Johns Hopkins Atlantic Coast Retina Conference 2025

The Johns Hopkins Atlantic Coast Retina Conference 2025 is designed for:

• Ophthalmologists: Specialists focusing on retinal diseases and treatments.
• Optometrists: Professionals interested in the latest advancements in retinal care.
• Ophthalmic Allied Health Professionals: Those involved in supporting retinal diagnostics and treatments.

The conference emphasizes case presentations and expert discussions on applying clinical trial findings to practice.

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*Note: these are continuous video recordings during the conference, they include individual lectures mentioned in the Detail section below

Atlantic-Coast-Retina-Conference-Agenda_Final.pdf
January 9.mp4
January 10 AM.mp4
January 10 PM.mp4

* Detail:

Faculty and Trainees Program: Thurday, January 09, 2025

Session 1 – Moderators: Demetrios Vavvas, MD and John Thompson, MD
12:30 PM When Trauma Hits Twice: Jacob Heng, MD, PhD
12:40 PM “X” Marks the Spot: Simon Archambault, MD, MSc
12:50 PM Posterior Placoid Maculopathy – Closing a Gap: Eric (Wei Chen) Lai, MD
1:00 PM Mystery Case: Flavius Beca, MD
1:10 PM A Lesson in Lieu of a Mystery: Patrick Hughes, MD

Session 2 – Moderators: K. Bailey Freund, MD and Lee Jampol, MD
1:20 PM Panuveitis After Intravtireal Pegcetacoplan: Abdullah Abou-Samra, MD
1:30 PM Mystery Case: Roselind Ni, BS
1:40 PM Beyond the Glitter of the Starry Eye: Raziyeh Mahmoud-Zadeh, MD
1:50 PM Possible Drusen in 19-year-old Female: Saif Hamdan, MD
2:00 PM A Bad Case of Poison Ivy: Turner Wibbelsman, MD
2:10 PM – 2:40 AM Break and Visit Live and Virtual Exhibits

Session 3 – Moderators: Dean Eliott, MD and T.Y. Alvin Liu, MD
2:40 Hypopyon after Transcleral Cyclophotocoagulation: Corey Lacher, MD
2:50 Seeing Beyond Symptoms: Rare Multisystem Disorder: Frida Velcani, BA
3:00 Mystery Case: Ricky Woodward, MD
3:10 It’s Not Always Syphilis: Martin Calotti, MD

Session 4 – Moderators: Jay Chhablani, MD and Richard Rosen, MD
3:20 Bilateral Multifocal Subretinal Fluid: Ryan Zubricky, MD
3:30 Try This Out: Molly Munsell, MD
3:40 Beware of a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Ioanna Ploumi, MSc
3:50 Mystery White Dot Syndrome: Andrew Dorion, MD
4:00 Severe Retinal Atrophy after Treatment for AMD: Luis Acaba-Berrocal
4:10 PM – 4:40 AM Break and Visit Live and Virtual Exhibits

Session 5 – Moderators: J. Fernando Arévalo, MD and Jose Pulido, MD
4:40 Mystery Case in a 5-Year-Old: Johnathan Bailey, BS
4:50 Eye to Eye with the Tiger: Ata Salabati, MD
5:00 Unexplained Vision Loss in 65-year-old Male: Maximilian Kong, BA
5:10 A Pigmentary Perplexion: Vishal Swaminathan, MD
5:20 Just a Cyst: Joseph Luvisi, MD

Session 6 – Moderators: Carol Shields, MD and Ivana Kim, MD
5:30 Trouble at Distance: Moosa Zaidi, MD, MS
5:40 A Mysterious Choroidal Lesion: Nasiq Hasan, MD
5:50 Bilateral Ocular Complications with Chemotherapy: Roger Henry, MD
6:00 Gut Feeling: A Shifting Retinal Mystery: Shivesh Shah, BA
6:10 Optic Disc Tumor: Yubai Chou, MD

