Johns Hopkins Atlantic Coast Retina Conference 2025

• Target Audience: ophthalmologists
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Target Audience Specialties – Ophthalmology

Overview

Given the rapid growth in new treatments for common retinal diseases published within the last two years, there is a need for case presentations that demonstrate the application of clinical trials to clinical practice. This course will provide rapid presentation followed by expert discussion regarding the application of clinical trials to clinical practice.

The Johns Hopkins Atlantic Coast Retina Conference 2025 is designed for:

Ophthalmologists: Specialists focusing on retinal diseases and treatments.

Optometrists: Professionals interested in the latest advancements in retinal care.

Ophthalmic Allied Health Professionals: Those involved in supporting retinal diagnostics and treatments.

The conference emphasizes case presentations and expert discussions on applying clinical trial findings to practice.

• Topics:

*Note: these are continuous video recordings during the conference, they include individual lectures mentioned in the Detail section below

Atlantic-Coast-Retina-Conference-Agenda_Final.pdf

January 9.mp4

January 10 AM.mp4

January 10 PM.mp4

* Detail:

Faculty and Trainees Program: Thurday, January 09, 2025

Session 1 – Moderators: Demetrios Vavvas, MD and John Thompson, MD

12:30 PM When Trauma Hits Twice: Jacob Heng, MD, PhD

12:40 PM “X” Marks the Spot: Simon Archambault, MD, MSc

12:50 PM Posterior Placoid Maculopathy – Closing a Gap: Eric (Wei Chen) Lai, MD

1:00 PM Mystery Case: Flavius Beca, MD

1:10 PM A Lesson in Lieu of a Mystery: Patrick Hughes, MD

Session 2 – Moderators: K. Bailey Freund, MD and Lee Jampol, MD

1:20 PM Panuveitis After Intravtireal Pegcetacoplan: Abdullah Abou-Samra, MD

1:30 PM Mystery Case: Roselind Ni, BS

1:40 PM Beyond the Glitter of the Starry Eye: Raziyeh Mahmoud-Zadeh, MD

1:50 PM Possible Drusen in 19-year-old Female: Saif Hamdan, MD

2:00 PM A Bad Case of Poison Ivy: Turner Wibbelsman, MD

Session 3 – Moderators: Dean Eliott, MD and T.Y. Alvin Liu, MD

2:40 Hypopyon after Transcleral Cyclophotocoagulation: Corey Lacher, MD

2:50 Seeing Beyond Symptoms: Rare Multisystem Disorder: Frida Velcani, BA

3:00 Mystery Case: Ricky Woodward, MD

3:10 It’s Not Always Syphilis: Martin Calotti, MD

Session 4 – Moderators: Jay Chhablani, MD and Richard Rosen, MD

3:20 Bilateral Multifocal Subretinal Fluid: Ryan Zubricky, MD

3:30 Try This Out: Molly Munsell, MD

3:40 Beware of a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Ioanna Ploumi, MSc

