The Annual Retina Society Scientific Meeting was held on September 29 in Chicago where multiple Mid Atlantic Retina Doctors and Fellows presented on a wide array of topics. Allen Ho, MD serves as the current Retina Society President and helped organize the weekend program.
Paper Presentations:
Allen Chiang, MD – Five-Year Analysis of Ultra-responders to Ranibizumab for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in DRCR.net Protocol S
Omesh Gupta, MD – Full-Thickness Macular Holes After Surgical Repair of Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments: Incidence, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes
Carl Regillo, MD – Eighteen-Month Results from GATHER1 Clinical Trial: Avacincaptad Pegol, a Novel C5 Inhibitor, Demonstrates Continued Reduction in Geographic Atrophy Growth
Jason Hsu, MD – Factors Associated with Good Visual Acuity Outcomes After Retinectomy in Eyes with Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy
Allen Ho, MD – Subretinal Delivery of RGX-314 for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: End of Study Phase I/IIa Results
Ajay Kuriyan, MD – Bacterial Dispersion Associated with Various Patient Face Mask Designs During Simulated Intravitreal Injections
Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD – Geographic Access Disparities to Clinical Trials in Retinopathy of Pre-maturity in the United States
Scientific Poster:
Ali M. Khan, MD – Pars Plan Vitrectomy for Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane: Optical Coherence Tomography Biomarkers of Visual Outcomes in 322 Eyes
Michael Klufas, MD – Barriers to Follow-up Retinal Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Study
Michael Cohen, MD – Retinal Displacement Following Incisional Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair