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The University of Wisconsin – Madison and Medical College of Wisconsin are proud to partner again on the annual Learner’s Day conference that celebrates our learning community. This internal event features research presentations and posters from medical students, residents, clinical fellows, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.

Want to join us? COMPLETE THE FORM BELOW by June 14, 2019.

LEARNER’S DAY PROGRAM

• 8:00am   Registration and Breakfast 
• 8:30        Opening Remarks – Marilyn Kay, MD, Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Education, UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Session I: Moderator // Jennifer C. Larson, MD

• 8:35     “Utilizing Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) to Standardize Handoffs in Ophthalmology” – Lynn Sun, MD (Deborah Costakos, MD, MS)
• 8:50     “Use of Alcohol Swabs and Non-sterile Gloves in Preparation of Anti-VEGF Medication for Intravitreal Injection” – Kathleen Regan, MD (Jonathan Chang, MD)
• 9:05     “Same-Day Case Cancellations at the Milwaukee VA” – Alison Teo, MD (Bhavna Sheth, MD)
• 9:20     “Retinal Detachment Outcomes” – Zackery Oakey, MD (Jonathan Chang, MD)
• 9:35     “Schlemm’s Canal: Imaging, Pressure, Catheterization, Gene RX” – Sri Meghana Konda, MBBS (Paul Kaufman, MD)
• 9:50     “Immunological Profiling of Sebaceous Carcinoma” – Chris Bowen, MD, MS (Mark Lucarelli, MD, FACS; Cat Burkat, MD, FACS)

10:05     Session II: Poster Session

Session III: Moderator // Iris Kassem, MD, PhD

• 10:35     “Nylon Implants in Orbital Fracture Repair” – Victor Liou, MD (Neda Esmaili, MD)
• 10:50     “Orbital Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: Case Series and Review” – Suzanne van Landingham, MD (Mark Lucarelli, MD, FACS; Cat Burkat, MD, FACS)
• 11:05     “Retinopathy of Prematurity in Infants Weighing Less than 500 grams at Birth” – Jhaj Gurdeep, MD (Iris Kassem, MD, PhD; Deborah Costakos, MD, MS)
• 11:20     “MRI and Clinical Grading of Papilledema in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)” – Nathan Mathews, MD (Yanjun Chen, MD, PhD)
• 11:35     “Review of Common Ocular Presentations to the Emergency Department (ED)” – Alana Trotter, MD (Cat Burkat, MD, FACS)

11:50     LUNCH

12:20PM     Session IV: Poster Session

Session V: Moderator // Evan J. Warner, MD

• 12:50   “Association Between Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Inflammatory Eye Disease” – Sapna Desai, MD (Laura Kopplin, MD, PhD)
• 1:05     “Retrospective Analysis of Teaching Cataract Surgery” – Meisha Raven, DO (Daniel Knoch, MD; Stephen Sauer, MD; Andrew Thliveris, MD, PhD)
• 1:20     “Evaluation of Corneal Endothelial Integrity in Post-Surgical Pediatric Cataract with Lens Implantation” – Nathan Carpenter, MD (Yasmin Bradfield, MD; Michael Struck, MD)
• 1:35     “Improving Post-Cataract Refractive Outcomes – A Resident Experience” – Christopher Spearman, MD (Daniel Knoch, MD)
• 1:50     “Macular Status and Fluid Drainage in Scleral Buckle Surgery” – Braden Burckhard, MD (Alex Ringeisen, MD; Edwin Ryan, MD)
• 2:05     Award for Best Resident Presentation – Judges Panel: Marilyn Kay, MD; Iris Kassem, MD, PhD; Andrea Stahulak, MD
• 2:10        Closing Remarks – Deborah Costakos, MD, MS, Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute – Medical College of Wisconsin
• 2:15        Closing Remarks – Terri Young, MD, MBA, FARVO, Peter A. Duehr Professor and Chair, UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

2:20    Event End

We welcome David M. Berson, PhD, Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chair of Neuroscience at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, as he presents: “Retinal Circuits For Visual Reflexes”

About Dr. Berson’s Research:

The nervous system extracts and encodes different features of the visual world to accomplish specific tasks. Spotting a familiar face in a crowd requires different information than hitting a fastball or judging the ripeness of fruit from its color. Different “channels” of visual information emerge already at the retinal level and are then routed to distinct visual centers of the brain. We seek to understand how retinal cells and circuits process and filter visual information in specific channels, and how these signals are used by the brain to shape appropriate visual behaviors.

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.

