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Schedule at Glance

Subject to Change

October 24th to 27th
Written language: English
Spoken language: Spanish and/or English

5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Registration

Registration Desk

5:00 to 7:30 PM

Mystery cases: Un Banquete de Misterios- Dr. Fernando Arevalo Young Retina Specialist Award

Moderators: Fernando Arevalo, MD and Lihteh Wu, MD
Panelists: Vinicius Bergamo, MD; Andrea Cardenas, MD; Marcelo Casella, MD; Jeannette Domínguez, MD; Jose Echegaray, MD; Miriam Flores Contreras, MD; Talita Lima, MD;  Rodrigo Meirelles, MD; Rosina Negrin, MD; Marcelo Ventura, MD. 

  • Mystery Cases in Fluorescein Angiography: What Would You Do? – Andrea Cardenas, MD 
  • The Art of Illusionism in the Retina – Miriam Flores Contreras, MD
  • Occult Agent – Rodrigo Meirelles, MD 
  • Mystery Case – Marcelo Casella, MD
  • Unveiling This Unique Vascular Pathology – Jeannette Domínguez, MD
  • Mystery Case in Fluorescein Angiography: Is it only a Central Serous Maculopathy? - Rosina Negrin, MD
  • Orange Surprise - Jose Echegaray, MD
  • FEVR: Epiretinal Membrane Peel? – Talita Lima, MD
  • What are the Odds? - Vinicius Bergamo, MD
  • The Silent Intruder: Threat from within -Marcelo Ventura, MD

7:00 PM – 7:05 PM Dr. Fernando Arevalo Young Retina Specialist Award 2024
7::05 PM – 7:15 PM Winner Lecture- Camila Ventura, MD
7:15 PM – 7:20 PM Dr. Arturo Alezzandrini Award 2024
7:20 PM – 7:30 PM Winner Lecture

7:45 PM to 9:45 PM

Welcome Cocktail Reception - Brindis y Conexiones: Bienvenida al Congreso

Grand Ballroom Foyer

7:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Registration

Registration Desk

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Industry Exhibits

Exhibit Hall

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Scientific E-Posters Viewing - Exhibición de Pósteres con Sabor

E-Posters Room

7:00 AM to 8:00 AM

Morning Symposium by ROCHE CCAV

Evidencia de Mundo Real de Faricimab en América Latina (non- CME)
Panel: SPRV Ex-Presidents

8:00 AM to 8:55 AM

Surgery session I: Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Surgical Video Panel Discussion with the Experts - Retina y Ritmo: Panel de Videos Quirúrgicos

Moderators: Andres Bastien, MD and Linda Cernichiaro, MD
Panelist: Luis Escaf, MD; Patricia Fernandez, MD; Maximiliano Gordon, MD; Olivia Kiappe, MD;  Irene Lopez, MD; Jose Antonio Roca, MD;  Diego Rodriguez, MD

9:00 AM TO 9:45 AM

Clinical session I: Retinal Vascular Occlusions: Oclusiones y Sazón

Moderator: Jose A. Roca, MD
Panelists: Vanessa Cruz, MD;  Raquel Goldhardt, MD; Eduardo Novais, MD; Sergio Rojas, MD. 

  • Tips and Tricks on Vitrectomy in Eales Disease – Sergio Rojas, MD
  • Retinal Vascular Abnormalities in Dyskeratosis Congenita – Vanessa Cruz, MD
  • Cutting-Edge Approaches to Retinal Vascular Occlusions: Enhancing Treatment Efficacy - Raquel Goldhardt, MD
  • OCT Angiography in Retinal Vascular Occlusions: Essential Insights Beyond the Basics - Eduardo Novais, MD
9:45 AM to 10:15 AM

Break with Exhibitors / Coffee & Snacks / Poster Viewing “Pausa para la Inspiración”

Exhibit Hall

10:15 AM to 11:15 AM

Surgery Session II: Macular surgery panel: Rumba Macular

Moderator: Arturo Alezzandrini  and Marcelo Zas, MD 
Panelists: Nassim Abreu-Arbaje, MD; Jose Manuel Del Cid, MD; Patricia Kakizaki, MD; Denise Marinho, MD; Flavio   MacCord, MD; Eduardo Zans, MD

