PLENARY SESSION #1 – SURGERY
Regency Ballroom C 3rd Floor
Moderators: Keyvan Koushan, MD and Bernard Hurley, MD
3:30 PM | Welcome and Opening Remarks Keyvan Koushan, MD and Bernard Hurley, MD |
3:40 PM | Canadian Conundrums: Surgical Session & Discussion Amin Kherani, MD |
4:40 PM | Viscodissection for Tractional Retinal Detachments Rishi Singh, MD |
4:51 PM | Using Pre-Operative Circumpapillary RNFL OCT as a “Treasure Map” to Plan and Facilitate PVD Creation in Vitreoretinal Surgery David Brown, MD |
5:02 PM | Inferior Retinal Break Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment (IRB-RRD) Noemi Lois, MD, PhD |
5:12 PM | Q&A |
6:00 PM | Welcome Reception – English Bay 34th Floor |
7:00 AM | Breakfast – Regency Ballroom E/F 3rd Floor |
PLENARY SESSION #2 – SURGERY
Regency Ballroom C 3rd Floor
8:30 AM | New Concepts in the Understanding of ERM Pathogenesis David Sarraf, MD |
8:41 AM | Pars Plana Vitrectomy – Suprachoroidal Viscopexy (VIT-SCVEXY) for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair Aurora Pecaku, MD |
8:50 AM | Minimally-Invasive Suprachoroidal Buckling Using a Novel Injector: Pre-Clinical Evaluation in Human Cadaver Eyes Gareth Mercer, MD, PhD |
8:59 AM | Pneumatic Retinopexy Prior to Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments – the “Bubble and Book” Jess Xiong, MD |
9:08 AM | RD in Cavitary Disc Anomaly Wei-Chi Wu, MD, PhD |
9:19 AM | Comparison of Outcomes Between Idiopathic Macular Holes versus Bacillary Layer Detachment-Lamellar Holes in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments Isabela Martins Melo, MD |
9:28 AM | Refractive and Clinical Outcomes of Secondary Intraocular Lens Surgery between Intra-scleral Haptic Fixation (Yamane) Technique versus Gore-Tex Sutured EnVista Lenses Bryon McKay, MD, PhD |
9:36 AM | Q&A |
10:00 ‒ 10:45 AM | SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM |
10:45 ‒ 11:10 AM | Break – Poster Session – Regency Ballroom C/Balmoral 3rd Floor |
PLENARY SESSION #3 – SURGERY
Regency Ballroom C 3rd Floor
11:10 AM | Introduction to the Mila Oh Memorial Lecture Michael Kapusta, MD |
11:15 AM | Mila Oh Memorial Lecture: Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: From Risk Factors to Treatment Selection Noemi Lois, MD, PhD |
11:26 AM | Floaterectomy Surgery – Good, Bad, and Ugly Rishi Singh, MD |
11:37 AM | Comparative Analysis of Intraocular Pressure Changes in Pneumatic Retinopexy Versus Vitrectomy for the Treatment of Retinal Detachments Sue Ellen Demian, MD |
11:46 AM | Impact of Baseline Morphologic Stage of Full-Thickness Macular Hole on Postoperative Visual Acuity Aurora Pecaku, MD |
11:55 AM | Late Complications of Regressed ROP: RD, VH, and Retinal Breaks Wei-Chi Wu, MD, PhD |
12:06 PM | Q&A |
12:30 PM | LUNCH – Regency Ballroom E/F 3rd Floor |
1:30 – 2:15 PM | SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM |
PLENARY SESSION #4 – AI and Retinal Imaging
Regency Ballroom C 3rd Floor
2:30 PM | Signature OCT 2025: New Diseases and Novel Findings David Sarraf, MD |
2:41 PM | Areas of Hypofluorescent Delayed Near InfraRed Analysis (DNIRA) Precede Areas of Hypofluorescent Blue FAF in a Prospective, Longitudinal Study of Eyes with Multifocal Geographic Atrophy (GA) Due to Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Shelley Boyd, MD |
2:50 PM | Generative-AI for Dye-Free Fluorescein Angiography Alan Cruess, MD |
2:59 PM | Oral vs IV FA in ROP Wei-Chi Wu, MD, PhD |
3:10 PM | Q&A |
3:35 – 4:20 PM | SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM |
4:20 – 5:10 PM | Break – Poster Session – Regency Ballroom C/Balmoral 3rd Floor |
5:15 – 6:00 PM | CRS Annual General Meeting |
6:30 PM | GALA – Regency Ballroom A/B 3rd Floor |
7:00 AM | Breakfast - Regency Ballroom E/F 3rd Floor |
PLENARY SESSION #5 – AI and Retinal Imaging
Regency Ballroom C 3rd Floor
8:35 AM | OCTA of Macular Disease: Can It Improve Clinical Care? David Sarraf, MD |
