VBS 2024: Medical Retina Debates

Bita Momenaei, MD, Wills Eye Hospital Jovi C Y Wong, MD, University of Toronto The lively Friday afternoon Medical Retina Debates were aptly captioned “If we are both going crazy,…

VBS 2024: North vs South

Chloe Y. Li, MD, MA Columbia University/New York Presbyterian The second-ever “North vs South” debates at Vit Buckle Society featured four retina surgeons from Canada and four from Mexico. Topics…

FujiRetina 2024: Pediatric Retina

Taku Wakabayashi, MD, PhD Wakabayashi Eye Clinic, Kanazawa, Japan Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan The pediatric session at FujiRetina 2024 moderated by Shunji Kusaka, MD and Aleksandra Rachitskaya, MD, covered…

FujiRetina 2024: Macular Surgery II

Naoto Sato, MD Suzuki Eye Group, Tokyo, Japan On Sunday afternoon, the Macular Surgery 2 session was moderated by Drs. Kazuaki Kadonosono and Thomas J. Wolfensberger. Dr. Eric Nudleman from…

FujiRetina 2024: Macular Surgery I

Naoto Sato, MD Suzuki Eye Group, Tokyo, Japan The Macular Surgery session kicked off Saturday morning. The session was moderated by Drs. Hitoshi Takagi, Takayuki Baba, and Cheng-Kuo Cheng. First, Dr.…

FujiRetina 2024: AMD and PCV

Norimitsu Ban, MD, PhD Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan FujiRetina Day 1 had an exciting morning of scientific paper sessions focusing on AMD.  Dr. Akio Oishi from Nagasaki…

FujiRetina 2024: Imaging Session

Kotaro Tsuboi, MD Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan The second day of Fuji Retina 2024 featured a captivating afternoon dedicated to scientific discussions on vitreoretinal imaging and vascular disease. Below…

Welcome to Tokyo

Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD RETINA Roundup Editor in Chief FujiRetina is Japan’s preeminent international retina meeting. Fuji refers to Mount Fuji, a stunning mountain that is a sacred and inspirational symbol…

ACRC 2024: Founders Awards

Wyatt Smith, MD Weill Cornell, New York, NY Dr. Carol Shields and Dr. Lawrence Yannuzzi presented the honorary Founders Award to three distinguished guests: Dr. Susan Bressler (Johns Hopkins Wilmer…

ACRC 2024: Attending Cases #2

Jonathan Noonan, MD Columbia University, New York, NY After a thought-provoking day of resident and fellow case presentations, Friday morning heralded the onset of the attending case presentations. Session 1:…

ACRC 2024: Attending Cases #1

Arjun Watane, MD Yale Ophthalmology, New Haven, CT The Atlantic Coast Retina Club had an exciting afternoon of complex and mystery cases. A summary of selected cases are described below.…

ACRC 2024: Trainee Cases #3

Jennifer Hu, MD Mass Eye and Ear, Boston, MA Sessions 3 and 6 of the trainee cases were full of interesting presentations from our residents and fellows. Dr. Erin Flynn…

ACRC 2024: Trainee Cases #2

Melissa Yuan, MD Mass Eye and Ear, Boston, MA ACRC Trainee Session #2 The first afternoon of ACRC continued with more exciting trainee cases, moderated by Drs. Emily Chew, Itay…

ACRC 2024: Trainee Cases #1

Da Meng, MD PhD Mass Eye and Ear, Boston, MA ACRC Trainee Session 1 Session 1 of the trainee mystery cases started with Dr. Rolika Bansal, an oncology fellow from…

FLORetina 2023: X-Cases Conference (Part 1)

Clara Rizzo, MD Ophthalmic Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Alexander J. Brucker, K. Bailey Freund, Anat Loewestein, Stanislao Rizzo and Sandrine Zweifel…

FLORetina 2023: OCTA Course

Giulia Corradetti, MD Doheny Eye Institute, UCLA At the FLORetina-ICOOR meeting, on December 1, 2023, the OCT-Angiography Course was presented in the Ellisse Room and moderated by Drs. Daniela Bacherini,…

FLORetina 2023: Live Surgery

Alessandra Scampoli, MD Gemelli-Isola Hospital, Rome One of the highlights of the FLORetina meeting are the live surgery sessions. Each day of the meeting has live surgery on the program.…

Welcome to Rome

Emanuele Crincoli Stanislao Rizzo Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS Catholic University, Rome, Italy The 11th FLORetina-ICOOR Congress took place from November 30th to December 3rd at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel…

