A recent Retina Today article highlighted the 2026 Duke Fellows Advanced Vitreous Surgery (fAVS) Course, a two-day educational program directed by Lejla Vajzovic, MD, with co-directors Dilraj Grewal, MD, Xi Chen, MD, PhD, and Durga S. Borkar, MD, MMCi. The course brought together expert faculty and retina fellows for lectures, case discussions, surgical video presentations, and hands-on wet lab training focused on the latest advances in vitreoretinal care and surgery.
The article was authored by Duke trainees Emily H. Jung, Md, Naveen Karthik, MD, Haley S. D'Souza, MD, MS, Omar A. Halawa, MD, and Ryan Sameen Meshkin, MD, who shared key educational highlights and takeaways from the course.