Location
The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, Rothenberg Hall
Parking
There is a free lot on-site.
USC Roski Eye Institute Annual Symposium
Friday, June 2, 2017
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 8:30am – 9:00am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00am – 9:10am | Welcome Remarks | Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology and Preventive Medicine |
| 9:10am – 9:40am | Genetics of Uveal Melanoma (Introduction by Jesse Berry, MD) |
Joan O’Brien, MD, Chair of Department of Ophthalmology, Director of Scheie Eye Institute, William F. Norris and George E. de Schweinitz Professor of Ophthalmology, Penn Medicine |
| 9:40am – 9:45am | 2017 USC Roski Eye Institute Laureate Award Presentation – Joan O’Brien, MD | |
| 9:45am – 10:15am | Update in Oculoplastic Surgery: Better Solutions for Old Problems (Introduction by Sandy Zhang-Nunes, MD) |
Don O. Kikkawa, MD, FACS, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Vice-Chairman of Department of Ophthalmology, Chief, Division of Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
| 10:15am – 10:45am | Basement Membrane Injury and Defective Regeneration: The Holy Grail of Corneal Scarring (Introduction by J. Martin Heur, MD, PhD) |
Steven Wilson, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of Corneal Research, Cornea and Refractive Surgery Fellowship Director, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic |
| 10:45am – 11:15am | The Good, The Bad, and The Deadly (Introduction by Vivek R. Patel, MD) |
Lanning Kline, MD, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, UAB School of Medicine |
| 11:15am – 11:45am | IOP and Ocular Biomechanics in Health and Disease (Introduction by Alena Reznik, MD) |
J. Crawford Downs, PhD, Vice-chair of Research, Director, Ocular Biomechanics and Biotransport Program, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, UAB School of Medicine |
| 11:45am – 1:00pm | Lunch Recess – The Rose Hills Foundation Garden Court | |
| 1:00pm – 1:30pm | The Future of Glaucoma Therapy (Introduction by Sahar Bedrood, MD, PhD) |
Harry Quigley, MD, Director of Glaucoma Center of Excellence, Professor of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute |
| 1:30pm – 2:00pm | Management of Iris Lesions (Introduction by Jonathan Kim, MD) |
Arun Singh, MD, Director of Department of Ophthalmic Oncology, Cole Eye Institute at Cleveland Clinic |
| 2:00pm – 2:30pm | Clinically Relevant Updates from the DRCR Network for Managing Diabetic Retinopathy (Introduction by Linda Lam, MD, MBA) |
Neil Bressler, MD, Chief, Retina Division, Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital and James P. Gills (inaugural) Professor of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| 2:30pm – 3:00pm | Corneal Cross-Linking, Keratoconus and Beyond (Introduction by J. Bradley Randleman, MD) |
Stephen McLeod, MD, Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology, UCSF School of Medicine |
| 3:00pm – 3:30pm | The Secret World of Microbes: Insights from Deep DNA Sequencing of Ocular Biopsies (Introduction by Damien C. Rodger, MD, PhD) |
Russell Van Gelder, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Boyd K. Bucey Professor, Director of UW Medicine Eye Institute, Adjunct Professor-Department of Pathology, Adjunct Professor-Department of Biological Structure |
| 3:30pm – 4:00pm | Glaucoma Population Management (Introduction by Alena Reznik, MD) |
G.A. Cioffi, MD, Jean and Richard Deems Professor of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Professor of Ophthalmology, Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University |
| 4:00pm – 4:30pm | Progress in Microbial Keratitis …Or Not? (Introduction by Bibiana Reiser, MD, MS) |
Terrence P. O’Brien, MD, Charlotte Breyer Rodgers Chair in Ophthalmology, Director of the Refractive Surgery Service, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Palm Beach Gardens, Professor of Ophthalmology |
| 4:30pm – 5:00pm | Q&A |