Delhi Retina Meet 2023: ROP Workshop

Stuti Astir, Shroff Eye Centre Deependra V. Singh, Eye-Q Super-specialty Eye Hospitals  The ROP workshop at Delhi Retina Meet 2023 was designed to apprise the delegates about the latest developments…

Welcome to Delhi

RETINA Roundup is excited to announce that we will start coverage of international conferences, in addition to our usual US-based meetings. Our first in-depth international meeting coverage brings us to…

ASRS 2023: Wet AMD Session I

Sara Hojjatie, MD University of Washington Seattle, WA The Wet AMD Session 2 at the ASRS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA highlighted several novel methods of VEGF inhibition for neovascular…

ASRS 2023: Dry AMD Session II

Alyssa Bonnell, MD University of Washington Seattle, WA The Dry AMD Symposium II at the 2023 ASRS meeting featured several outstanding talks and a lively discussion on the use of…

ASRS 2023: Surgical Session I

Haley S. D’Souza, M.D. Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN The Surgery Symposium 1 of the ASRS 2023 Annual Meeting was moderated by Drs. Kevin Blinder and Dharmesh Kar, and highlighted studies…

ASRS 2023: Wet AMD Session I

Landon Rohowetz, MD Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Miami, FL Saturday of ASRS kicked off with the Wet AMD Symposium 1 moderated by Jeffrey Heier, MD, and Aleksandra Rachitskaya, MD. The…

VBS 2023: Surgical Papers

Jonathan Tijerina Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Miami, FL Session 8 of the Surgical Scientific Papers titled “I See This Spark in You. It’s Amazing. It’s Why I Push You. But…

VBS 2023: Complications Session

Maria Paula Fernandez and Hasenin Al-khersan Retina Fellows Bascom Palmer Eye Institute The “Complications” session of the 11th Annual Vit-Buckle Society Meeting is a perennial favorite, offering insightful discussion and many…

VBS 2023: Medical Debates

Luis Martinez-Velazquez, MD, PhD Massachusetts Eye and Ear Boston, MA The Medical Retina Debates section “I’m Not Locked in Here with You. You’re Locked in Here with Me!” of the…

VBS 2023: Wellness Session

Luis Acaba-Berrocal MD Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, UIC Chicago, IL Session 13: Wellness Family Feud Game Show “Now, I See the Funny Side. Now, I’m Always Smiling!” Moderator: Nicholas…

VBS 2023: Medicolegal Section

Tavish Nanda MD Tufts University / Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston Boston, MA Medicolegal Disaster Cases “Some Men Just Want to Watch the World Burn” As a part of the Vit-Buckle…

VBS 2023: Surgical Debates

Malini Pasricha, MD West Coast Retina Medical Group San Francisco, CA The Surgical Debates section “I could do this all day” of the 11th Annual Vit-Buckle Society Meeting was an…

ACRC/Macula 2023: VR Surgery

Ahmad Al Moujahed, MD, PhD, MPH Massachusetts Eye and Ear Boston, MA The last session of ACRC 2023 was titled “Advances in VR Surgery”. First, Dr. Netan Choudhry from Vitreous…

ACRC/Macula 2023: Wet AMD

Prashanth G. Iyer, MD, MPH Tufts Medical Center/Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston Boston, MA Macula 2023 started the day with the latest advancements in treating wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This…

ACRC/Macula 2023: Dry AMD

Will Carrera, MD Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA Following recent advances in the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the treatment of dry AMD has emerged as one of…

ASRS 2022 – Welcome to NYC

Welcome to New York City! The American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) 2022 annual meeting kicks off today in New York City. Wednesday afternoon features exciting case presentations, and the…

ARVO 2022 – Closing keynote address

Frank Ma, MD, PhD PGY-3, University of California San Francisco ARVO closing keynote: Accelerating ophthalmic discovery and technology translation through team science To conclude a successful meeting in beautiful sunny…

VBS 2022 – Complications

Danny A. Mammo MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic  For the final session to wrap up a wonderful VBS 2022 meeting, the much-anticipated surgical complications session “It…

VBS 2022 – Uveitis

Joshua Uhr, MD Vitreoretinal Fellow Bascom Palmer Eye Institute This session, “There Are All Kinds of Love in the World but Never the Same Love Twice,” included presentations of interesting…

VBS 2022 – Debates

Nita Valikodath MD, MS Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Duke University Eye Center “The time you enjoy wasting is not time wasted” was the title of Session 3: the Debates section of…