  • Surgical Treatment of Macular Hole and Retinoschisis Secondary to Optic Disc Pit – Patricia Kakizaki, MD
  • Management of Macular Hole in Myopic Patient with Posterior Staphyloma and Retinal Macular Detachment – Eduardo Zans, MD
  • Management of Retinal Fold After Retinal Detachment – Denise Marinho, MD
  • rTPA in Subretinal Bleeding, ART, Autologous Retinal Transplant in Giant Macular Hole, PPV Assisted with Trans-operative OCT – Jose Manuel Del Cid, MD
  • Application of Subretinal Fluid to Close Refractory Full-Thickness Macular Holes – Flavio MacCord, MD
  • The Use of mPRGF Treating Macular Holes -   Nassim Abreu-Arbaje, MD
11:15 AM to 12:00 PM

Clinical session II · Uveitis – Case Management & Challenges: Sabor y Sazon

Moderators: Thomas Albini, MD and Andrea Arriola, MD
Panelists: Gabriel Andrade, MD;  Pablo Baquero, MD, P. Ayumi Kawakami-Campos, MD ; Stephanie Llop, MD; Heloisa Nascimiento, MD;  Eduardo Uchiyama, MD. 

  • Retinal Changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome – P. Ayumi Kawakami-Campos, MD 
  • Cyclitic Membrane in Pars Planitis: A Surgical Challenge – Pablo Baquero, MD
  • Multifocal Choroiditis with Atypical Presentation - Gabriel Andrade, MD
  • From One to Two: Unmasking Posterior Uveitis - Stephanie Llop, MD
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

Lunchtime Satellite Symposium by Genentech

Evolving Equitable Care: Focus and Action to Improve Outcomes for Underserved Patients
Invited Speaker: Maria Berrocal. MD

1:30 PM to 2:15 PM

Clinical Session III: Age- Related Macular Degeneration- What’s new in Medical Retina? Un Cha Cha de casos Part I

Moderators: Michel Farah, MD and Daniela Ferrara, MD
Panelists: Jose Dalma, MD;  Michelle Gantois, MD;  Xi Rao, MD; Beatriz Takahashi, MD

  • Hypoxia – Jose Dalma, MD
  • Intraretinal and Subretinal Fluid in Non-Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration – Michelle Gantois, MD
  • OCT Biomarkers in Neovascular AMD – Xi Rao, MD
  • Neovascular AMD Treatment Update – Beatriz Takahashi, MD
2:15 PM to 3:15 PM

Surgical Session III: Surgical Debates: Casos Sabrosos

Moderators: Jorge Fortun, MD and RV Paul Chan, MD
Panelists: Susana Cura, MD; Luis Escaf, MD ;  Eleonora Lavaque, MD; Nimesh Patel, MD;  Ivan Sepúlveda, MD

  • Unremoved CEIO After Vitrectomy: What's Right or Wrong? – Eleonora Lavaque, MD
  • Pars Plana Vitrectomy is The First Therapeutic Choice for Noncomplex Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment - Ivan Sepúlveda, MD
  • Trauma Ocular Severo con visión cero , hay que eviscerar? - Susana Cura, MD
  • The future of Retina Surgery is Dropless - Nimesh Patel, MD 
3:15 PM to 3:45 PM

Break with Exhibitors / Coffee & Snacks / Poster Viewing

Exhibit Hall

3:45 PM to 4:45 PM

Surgical Session IV: Diabetic Retinopathy Surgery - No Más Dulces: ¡La Cirugía que Endulza la Vista!

