The Retina Society held it's 50th Annual Meeting in Boston, MA October 5-8, 2017. Duke was well represented during the meeting. The invitation-only, three-day program included several faculty and alumni presentations. We are proud of our Chief Resident whose poster was selected for presentation.
Podium Presentations:
- Foveal Development as Visualized on Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Visual Acuity Development in Preterm Infants - Lejla Vajzovic, MD
- The Role of Cystoid Macular Edema as a Marker in the Progression on Non-paraneoplastic Autoimmune Retinopathy - Avini Finn, MD, MBA
- Diabetic Retinoapthy Session Moderator - Glenn Jaffe, MD
- Panretinal Photocoagulation versus Ranibizumab for Poliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Comparison of Retinal nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in a Randomized Clinical Trial - Glenn Jaffe, MD
Poster Presentations
- Disorganization of the Retinal Inner Layers Associated with Long Term Visual Acuity in Central Retinal Vein Occlusion - Duncan Berry, MD, 2017-2018 Chief Resident
- Clinical Impact of Subfoveal Lucency Before or After Treatment of Vitreomacular Traction without Macular Hole in the Phase III Trials of Ocriplasmin Vitreolysis - Akshay Thomas, MD, MS, second year vitreoretinal surgery fellow
Alumni Presentations:
- Jennifer Lim, MD served as the presiding officer and presented "Longitudinal Study of Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography of Sickle Cell Retinopathy Eyes: Prevalence of Thinning and Systemic Disease Associations" during the for the opening session Retinal Vascular Disease on Thursday.
- Adrienne Scott, MD presented "Prevalence of Retinopathy in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease" during the opening session Retinal Vascular Disease
- Kent Small, MD presented "North Carolina Macular Dystrophy (NCDR1): Mutations Found Affecting the Retinal Transcription Factor PRDM13 in Twelve Additional Families"