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15th ANNUAL Advanced Vitreoretinal Techniques & Technology Symposium AUGUST 28-30, 2015 SWISSÔTEL CHICAGO CHICAGO, IL CME ACCREDITATION AND CREDIT DESIGNATION This activity has been planned and

1 15th ANNUAL Advanced Vitreoretinal Techniques & Technology Symposium AUGUST 28-30, 2015 SWISSÔTEL CHICAGO CHICAGO, IL CME ACCREDITATION AND CREDIT DESIGNATION This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of William Beaumont Hospital and Medical Conference Planners, Inc. William Beaumont Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. William Beaumont Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

SYM P OSIUM FAC ULT Y POOJA BHAT, MD Assistant

Professor Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern

Medical Retina Unit, Ophthalmic Imaging Unit

Ophthalmology Research Professor of Ophthalmology

Eye Institute Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants

Clinical Professor Keck School of Medicine

KANG-MIELER, PhD Associate Professor of Biomedical

Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and

Hale Professor and Chair, Vanderbilt Eye

Medical Group Chief Patient Experience Officer

University Medical Center Associate University

LEIDERMAN, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of

Northwestern Memorial Hospital Feinberg School of

Ophthalmology Associated Retinal Consultants

Professor OUWB School of Medicine RAMA JAGER, MD,

Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology KIRK H.

Medical Center Medical Director of Health Policy

3 SYM P OSIUM FAC ULT Y POOJA BHAT, MD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Uveitis Service Professor Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Professor of Ophthalmology Director, Medical Retina Unit, Ophthalmic Imaging Unit Doheny Image Reading Center Doheny Eye Institute/UCLA Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Chaney Family Endowed Chair for Ophthalmology Research Professor of Ophthalmology Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Cole Eye Institute Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York Retinal Consultants of Arizona Clinical Professor Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California JENNIFER J. KANG-MIELER, PhD Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology G.W. Hale Professor and Chair, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Chief Medical Officer, Vanderbilt Medical Group Chief Patient Experience Officer Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs Vanderbilt University Medical Center Associate Professor Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University YANNEK I. LEIDERMAN, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology DEBRA A. GOLDSTEIN, MD Professor, Director Uveitis Service Northwestern Memorial Hospital Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Professor of Ophthalmology Associated Retinal Consultants Chief, Ophthalmology Beaumont, Royal Oak Chair and Professor OUWB School of Medicine RAMA JAGER, MD, MBA President & Managing Partner University Retina Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology KIRK H. PACKO, MD Professor and Chairman Rush University Medical Center Medical Director of Health Policy for the American Academy of Ophthalmology S Y M P O S I U M O R G A N I Z E R Cless Family Professor and Vice- Chairman, Director Residency and Vitreoretinal Fellowship Training and Visual Sciences A V T T

4 AVTT 2015 PROGRAM FRIDAY, AUG 28 7:00 AM-5:30 PM Registration 6:45 AM-7:25 AM fast 6:45 AM-1:00 PM Exhibits 7:25 AM-12:15 PM Best Practice in Ophthalmology Vitreoretinal Fellows Program, Moderator 7:25 AM Introduction and Welcome 7:30 AM Ophthalmology: Demographics, Practice Patterns, and Life on the Treadmill 7:45 AM Alternative Payment Models and What the RUC is Happening with Surgical Payments? 8:00 AM Medicare: Moving from Paying for Volume to Value: How is This Working Out? 8:15 AM The Retina Specialist and the Value Proposition in the Era of Healthcare Reform 8:30 AM The Art of Keeping Your Referral Doctors Happy KIRK H. PACKO, MD 8:45 AM Audits: Here, There, and Everywhere 9:00 AM The Art of Patient Satisfaction in a Retina Practice KIRK H. PACKO, MD 9:15 AM What s New from the ABO, Including the Current Status of Vitreoretinal Fellowship Training 9:30 AM Ethics Round Table Discussion with Entire Faculty, Moderator 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 10:30 AM Electronic Medical Records (EMR): What You Need to Know RAMA D. JAGER, MD, MBA 10:45 AM Incorporating Clinical Research and Clinical Trials into Your Clinical Practice 11:00 AM How to Evaluate a Contract and a Practice 11:15 AM DISCUSSION: Type of Practice, Pros and Cons of Academics, Private Practice and/or a Mixed Type of Practice, or Even Being a Chairman? ALL FACULTY 11:30 AM Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs): Still Worth Considering? 11:45 AM Important Factors to Consider in Choosing a Practice: Contract Management/Partners/Location ALL FACULTY 12:00 PM Advocacy: Why You Need to Be Involved 12:15 PM 1:00 PM Lunch 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Vitrectomy Instrument Demonstration and Discussion of Challenging OCT, Medical, and Surgical Cases for the Vitreoretinal Fellows (Vitreoretinal Fellows and Residents will be separated into two groups for the interactive sessions.) GROUP 1 1:00 PM 2:45 PM Vitrectomy Instrument Demonstration RAMA D. JAGER, MD, MBA 2:45 PM 3:15 PM 4 A V T T 2 015

5 3:15 PM 5:00 PM Discussion of OCT, Medical and Surgical Cases YANNEK I. LEIDERMAN, MD, PhD, Moderator GROUP 2 1:00 PM 2:45 PM Discussion of OCT, Medical and Surgical Cases YANNEK I. LEIDERMAN, MD, PhD, Moderator 2:45 PM 3:15 PM 3:15 PM 5:00 PM Vitrectomy Instrument Demonstration RAMA D. JAGER, MD, MBA 5:00 PM-5:30 PM Open Discussion with AAO Leadership AAO-President Elect AAO-Past President Secretary Federal Affairs, Past Board of Trustee Member 5:30 PM-7:00 PM Hands-on Vitrectomy Instrument Usage and Reception ALL FACULTY SATURDAY, AUG 29 6:45 AM-5:00 PM Registration 6:45 AM-7:25 AM fast 6:45 AM-5:00 PM Exhibits 7:25 AM-9:30 AM Retinal Imaging and Technology, Moderator 7:25 AM Introduction 7:30 AM Swept Source and En Face OCT 7:45 AM OCT Angiography How Soon Will It Replace FA? 8:00 AM Imaging the Choroid with OCT 8:15 AM Pearls and Pitfalls in Interpreting OCTs 8:30 AM The Role of Fundus Autofluorescence 8:45 AM New Developments in Wide-Field Imaging 9:00 AM Adaptive Optics SLO Where Are We Headed? 9:15 AM Multi-Modal Imaging of Retinal White Spots 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM-11:45 AM Vitreoretinal Surgery, Techniques, and Innovations, Moderator 10:00 AM Retinal Techniques for IOL Implantation and Re-Positioning 10:15 AM Combined Penetrating Keratoplasty/ PPV Surgery Do the Limited Visual Results Warrant the Surgery? YANNEK I. LEIDERMAN, MD, PhD 10:30 AM Update of Drug Delivery Systems to the Posterior Segment JENNIFER J. KANG-MIELER, PhD 10:45 AM Digitally-Assisted Vitreoretinal Surgery: A Revolution in Surgical Visualization 11:00 AM Keeping Intravitreal Injections Safe Updated Guidelines 11:15 AM The Economics of Intravitreal Injections A V T T