Moderators:  Olivia Baldivieso, MD and Virgilio Morales- Canton, MD 
Panelists: Franco Benvenuto, MD; Andrea Cardenas, MD; Carlos Felipe Penaranda, MD; Nelson Sabrosa, MD; Eduardo Zans, MD   

  • Overcoming challenges in combined surgery for diabetic retinopathy in a low income country -  Andrea Cardenas, MD
  • Bimanual vs. Unimanual Technique for Severe Diabetic Tractional Retinal Detachment - Nelson Sabrosa, MD
  • Diabetic Nightmare - Carlos Felipe Penaranda, MD
  • Comparison of Functional and Structural Outcomes After pars Plana Vitrectomy for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes - Franco Benvenuto, MD
  • Macular Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling in Tractional Retinal Detachment, Does it Worth? - Eduardo Zans, MD
4:45 PM to 5:30 PM

GLADAOF Lecture & Award- Meet Virgilio Morales: An Interview Session Hosted by Gerardo Garcia “The cutter likes the vitreous but it loves the retina”

5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Top Abstracts Presentations- Abstracts Ardientes

Premio Dr. Jose A.Berrocal Award- Winner Lecture: Nancy Arias, MD

Special Session: “Reflexiones de La Sobremesa” 
Panelists: Luma Al-Attar, MD; David Ancona- Lezama, MD; Nancy Arias, MD;  Hong-Uyen Hua, MD;  Ines Lains,  MD; Marina Roizenblatt, MD;  Basil Williams, MD

  • Strategies for Optimizing Surgical Dexterity Adjusted by the Physician's Level of Experience - Marina Roizenblatt, MD
  • Challenges Ophthalmologists are Facing in Puerto Rico – Luma Al-Attar, MD
  • Compassionomics: The Science and Practice of Caring – Ines Lains, MD
7:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Registration

Registration Desk

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Exhibits

Exhibit Hall

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Scientific Posters Viewing - Exhibición de Pósteres con Sazon

E-Posters Room

7:00 AM to 8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Surgical Session V: IOL fixation complications : Se me Chispoteó! Complicaciones en la Fijación de IOL

Moderators: Luis Haddock, MD and Gabriela LopezCarasa, MD 
Panelists: Juan Ignacio Bianchi, MD; Munir Escaf, MD; Filipe Lucatto, MD; Carla Perez Montano, MD.  

  • Complications on Gore-Tex sutures and Complication on Iris-Claw fixation - Filipe Lucatto, MD
  • Avoiding Hiccups and Yamane - Munir Escaf, MD
  • Navigating haptic ruptures in Yamane - Juan Ignacio Bianchi, MD
  • Complications related to 4 points fixation scleral sutured IOL- Carla Perez
9:00 AM to 9:50 AM

Clinical Session IV: Inherited Retinal Diseases (IRDs) 101: Cuando Tu ADN Tiene Más Drama que una Telenovela

Moderator: Carlos Mendoza, MD. 
Panelists: Alejandra Antacle, MD; Laura Echandi, MD;  Tamara Juvier, MD; Ramiro Maldonado, MD;  Sandra Montezuma, MD ; Jesse Sengillo, MD ; Huber Vasconcelos, MD.

  • IRD Clinical Diagnosis - Carlos Mendoza, MD.
  • Genetic Testing: What to Order and How to Read It – Jesse Sengillo, MD
  • The Earliest Signs of Retinal Degeneration in Children Assessed by Handheld OCT – Ramiro Maldonado, MD
  • IRDs and Neurologic Symptoms in Kids – Laura Echandi, MD
  • Five Lessons Learned from a Pediatric IRD Case – Sandra Montezuma, MD
  • Case 5. Huber Vasconcelos, MD.
  • Turning the Light On – Alejandra Antacle, MD
  • Unexpected Turn – Tamara Juvier, MD
  • Gene Therapy Clinical Trials and Closing Remarks – Carlos Mendoza, MD
9:50 AM to 10:15 AM

Break with Exhibitors / Coffee & Snacks/ Poster Viewing - Descanso Creativo

Exhibit Hall

10:15 AM to 11:15 AM

Clinical Session V: Diabetic Macular Edema and Diabetic Retinopathy : Cuando la Macula se va de Fiesta: El Edema que no fue Invitado

Moderator: Fernando Arevalo, MD
Panelists: Arturo Alezzandrini, MD; Yazmin Baez, MD; Gustavo Barreto, MD; Nicolas Crim, MD; Denise Pardini, MD ;  Rosina Negrin, MD

11:15 AM to 12:00 PM

Clinical Session VI: Oncology – Case Management & Challenges: Cuando El Ojo se Pone Rebelde: Casos de Oncología Ocular

