2021 Midwest Ophthalmologic Symposium Agenda7:00 Registration Opens/Continental Breakfast8:00 Welcome: M. Gilbert Grand, MD8:10 Introduction: Kevin J. Blinder, MD8:15 Seslen Lecture - En Face OCT: Insights into the Pathoanatomy of Macular Disease, David Sarraf, MD9:15 Introduction: M. Gilbert Grand, MD9:20 Sustained Release Drug Therapies Changing the Glaucoma Landscape, Ahmad A. Aref, MD, MBA9:40 Prospective Analysis of Pentosan Toxicity of the Retina, David Sarraf, MD10:10 Topical Glaucoma Medical Therapy in Today’s World, Ahmad A. Aref, MD, MBA10:45 Refreshment Break11:00 Pathways of Fluid Leakage in “Dry” and “Wet” AMD, David Sarraf, MD11:30 My Go-To MIGS Procedure, Ahmad A. Aref, MD, MBA12:00 OMIC Symposium - Documentation: Strategies to Minimize Risk, Hans Bruhn, MHS1:00 Closing Remarks

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Midwest Ophthalmologic Symposium Agenda 2024*

7:00 am: Registration opens

7:00 am: Continental Breakfast

8:00 am: Welcome and Introductions - Kevin J. Blinder, MD

8:15-9:15 am: Seslen Lecture – How Artificial Intelligence May Change the Ways we Practice - Ray Iezzi, MD-Mayo Clinic

9:15-9:20 am: Introductions - Thanos Papakostas, MD

9:20-10:05 am: Evidence Based Endothelial Rehabilitation - Peter Veldman, MD, U Chicago Medicine 

10:05-10:10 am: Introductions - Kevin J. Blinder, MD

10:10-11:10 am:  OMIC Symposium – Lessons Learned: When Safety Protocols Fail – Gaurav Shah, MD, OMIC Board of Directors

11:10-11:25 am: Morning Break – 15 minutes 

11:25 am-12:05 pm: Cell-based Therapy for the Treatment of Advanced Macular Disease - Ray Iezzi, MD-Mayo Clinic 

12:05-12:50 pm: Ocular Trauma: Lessons Learned - Peter Veldman, MD, U Chicago Medicine  

12:50-1:30 pm: Current Concepts in the Treatment of Macular Holes - Ray Iezzi, MD-Mayo Clinic 

1:30 pm:   Closing Remarks

*The title of the talks are subject to change.