T Nork, Paul Miller, Anne Douar, Nitza Thomasson, Celine Bouquet | Poster Session | Physiology/Pharmacology |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | C0115 | Animal imaging | The presence of protein in formulation ameliorates retinal changes observed on OCT following intravitreal administration of hyperosmotic solution in cynomolgus monkeys | Exhibit Hall | Nardos Tassew | Nardos Tassew, Vladimir Bantseev, Aija McKenzie, Roxanne Andaya, Debbie O’Connor, Daniel Sheinson, Carol Rasmussen, T Michael Nork, Tim Streit, Helen Booler, Florence Lorget | Poster Session | Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Group |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | C0195 | Imaging: anterior segment | Imaging distal aqueous outflow pathways in a spontaneous model of Primary Congenital Glaucoma (PCG) | Exhibit Hall | Gillian McLellan, PhD | Gillian McLellan, Kevin C Snyder, Kazuya Oikawa, Julie Kiland, Shaile Gehrke, Alex Huang | Poster Session | Glaucoma |
| 08:15 AM – 10:00 AM | C0326 | Vitreoretinal surgery: novel approaches | Development of minipigs surgical model: cauterization of the choroid following scleral dissection mitigates risk of post-operative vitreous hemorrhage following ocular implantation of RPDS | Exhibit Hall | Vladimir Bantseev | Vladimir Bantseev, Giulio Barteselli, Chris Schuetz, Josh Horvath, Kristof Hovaten, Signe Erickson, Jay Stewart, Ellison Bentley, Paul Miller, Brittney Dwyer, Jeffery Prusakiewicz, T Nork, Helen Booler | Poster Session | Retina |
| 08:45 AM – 09:05 AM | 5345 | Neuronal health in AMD and glaucoma: lifestyle-based therapies to live long and prosper | Epidemiological evidence informing the benefit nutrients to prevent or slow glaucoma and AMD | Ballroom A | Julie Mares, PhD | Julie Mares, PhD | Symposium | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | 6008 | AMD epidemiology and treatment | Exploring factors underlying ethnic differences in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) prevalence | Room 316B | Jie Jin Wang | Jie Jin Wang, Mark Jones, Elizabeth Holliday, Ava Tan, Christopher Oldmeadow, Rob van Dam, Xueling Sim, Victoria Flood, Clare Whitton, Ronald Klein, Yik-Ying Teo, Paul Mitchell, Tien Wong, E Shyong Tai, John Attia | Paper Session | Clinical/Epidemiologic Research |
| 11:00 AM – 12:45 PM | C0290 | Medical education, training, and telemedicine | Difference-in-differences analysis of the association between publicly reporting physician-industry relationships and industry payments to ophthalmologists | Exhibit Hall | Dan Gong | Dan Gong, Jonathan Chang | Poster Session | Clinical/Epidemiologic Research |
| 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM | 6010 | AMD epidemiology and treatment | Geographic atrophy of age-related macular degeneration in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2): incidence, clinical characteristics and factors influencing growth rate | Room 316B | Tiarnan Keenan | Tiarnan Keenan, Elvira Agron, Amitha Domalpally, Traci Clemons, Freekje Van Asten, Wai Wong, Ronald Danis, Michael Klein, Rinki Ratnapriya, Anand Swaroop, Frederick Ferris, Emily Chew | Paper Session | Clinical/Epidemiologic Research |
| 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM | 5971 | Retinal vascular diseases II | SCORE2 month 6 to month 12 results: 12 month outcomes of treatment change among poor responders at month 6 | Room 311 | Michael Ip, MD | Michael Ip, Paul VanVeldhuisen, Ingrid Scott, Barbara Blodi, Tom Ghuman, Carl Baker, Neal Oden | Paper Session | Retina |
| 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM | 6011 | AMD epidemiology and treatment | The characteristics of geographic atrophy from 25 years of the Beaver Dam Eye Study (BDES) | Room 316B | Stacy Meuer | Stacy Meuer, Kristine Lee, Barbara Klein, Ronald Klein | Paper Session | Clinical/Epidemiologic Research |
| ARVO HONORS AND LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
| ROLE | NAME | ORGANIZATION/HONOR | ||||||
| Chair | Terri L. Young, MD, MBA | Women in Eye and Vision Research | ||||||
| Awardee | Amitha Domalpally, PhD | ARVO Foundation 2018 Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Award | ||||||
| Honoree
Honoree |
Alice R. McPherson, MD
Robert Nickells, PhD |
ARVO Foundation Honoree
BrightFocus Thomas R. Lee Award for Glaucoma Research 2018 |
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