Moderators: Timothy Murray, MD
Panelists: David Ancona-Lezama, MD;  Miguel Burnier, MD; Deivy Cruzado, MD; Maura Di Nicola, MD; Carolina Gentile, MD; Efren Gonzalez, MD;  Vidal Soberon, MD; Basil Williams, MD 

12:00 PM to 1:15 PM

VBS Lunch Symposium

1:15 PM to 2:00 PM

Clinical Session VII: Multimodal Imaging - De Todos los Angulos: Como el Multimodal Imaging lo Ve Todo

Moderators: Jans Fromow-Guerra, MD 
Panelists: Claudia Acosta, MD; Gustavo Melo, MD;  Abel Ramirez, MD; Caio Regatieri,MD; Francisco Rodriguez, MD.

  • AI Powered Screening in Diagnosing and Treating Severe Diabetic Retinopathy and Macular Edema -Caio Regatieri,MD
  • Francisco Rodriguez. Comparison of idiopathic and secondary epiretinal membrane with an en-face image approach using Spectral Domain OCT - Francisco Rodriguez, MD
  • Artificial Intelligence Applied to B-Scan OCT for Detecting Exudative Activity – Claudia Acosta, MD
  • Evaluación  Estructural  de  Nictalopía - Abel Ramirez, MD
  • Real-Time Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy by a Handheld Retinal Camera, Artificial Intelligence, and Simultaneous Specialist Confirmation in an Underserved Remote Setting – Gustavo Melo, MD
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Surgical Session VI: Clinical and Medical Complications - Los Casos que Sacan Canas

Moderators: Jose Dalma, MD and Mauricio Maia, MD 
Panelists: Felipe Morera, MD; Juliana Prazeres, MD; Ezequiel Rosendi, MD; Mitzi Torres, MD; Matko Vidosevich, MD.   

  • Massive Intraoperative Subretinal Hemorrhage: Now What Do I Do? Matko Vidosevich, MD
  • Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage. Mitzi Torres, MD
  • Eye Injuries Unraveled: Choroidal Detachment in Globe Trauma - Felipe Morera, MD
  • Advances in Ocular Trauma Surgery - Mauricio Maia, MD
  • Exposure of Gore-Tex Suture After Four-Point Scleral Fixation Surgery - Juliana Prazeres, MD
3:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Break with Exhibitors / Coffee & Snacks / Poster Viewing - Momento de Recarga

Exhibit Hall

3:30 PM to 4:15 PM

Surgical Session VII: Pediatric Retina: Case Presentations and Panel Discussion - Ojos Traviesos: Una Mirada a la Retina Pediátrica

Moderators: Dhariana Acon, MD and Camila Ventura, MD
Panelists: Enrique Ariza, MD;  Franco Benvenuto, MD; Natasha Cruz, MD; Maria Paula Fernandez, MD; Alexandre Grandinetti, MD; Andres Kychenthal, MD; Maria Ana Martinez, MD; Paulina Ramirez, MD. 

  • ROP 5:  Funnel Peeling and Drainage - Enrique Ariza, MD 
  • FEVR Clinical Case - Franco Benvenuto, MD
  • FEVR Surgical Case - Alexandre Grandinetti, MD
  • Buckle, Position, Persist and You May Win: A Challenging Pediatric Retinal Detachment  - Maria Paula Fernandez, MD
  • How Managing Pediatric Retina Differs from Adult Retina - Maria Ana Castellanos, M
  • Buckle, Position, Persist and You May Win: A Challenging Pediatric Retinal Detachment  - Paulina Ramirez, MD
  • PFV Surgical Case - Natasha Cruz, MD
  • Pediatric Retinal Detachment: Clinical Pearls for Surgical Management - Andres Kychenthal, MD
      4:15 PM to 5:15 PM

      Surgical Session VIII: Retina Outside the box - Es Salsa o Merengue?

      Moderators: Nassim Abreu-Arbaje, MD and Maria H. Berrocal, MD
      Panelists: Francyne Cyrino, MD; Hugo Ocampo, MD; Aleksandra Rachitskaya, MD; Abel Ramirez Estudillo, MD;   Sergio Rojas, MD; Joaquin Sosa, MD. 

