Faculty, fellows, and trainees from Duke Eye Center shared research, moderated scientific sessions, and presented posters at the 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Retina Society, held September 23-26 in Los Angeles. Sharon Fekrat, MD, FACS, FASRS also served on the Retina Society Executive Committee, helping guide the organization's leadership and programming.
Duke's vitreoretinal surgery fellows received national recognition in the inaugural CONNECT Network Best Fellow Poster Awards.
- Liangbo Shen, MD earned 2nd Place for his poster, Real-World Efficacy of Intravitreal Avacincaptad Pegol for Geographic Atrophy: A Conventional and Pixel-Based Analysis
- Venkatkrish Kasetty, MD received 3rd Place for Visual and Anatomic Outcomes of Choroidal Neovascular Membranes Secondary to Non-Infectious Posterior or Panuveitis.
Duke faculty and trainees contributed numerous presentations throughout the meeting, highlighting advances in retinal imaging, age-related macular degeneration, surgical innovation, pediatric retina, inflammation, artificial intelligence, and retinal vascular disease.
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Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellows Linus Shen, MD and Angela Li, MD with Lejla Vajzovic, MD, FASRS. -
Cynthia Toth, MD presenting on "Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Very Preterm Infants
Predicts 2-Year Neurodevelopmental Outcomes." -
Sharon Fekrat, MD, FACS, FASRS, with vitreoretinal surgery fellow Linus Shen, MD and former fellow, Krish Katsetty. -
Medical student, Alex Choi in front of his poster, "Longitudinal Retinal Imaging in Cognitively Normal APOE e4 Carriers and Noncarriers Over >5 years". He was mentored and sponsored by Sharon Fekrat, MD, FACS, FASRS. -
Durga Borkar, MD presenting on, "Association Between Central Subfield Thickness (CST)
Fluctuation and Visual Acuity (VA) Outcomes in Patients With Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (nAMD): An IRIS® Registry Analysis". -
Dilraj Grewal, MD, FASRS presenting on, "Impact of Macular Non-Perfusion on Visual and Anatomic
Outcomes in Patients With Macular Edema Following C/HRVO: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Phase 3 QUASAR Trial Through Week 64". -
Lejla Vajzovic, MD, FASRS presenting on, "Unilateral Findings in a 2-Month-Old: A Diagnostic Mystery". -
Yannek Leiderman, MD, PhD presenting on, "Sutureless Intraocular Lens Fixation in The Absence of Capsular Support via Tunneled Intrascleral Haptic Placement: Technique and Report of Longterm Outcomes".