Presented by the UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Keynote Speaker: MOnica Vetter, PhD – UNiversity of Utah – Chair of the Department of neurobiology and Anatomy

Dr. Vetter’s laboratory is focused on understanding the molecular pathways controlling neural development and degeneration in the retina. The retina is of critical importance since disorders of eye development can lead to congenital blindness, while degeneration of retinal neurons can cause progressive blindness at later ages.

Featured Speakers:

• Michael G. Anderson, PhD, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences within the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa
• Amy Lee, PhD, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Otolaryngology Head-Neck Surgery, and Neurology Assistant Dean for Research within the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa
• Katie M. Litts, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow within the Advanced Ocular Imaging Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin Eye Institute

REGISTER HERE BY APRIL 5, 2019

OFFICIAL PROGRAM SCHEDULE:

8:00 – 8:20 AM   Breakfast and Registration 

8:20 – 8:30 AM   Chair’s Welcome: Terri Young, MD, MBA

Session I   Retina and the Visual Pathway // Moderator: Justin Gottlieb, MD

• 8:30 – 8:50 AM Amy Lee, PhD // Cav1.4 Ca2+ Channels at the Photoreceptor Synapse
• 8:50 – 9:10 AM Raunak Sinha, PhD // Diversity of Photoreceptor Signaling in Primate Retina
• 9:10 – 9:30 AM Karen Schloss, PhD // The Role of Visual Reasoning in Visual Communication 
• 9:30 – 9:50 AM Mrinalini Hoon, PhD // Development of Retinal Presynaptic Inhibitory Circuits 
• 9:50 – 10.10 AM Krista Christensen, MPH, PhD // Macular Pigment and Low Luminance Vision in CAREDS

10:10 – 10:25 AM   Break

Session II  Glaucoma // Moderator: Gregg Heatley, MD, MMM

• 10:25 – 10:45 AM  Michael Anderson, PhD // Using Quantitative Image Analysis to Empower Mouse studies of Glaucoma and Retinal Ganglion Cell Biology
• 10:45 – 11:05 AM  Donna Peters, PhD // αVb3 Integrin Signaling Controls Intraocular Pressure
• 11:05 – 11:25 AM  Colleen McDowell, PhD // TLR4 Signaling in The Human Trabecular Meshwork
• 11:25 – 11:45 AM Gillian McLellan, BVMS, PhD, DACVO // Glaucomatous Optic Nerve Neuro-Inflammation and Degeneration
• 11:45 – 12:00 PM Sri Meghana Konda, MBBS // Schlemm’s Canal Imaging, Pressure and Catheterization

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM   Buffet Lunch 

Session III  Ocular Pathologies // Moderator: Evan Warner, MD

• 1:00 – 1:20 PM Katie Litts, PhD // Application of AOSLO Retinal Imaging in Achromatopsia 
• 1:20 – 1:35 PM Kara Vogel, PhD // Vigabatrin: Synaptic Remodeling of Retinal Bipolar Cells
• 1:35 – 1:50 PM Barbara Blodi, MD // Ellipsoid Zone Status and Its Association with Visual Acuity in Eyes with Macular Edema in SCORE 2
• 1:50 – 2:10 PM Donna Neumann, PhD // The Link Between Ocular HSV-1 Recurrence and Chromatin Loops
• 2:10 – 2:30 PM  Curtis Brandt, PhD // In Vitro Susceptibility of FHV-1 Field Strains to Ganciclovir

2:30 – 2:50 PM Break

2:50 – 3:50 PM   Keynote Speaker: Monica Vetter, PhD // Microglia: Dynamic Remodelers of the Developing Retina

3:50 – 4:00 PM   Closing Remarks: Terri Young, MD, MBA

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The 2019 Vision Research Symposium is supported by the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

George Kambara Education Fund and McPherson Eye Research Institute.

You are invited to a special Research Colloquium for a glaucoma research faculty candidate in the UW-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.

When: Thursday, August 30 from 3:30pm – 4:30pm

Where: Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Avenue, Room 1309

Who: Colleen McDowell, PhD, Assistant Professor at the North Texas Eye Research Institute at the University of North Texas Health Science Center

Presentation Title: “Cross-talk of TGFβ2 and TLR4 Pathways in the Trabecular Meshwork”

Dr. McDowell is currently an assistant professor at the North Texas Eye Research Institute at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, TX. Her research is focused on studying a novel molecular pathway, TGFβ2 – TLR4 signaling crosstalk, in the development of elevated intraocular pressure and glaucomatous trabecular meshwork damage. In addition, Dr. McDowell studies retina ganglion cell subtype specific cell death in mouse models of glaucoma using mice that express GFP in specific individual subtypes of retina ganglion cells.