The UPMC Eye Center will hold its annual Vision Research Days on Thursday June 16 and Friday June 17, 2010 at the University Club in Oakland. This year, in addition to presentations by our residents, fellows and graduate students we are looking forward to presentations by our alumni.
The Susruta Lecture will be given by Dr Thomas Harbin.
Please see the attached agenda for details
SCHEDULE
Thursday, June 16, 2011 5:00 PM Thomas Harbin, MD Waking Up Blind: Ethical Lessons Friday, June 17, 2011 8:00 AM Registration / Breakfast 8:30 AM Dr. Schuman, Dr. Waxman, and Dr. Wollstein Introduction 8:40 AM Kari Eisley, MD An In Vitro Comparison of the Resistance of Bacterial Isolates in Conjunctivitis to Antibiotics from 1993 to 2009 8:55 AM Jeffrey Healey, MD AzaSite®Degrades Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm in vitro 9:10 AM Ravi Patel, MD Implementation of an Electronic Health Record in an Academic Multi-Specialty Ophthalmology Practice 9:25 AM Kristin Rarey, MD Panton Valentine Leukocidin as a Virulence Factor for Staphylococcus aureus Endophthalmitis 9:40 AM Break 9:55 AM Rodney Coe, MD Pneumatic Retinopexy Failures and The Pneumatic Pump: A New Complication 10:10 AM Lorenzo Cervantes, MD The Donor Cap as a Protective Barrier during Vacuum Punch in Graft Preparation for Endothelial Keratoplasty 10:25 AM Tineke Chan, MD Fish -Oil Fat Emulsion Supplementation and Retinopathy of Prematurity 10:40 AM Kyle Lewis, MD Management and Outcomes of Periorbital Necrotizing Fasciitis 10:55 AM Kimberly Miller, MD Ocular Applications of Hydrogel Polymer Matrix Dural Sealants 11:10 AM Break 11:25 AM Susruta Lecture – Thomas Harbin, MD Ethical Lessons from Waking Up Blind 12:25 PM Question and Answer Session 12:30 PM Lunch and Poster Session 1:45 PM Audrey Chan, MD Differentiation Of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Into Cells With Corneal Phenotypes 2:00 PM Peter Brennen, MD Ocular Safety Evaluation of Newly Developed Cyclosporine in Cationic Emulsion in an in vitro Corneal Wound Healing Model and in an Acute in vivo Rabbit Model 2:15 PM Carlos Medina, MD Corneal graft rejection in the setting of previous HSV-1 infection 2:30 PM Lindsey Folio Glaucoma Progression Detection with Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) and Time Domain (TD)-OCT 2:45 PM Jeremy Wingard, MD Comparison of Morphologic Changes after Continuous and Micro-Pulse Yellow Laser Trabeculoplasty 3:00 PM Question and Answer Session 3:30 PM Adjournment Poster Session Nancy Buchser, MD Gauge Microsurgical Forceps and Fibrin Glue Expedite Glaucoma Drainage Device Surgery Chieh-Li Chen Macular Segmentation in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Eyes with Optic Neuritis (ON) Episode Using Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) Yun Ling Beyond Bland-Altman Plots- Using Structural Equation Models to Determine Bias and Imprecision for Comparative Studies of Multiple Devices Wendy Chen, MD Advances in Retinal Imaging of Eyes with Hazy Media: Further Studies Emily Deschler, MD Evaluation of the OxyPlate&™ Anaerobic System for the Isolation of Ocular Anaerobic Bacteria Jacek Kotowski Glaucoma Discrimination of Segmented Cirrus Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Xuan Li Identification of Genes Controlling Keratan Sulfate Biosynthesis During Differentiation of Corneal Stromal Stem Cells to Keratocytes Danny Roh Casein Kinase 1-delta Dynamically Modulates Connexin-43 and Gap Junction Intercellular Communication in Homeostatic and Stressed Corneal Endothelium Veeral Shah, MD, PhD Analysis of Cellular Toxicity of a Thermal Gel for utilization as a Retinal Drug Delivery System Jian Zou The Roles Of Crb Proteins During Neurulation And Early Retinal Morphogenesis In Zebrafish
