Glaucoma Subspecialty Day
Sunday, 6 June 2010, 08:30 - 09:15 hrs | |
Present and Future Imaging | |
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08:30 | What is most useful present imaging (HRT, OCT, GDx) |
08:40 | Measuring progressive change with imaging: which stage, which strategy,which consequences |
08:50 | Ganglion cell visualization: animals and humans |
09:00 | Perspectives in retinal imaging: adaptive optics, en face OCT and full-field doppler |
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Sunday, 6 June 2010, 09:15 - 10:00 hrs | |
Present and Future of Functional Diagnostics | |
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09:15 | Useful strategies in present perimetry |
09:25 | What is weak in present conventional perimetry and what can we do about it |
09:35 | Alternatives presently available (Flicker tests [FDT, Matrix, etc.], electrophysiology) |
09:45 | What we need - the ideal new functional test |
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Sunday, 6 June 2010, 10:30 - 11:15 hrs | |
Decisions for Treatment and Change in Treatment | |
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10:30 | Risk assessment and risk calculation |
10:40 | The impact of risk calculation on physician decisions |
10:50 | Cost/benefit, Cost effectiveness |
11:00 | Practice patterns, too much or too little |
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Sunday, 6 June 2010, 11:15 - 12:00 hrs | |
New Approaches to Gathering Information About Glaucoma | |
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11:15 | The challenge: conduct large-scale research with many centers |
11:25 | Insurance database studies: strengths and weaknesses |
11:35 | Mining our hard drives (Lessons from Cochrane approach) |
11:45 | How to do research cheaper and better |
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Sunday, 6 June 2010, 14:00 - 14:45 hrs | |
Adherence with Medical Therapy, the Dirty Secret | |
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14:00 | How bad is adherence now? |
14:10 | Barriers to adherence: What interventions are proven to work to improve adherence to medical therapy? |
14:20 | How does physician communication affect adherence? |
14:30 | How much would be gained if we increased adherence? |
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Sunday, 6 June 2010, 14:45 - 15:30 hrs | |
Present and Future of Glaucoma Surgery – Surgical Challenges | |
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14:45 | Developments making trabeculectomy safer |
14:52 | Bleb classification and management of complications related to blebs |
14:59 | Non-penetrating glaucoma surgery techniques - has their time come or gone? |
15:06 | Tubes: When, why, how |
15:13 | Angle surgery: status report on newer methods |
15:20 | Standardized reporting on surgical studies |
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Sunday, 6 June 2010, 16:00 - 16:45 hrs | |
Childhood Glaucoma Care: the Patient who Lives up to 2100 | |
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16:00 | Present and future surgical techniques: Innovation at the horizon? |
16:10 | Spontaneous resolution of congenital glaucoma - a natural help for surgery |
16:20 | Developing vision: Amblyopia is a major challenge |
16:30 | New aspects of secondary glaucoma after congenital cataract surgery |
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Sunday, 6 June 2010, 16:45 - 17:30 hrs | |
Glaucoma Care in Developing Countries | |
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16:45 | The scope of the problem |
16:51 | What is done now for OAG in the developing world |
16:57 | What is done now for ACG in the developing world |
17:03 | We should apply the developed country model |
17:09 | We should use different programs for different regions |
17:15 | The Moorfields Hub-Spoke model for UK eye care – The Developing World Perspective |
17:21 | Where will we make the biggest short-term gains in reducing impairment |


