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Cythnia Toth, MD, Joseph AC Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, received the prestigious honor of presenting the Gisbert Richard Keynote Lecture at the EURETINA 2023 annual meeting on October 7, 2023 in Amsterdam.  

Duke University researchers created a computer program that determines, with 94% accuracy, if a person's age-related macular degeneration (AMD) will worsen within a year.  

Goldis Malek, PhD, Vice Chair of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor in Ophthalmology, Pathology, and Cell Biology is the 2022 recipient of the RSF Awards in Science for Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. This award is presented by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. and the Rosalind Franklin Society to recognize outstanding published peer-reviewed research by women and underrepresented minorities in science. 

Duke Eye Center hosted the 35th Annual Glaucoma Symposium, along with the 6th Annual Glaucoma Fellows Course October 13-14, 2023. 

The 56th annual meeting of the Retina Society is being held October 11 – 14, 2023 in New York City. The mission of the Retina Society is to "reduce worldwide visual disability and blindness by encouraging education and professional interaction of vitreoretinal specialists, providing optimal care for patients with vitreoretinal diseases, and encouraging, through clinical and basic research, the discovery and development of new means to further patient care." Several Duke Retina Faculty and trainees are participating in the meeting by leading and moderating sessions and presenting posters.  

Four experts in global ophthalmology call for a higher priority on restoring sight in low-resource countries.

Cynthia Toth, MD, is a pioneer in the development of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), over the last 30 years she and her colleagues including Joseph Izatt, PhD, Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor of Engineering, and Chair of Duke BME have revolutionized OCT.  Toth and Izat have translated OCT to human imaging and over the years refined and discovered innovative applications including the first handheld OCT imaging system. 

More than three quarters of the estimated 43 million people in the world who are blind could regain sight through medical intervention. But around 90 percent of these cases of preventable blindness occur in low- and middle-income countries, which often lack the resources to perform sight-saving procedures such as cataract surgeries and corneal transplants.

The North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (NCSEPS) held its annual meeting in Asheville, NC September 8-10, 2023.

The 4th Annual Advances in Pediatric Retina (APR) Course was held September 7 - 9, 2023 in Santa Clara, CA. The course showcased advances in diagnosis and medical and surgical management of a wide spectrum of pediatric retinal diseases with renown faculty speakers from across the globe! Lejla Vajzovic, MD, FASRS is co-director and co-founder of the course, along with Cynthia Toth, MD.