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It was an honor to co-organize the recent 2024 UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute/American Uveitis Society International Workshop on Objective Measures of Intraocular Inflammation for Use in Clinical Trials alongside Gary Holland, MD, SriniVas Sadda, MD, Phoebe Lin, MD, PhD, and Russell W. Read, MD, PhD. From OCT biomarkers to wide-field imaging, the advancements in measuring intraocular inflammation have been remarkable. Objective, reproducible data is now more vital than ever to ensure consistency and accuracy in clinical trials. It was inspiring to see these developments shape our discussions, reinforcing how far we’ve come since our last workshop. Thank you to our guest speakers, research presenters, panelists, and attendees for two days of intense discussion and I am excited to begin working on our next steps. Special thanks to Karen Baranick and her team Medical Conference Planners International for planning this conference. ?? : Rich Schmitt Photography

The 2024 Harvard Vitrectomy Course was one of our best yet! Over 60 new first year fellows and 40 esteemed faculty from around the country came to Boston for this educational event. There were informative lectures, lively panels, hands on wet and dry labs, and vibrant social events. We are already looking forward to next year! Please support your fellows to attend our universal orientation July 2025. Great to work with co directors John Miller and Elizabeth Rossin. Incredible organization in our first year with MCPI Alexandra (Alex) Baranick Karen Baranick Carrie Jacobowitz Alyx Pomeroy Thank you to our Sponsors and Partners ! AbbVie Alcon Alimera Apellis Pharmaceuticals Bausch + Lomb Dutch Ophthalmic USA Genentech Regeneron Retina Consultants of America Johnson & Johnson Bryn Mawr Retina Today

Calling all Retina Fellows: Register by July 9 to secure your spot at the 25th Annual Advanced Vitreoretinal Techniques & Technology Symposium and Fellows’ Course, August 9-11 in Chicago! https://bit.ly/3RBySIs

That’s a wrap!! Wow! CTS 2024 turned out to be an exciting and high-energy meeting with the crème de la crème of the retina world all in attendance. I would like to thank my fantastic CTS 2024 co-chairs Peter Kaiser and Jeff Heier, the amazing program committee members - David Boyer, MD, Diana Do, Frank G. Holz, Anat Loewenstein, and SriniVas Sadda, as well as all the moderators/speakers/panelists for their contributions to make this meeting a HUGE success. A big thank you to all the sponsors, Medical Conference Planners International, official media partner Healio | Ocular Surgery News, Avenue Live, and social media / PR team led by Bindu Manne. Please follow CTS Retina for all the meeting updates and information about CTS 2025!! #CTS2024 #Clinicaltrials #Innovation #collaboration Karen Baranick Alexandra (Alex) Baranick Carrie Jacobowitz Alyx Pomeroy Maili Lampe David Mullin Laura Renna Nancy Hemphill

This year's International Retinal Imaging Symposium was a resounding success! Experts from around the globe gathered to discuss cutting-edge topics in retinal imaging like AI, adaptive optics, en face OCT, and OCT angiography. Highlights included updates on breakthroughs in understanding and evaluating retinal diseases like neovascular AMD, atrophic AMD, myopic degeneration, retinal vascular disease, and genetic retinal dystrophies using advanced imaging techniques. A heartfelt tribute was paid by Professor Alain Gaudric in memory of Professor Ramin Tadayoni. Congratulations to Professor James Fujimoto on receiving the 5th Annual Lawrence A. Yannuzzi Award! His lecture on the history, evolution, and future of Optical Coherence Tomography was truly inspiring. Special thanks to Dr. Cynthia Toth, last year's award recipient, for the wonderful introduction. We are immensely grateful to our Members, Members-in-Training, corporate sponsors, meeting planners, and organizers for making this event a triumph! Stay tuned for updates on next year’s meeting at www.intris.org/meetings #retinalimaging #intris #retina #ophthalmology