      • Intraoperative Imaging - Aleksandra Rachitskaya, MD
      • Making of a Macular Buckle - Francyne Cyrino, MD
      • Subretinal Hem Squeeze - María Berrocal, MD
      • Color as a Surgical Tool? – Abel Ramirez, MD
      • A Little Window – Hugo Ocampo, MD
      • Fluoroscopic Vit - Joaquín Sosa-Lockward, MD
      • Modified Needling  to Close Sclerotomies - Nassim Abreu-Arbaje, MD
      • Lampach in Retinal Detachment - Sergio Rojas, MD
      5:15 PM to 6:00 PM

      FOUNDERS Lecture & Award: Insights from Maria Hortensia Berrocal: A Conversation Led by Jorge Fortun

      Main Room

      8:30 PM to 11:30 PM

      Closing Reception - Grand Ballroom

      Main Room

      8:00 AM to 11:00 PM

      Registration

      Registration Desk

      8:00 AM to 10:30 AM

      Industry Exhibits

      Exhibit Hall

      8:00 AM to 10:30 AM

      Scientific Posters Viewing - Con Calor Tropical -Exhibit hall

      E-Posters Room

      8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

      Surgical Session IX: Surgical complications : Ay Caramba!

      Moderators: Jorge Calzada, MD and Mario Saravia, MD  
      Panelists: Moises Enghelberg, MD; Kim Kayat, MD; David Lozano-Rechy, MD; Hugo Quiroz, MD 

      • Exploring the Overlooked Relationship Between Endophthalmitis and Inflammatory Vasculitis - Moises Enghelberg, MD
      • Trauma with IOFB- Hugo Quiroz, MD
      • Augmented Reality Vitreoretinal Surgery - Jorge Calzada, MD
      • Managing membranes extremely adhered to the fovea - Kim Kayat, MD
            9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

            Surgical Session X: My Cemetery of Cases

            Moderators: Maria Berrocal, MD and Hugo Quiroz, MD 
            Panelists: Thomas Albini, MD; Audina Berrocal, MD; Vanesa Flores Peredo, MD;       Gerardo Garcia, MD; Gabriela LopezCarasa, MD:  Virgilio Morales, MD

            • TRD When the Other Eye is Gone and I Was the Surgeon: To Vit or Not to Vit – Gerardo Garcia, MD
            • Would the Retina surgery make a difference? - Gabriela LopezCarasa, MD
            • Once Veces en un Año - Eleven Times in a Year- Audina Berrocal, MD
            • Open Trauma. Give it a chance - Vanesa Flores Peredo, MD

             

            10:00 AM to 10:45 AM

            Clinical Session VIII: Age- Related Macular Degeneration- What’s new in Medical Retina? Una Cumbia de Casos - Part II

            Moderators: Francisco Rodriguez, MD and Mario Saravia, MD
            Panelists: Andres Emanuelli, MD;  Julia Farah Agi, MD; Zaira Nicolau, MD; Eduardo Uchiyama, MD

            • Dry AMD: Is There a Light at the End of the Tunnel? – Julia Farah Agi, MD
            • Challenges in Managing Wet AMD: Addressing Non-Responsiveness – Zaira Nicolau, MD
            • Ophthalmic Artery Angioplasty for Geographic Atrophy. Phase I. Results of 6mos of Follow Up - Mario Saravia, MD
            • RGX-314: An Innovative Subretinal Gene Therapy for Wet AMD - Andres Emanuelli, MD
            11:00 AM to 11:50 AM

            Surgical Session XI: Debated Surgical approach : Sin Censura

            Moderators: Gerardo Garcia, MD and Luis Haddock, MD 
            Panelists: Arnaldo Bordon, MD;  Munir Escaf, MD; Andres Lasave, MD; Sheila Garcia Santana, MD; Victor Villegas, MD 

            Topic 1: Primary treatment for infectious endophthalmitis

            • Vitrectomy - Munir Escaf, MD 
            • Tap and inject - Arnaldo Bordon, MD 

            Topic 2: Primary treatment for proliferative diabetic retinopathy

            • Vitrectomy - Sheila Garcia, MD 
            • Non-surgical approach - Andres Lasave, MD 

            Topic 3: Combined hamartoma of the retina and RPE in a 5 year old.

