Dilraj Grewal, MD, FASRS delivering 2024 ASRS Presidential Awardee Lecture
Duke Eye Center was well represented with podium and poster presentations from faculty and trainees and three faculty honored with awards at the American Society of Retinal Specialists (ASRS) annual meeting July 17-20, 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden.
A broad range of lectures included clinical trial results, innovative treatments and imaging and our faculty serving on expert panels.
Former Duke resident and current VR surgery fellow, Yuxi Zheng, MD was named ASRS Fellows-in-Training Co-chiar
Three faculty were recognized with awards this year.
ASRS Presidential Awards
- Glenn Jaffe, MD, professor of ophthalmology and vitreoretinal division chief
- Dilraj Grewal, MD, FASRS, associate professor of ophthalmology were both honored with the ASRS Presidential Award which recognizes members for their time and contributions to the scientific programs or the annual meeting.
ASRS Honor Award
- Eleonora Lad, MD, PhD, associate professor of ophthalmology and vice chair for clinical research was recognized as an honor awardee
Eleonora Lad, MD, PhD presents Honor Awardee Lecture "Multiwavelength Photobiomodulation Significantly Reduces Risk for Vision Loss and Onset of Geographic Atrophy in Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration."
Lejla Vajzovic, MD, FASRS presents "Evaluation of Intravitreal Compounded Methotrexate as Adjuvant Treatment in Patients With Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis" during the Expert Panel: PVR at ASRS 2024."
Durga Borkar, MD MMCi presents "Fas Inhibition With ONL1204 for the Treatment of Geographic Atrophy: First-Time Results From a Phase 1b Study" during Dry AMD Symposium 2."
Tammy Hsu, MD, Duke second year VR surgery fellow presenting "Screening for Retinal Diseases During Pediatrician Clinic Visits: A Prospective Feasibility Study."
Jame Karl, BS, Duke MS4 and iMIND research assistant, poster presentation "High-Efficacy Disease-Modifying Therapy Protects Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer and Ganglion Cell Layer-Inner Plexiform Layer in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis."
Alexander Richardson, BS, Duke class of '24 and iMIND research assistant poster presentation "A Convolutional Neural Network to Identify Parkinson Disease Using Multimodal Retinal Images."
Sharon Fekrat, MD, FASRS participates on an expert panel about surgical training.