3:50 Mystery White Dot Syndrome: Andrew Dorion, MD

4:00 Severe Retinal Atrophy after Treatment for AMD: Luis Acaba-Berrocal

Session 5 – Moderators: J. Fernando Arévalo, MD and Jose Pulido, MD

4:40 Mystery Case in a 5-Year-Old: Johnathan Bailey, BS

4:50 Eye to Eye with the Tiger: Ata Salabati, MD

5:00 Unexplained Vision Loss in 65-year-old Male: Maximilian Kong, BA

5:10 A Pigmentary Perplexion: Vishal Swaminathan, MD

5:20 Just a Cyst: Joseph Luvisi, MD

Session 6 – Moderators: Carol Shields, MD and Ivana Kim, MD

5:30 Trouble at Distance: Moosa Zaidi, MD, MS

5:40 A Mysterious Choroidal Lesion: Nasiq Hasan, MD

5:50 Bilateral Ocular Complications with Chemotherapy: Roger Henry, MD

6:00 Gut Feeling: A Shifting Retinal Mystery: Shivesh Shah, BA

6:10 Optic Disc Tumor: Yubai Chou, MD

Faculty and Trainees Program: Friday, January 10, 2025

Session 1 – Moderators: Adrienne Scott, MD and John Thompson, MD

8:10 Seeing the Unseen: Taweevat Attaseth, MD

8:20 Mystery Case: Lisa Koenig, MD

8:30 Turn up the Blues: Ryan Meshkin, MD

8:40 Suit and Tie: Issac Bleicher, MD

Session 2 – Moderators: K. Bailey Freund, MD and Sunir Garg, MD

8:50 What’s the Retina Got To Do With It: Adrienne Scott, MD

9:00 Tattoo U: Revenge of the Art: Richard Rosen, MD

9:10 Cryptic-like Bitcoin: Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD

9:20 PAMM Following Carotid Artery Dissection: Osama Sabbagh, MD

9:30 A Series of Unfortunate Events: Nauman Chaudhry, MD

Session 3 – Moderators: Dean Eliott, MD and William Mieler, MD

10:10 New-onset Floaters: Thamolwan Surakiatchanukul, MD

10:20 Furling the Sails: Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD

10:30 Mystery Case: K. Bailey Freund, MD

10:40 Interesting Case: Jay Chhablani, MD

Session 4 – Moderators: Carl Regillo, MD and Richard Rosen, MD

11:00 Cave Deposits: J. Fernando Arevalo, MD, PhD

11:10 Mystery Case: Dean Eliott, MD

11:20 Complications from a New Heart: Ivana Kim, MD, MBA

11:30 Hereditary Retinal Arterial Tortuosity: Erin Flynn, MD

Session 5 – Moderators: J. Fernando Arévalo, MD and Jose Pulido, MD

11:50 Good Clinical Skills are Important: Carol Shields, MD

12:00 A Curious Uveitis: John Thompson, MD

12:10 A Stitch (or 2) in Time: Kenneth Wald, MD

12:20 Rings in the New Year: Jose Pulido, MD

12:30 Mystery Site Among Multiple Lesions: Miriam-Benigna Chika Amobi, MD

Session 6 – Moderators: Carol Shields, MD and Ivana Kim, MD

1:20 Astrocytic Hamartoma: Brian Marr, MD

1:30 Mystery Case: Jasmine Francis, MD

1:40 Combination Therapy in Choroidal Hemangioma: Yannis Paulus, MD

1:50 Pigmented Lesion at the Macula Over 8 Years: Benjamin Kim, MD

2:00 Pediatric Ocular Oncology: David Abramson, MD

Session 7 – Moderators: Jay Chhablani, MD and Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD

2:20 ERM with Intraretinal Edema: Elham Sadeghi, MD

2:30 Why is My Retina White: Sidra Zafar, MD

2:40 Beyond the Visible: Saeed Mohammadi, MD

2:50 A Leak in the System (Pediatric NV): Bani Antonio-Aguirre MD, MPH

3:00 The Rare Kind of Nevus: Aruba Zafar, MD

Session 8 – Moderators: John Miller, MD and Stephen Tsang, MD, PhD

3:40 Mystery Case: Bita Momenaei, MD

3:50 An OMG Retina Case: M. Ludovica Ruggeri, MD

4:00 Letting Go: Edward (Ned) Lu, MD

4:10 Battle of Immunity: Y. Stephanie Zhang, MD

Session 9 – Moderators: Andre Witkin, MD and Lee Jampol, MD

4:30 Bilateral Occlusive Vasculitis: Omar Halawa, MD

4:40 Mysterious Fluid: Whitney Sambhariya, MD, PhD

5:00 Stuck on Static: Ari August, BA

5:10 PM Closing Remarks and MACULA 2025: F. Fernando Arévalo, MD, PhD