Introducing the esteemed faculty for the 2024 Clinical Trials at the Summit (CTS) being held on June 8th. In its fourth year, CTS has garnered global recognition as the fastest-growing meeting in retina, exclusively focusing on ongoing clinical trials and cutting-edge data to drive advancements in vitreoretinal care. The meeting also features top-tier investigators each with over a decade of experience. Virtual registration is now available to everyone. Follow the link to register: https://lnkd.in/ekXZYini Faculty (L-R) David RP Almeida MD MBA PhD Robert Avery, MD Sophie Bakri, MD? Mark Barakat, MD Ramanath Bhandari, MD David Boyer, MD, MD Jeremiah Brown, MS, MD Margaret Chang Holz, MD, MS Courtney Crawford MD FACS Karl Csaky, MD, PhD Emmett Cunningham Jr., MD, PhD, MPH Carl Danzig, MD Dilsher Dhoot, MD Diana Do, MD David Eichenbaum, MD Justis Ehlers, MD Jeff Heier, MD Frank G. Holz, MD Glenn J. Jaffe, MD Chirag Jhaveri, MD Peter Kaiser, MD Arshad M. Khanani, MD Baruch D. Kuppermann, MD, PhD Eleonora (Nora) Lad, MD, PhD Jennifer Lim, MD Anat Loewenstein, MD, MHA DANIEL F MARTIN, MD raj maturi, MD Quan Dong Nguyen, MD, MSc Jared Nielsen, MD, MBA Carl Regillo, MD, MD Phil Rosenfeld, MD, PhD SriniVas Sadda, MD Patricio Schlottmann, MD Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, MD Veeral Sheth, MD, MBA, FASRS, Michael Singer, MD Prof. Paulo Eduardo Stanga, MD Lejla Vajzovic, MD, FASRS Nadia K. Waheed, MD, MPH Christina Y. Weng, MD, MBA Glenn Yiu, MD, PhD #CTS2024 #CTSRetina Media partner: Healio | Ocular Surgery News

That’s a wrap! CTS 2023 was a huge success! It was a packed agenda with amazing talks by world class faculty and great panel discussions by leaders in the field including CEOs of multiple companies in the retina space. Thank you for your participation, engagement, sponsorship and support of CTS 2023. I want to thank my fellow CTS 2023 meeting co-chairs Peter Kaiser and Jeff Heier as well as the program committee members Anat Loewenstein Frank G. Holz Diana Do SriniVas Sadda David Boyer, MD. Ramin Tadayoni As always, Medical Conference Planners International Alexandra (Alex) Baranick Karen Baranick did an amazing job with every aspect of this meeting! Thank you to our media partner Retina Today Janet Burk Julia Hughes for the live meeting coverage. Looking forward to seeing everyone at CTS2024! #clinicaltrials #clinicalresearch #CTS2023

The 10th annual Duke Fellows Advanced Vitreous Surgery Course is a wrap! The incredible hands-on wetlab (a toy store for retina specialists), unbeatable didactics across ?? topics, and inspiring panel discussions are unmatched! Thank you to the amazing guest faculty Caroline Baumal, MD Nina Berrocal MD Frank Brodie, MD MBA Judy E. Kim, MD, FARVO, FASRS Leo Kim MD PhD John Miller MD Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD,MHS Carl Regillo, MD Sumit Sharma MD Daniel Ting MD. Congratulations to the resident travel grant recipients Yicheng Bao, MD Jimmy Chen Michael Fliotsos MD Nicholas Fowler MD Arnulfo Garza Reyes MD Shane Griffin, MD Sayena Jabbehdari Vankatkrish Kasetty MD Dallin Milner MD Farah Shareef MD PhD Wyatt Smith MD Sean Ku Wang MD Arjun Watane, MD Angela Li MD PhD and Richard Morgan, MD, PhD as well as the almost 100 international retina and uveitis fellows! Grateful to the over 80 corporate industry representatives. Perfect planning by Lejla Vajzovic, MD, FASRS Durga S. Borkar, MD, MMCi Dilraj Grewal, MD, FASRS Xi Chen MD PhD and Medical Conference Planners International #DukeRetina #DukeVR #GoDuke Duke Eye Center Join us in 2025 for the 11th annual Duke Fellows Advanced Vitreous Surgery Course combined with the 23rd?Annual Duke Advanced Vitreous Surgery (AVS) Course https://lnkd.in/ec2pjBHD