            • Case presentation by Dr. Victor Villegas
            11:50 AM to 12:00 PM

            Final Remarks

            Main Room

            TOP ABSTRACTS ORAL PRESENTATIONS

            • PRIMARY VITRECTOMY VERSUS TAP AND INJECT FOR FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS: META-ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON WITH DATA FROM A REFERENCE CENTRE. Dayron F. Martinez-Pulgarin MD/ Clinica FOSCAL Internacional, Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia
            • VITREORETINAL LYMPHOMA: FOUR DISTINCT CASES - Carolina Gentile. Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires - Ocular Oncology Unit. Buenos Aires , Argentina
            • PRE-EXISTING POSTERIOR CAPSULAR DEFECT PRIOR TO CATARACT SURGERY IN AN ADULT – A CASE REPORT. Ronnie S. Manaysay, MD/University of Santo Tomas Hospital Espana, Manila Philippines
            • UVEITIS IN CHILDREN: THE ROLE OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS IN ITS MANAGEMENT Jamel Corredores Dieb/ Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
            • A BLACK SPOT THAT DOESN´T GO AWAY AFTER BLUE LASER EXPOSURE. -Nancy Arias, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute - University of Miami Health System. Miami, FL 
            • SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF PERIPHERAL EXUDATIVE HEMORRHAGIC CHORIORETINOPATHY Valmore Semidey/Vitreoretinal Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
            • MACULAR SPLINT: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY EVALUATING INTRAVITREAL GAS INJECTION PRIOR TO VITRECTOMY FOR FOVEA-INVOLVING RETINAL DETACHMENT - Julia Farah Agi, MD/ Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo , Brazil
            • DIFFERENT EVOLUTION OF PATIENTS WITH ABCA4 RETINOPATHIES (AND OTHER IRDS) WITH FILTERS AND SUPPLEMENTS USE - Marcela Ciccioli/ Lic. En Cs. Biológicas, Fac. Cs. Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
            • NEW UNKNOWN TUMOR: BENIGN LOBULAR INNER NUCLEAR LAYER PROLIFERATIONS OF THE RETINA- Juan David Arias
            • SURGICAL APPROACH AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS USING PCR OF AQUEOUS HUMOR AND VITREOUS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE RETINAL NECROSIS - Mariam Cernichiaro-Espinosa. Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México, I.A.P. Mexico City, Mexico.
            • Novel KMT2D Variant in a Kabuki Syndrome Patient with Macular Dystrophy and Retinopathy of Prematurity- Francisco J. López-Font, MHA/ Bascom Palmer Eye Institute - University of Miami Health System
            • Triple trouble - Sandra R Montezuma.Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences-  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
            • INTERNATIONAL VS NATIONAL COMPARATIVE RETREATMENT RATES AFTER INTRAVITREAL ANTI-VEGF INJECTIONS FOR RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY - AN INTERNATIONAL MULTICENTER STUDY - Luis Acaba-Berrocal/ Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
            • Outcomes of cytomegalovirus retinitis-related traccional retinal detachment and macular hole surgery in immunocompetent young male patient - Melissa Young/ Oftalmo Advanced Clinic. Ciudad de Panama, Panama  
            • NO BANNER, ONLY HULK -Maira Gomez. Clinica Foscal Internacional/ Universidad autónoma de Bucaramanga, Colombia

