PLENARY SESSION #1 – COAST-TO-COAST RETINA CHECKUP PART 1 SURGERY
Moderators: Bernard Hurley, MD, and Robert Gizicki, MD
3:30 pm Welcome and Opening Remarks
3:40 pm Vitreoretinal Surgical Video Session: “Masters of Disasters”
David Wong, MD
Q&A (included)
4:25 pm Vitreoretinal Surgery in Uveitis
Sunil Srivastava, MD
4:40 pm Q&A Session
4:45 pm Pearls in Pediatric Retina Surgery
Cynthia Qian, MD
4:51 pm Complex Vitreoretinal Surgery
Flavio Rezende, MD, PhD
4:57 pm Bacillary Layer Detachment in the Pathophysiology of Secondary Macular Hole in Fovea-off Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
Isabela M. Melo, MD
5:03 pm Q&A
5:11 pm 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, MD
5:17 pm 2-Year Evaluation of Subretinal Fluid Drainage Techniques in Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
(ELLIPSOID-2 Study)
Aditya Bansal, MD
5:23 pm Lenses for Pars Plana Scleral Fixation
Amar Mannina, MD
5:29 pm Q&A
5:37 pm Session 1 Concluding Remarks
Moderators: Bernard Hurley, MD, and Robert Gizicki, MD
6:00 pm Welcome Reception - Princes' Gates Ballroom
7:00 am BREAKFAST – Princes’ Gates Ballroom
7:30 am SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM – Cinema Ground Floor
PLENARY SESSION #2 – AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION & DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA
Moderators: Varun Chaudhary, MD, and Jason Noble, MD
8:30 am Introduction to Section 2
8:40 am Reticular Pseudodrusen – A Critical Phenotype
Robyn Guymer, AM, PhD
8:55 am Q&A
9:02 am Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition for nAMD Clinical Trial Studies
Carl Regillo, MD
9:17 am Q&A
9:24 am Early OCT Signs of Atrophy in AMD
Robyn Guymer, AM, PhD
9:39 am Q&A
9:46 am Translating Clinical Trials to Practice in Geographic Atrophy
Sobha Sivaprasad, MBBS
10:01 am Q&A
10:08 am VOYAGER: An Innovative Real-world Study of Faricimab and the Port Delivery System with Ranibizumab in Patients with nAMD and DME
Robyn Guymer, AM, PhD
10:23 am Q&A
10:30 am BREAK – Princes’ Gates Ballroom Pre-function Area, 3rd Floor
Poster Session
PLENARY SESSION #3 – Retinal Vascular Disease
Moderators: Bernard Hurley, MD, and Robert Gizicki, MD
11:00 am Introduction to Session 3
11:05 am Choice of Agent in CRVO
Sobha Sivaprasad, MBBS
11:15 am Q&A
11:22 am CRAO Management and CRAO Masquerades
Sunil Srivastava, MD
11:37 am Q&A
11:44 am Where Do We Place Biosimilars in Our DME Treatment Algorithm?
Sobha Sivaprasad, MBBS
12:00 pm Q&A
12:07 pm Discontinuous Versus Continuous Treatment for DME: Evidence Review and Evidence Generation
Varun Chaudhary, MD
12:22 pm Q&A
12:30 pm LUNCH – Princes’ Gates Ballroom
1:15 pm SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM – Cinema Ground Floor
PLENARY SESSION #4 – Surgery
Moderator: Bernard Hurley, MD, and Wai-Ching Lam, MD
2:15 pm Introduction to Session 4
2:20 pm Perfluorocarbon Liquid in Retinal Detachment Repair: Pearls and Pitfalls
Carl Regillo, MD
2:35 pm Q&A
2:42 pm Mila Oh Memorial Lecture: Diagnosis and Management of Diabetic Retinopathy in 2030
Sobha Sivaprasad, MBBS
2:57 pm Q&A
3:04 pm The Surgical Management of Inherited Retinal Diseases
Peter Kertes, MD
3:19 pm Q&A
3:26 pm Gene Therapy for Neovascular AMD and Diabetic Retinopathy
Carl Regillo, MD
3:41 pm Q&A
3:48 pm BREAK – Princes’ Gates Ballroom Pre-function Area, 3rd Floor
Poster Session
PLENARY SESSION #5 – Uveitis
Moderators: Phil Hooper, MD, and Robert Gizicki, MD
4:15 pm Introduction to Session 5
4:25 pm Masquerade Syndromes, New Treatment in Uveitis Imaging
Sunil Srivastava, MD
4:40 pm Q&A
4:47 pm Clinical and Imaging Pearls in Uveitis
Nupura Bakshi, MD
5:02 pm Q&A
5:15-6:00 pm CRS Annual General Meeting – Cinema Ground Floor
6:30 pm GALA – Princes’ Gates Ballroom
7:30 am BREAKFAST
PLENARY SESSION #6 – Coast-to-Coast Part 2 Medical Retina
Moderators: Bernard Hurley, MD, and Robert Gizicki, MD
8:45 am Introduction to Session 6
8:50 am Pachychoroid Spectrum Diseases
Wai-Ching Lam, MD
8:56 am Scleral Buckle Techniques
Geoff Williams, MD
9:02 am Exciting and New
Mark Greve, MD
9:08 am Does Anti-VEGF Treatment Impact Retinal Nonperfusion in Diabetic Retinopathy?
Varun Chaudhary, MD
9:14 am Q&A
9:30 am SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM – Cinema Ground Floor
10:30 am BREAK – Trillium Park Studio, 3rd Floor
Poster Session
10:45 am Assessment of Geographic Atrophy Progression in the Phase 3 OAKS and DERBY Trials
Tom Sheidow, MD
10:51 am Retinal Displacement After Scleral Buckle Versus Combined Buckle and Vitrectomy for Rhegmatogenous Retina Detachment: ALIGN SB vs PPV-SB
Aditya Bansal, MD
10:57 am The Long-term Structural and Functional Impact of Retinopathy of Prematurity
Cynthia Qian, MD
11:03 am Delayed Near InfraRed Analysis (DNIRA) Identifies Novel Features of Nonexudative (Dry) AMD in a Prospective, Natural History Study
Filiberto Altomare, MD
11:09 am Q&A
11:24 am Concluding Remarks
Co-chairs: Bernard Hurley, MD, and Robert Gizicki, MD
12:00 pm LUNCH – Princes’ Gates Ballroom
Isabela M. Melo, MD – Toronto, ON
Parnian Arjmand, MD – Toronto, ON
Amin Kherani, MD – Calgary, AB
Carl Shen, MD – Hamilton, ON
Paola Oquendo, MD – Hamilton, ON
Hatim Batawi, MD – Toronto, ON
Khaldon Abbas – Vancouver, BC
Aurora Pecaku, MD – Toronto, ON
Irina Sverdlichenko – Toronto, ON
Aaditeya Jhaveri – Toronto, ON
Fowad Daud – Hamilton, ON
Milena Cioana – Toronto, ON
Social Events
Welcome Reception
Friday, April 25, beginning at 6:00 PM
Greet friends and colleagues at the Welcome Reception!
Location: English Bay (34th Floor)
*Please note that dress is business casual
Gala Reception and Dinner
Saturday, April 26, beginning at 6:30 PM
Location: Regency A & B (3rd floor)
*Please note that dress is semi formal