Duke retina experts were selected to present key research and participate on panels at in the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) 39th Annual Scientific Meeting. The meeting was held October 8-12 in San Antonio, Texas. Several faculty, trainees, and alums participated in the conference.
Michael Allingham, MD, PhD
Durga Borkar, MD
Clinical and Demographic Factors Associated With Loss to Follow-up in Patients With Geographic Atrophy Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Jordan Deaner, MD (VR Fellow)
Prospective Use of Imaging Quantification of Inflammation: Determining Uveitis Activity and Correlating to Visual Acuity
Henry Feng, MD (VR Fellow)
Evaluation of Real-Time Volumetric (4D) and B-Scan Images Acquired With Microscope Integrated OCT on a 3D Platform During Human Vitreoretinal Surgery
Dilraj Grewal, MD
Optical Coherence Tomography Anatomic and Temporal Biomarkers in Uveitic Macular Edema
Lejla Vajzovic, MD
Cynthia Toth, MD
Pyron Award, Retinal OCT at 29: Forever Young and For the Young. The Pyron Award was created by the Retina Research Foundation of Houston, Texas, to recognize outstanding vision scientists whose work contributes to knowledge about vitreoretinal disease.
Pyron Award, Retinal OCT at 29: Forever Young and For the Young. The Pyron Award was created by the Retina Research Foundation of Houston, Texas, to recognize outstanding vision scientists whose work contributes to knowledge about vitreoretinal disease.Several Duke medical students and residents shared outstanding work during the poster session. The following are from Duke's iMIND Research Group led by Sharon Fekrat, MD and Dilraj S. Grewal MD:
Duke Ophthalmology Resident Cason B. Robbins MD - Analyzing the retinal and choroidal vasculature and structure in cognitively normal individuals at higher genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease using a convolutional neural network
Duke Medical Student Justin P. Ma, BS - Retinal vessel analysis on ultra-widefield images in Parkinson disease
Duke Medical Student Dennis Akrobetu, BS - Assessment of retinal microvascular alterations in individuals with amnestic and nonamnestic mild cognitive impairment using OCT angiography
Former Duke Medical Student Delaram Mirzania, MD - Retinal microvasculature and neurodegenerative changes in males vs females with Alzheimer's disease: a case-control study
Additional outstanding posters:
Duke Ophthalmology Resident Hesham Gabr, MD - The role of Tele-ophthalmology in the management of vitreoretinal disease during the COVID-19 pandemic (Senior Mentor: Dilraj S. Grewal, MD)
Duke Medical Student Pali Singh BS - Systemic antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants in eyes with branch retinal vein occlusion (Senior Mentor: Sharon Fekrat, MD, FACS)
Duke Medical Student Terry Lee, BA - Evaluation of remote diagnosis model and deep learning algorithm for referable retinal pathology identification using widefield Optomap (Senior Mentor: Majda Hadziametovic, MD)
Alessandro Iannaccone, MD, MS, FARVO, Director, Center for Retinal Degenerations and Ophthalmic Genetics Diseases was invited to speak during the ASRS 2021 X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa Symposium by Vindico Medical Education, LLC Monday, October 11th.