8:46 AM | ERM Macular Leakage David Wong, MD |
8:55 AM | OphthoACR: A Novel AI-Driven Tool for Automating Ophthalmology Chart Review and Data Extraction Vlad Diaconita, MD |
9:04 AM | Q&A |
9:15 – 10:00 AM | SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM |
10:00 – 10:20 AM | Break / Poster Session – Regency Ballroom C/Balmoral 3rd Floor |
PLENARY SESSION #6 – Medical Retina
Regency Ballroom C 3rd Floor
10:25 AM | Drug Clearance Variability Explains Why Many Patients Need More Frequent Intravitreal Injections Despite “Longer-Acting” Agents David Brown, MD |
10:36 AM | Subretinal Delivery of Investigational ABBV-RGX-314 as a Gene Therapy for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (nAMD): Interim Results of Bilateral Dosing from a Fellow Eye Study Raman Tuli, MD |
10:45 AM | Visual and Anatomic Outcomes of Dual Inhibition in Naïve nAMD Patients with Associated Subretinal Hemorrhage Nirojini Sivachandran, MD, PhD |
10:54 AM | Baseline Ellipsoid Zone Integrity Features as Predictors of Geographic Atrophy Growth Rate in the Phase 3 GATHER Clinical Trials Varun Chaudhary, MD |
11:03 AM | Diabetic Macular Edema (DME): A Personalized Treatment Approach Noemi Lois, MD, PhD |
11:14 AM | Q&A |
11:20 – 11:40 AM | Break – Poster Session – Regency Ballroom C/Balmoral 3rd Floor |
11:41 AM | Final Results and Exploratory Outcomes of the HORNBILL Study: A Phase I/IIa Trial of BI 764524 in Patients with Diabetic Macular Ischemia Varun Chaudhary, MD |
11:50 AM | The 3 Drug Problem: Cost-Analysis of an “Avastin Preferred” Vial Splitting Program in Alberta, Canada for Vitreoretinal Diseases Treated with anti-VEGF Therapy Amin Kherani, MD |
11:59 AM | Q&A |
12:10 PM | Concluding Remarks Co-chairs: Bernard Hurley, MD, and Keyvan Koushan, MD |
12:30 PM | Lunch – Regency Ballroom E/F 3rd Floor |
Séance plénière No 1 – COAST-TO-COAST RETINA CHECKUP PART 1 SURGERY
Modérateurs : Bernard Hurley, M.D., et Robert Gizicki, M.D.
15h30 Mot de bienvenue et remarques préliminaires
15h40 Vitreoretinal Surgical Video Session: “Masters of Disasters”
David Wong, M.D.
Q&A (inclus)
16h25 Vitreoretinal Surgery in Uveitis
Sunil Srivastava, M.D.
16h40 Q&A
16h45 Pearls in Pediatric Retina Surgery
Cynthia Qian, MD
16h51 Complex Vitreoretinal Surgery
Flavio Rezende, M.D., Ph.D.
16h57 Bacillary Layer Detachment in the Pathophysiology of Secondary Macular Hole in Fovea-off Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
Isabela M. Melo, M.D.
17h03 Q&A
17h11 Efficacy and Safety of Proposed MYL-1701P Biosimilar Compared to Eylea® (Reference Aflibercept) in Diabetic Macular Edema: A Randomized, Double-masked, Phase 3 Equivalence Study (INSIGHT Study)
Susan B. Bressler, M.D.
17h17 2-Year Evaluation of Subretinal Fluid Drainage Techniques in Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
(ELLIPSOID-2 Study)
Aditya Bansal, M.D.
17h23 Lenses for Pars Plana Scleral Fixation
Amar Mannina, MD
17h29 Q&A
17h37 Session 1 Remarques finales
Co-présidents : Bernard Hurley, M.D., et Robert Gizicki, M.D.
18h00 Réception de bienvenue – Princes’ Gates Ballroom
7h00 PETIT-DÉJEUNER – Princes’ Gates Ballroom
7h30 SYMPOSIUM SATELLITE – Cinema Ground Floor
Séance plénière No 2 – AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION & DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA
Modérateurs : Varun Chaudhary, M.D., et Jason Noble, M.D.
8h30 Introduction à la Section 2
8h40 Reticular Pseudodrusen – A Critical Phenotype
Robyn Guymer, AM, Ph.D.
8h55 Q&A
9h02 Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition for nAMD Clinical Trial Studies
Carl Regillo, M.D.
9h17 Q&A
9h24 Early OCT Signs of Atrophy in AMD
Robyn Guymer, AM, Ph.D.
9h39 Q&A
9h46 Translating Clinical Trials to Practice in Geographic Atrophy
Sobha Sivaprasad, MBBS
10h01 Q&A
10h08 VOYAGER: An Innovative Real-world Study of Faricimab and the Port Delivery System with Ranibizumab in Patients with nAMD and DME
Robyn Guymer, AM, Ph.D.