6 11:30 AM Innovation in Ophthalmology Beyond Drugs and Devices 11:45 AM-12:00 PM DEBATE #1: Initial Treatment of a Macular Hole with Vitreomacular Adhesion YANNEK I. LEIDERMAN, MD, PhD, Moderator 11:45 AM Pharmacologic Vitreolysis Ocriplasmin is Safe and Effective 11:50 AM Primary Vitrectomy Surgery Remains the Treatment of Choice 11:55 AM Discussion 12:00 PM-12:15 PM DEBATE #2: Intraoperative OCT and Macular Surgery YANNEK I. LEIDERMAN, MD, PhD, Moderator 12:00 PM Essential Will be Required to Verify Successful Surgery 12:05 PM Not Essential Current Surgical Endpoints are More than Adequate 12:10 PM Discussion 12:15 PM-1:00 PM Lunch 1:00 PM-3:00 PM Diabetic Retinopathy and DME, Moderator 1:00 PM The Role of Nitric Oxide and Diabetic Retinopathy JENNIFER J. KANG-MIELER, PHD 1:15 PM Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy Is it Cost Effective? 1:30 PM Update from the DRCRnet 1:45 PM New Indications for Corticosteroids in the Management of DME 2:00 PM New Treatments for DME Beyond Anti-VEGF and Corticosteroids 2:15 PM Vitrectomy for DME Is It Beneficial? 2:30 PM Anti-VEGF for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Is Scatter Photocoagulation Obsolete? 2:45 PM Small Gauge Vitrectomy Techniques in Complex Diabetic TRDs Are Scissors Obsolete? YANNEK I. LEIDERMAN, MD, PhD 3:00 PM-3:30 PM 3:30 PM-3:45 PM VASCULAR DISEASE DEBATE #1: Is Macular Laser for DME Ever Indicated in the Era of Anti-VEGF and Corticosteroid Therapy?, Moderator 3:30 PM Yes, Sub-Threshold Laser RAMA D. JAGER, MD, MBA 3:35 PM Yes, Standard Laser 3:40 PM No, Not Anymore 3:45 PM-4:00 PM VASCULAR DISEASE DEBATE #2: Initial Treatment of Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion, Moderator 3:45 PM Anti-VEGF Therapy 3:50 PM Corticosteroids 3:55 PM Discussion 4:00 PM-5:15 PM Miscellaneous Vascular, Moderator 4:00 PM Sickle Cell Retinopathy New SD-OCT Findings 4:15 PM ROP Update 4:30 PM Adult ROP Update 4:45 PM Management of Chronic Central Serous Choroidopathy 6 A V T T 2 015

7 5:00 PM Retinoblastoma Update :00 PM-6:00 PM Reception SUNDAY, AUG 30 6:45 AM-12:00 PM Registration 6:45 AM-7:25 AM fast 6:45 AM-10:00 AM Exhibits 7:25 AM-9:30 AM AMD and Retinal Degenerations, Moderator 7:25 AM Introduction 7:30 AM Biomarkers and Genetic Testing for AMD 7:45 AM Update on Treatment for Dry AMD Are We Close to through in Management? 8:00 AM The Top 10 Things You Need to Remember from the Harbor Study 8:15 AM Anti-VEGF Therapy and Atrophy Should We Be Worried? 8:30 AM Predicting Anti-VEGF Response 8:45 AM Anti-PDGF/Anti-VEGF Dual Antagonism: A Game Changing Anti-Fibrosis Combination? 9:00 AM Beyond Anti-VEGF: What Pathways are Forthcoming in the Treatment of AMD? 9:15 AM Pigment Epithelial Detachments What is the Best Management? 9:30 AM-10:00 AM 10:00 AM-10:15 AM DEBATE: Dietary Supplements for Patients with Dry AMD Are Safe and Effective, Moderator 10:00 AM Yes, AREDS Vitamins Should Be Routinely Employed 10:05 AM No, Potential Harm, Limited Benefit 10:10 AM Discussion 10:15 AM-10:30 AM DEBATE: When Monitoring Patients with AMD for Choroidal Neovascularization, Which of the Following is Most Important?, Moderator 10:15 AM Use of Home Monitoring Devices 10:20 AM Results of Genetic Testing 10:25 AM Scheduled Visits with Periodic Fluorescein Angiography 10:30 AM-12:00 PM Infection and Inflammation, Moderator 10:30 AM Treatment Algorithm for Cystoid Macular Edema (CME) 10:45 AM Uveitis Masquerades POOJA BHAT, MD 11:00 AM The Multiple Presentations of Syphilis DEBRA A. GOLDSTEIN, MD 11:15 AM Immunosuppressive Therapies for Uveitis POOJA BHAT, MD 11:30 AM Necrotizing Herpetic Retinopathy (ARN and PORN) DEBRA A. GOLDSTEIN, MD 11:45 AM Endophthalmitis Update :00 PM Meeting Adjourned A V T T

8 This CME activity is supported by an educational grant and equipment and supplies from: Alcon Research, LTD E X H I B I TO R S AVTT acknowledges generous contributions from the following companies: DIAMOND Genentech, Inc. GOLD Allergan, Inc. OCULUS Surgical, Inc. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SILVER Alcon Laboratories, Inc. Synergetics, Inc. BRONZE Santen, Inc. Medical Conference Planners, Inc avtt@medconfs.com

Advanced Vitreoretinal Techniques & Technology Symposium

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