It has been a great week at Vail Vitrectomy 2022 with the presence of many Duke Retina presenters. We enjoyed presentations by Duke faculty, alumni, and colleagues from around the country.
The invitation-only Vail Vitrectomy meeting was created by former Duke Ophthalmology Chair, Robert Machemer. Machemer (1933-2009) accepted the Chairmanship of the Department of Ophthalmology at Duke University in 1978 and as Chairman, he advanced the department from a clinical center into a first-class clinical and research department. He made new discoveries that changed the world of retinal surgery, especially with his introduction of the new surgical technique, pars plana vitrectomy.
Duke Presentations
Dilraj S. Grewal, MD - Chandelier And OCT Visualization For External Drainage Of Subretinal Fluid And Creation Of Scleral Windows In Exudative Retinal Detachment And Uveal Effusion Syndrome, SESSION 9: NEW TECHNIQUES 1 panelist
Glenn J. Jaffe, MD - SESSION 4: MACULAR SURGERY 1 moderator, SESSION 7: RETINAL DETACHMENT 3 moderator, SESSION 11: MACULAR SURGERY 3 moderator
Cynthia A. Toth, MD - Aiding The Surgeon Through Image Fusion, SESSION 1: INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNOLOGIES 1 panelist, Introduction of Machemer Fellowship Award Lectures
Lejla Vajzovic, MD - Microscope-Integrated OCT-Guided Volumetric Measurements Of Subretinal Therapy Delivered In Patients With Retinal Degenerations, SESSION 3: GENE THERAPY AND TUMORS panelist
Former Duke Vitreoretinal Fellow Ananth Sastry, MD presented the Robert Machemer Vitreoretinal Fellowship Award Lecture: Microscope Integrated OCT guided volumetric measurements of subretinal blebs created by novel suprachoroidal approach, mentored by Lejla Vajzovic, MD.
Pictured: Cynthia Toth, MD and Lejla Vajzovic, MD with Duke Vitreoretinal alumni Gene De Juan, MD, Anne Hannekin, MD and current fellow Jordan Deaner, MD