Faculty and Trainees Program: Friday, January 10, 2025

Session 1 – Moderators: Adrienne Scott, MD and John Thompson, MD
8:10 Seeing the Unseen: Taweevat Attaseth, MD
8:20 Mystery Case: Lisa Koenig, MD
8:30 Turn up the Blues: Ryan Meshkin, MD
8:40 Suit and Tie: Issac Bleicher, MD

Session 2 – Moderators: K. Bailey Freund, MD and Sunir Garg, MD
8:50 What’s the Retina Got To Do With It: Adrienne Scott, MD
9:00 Tattoo U: Revenge of the Art: Richard Rosen, MD
9:10 Cryptic-like Bitcoin: Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD
9:20 PAMM Following Carotid Artery Dissection: Osama Sabbagh, MD
9:30 A Series of Unfortunate Events: Nauman Chaudhry, MD
9:40 AM – 10:10 AM Break and Visit Live and Virtual Exhibits

Session 3 – Moderators: Dean Eliott, MD and William Mieler, MD
10:10 New-onset Floaters: Thamolwan Surakiatchanukul, MD
10:20 Furling the Sails: Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD
10:30 Mystery Case: K. Bailey Freund, MD
10:40 Interesting Case: Jay Chhablani, MD

Session 4 – Moderators: Carl Regillo, MD and Richard Rosen, MD
11:00 Cave Deposits: J. Fernando Arevalo, MD, PhD
11:10 Mystery Case: Dean Eliott, MD
11:20 Complications from a New Heart: Ivana Kim, MD, MBA
11:30 Hereditary Retinal Arterial Tortuosity: Erin Flynn, MD

Session 5 – Moderators: J. Fernando Arévalo, MD and Jose Pulido, MD
11:50 Good Clinical Skills are Important: Carol Shields, MD
12:00 A Curious Uveitis: John Thompson, MD
12:10 A Stitch (or 2) in Time: Kenneth Wald, MD
12:20 Rings in the New Year: Jose Pulido, MD
12:30 Mystery Site Among Multiple Lesions: Miriam-Benigna Chika Amobi, MD
12:40 PM – 1:20 PM Break and Visit Live and Virtual Exhibits

Session 6 – Moderators: Carol Shields, MD and Ivana Kim, MD
1:20 Astrocytic Hamartoma: Brian Marr, MD
1:30 Mystery Case: Jasmine Francis, MD
1:40 Combination Therapy in Choroidal Hemangioma: Yannis Paulus, MD
1:50 Pigmented Lesion at the Macula Over 8 Years: Benjamin Kim, MD
2:00 Pediatric Ocular Oncology: David Abramson, MD

Session 7 – Moderators: Jay Chhablani, MD and Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD
2:20 ERM with Intraretinal Edema: Elham Sadeghi, MD
2:30 Why is My Retina White: Sidra Zafar, MD
2:40 Beyond the Visible: Saeed Mohammadi, MD
2:50 A Leak in the System (Pediatric NV): Bani Antonio-Aguirre MD, MPH
3:00 The Rare Kind of Nevus: Aruba Zafar, MD
3:10 PM – 3:40 PM Break and Visit Live and Virtual Exhibits

Session 8 – Moderators: John Miller, MD and Stephen Tsang, MD, PhD
3:40 Mystery Case: Bita Momenaei, MD
3:50 An OMG Retina Case: M. Ludovica Ruggeri, MD
4:00 Letting Go: Edward (Ned) Lu, MD
4:10 Battle of Immunity: Y. Stephanie Zhang, MD

Session 9 – Moderators: Andre Witkin, MD and Lee Jampol, MD
4:30 Bilateral Occlusive Vasculitis: Omar Halawa, MD
4:40 Mysterious Fluid: Whitney Sambhariya, MD, PhD
4:50 A Lingering Infection: Loka Thangamathesvaran, MD
5:00 Stuck on Static: Ari August, BA
5:10 PM Closing Remarks and MACULA 2025: F. Fernando Arévalo, MD, PhD