                  ABSTRACTS, CASE REPORTS AND VIDEOS

                  • Visual acuity outcomes based on microbiology findings in endophthalmitis. Abbie Lai. McMaster University, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 
                  • Psychological Impact of Treatments for Graves' Eye Disease on Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Abbie Lai. McMaster University, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 
                  • Ultra-Widefield Retinal Angiography with Oral Fluorescein in Children Treated for Retinopathy of Prematurity. Alena Calvo González. Ophthalmology professor Hospital Dr. Elías Santana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
                  • Structural, Microvascular, and Functional Analysis of the Foveal Area Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Premature Patients. Alena Calvo González. Ophthalmology professor Hospital Dr. Elías Santana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
                  • Scleral Buckle and Glaucoma Drainage Device in Kids.  Who Needs Both?. Ashley López-Cañizares. Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Miami, FL 
                  • Coats Plus in Prematurity. Ashley López-Cañizares. Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Miami, FL 
                  • Treatment patterns and outcomes in CMV retinitis in patients with multiple myeloma. Ashley Zhou. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. Rochester, MN 
                  • Macular vascular changes in pregnant patients with diagnosis of diabetes,  by coherence tomography angiography. Benvenuto Franco. Hospital J.P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
                  • Phenotype Variability of X-Linked Retinoschisis in Two Siblings with Identical RS1 Mutation Variants: A Case Report. Cesar P Estrada. Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA
                  • Outer Nuclear Layer Thinning Following Schisis Resolution in X-Linked Retinoschisis: Insights from Two Young Siblings. Cesar P Estrada. Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA
                  • Amniotic Membrane Graft for Chronic Macular Hole in a High Myopia Patient with Previous Macular Buckle: Case Report. Daniel Gómez Plaza MD. Instituto de Microcirugía Ocular IMO Miranza Barcelona, Spain
                  • Outer Nuclear Layer Thinning Following Schisis Resolution in X-Linked Retinoschisis: Insights from Two Young Siblings. Daniel Gómez Plaza MD. Instituto de Microcirugía Ocular IMO Miranza Barcelona, Spain
                  • Presence of Subfoveal Hyperreflective Dots as an Anatomical and Functional Prognostic Biomarker in Macular Hole. Daniela Rueda-Latorre. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
                  • Foveal Findings As A Sign of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: A Case Series and Review. Davina A. Malek. Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Miami, FL 
                  • Terson's syndrome in premature newborn. Rosina Negrin. Unidad Oftalmologica. Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom.
                  • MICROSECOND LASER FOR CHRONIC CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY. Eduardo Zans  MD. Z vision Eye center. Lima, Peru 
                  • Limbus-based vitrectomy with partial cannula insertion for advanced pediatric vitreoretinopathies. Flavius Beca. The Retina Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
                  • Associated Factors with Loss to Follow-Up in a Point-of-Care Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program. Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh; UPMC Vision Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Grupo de Investigación Visión y Salud Ocular, Servicio de Oftalmología, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
                  • Impact of a Pharmaceutical Recall of Intravitreal Bevacizumab on Patients in the United States: A HALO Registry Review. Hasenin Al-khersan MD. Retina Consultants of Texas, Houston
                  • Myopic Choroidal Neovascularization  as the Premonitory Sign of Punctate Inner Choroidopathy. Jamel Corredores Dieb. Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
                  • Positive Outcomes in Autosomal Recessive Bestrophinopathy: Case Series Comparing Early Treatment to Natural Progression. Jesus S. Vidaurri-Martinez. Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
                  • THE LAST CARD IN THE GAME: EXTERNAL DRAINAGE OF SUBRETINAL FLUID IN COMPLEX EXUDATIVE RETINAL DETACHMENT TO TREAT DIFFUSE CHOROIDAL HEMANGIOMA. JUAN DAVID ARIAS ARISTIZABAL
                  • Early Use of Subtenon Triamcinolone versus Oral and Topical Corticosteroids as Adjunctive Treatment in Toxoplasmic Retinochoroiditis. JUAN DAVID ARIAS ARISTIZABAL
                  • Use of Multimodal Imaging in Pigmented and Non-pigmented Choroidal Lesions Treated at the Ocular Oncology Clinic of the Clínica Internacional de la Visión del Ecuador (CIVE). Juan Iturralde Iraola. Department of Retina, Vitreous, and Ocular Oncology, Clínica Internacional de la Visión (CIVE), Guayaquil, Ecuador
