64th Annual Alumni Conference
February 23 - 25, 2012


Sponsored by the Wills Eye Society

 



Sheraton Society Hill
Philadelphia



 

 

Wills Eye Institute 64th Annual Alumni Conference
Free Paper Session
Thursday, February 23, 2012
1 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

The free paper presentations will be held in the Sara and Noel Simmonds Auditorium of Wills Eye Institute, 840 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
The Shipman and McDonald awards will be awarded for the best resident and fellow papers.

     1 p.m.         Opening Remarks
                        Jurij R. Bilyk, MD

     1:08 p.m.    Effect of Prophylactic Use of Non-Steroidal
                       Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on Pseudophakic Cystoid Macular
                       Edema

                       Fatima K. Ahmad, MD, Brad H. Feldman, MD, Yang Dai, MS

     1:16 p.m.    Full Thickness Conjunctival/Scleral Suture Technique for
                       Hypotony

                       Jesse Richman, MD, Thandeka Myeni MD, Valerie Trubnik MD,
                       Marlene R. Moster MD

     1:24 p.m.    Outcomes of Optic Nerve Pit-related Maculopathy:
                        A Case Series from the Wills Eye Institute

                        Adiel G. Smith, MD, Rajiv E Shah, MD, Carl D. Regillo, MD,
                        Marc J. Sprin, MD

     1:32 p.m.    The Challenges to Ophthalmologic Follow-Up Care in
                        At-Risk Pediatric Populations

                        Alex V. Levin, MD, Summer Williams, BA, Bryan N. Wajda, BS,
                        Rizwan A. Alvi, MBBS

     1:40 p.m.    Outcomes of Scleral Buckle Removal with and without
                        Concurrent Prophylactic Laser Retinopexy 

                        Mohammed Khuthaila, MD, Mahta Rasouli, MD, Jason Hsu, MD,
                        Marc Spirn, MD

     1: 48 p.m.    Metastasis from Uveal Melanoma Associated with Ocular
                        Melanocytosis: A Matched Study

                        Arman Mashayekhi, MD, Brianna Walker, BS,
                        Carol L. Shields, MD, Jerry A. Shields, MD

     1:56 p.m.    Giant Cell Arteritis Incidence: Analysis by Season and Year
                        in Northeastern United States

                       Vikram J. Setlur, MD, Krystian Kisza, MD,
                       Ann P. Murchison, MD, Jurij R. Bilyk, MD

     2:04 p.m.    Pseudoretinoblastoma: A Retrospective Study of 604 Cases
                       Shripaad Y. Shukla, MD, Carol L. Shields, MD,
                       Swathi Kaliki, MD, Jerry A. Shields, MD

     2:12 p.m.    The Effect Of Premedication with Clonidine Vs. Placebo on
                        Postoperative Recovery in Children Having Strabismus
                        Surgery

                        Laura J. Heinmiller, MD, Leonard B. Nelson, MD,
                        Marc B. Goldberg, MD, Adam R. Thode, MD

     2:20 p.m.    Extraocular Muscle Enlargement Masquerading as Thyroid
                        Eye Disease

                       Gregory T. Bramblett, MD, PhD, Mary A. Stefanyszyn, MD,
                       Jurij R. Bilyk, MD

     2:28 p.m.   The Association of Outcomes between Fellow Eyes after
                       Bilateral Descemet’s Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty

                       Viral V. Juthani, MD, Parveen K. Nagra, MD,
                       Kristin M. Hammersmith, MD, Christopher J. Rapuano, MD

     2:36 p.m.   Diabetic Retinopathy Screening by Tele-ophthalmology in
                       Urban Primary Care Offices

                       Christopher J. Brady, MD, Omesh P. Gupta, MD, MBA,
                       Mark G. Graham, MD, Robert C. Sergott, MD

     2:44 p.m.    The Microbiological Spectrum of Endophthalmitis
                        Michael D. Tibbitts, MD, Sunir J. Garg, MD,
                        Russell N. Van Gelder, MD, PhD

     2:52 p.m.    Comparison of Combined and Sequential Descemet’s
                        Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty and Cataract Surgery

                        Priscilla G. Fowler, MD, Christopher J. Rapuano, MD,
                        Kristin M. Hammersmith, MD, Parveen K. Nagra, MD

      3 p.m.        Wills Eye 2012
                       Julia A. Haller, MD

     3:08 p.m.    Break

     3:25 p.m.    Clinical Survey of 3680 Iris Tumors
                        Carlos G. Bianciotto, MD, Carol L. Shields, MD,
                        Mayeling Suriano, MD, Jerry A. Shields, MD