10h23 Q&A
10h30 PAUSE – Princes’ Gates Ballroom Pre-function Area, 3e étage
Session d'affiches
Séance plénière No 3 – Retinal Vascular Disease
Modérateurs : Bernard Hurley, M.D., et Robert Gizicki, M.D.
11h00 Introduction à la Session 3
11h05 Choice of Agent in CRVO
Sobha Sivaprasad, MBBS
11h15 Q&A
11h22 CRAO Management and CRAO Masquerades
Sunil Srivastava, M.D.
11h37 Q&A
11h44 Where Do We Place Biosimilars in Our DME Treatment Algorithm?
Sobha Sivaprasad, MBBS
12h00 Q&A
12h07 Discontinuous Versus Continuous Treatment for DME: Evidence Review and Evidence Generation
Varun Chaudhary, M.D.
12h22 Q&A
12h30 DÉJEUNER – Princes’ Gates Ballroom
13h15 SYMPOSIUM SATELLITE – Cinema Ground Floor
Séance plénière No 4 – Surgery
Modérateur : Bernard Hurley, M.D., et Wai-Ching Lam, M.D.
14h15 Introduction à la Session 4
14h20 Perfluorocarbon Liquid in Retinal Detachment Repair: Pearls and Pitfalls
Carl Regillo, M.D.
14h35 Q&A
14h42 Mila Oh Memorial Lecture: Diagnosis and Management of Diabetic Retinopathy in 2030
Sobha Sivaprasad, MBBS
14h57 Q&A
15h04 The Surgical Management of Inherited Retinal Diseases
Peter Kertes, M.D.
15h19 Q&A
15h26 Gene Therapy for Neovascular AMD and Diabetic Retinopathy
Carl Regillo, M.D.
15h41 Q&A
15h48 PAUSE – Princes’ Gates Ballroom Pre-function Area, 3e étage
Session d'affiches
Séance plénière No 5 – Uveitis
Modérateurs : Phil Hooper, M.D., et Robert Gizicki, M.D.
16h15 Introduction à la Session 5
16h25 Masquerade Syndromes, New Treatment in Uveitis Imaging
Sunil Srivastava, M.D.
16h40 Q&A
16h47 Clinical and Imaging Pearls in Uveitis
Nupura Bakshi, M.D.
17h02 Q&A
17h15-18h00 SCR assemblée générale annuelle – Cinema Ground Floor
18h30 GALA – Princes’ Gates Ballroom
7h30 PETIT-DÉJEUNER
Séance plénière No 6 – Coast-to-Coast Part 2 Medical Retina
Modérateurs : Bernard Hurley, M.D., et Robert Gizicki, M.D.
8h45 Introduction à la Session 6
8h50 Pachychoroid Spectrum Diseases
Wai-Ching Lam, M.D.
8h56 Scleral Buckle Techniques
Geoff Williams, M.D.
9h02 Exciting and New
Mark Greve, M.D.
9h08 Does Anti-VEGF Treatment Impact Retinal Nonperfusion in Diabetic Retinopathy?
Varun Chaudhary, M.D.
9h14 Q&A
9h30 SYMPOSIUM SATELLITE – Cinema Ground Floor
10h30 PAUSE – Trillium Park Studio, 3e étage
Session d'affiches
10h45 Assessment of Geographic Atrophy Progression in the Phase 3 OAKS and DERBY Trials
Tom Sheidow, M.D.
10h51 Retinal Displacement After Scleral Buckle Versus Combined Buckle and Vitrectomy for Rhegmatogenous Retina Detachment: ALIGN SB vs PPV-SB
Aditya Bansal, M.D.
10h57 The Long-term Structural and Functional Impact of Retinopathy of Prematurity
Cynthia Qian, M.D.
11h03 Delayed Near InfraRed Analysis (DNIRA) Identifies Novel Features of Nonexudative (Dry) AMD in a Prospective, Natural History Study
Filiberto Altomare, M.D.
11h09 Q&A
11h24 Remarques finales
Co-présidents : Bernard Hurley, M.D., et Robert Gizicki, M.D.
12h00 DÉJEUNER – Princes’ Gates Ballroom
Isabela M. Melo, M.D. – Toronto, ON
Parnian Arjmand, M.D. – Toronto, ON
Amin Kherani, M.D. – Calgary, AB
Carl Shen, M.D. – Hamilton, ON
Paola Oquendo, M.D. – Hamilton, ON
Hatim Batawi, M.D. – Toronto, ON
Khaldon Abbas – Vancouver, BC
Aurora Pecaku, M.D. – Toronto, ON
Irina Sverdlichenko – Toronto, ON
Aaditeya Jhaveri – Toronto, ON
Fowad Daud – Hamilton, ON
Milena Cioana – Toronto, ON
Levez votre verre avec des amis et collègues à la réception de bienvenue à l’occasion de la nouvelle réunion annuelle 2023 de la Société canadienne de la rétine
Vendredi 12 mai, à partir de 18 h
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Samedi 13 mai, à partir de 18h30
Lieu : Salle de bal Princes' Gates
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