                  • Self-image and Beauty Perception Among Unsighted Youngsters Aged Between 12-36 Years Old. Julia Tannenbaum. Department of Ophthalmology, Altino Ventura Foundation, Recife, Brazil. Department of Psychology, Barnard College of Columbia University, New York
                  • Assessment of clinical characteristics, treatment patterns and anti-VEGF Outcomes in nAMD and DME Patients in a Colombian HMO: A Decade-Long Retrospective Study. Joshua Kock. Evidence Generation, Roche Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
                  • Cost-effectiveness analysis of the use of faricimab in Macular Degeneration and Diabetic Macular Edema in Colombia. Joshua Kock. Evidence Generation, Roche Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
                  • Surgical outcomes in concurrent sickle cell and diabetic retinopathy. Landon James Rohowetz. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Miami, FL 
                  • FREQUENCY OF MACULAR COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF SILICONE OIL IN VITREORETINAL SURGERY FOR RETINAL DETACHMENT. Maira Gómez Velasco. Clinica Foscal Internacional/Universidad autónoma de Bucaramanga, Colombia
                  • BETWEEN EYES AND SHADOWS. Maira Gómez Velasco. Clinica Foscal Internacional/Universidad autónoma de Bucaramanga, Colombia
                  • Retinal neovascularization secondary to… Sleep apnea? Manuela Franco Sánchez. Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México, I.A.P. Mexico
                  • Bimanual technique for dense (very dense) vitreous hemorrhage due to trauma. Mariam Cernichiaro-Espinosa.  Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México, I.A.P. Mexico
                  • To Suture or Not to Suture the Akreos? Decision-Making During 4-point Scleral Fixation IOL Surgery. Mariam Cernichiaro-Espinosa.  Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México, I.A.P. Mexico
                  • Ophthalmic Artery Angioplasty improves vision in GA. Mario Saravia. Buenos Aires Macula Clinical Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina
                  • Pachychoroid pigment epitheliopathy  in young female with Irritable Bowel Disease. Melissa Young. Oftalmo Advanced Clinic. Ciudad de Panama, Panama  
                  • CLINICAL AND TOMOGRAPHIC RETINAL CHARACTERISTICS IN PATIENTS WITH MARFAN SYNDROME AT OFTALMOSALUD LIMA – PERU. Michelle Quiroz Montoya. Research Department, Oftalmosalud institute, Lima, Peru 
                  • Tay-Sachs disease in a child of indigenous Guatemalan-Mayan origin with macular brown spots and perifoveal whitening. Mya Abousy, MD. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Miami, FL 
                  • Analysis of retinal vascular perfusion using ocular doppler ultrasound in healthy patients vs age-related macular degeneration patients. Nicolás Crim MD. Department of Ophthalmology, Instituto Oftalmológico de Córdoba, Argentina
                  • Impact of Diagnostic Delay on Visual Function in Stargardt Disease: Analysis by Age of Symptom Onset. Paula C. Morales. Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA 
                  • Subclinical Retinal Changes Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in Children with Usher Syndrome Type 2A. Paula C. Morales. Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA 
                  • Distinguishing characteristics of Acute Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease from Acute Central Serous Chorioretinopathy using the Zeiss Cirrus™ HD-Optical Coherence Tomography. Ronnie S. Manaysay, MD. University of Santo Tomas Hospital Espana, Manila Philippines
                  • Epidemiologic characteristics of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital. Ronnie S. Manaysay, MD. University of Santo Tomas Hospital Espana, Manila Philippines
                  • Lens management during the surgical removal of metallic intraocular foreign bodies. Sandra R Montezuma. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences-  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
                  • Schisis-Like Presentations of Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy Caused by FZD4 Mutations. Serena Shah. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Miami, FL 
                  • Pediatric Macular Chorioretinal Atrophy As A Sign of COL2A1-Causing Stickler Syndrome. Serena Shah. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Miami, FL 
                  • Toxocara Chorioretinitis with a Retrolental Membrane: A Case Report. Sofia E. Parellada, MS. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Miami, FL 
                  • Assessment of the Prevalence of Keratoconus Among Children in Ukraine. Tepleshniuk Viktoriia. Kyiv, Ukraine
                  • I See a Detachment, But What Is It? Internal Limiting Membrane Detachment During Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy. Valmore A. Semidey. Vitreoretinal Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
                  • PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY VS. TAP-AND-INJECT IN POST-SURGICAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS A Randomized Clinical Trial. Vinicius Campos Bergamo. FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO - UNIFESP-EPM, Brazil