Duke at ASRS 2023

July 31, 2023

The annual meeting of the American Society of Retinal Specialists (ASRS) was held July 28 – August 1, 2023 in Seattle, Washington.

Several Duke Faculty members and trainees participated by leading lectures, moderating sessions, and giving poster presentations.

List of Presentations

Residents, PGY4 Yuxi Zheng, MD and PGY4 Meghana Konda, MD received the Women in Retina Grant to attend the meeting.

Two Duke Eye Center Alumni were honored with ASRS awards to recognize excellence and innovation in the field of retina.

Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, MHS, FASRS, received the 2023 Crystal Apple Award for excellence in teaching and mentorship (Duke Retina Specialist Sharon Fekrat, MD, FASRS previously received this award in 2022).
Eugene de Juan Jr, MD, FASRS received the Retina Research Foundation’s Gertrude D. Pyron Award. Both Mruthyunjaya and De Juan completed their fellowships at Duke and also served as faculty members.

Jaffe Woodward and Zheng — Glenn Jaffe, MD with Co-Chief Residents Richmond Woodward, MD and Yuxi Zheng, MD

Li and Jaffe — PGY3 Angela Li, MD with Glenn Jaffe, MD

Borkar and Woodward — Durga Borkar, MD with Chief Resident, Richmond Woodward, MD

Residents at ASRS — Duke Eye Center residents and fellows at ASRS 2023.

Yuxi at ASRS — PGY4 and Chief Resident Yuxi Zheng, MD with her poster presentation at
ASRS 2023. *Mentor: Sharon Fekrat, MD, FASRS*

Crystal Apple Award winner Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, MHS, FASRS with Sharon Fekrat, MD, FASRS. Fekrat was the recipient of the Crystal Apple Award in 2022.

Jay Rathinavelu, BSE with his poster presentation.
Mentor: Lejla Vajzovic, MD, FASRS

Dilraj Grewal, MD, FASRS presenting at ASRS

Lejla Vajzovic, MD, FASRS with ASRS President Judy E. Kim, MD, FASRS