VBS 2022 – VR Surgery

Sushant Wagley, MD VitreoRetinal Surgery, PLLC Minneapolis, Minnesota Drs. Dean Elliott and Ella Leung moderated Session 9: “Speak-Easy and Carry a Big Stick” which featured interesting talks highlighted below, which…

VBS 2022 – Fellows Foray

Matthew Starr, MD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Mayo Clinic As with all recent meetings, it feels good to be back in person. It has been 3 years since the last…

Top 10 RETINA Articles of 2021

David Xu, MD Wills Eye Hospital In this article, we are ranking the top 10 accessed papers published in RETINA in 2021. All of these were high-impact papers from authors…

ASRS Awards for 2021

Danny A. Mammo MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic 2021 Pyron Award – Cynthia Toth Dr. Carl Awh presented the 2021 Gertrude D. Pyron award to Dr.…

ASRS Awards for 2020

Hadi Kaakour Vitreoretinal Surgical Fellow Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic At the 2021 ASRS meeting in San Antonio, Texas, the first day of sessions has been off to a wonderful…

ASRS 2021: In the Pipeline

Eddie Korot, MD Vitreoretinal Fellow Byers Eye Institute, Stanford, CA Henry Feng, MD Vitreoretinal Fellow Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC Optogenetics in the Clinic: Safety and Efficacy Updates on…

Welcome to San Antonio: ASRS 2021

Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MDWills Eye Hospital Welcome to San Antonio! Our team at RETINA Roundup was busy last weekend in Chicago at Retina Society. In unusual fashion, the Retina Society and…

Retina Society 2021: Welcome Back

Matthew Starr, MDVitreoretinal surgeonMayo Clinic Welcome back, in-person retina meetings are here again. With the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Retina Society in downtown Chicago, IL, returns in-person meetings…

2021 Annual ARVO Meeting – Protocol AB

Brittni Scruggs, MD, PhD Vitreoretinal Fellow, Casey Eye Portland, OR Vitreous hemorrhage (VH) occurs in approximately 45% of all patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) despite prior anti-vascular endothelial growth…

2021 Annual ARVO Meeting – Day 3

Sophie Cai, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Duke Eye Center, Durham, NC One of the highlights of today’s session was Dr. Clement Chan’s presentation of the results of the multicenter DRCR…

2021 Annual ARVO Meeting Day 1

Matthew R. Starr, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA Dr. Raj Maturi of the Midwest Eye Institute, presented for the first time, the results of the DRCR…

RETINA Roundup is Back!

We’re back!   After a hiatus to upgrade the backend of our website, we are delighted to announce the return of RETINA Roundup.  We are back in full force to deliver…

Angiogenesis 2019 Session I: Dry AMD

Nimesh Patel, MD Vitreoretinal Fellow Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Nicole Topilow, MD Ophthalmology Resident Bascom Palmer Eye Institute The Mandarin Oriental hotel provided a grand setting for the annual meeting.…

Retina Prophecies for 2019

As we head into the holiday season we are so thankful to all of the contributors to RETINA Roundup during the past year. You have made the blog a continued…

Retina Society 2018: Surgical Videos

Rehan M. Hussain, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Bascom Palmer Eye Institute The 51st annual Retina Society meeting in San Francisco kicked off on September 12th. One of the exciting sessions…

Retina Society 2018: Imaging

Jay Wang, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Mass Eye & Ear The first day of Retina Society 2018 concluded with a session on imaging, with presentations on a wide range of…

Phase 2 LADDER Results Announced

The use of anti-VEGF therapy has revolutionized the treatment of wet AMD, such that most patients can now maintain functional vision for their lifetimes.  However, the need for frequent injections…

ASRS 2018: Women in Retina (WinR)

ASRS 2018: Women in Retina (WinR): How to Succeed in Different Practice Environments, From Academia to Private Practice. July 23, 2018. Course Organizer: Audina Berrocal, MD Faculty: Lisa Olmos de…

ASRS 2018: Pediatric Retina

Durga Borkar, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Wills Eye Hospital The session kicked off with Dr. Sengul Ozdek describing the long term anatomical and functional results of surgery for retinal detachment…

ASRS 2018: Diabetic Retinopathy Session 1

Marianeli Rodriguez, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Mass Eye & Ear, Harvard Medical School Dr. Geeta Lalwani first discussed the 2-year pooled outcomes from various randomized trials of anti-VEGF treatment for diabetic…

