This Week in Ophthalmology: Week of October 5, 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Ophthalmology, a video series highlighting some of the top articles featured on the Ophthalmology Times website.

It is Academy time! The American Academy of Ophthalmology’s annual meeting will take place from October 18 to 21 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. The event will feature a range of symposia, instructional courses, clinical sessions, original research presentations, skills transfer lectures, videos, posters, and the Expo.

The Academy will debut its Saturday Night Celebration, which will be held from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm on October 19. The new Saturday Night Celebration is a great place to connect with friends and colleagues, meet academy leadership, and just have fun at one of Chicago’s hottest nightclubs, TAO.

Attendees are encouraged to take advantage of scheduled breaks in the scientific program to connect with colleagues, visit affinity group lounges, and explore the Expo. The academy will offer both in-person and virtual options as well as Subspecialty Days on Friday and Saturday.

David Hutton recently talked to Dr. Lotfi Merabet, who recently served on an NEI initiative on cereberal cortical visual impairment. Let’s check out some of the conversation I had with him.

Watch: Advancing CVI research: NEI initiative and multidisciplinary collaboration

Verana Health is taking the wraps off several new products designed to enhance real-world insights and expedite treatment options in ophthalmology.

The company’s announcement comes ahead of the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2024 Annual Meeting, being held next week at McCormick Place in Chicago.

According to the company, it is the data curation and analytics partner of the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS Registry, which is the largest specialty society clinical data registry in all of medicine.

Among Verana Health’s new products is Qdata Explorer, a subscription-based tool that allows life sciences companies to explore Qdata, which are research-ready data modules that utilize exclusive, expertly-curated electronic health record data from the Academy’s IRIS Registry. Using secure and advanced artificial intelligence technology, Verana Health transforms structured and unstructured healthcare data from EHRs into Qdata to power analytics solutions and software as a service products for real-world evidence generation.

Read Now: Verana Health debuts Qdata Explorer in advance of American Academy of Ophthalmology 2024 Annual Meeting

Doheny Eye Institute has announced that 10 of its ophthalmologists will be presenting research findings and insights during the upcoming American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting in Chicago.

On top of the 10 ophthalmologists presenting their data and findings, Doheny Eye Institute and UCLA Stein Eye Institute will also exhibit together onsite at Booth Number 5252 as well as host an annual Alumni Reception where alumni of both institutes are invited to attend.

Read More: Doheny Eye Institute ophthalmologists to present at the AAO 2024 Annual Meeting

If you are attending the Academy’s annual meeting, you can stop by the Ophthalmology Times booth Number 1117 to say hello.

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