     3:33 p.m.    Shrinkage Revisited: How Long is Long Enough?
                        Amanda A. Matthews, MD, Ann P. Murchison, MD,
                        Jurij R. Bilyk, MD, Ralph C. Eagle, Jr. MD

     3:41 p.m.    Management Outcomes of Patients with Recurrent Corneal
                        Erosion Syndrome: 4-year data

                        Kunal Suri, MD, Kristin M. Hammersmith, MD,
                        Christopher J. Rapuano, MD, Parveen K. Nagra, MD

     3:49 p.m.    Alternating Bi-Weekly Intravitreal Ranibizumab and
                       Bevacizumab for Refractory Neovascular Age-Related
                       Macular Degeneration

                       Andre J. Witkin, MD, Allen C Ho, MD, Sunir J. Garg, MD,
                       Joseph I. Maguire, MD

     3:57 p.m.    Bone Removal With the Ultrasonic Bone Aspirator for
                       Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy

                       Yasmin Shayesteh, MD, Ann P. Murchison, MD, MPH,
                       Edmund A. Pribitkin, MD, Jurij R. Bilyk, MD

     4:05 p.m.   Ocular Safety Assessment of High Dose Omega-3 Fatty Acid
                      Supplementation for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

                      Adam T. Gerstenblith, MD, Richard S. Kaiser, MD,
                      Mitchell S. Fineman, MD, Allen C. Ho, MD

     4:13 p.m.   Treatment of Retinoblastoma (RB) with Indocyanine Green
                       (ICG)-Enhanced Transpupillary Thermotherapy (TTT)

                       David Alan Reichstein, MD, Swathi Kaliki, MD,
                       Carol L. Shields, MD, Jerry A. Shields, MD

     4:21 p.m.    Patient Satisfaction with Autologous Serum Eye Drops in the
                       Treatment of Ocular Surface Disease

                       Katie E. Schrack, MD, Brandon D. Ayres, MD,
                       Matthew Leidl, BS

     4:29 p.m.   Diffusion Weighted MR Imaging as a Noninvasive
                      Biomarker to Assess Therapy Response in Ocular Adnexal
                      Lymphoma

                      Katherine G. Gold, MD, Marta Calsina, MD, Michael Kazim, MD,
                      Krishna Surapaneni, MD

     4:37 p.m.   Post-vitrectomy Optic Neuropathy
                      Alok S. Bansal, MD, Jason Hsu, MD, Mark L. Moster, MD,
                      Carl Regillo, MD

     4:45 p.m. Outcomes Of Myocutaneous Free Flap Repair of
                     Orbital-Facial Surgical Defects

                     Jurij R. Bilyk, MD, Ann P. Murchison, MD, MPH,
                     Ryan Heffelfinger, MD, James J. Evans, MD

     4:53 p.m.   Isotretinoin for the Prevention and Treatment of Proliferative
                      Vitreoretinopathy

                      Nikolas J.S. London, MD, Richard S. Kaiser, MD,
                      Rayan A. Alshareef, MD, Mohammed Khuthaila, MD

     5:05 p.m.   Late Resolution of Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct
                      Obstruction

                      Grace T. Liu, MD, Bruce M. Schnall, MD,
                      Stephanie J. Nickerson, BA, Brynn N. Wajda, BS

     5:13 p.m.   Risk Factors of Glaucoma Drainage Implant Erosion
                       Valerie Trubnik, MD, Camilla Zangalli, MD,
                       Marlene R. Moster, MD, Jonathan S. Myers, MD

     5:21 p.m. Validity of the American College of Rheumatology Criteria for
                     Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis

                     Ann P. Murchison, MD, Jurij R. Bilyk, MD,
                     Ralph C. Eagle, Jr. MD, Peter J. Savino, MD

     5:29 p.m.  Neovascular Events in Eyes with Central Retinal Vein
                     Occlusion (CRVO) Undergoing Intravitreal Bevacizumab or
                     Ranibizumab Therapy

                      Francis Char DeCroos, MD, Rayan Alshareef, MD,
                      Mohammed Khuthaila, MD, Marc J. Spirn, MD

     5:37 p.m.   Brow Ptosis After Temporal Artery Biopsy: Incidence and
                      Associations

                      Andrew Batchelet, MD, Ann P. Murchison, MD,
                      Jurij R. Bilyk, MD

     5:45 p.m.   Opening Reception


Jurij R. Bilyk, M.D.
Program Director

Contact Kathy Santa Maria for more information
by email: willsconference@willseye.org
by phone:

267-733-9694





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