Glaucoma Subspecialty Day

Sunday, 6 June 2010, 08:30 - 09:15 hrs

Present and Future Imaging

 

Chairs:
Ted Garway-Heath (London, United Kingdom)
Esther M. Hoffmann (Mainz, Germany)

 

 

08:30

What is most useful present imaging (HRT, OCT, GDx)
Esther M. Hoffmann (Mainz, Germany)

08:40

Measuring progressive change with imaging: which stage, which strategy,which consequences
Ted Garway-Heath (London, United Kingdom)

08:50 

Ganglion cell visualization: animals and humans
M. Francesca Cordeiro (London, United Kingdom)

09:00 

Perspectives in retinal imaging: adaptive optics, en face OCT and full-field doppler
Michel Paques (Paris, France)

 

 

Sunday, 6 June 2010, 09:15 - 10:00 hrs

Present and Future of Functional Diagnostics

 

Chairs:
Anders Heijl (Malmö, Sweden)
Ulrich Schiefer (Tübingen, Germany)

 

 

09:15 

Useful strategies in present perimetry
Anders Heijl (Malmö, Sweden)

09:25 

What is weak in present conventional perimetry and what can we do about it
Ulrich Schiefer (Tübingen, Germany)

09:35

Alternatives presently available (Flicker tests [FDT, Matrix, etc.], electrophysiology)
Michael Bach (Freiburg, Germany)

09:45 

What we need - the ideal new functional test
Balwantray C. Chauhan (Halifax, Canada)

 

 

Sunday, 6 June 2010, 10:30 - 11:15 hrs

Decisions for Treatment and Change in Treatment

 

Chairs:
Norbert Pfeiffer (Mainz, Germany)
Augusto Azuara-Blanco (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)

 

 

10:30

Risk assessment and risk calculation
Steve Mansberger (Portland, United States)

10:40

The impact of risk calculation on physician decisions
Michael Boland (Baltimore, United States)

10:50

Cost/benefit, Cost effectiveness
Augusto Azuara-Blanco (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)

11:00

Practice patterns, too much or too little
Norbert Pfeiffer (Mainz, Germany)

 

 

Sunday, 6 June 2010, 11:15 - 12:00 hrs

New Approaches to Gathering Information About Glaucoma

 

Chairs:
Alfred Sommer (Baltimore, United States)
Richard Wormald (London, United Kingdom)

 

 

11:15

The challenge: conduct large-scale research with many centers
Don Budenz (Miami, United States)

11:25

Insurance database studies: strengths and weaknesses
Joshua D. Stein (Ann Arbor, United States)

11:35

Mining our hard drives (Lessons from Cochrane approach)
Richard Wormald (London, United Kingdom)

11:45

How to do research cheaper and better
Alfred Sommer (Baltimore, United States)

 

 

Sunday, 6 June 2010, 14:00 - 14:45 hrs

Adherence with Medical Therapy, the Dirty Secret

 

Chairs:
Günther K. Krieglstein (Köln, Germany)
Jenny Lacey (Norwich, United Kingdom)

 

 

14:00

How bad is adherence now?
Günther K. Krieglstein (Köln, Germany)

14:10

Barriers to adherence: What interventions are proven to work to improve adherence to medical therapy?
Jenny Lacey (Norwich, United Kingdom)

14:20

How does physician communication affect adherence?
Michael Boland (Baltimore, United States)

14:30

How much would be gained if we increased adherence?
Jim Tsai J. (New Haven, United States)

 

 

Sunday, 6 June 2010, 14:45 - 15:30 hrs

Present and Future of Glaucoma Surgery – Surgical Challenges

 

Chairs:
Peng T. Khaw (London, United Kingdom)
Tarek M. Shaarawy (Geneva, Switzerland)
George Baerveldt (Irvine, United States)

 

 

14:45

Developments making trabeculectomy safer
Peng T. Khaw (London, United Kingdom)

14:52

Bleb classification and management of complications related to blebs
Franz Grehn (Würzburg, Germany)

14:59

Non-penetrating glaucoma surgery techniques - has their time come or gone?
Tarek M. Shaarawy (Geneva, Switzerland)

15:06

Tubes: When, why, how
Keith Barton (London, United Kingdom

15:13

Angle surgery: status report on newer methods
George Baerveldt (Irvine, United States)

15:20

Standardized reporting on surgical studies
Mark Sherwood (Gainesville, United States)

 

 

Sunday, 6 June 2010, 16:00 - 16:45 hrs

Childhood Glaucoma Care: the Patient who Lives up to 2100

 

Chairs:
Jan Eric Jakobsen (Oslo, Norway)
Franz Grehn (Würzburg, Germany)
Rahi Jugnoo (London, United Kingdom)

 

 

16:00

Present and future surgical techniques: Innovation at the horizon?
Jan Eric Jakobsen (Oslo, Norway)

16:10

Spontaneous resolution of congenital glaucoma - a natural help for surgery
Franz Grehn (Würzburg, Germany)

16:20

Developing vision: Amblyopia is a major challenge
Thomas Klink (Würzburg, Germany)

16:30

New aspects of secondary glaucoma after congenital cataract surgery
Rahi Jugnoo (London, United Kingdom)

 

 

Sunday, 6 June 2010, 16:45 - 17:30 hrs

Glaucoma Care in Developing Countries

 

Chairs:
Paul Foster (London, United Kingdom)
Clement C. Y. Tham (Hong Kong, China)

 

 

16:45

The scope of the problem
Paul Foster (London, United Kingdom)

16:51

What is done now for OAG in the developing world
Kuldev Singh (Stanford, United States)

16:57

What is done now for ACG in the developing world
Clement C. Y. Tham (Hong Kong, China)

17:03

We should apply the developed country model
Tarek M. Shaarawy (Geneva, Switzerland)

17:09

We should use different programs for different regions
Tin Aung (Singapore, Singapore)

17:15

The Moorfields Hub-Spoke model for UK eye care – The Developing World Perspective
Paul Foster (London, United Kingdom)

17:21

Where will we make the biggest short-term gains in reducing impairment
He Mingguang (Guangzhou, China)

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