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At the EnVision Summit Ophthalmology 2023 in Puerto Rico, Eva Kim, MD, made a presentation titled "ICL and Clear Lens Exchange: Choosing the Right Approach."

Corneal neurotization is an efficacious procedure to restore sensation to a neurotrophic cornea, involving the surgical transfer of sensory nerve fibers to the cornea.

During the EnVision Summit Ophthalmology in Puerto Rico, Victor Villegas, MD, made a presentation titled "From a Retina Perspective: Comanagement of AMD, DME and CME in the Setting of Cataract Surgery," focusing on how to comanage patients that have macular degeneration, diabetic maculopathy and cystoid macular edema.

During a presentation at the EnVision Summit Ophthalmology 2023 at El Conquistador Resort in Puerto Rico, Elena Bitrian, MD, outlines the challenges that surgeons are confronted with surgically in pediatric eyes, including the limited working space and palpebral fissure, axial length, and avoidance of the thin sclera and shallow scleral pass.

This marks the first, in-person APAO congress since the COVID-19 pandemic

The family-friendly conference, being held at the El Conquistador Resort in Puerto Rico, will promote women in the field, according to founder and program director Bonnie An Henderson, MD.

Bonnie An Henderson, MD, founder and program director of EnVision Summit, previews what attendees can expect at this year’s meeting - from its diverse faculty to an inclusive Youth Program, while also giving back to the community. The conference will take place February 17 to 20 at the El Conquistador Resort in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.

The company noted that all OTX-TKI treated subjects who were rescue-free at the Month 7 interim analysis remained rescue-free, extending the 73% rescue-free rate up to Month 10.

Rishi Singh, MD, presented data from the Phase 3 DERBY and OAKS clinical trials for geographic atrophy at the 2023 Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration conference.

In a presentation at the Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration 2023 conference, Justis Ehlers, MD, presented "Ellipsoid Zone Integrity in Dry AMD: An Imaging Biomarker for Progression Risk and Clinical Trial Endpoint.”

In a presentation at the Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration 2023 meeting hosted by Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Baruch Kupperman, MD, PhD, detailed research in which investigators evaluated risuteganib for safety and effectiveness in patients with dry AMD.

In a presentation at the 2023 Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration program, Usha Chakravarthy, PhD, FRCOphth, CBE, presented data from the trial of lampalizumab, which is peeling back some of the mystery shrouding geographic atrophy.

A study conducted by Gemmy Cheung, MBBS, FRCOphth and colleagues shows geographic atrophy (GA) lesion phenotypes, associated features, and growth rates differ between Asians and non-Asians.

CEO and cofounder of the International Keratoconus Academy S. Barry Eiden, OD, FAAO, FSLS, sits down to discuss the inaugural symposium, which will be held April 22-23, 2023, in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Adrienne Graves, PhD, and Andrew Iwach, MD, co-founders of Glaucoma 360, share insights into the formation of the Glaucoma Research Foundation and what makes Glaucoma 360 such a unique conference.

Oluwatosin U. Smith, MD, provides some key takeaways from her Glaucoma 360 2023 presentation, "Glaucoma Management Lessons Learned from a Pandemic."

Ruth Williams, MD, explained the importance of hypotension in glaucoma and its potential as a modifiable risk factor at the 27th annual Glaucoma Symposium during Glaucoma 360 at the Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square.

Robert L. Stamper, MD, discusses some of the devices in development for measuring patients' intraocular pressure outside of doctors' office hours in his presentation at Glaucoma Research Foundation's annual Glaucoma Symposium.

L. Jay Katz, MD, provides some key takeaways from his Glaucoma 360 2023 presentation, "Steroid Induced Glaucoma Management."

Shan C. Lin, MD, provides an overview of the various intraocular lens technologies that are available, as well as considerations for contrast sensitivity and vision loss in patients at Glaucoma Research Foundation's annual Glaucoma Symposium.

Ying Han, MD, PhD, provides some key takeaways from her Glaucoma 360 2023 presentation, "Tube shunt update."

Thurein Htoo, MS, MBA, CEO and co-founder of Qlaris Bio, took the podium at the New Horizons Forum at the Glaucoma 360 conference in San Francisco to discuss the performance of the company’s episcleral venous pressure eyedrop, QLS-111.

Kristen H. Ingenito, MBA, vice president and director of ophthalmics at Market Scope, discusses the volume of ophthalmologists offering interventional glaucoma treatment as well as emerging therapies in her presentation at the Glaucoma 360 New Horizons Forum.

Over the years, IKA has become an invaluable resource for eye care professionals.

The Bascom Palmer program showcases neovascular, exudative, and degenerative eye diseases, and is designed for retina specialists, general ophthalmologists and researchers.

Glaucoma 360's co-founders and co-chairs Adrienne L. Graves, PhD, and Andrew G. Iwach, MD, speak with Ophthalmology Times® on what attendees can expect from the upcoming meeting, being held Feb. 2-4 in downtown San Francisco.

All events in the 2023 annual gathering, scheduled for February 2 to 4 in downtown San Francisco, California, will take place at a new venue, The Westin St Francis San Francisco on Union Square.

In a conversation with David Hutton of Ophthalmology Times®, Ferhina S. Ali, MD, MPH, discussed the real world use of faricimab in the IRIS Registry during a presentation this week at Hawaiian Eye in Kauai Hawaii, focusing on the use of faricimab for the treatment of neovascular AMD and diabetic macular edema.

Jay Pepose, MD, PhD. presented Incorporating "Topical Therapy in the Treatment of Presbyopia" at EyeCon 2022 in Marco Island, Florida.

Jefferson Doyle, MBBCh, MD, PhD, MHS, of the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, addresses myopic concerns, such as public health measures including time outdoors, as well as pharmacological approaches including the current atropine data that has been completed and ongoing studies.