Reading Centers in The Era of Artificial Intelligence: 2018 Retina Times Article
Mar 13 2019 // Barbara Blodi, MD, professor and medical director of the Fundus Photograph Reading Center (FPRC), and Amitha Domalpally, MD, research director of the FPRC were recently panelists for the Retina Times article, “Exploring the Role of… Read More
American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Oct 27 2018 // Join the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the 2018 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois as we connect, share and advance our mission to save… Read More
ARVO
Apr 29 2018 // 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… Read More
Saving Sight Session // The ABCs of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Apr 05 2018 // Free and open to the public, this community-centric event is modeled after the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health’s “Mini-Med School” programs. Our spring 2018 Saving Sight Session will feature leading age-related macular degeneration (AMD) research from Dr. Barbara Blodi. Please join us for this exciting discussion and light dinner. Read More
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
AAO Annual Meeting 2016
Oct 03 2016 // More ophthalmologists will gather for AAO 2016 in Chicago this fall than any other meeting in the profession. Learn alongside peers and experts from our organization and well beyond. AAO 2016 is held in conjunction… Read More
Matthew Davis, MD Honored by American Academy of Ophthalmology
Aug 08 2016 // Dr. Matthew Davis, of the UW-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has been selected as the recipient of the 2016 Laureate Recognition Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). Dr. Davis is known… Read More
Join the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the 2018 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois as we connect, share and advance our mission to save sight. If you are attending our presentations or workshops, please use the #UWatAAO hashtag to follow along!
We will have our first-ever exhibit booth at this year’s annual meeting, stop by BOOTH #2876 for faculty presentations (below) and updates from our Fundus Photograph Reading Center and Clinical Eye Research Unit!
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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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Free and open to the public, this community-centric event is modeled after the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health’s “Mini-Med School” programs.
Our spring 2018 Saving Sight Session will feature leading age-related macular degeneration (AMD) research from Dr. Barbara Blodi, Professor and Director of the UW-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Clinical Trials Unit and Fundus Photograph Reading Center. Please join us for this exciting discussion and light dinner.
The ABC’s of AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2018
5:30 pm Registration and Light Dinner
6–7 pm Lecture and Discussion
Please REGISTER BY March 30, 2018.
Professor, Medical Director, Clinical Trials and Fundus Photograph Reading Center
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
ABOUT DR. BLODI’S RESEARCH:
Dr. Blodi’s clinical practice and research focus on macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and other retinal diseases. She leads an ongoing age-related eye disease study that looks into the effects of supplements in the treatment of macular degeneration, among other studies. Dr. Blodi’s research has given us a better understanding of macular degeneration and helped develop different treatment options for retinal diseases. This has saved sight for people affected by these blinding diseases.
Saving sight is the most important part of our mission. The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health is devoted to preserving and protecting vision. This program is one more way to keep you informed. The Saving Sight Sessions are a series of community education programs created to share discoveries and developments to stop blinding diseases, enhance treatment and improve vision-related quality of life. Please join us as we share the ways we are transforming eye care.