7:00 - 7:45 am Registration and Breakfast
7:45 - 8:00 am Opening Remarks
(Ahmed Abdelsalam, MD, FACS & Tamer Mahmoud, MD, PhD)
Morning Session I: Vascular Occlusion, Diabetes, and Retinal Vasculitis
(Chair: Jennifer Lim, MD & Co-Chair: Quan Dong Nguyen, MD, MSc)
8:00 - 8:12 am Current Status of Medical Management of DME
Jennifer Lim, MD
8:12 - 8:24 am Is Laser Still Indicated in the Management of DME?
Diana Do, MD
8:24 - 8:36 am When is Surgery Indicated in DME?
Tamer Mahmoud, MD, PhD
8:36 - 8:48 am Ocriplasmin Overview and VR Interface Abnormalities
Yannek Leiderman, MD, PhD
8:48 - 9:00 am Therapy of Retinal Vein Occlusions
Jennifer Lim, MD
9:00 - 9:12 am Utilization of Wide-Field Imaging Techniques in the Busy
Retina Clinic
Andrew Moshfeghi, MD, MBA
9:12 -9:24 am Current Concepts in the Management of Retinal Vasculitis
Quan Dong Nguyen, MD, MSc
9:24 - 9:45 am Questions and Answer Session
Faculty Panel – Morning Session I
9:45 am - 10:00 am Coffee Break
Morning Session II: Macular Degeneration
(Chair: Marco Zarbin, MD, PhD, FACS & Co-Chair: Diana Do, MD)
10:00 - 10:12 am 2013 AREDS Update
Robert Pearlman, MD
10:12 - 10:24 am Implications of the CATT Study on Clinical Practice
Diana Do, MD
10:24 - 10:36 am Complications of Intravitreal Injections
Andrew Moshfeghi, MD, MBA
10:36 - 10:48 am The Socioeconomics of New Treatments for AMD and
Vascular Retinopathies: Can We Afford It?
Ahmed Abdelsalam, MD, FACS
10:48 -11:20 am Honorary Guest Lecture:Update on Emerging Treatments for
AMD
Marco Zarbin, MD, PhD, FACS
11:20 -11:30 am Question and Answer Session
Faculty Panel – Morning Session II
11:30 am - 12:15 pm Medical Panel
(Moderators: Ahmed Abdelsalam, MD, FACS & Robert
Pearlman, MD)
Faculty Panel: Marco Zarbin, MD, PhD, FACS; Jennifer Lim, MD; Diana Do, MD; Andrew Moshfeghi, MD, MBA; Quan Dong Nguyen, MD, MSc; Yannek Leiderman, MD, PhD
12:15 - 1:00 pm Lunch
Afternoon Surgical Session I
(Chair: Ronald Gentile, MD & Co-Chair: Raymond Iezzi MD)
1:00 - 1:12 pm Approved and Investigational Pharmacotherapy for Uveitis:
What Do You Need to Know?
Quan Dong Nguyen, MD, MSc
1:12 - 1:24 pm Retained Lens Fragments and Pars Plana Lensectomy
Ronald Gentile, MD
1:24 - 1:36 pm Current Management of CME
Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD
1:36 - 1:48 pm Strategies in Secondary IOLs (Iris-fixated, Scleral-fixated,
Sutureless Scleral-fixated, ACIOL)
Yannek Leiderman, MD, PhD
1:48 - 2:00 pm 27g Vitrectomy in Challenging Cases
Maria Berrocal, MD
2:00 - 2:12 pm MIC Vitrectomy for the Management of Pediatric Vitreoretinal
Surgery: What Does It Add?
Ehab EL Rayes, MD, PhD
2:12 - 2:24 pm Retinal Prosthesis Update: Will It Become Reality One Day
Soon?
Raymond Iezzi, MD
2:24 - 2:36 pm Management of Choroidal Hemangiomas
Wendwessen Amde, MD
2:36 - 2:45 pm Question and Answer Session
Faculty Panel–Afternoon Surgical Session I
2:45 - 3:00 pm Coffee Break
Afternoon Surgical Session II
(Chair: Ehab EL Rayes, MD, PhD & Co-Chair: Maria Berrocal, MD)
3:00 - 3:12 pm Indications for PPV vs. SB: How to Choose and How to Simplify
SB Approach
Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD
3:12 - 3:24 pm Post Traumatic Endophthalmitis and Its Treatment
Marco Zarbin, MD, PhD, FACS
3:24 - 3:36 pm Giant Retinal Tear Vitrectomy in the MIVS Era
Maria Berrocal, MD
3:36 - 3:48 pm Imaging Following PPV for Complications of PDR: Predicting
Outcomes!
Tamer Mahmoud, MD, PhD
3:48 - 4:00 pm Light Options for VR Surgery and Toxicity
Raymond Iezzi, MD
4:00 - 4:12 pm Update on Ocular Trauma
Ronald Gentile, MD
4:12 - 4:24 pm Suprachoroidal Buckling for Retinal Detachment
Ehab EL Rayes, MD, PhD
4:24 - 4:30 pm Question and Answer Session
Faculty Panel–Afternoon Surgical Session II
4:30 - 5:25 pm Surgical Panel
(Moderators: Tamer Mahmoud, MD, PhD; Lejla Vajzovic, MD;
& Joseph Martel, MD)
Faculty Panel: Marco Zarbin, MD, PhD, FACS; Jennifer Lim, MD; Ronald Gentile, MD; Raymond Iezzi, MD; Ehab EL Rayes, MD, PhD; & Maria Berrocal, MD
5:25 - 5:30 pm Closing Remarks
(Ahmed Abdelsalam, MD, FACS & Tamer Mahmoud, MD, PhD)
CME/CE 