ASRS 2018: Imaging Session

James Lin, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Dr. Shaileen Parikh started the discussion this morning describing the clinical and OCT findings in chronic solar retinopathy, which is…

ASRS 2018: Instrumentation Symposium

Zachary Bodnar, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University The instrumentation symposium was moderated by Carl Awh, MD and Raymond Iezzi, MD. Kevin Blinder, MD presented initial experiences…

ASRS 2018: Retinal Vascular Session

Amirfarbod Yazdanyar, MD, PhD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow UC Davis The retinal vascular disease session on Monday morning was interactive and informative. The symposium was moderated by Drs. Alay Banker and…

ASRS 2018: Neovascular AMD

Edward Wood, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow ARC/Beaumont Following opening comments by Timothy Murray, MD, MBA, the neovascular AMD symposium kicked off an exciting series of symposiums. The section moderated by…

ASRS 2018: Oncology Session

Nikisha Kothari, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute Dr. Timothy Murray, the Program Chair of ASRS, started the morning with a discussion on the results comparing trans-scleral…

ASRS 2018: Surgical Symposium

Kareem Moussa, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Mass Eye & Ear / Harvard Medical School   The surgical symposium wrapped up Sunday’s morning session. The symposium started with Murat Oncel, MD discussing the…

ASRS 2018 — Fixing Lenses

Peter H. Tang, M.D., Ph.D. Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Byers Eye Institute, Stanford This afternoon, we had a lively and informative discussion regarding techniques for surgical fixation of intraocular lenses. It…

ASRS 2018 — Awards

Mingyi Huang, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA Wiley A. Chambers II, MD was awarded the 2018 American Society of Retina Specialists Founders Award. The award was presented…

ASRS 2018: AMD2 — Dry AMD

Lekha Mukkamala, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow University of California, Davis The second half of the morning on non-neovascular AMD kicked off with discussion of the Chroma and Spectri studies. Although…

ASRS 2018: Surgical Case Conference

Sarwar Zahid, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow University of Illinois Chicago The Surgical Case Conference was a tour de force of complex surgical cases and surgical techniques presented by surgeons at…

Welcome to Vancouver: ASRS 2018

Yoshihiro Yonekawa Eric Nudleman Jonathan Prenner RETINA Roundup Editors Retina specialists from throughout the world are arriving this week in Vancouver, Canada, for the 36th Annual Meeting of the American…

The Making of a Retina Broadcast

Yoshihiro Yonekawa Mass Eye & Ear / Boston Children’s Hospital Eric Nudleman Shiley Eye Institute / UC San Diego Lejla Vajzovic Duke Eye Center / Duke University Yannek Liederman Illinois…

New York Retina Surgical Night

Neepa Shah, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Weill Cornell Medical College Dimos Mantopoulos, MD, PhD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson, NJ Retina The 5th Annual New York Retina Surgical Night…

Top 10 RETINA Articles

Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD Mass Eye & Ear / Boston Children’s RETINA Roundup Editor This week we are counting down the top 10 electronically accessed papers in RETINA. The following is…

RETINAWS at VBS VI

Rehan M. Hussain, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery fellow Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Session 6 of the VBS 6th annual meeting was a special Retinaws session. A panel of vitreoretinal surgeons shared…

VBS VI: Complications Session

Neepa Shah, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow Weill Cornell Medical College The complications session at VBS was one of the highlights of the meeting. Moderated by Andrew Schimel from Miami, multiple…

VBS VI: Retina Caliente

Natalia Fijalkowski Callaway, MD, MS Ophthalmology Resident Bascom Palmer Eye Institute High noon at VBS: the Retina Calienta fighters entered the ring to heat up the room. Round 1, Maria…

VBS VI: Fellows’ Foray

Nemo Patel, MD Ophthalmology Resident Bascom Palmer Eye Institute The Fellows’ Foray has become one of the favorite traditions of the meeting, where fellows showcase their best surgical videos that…

VBS VI: Welcome to Miami

Yoshihiro Yonekawa Mass Eye & Ear / Boston Children’s RETINA Roundup Editor Welcome to the RETINA Roundup coverage of the 2018 annual Vit-Buckle Society (VBS) meeting. The VBS meetings have…

Retina Meetings at Ski Resorts

Yoshihiro Yonekawa Mass Eye and Ear / Boston Children’s RETINA Roundup Editor Happy 2018 from the RETINA Roundup team! We hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season and bringing in the…