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Wednesday 15 Jan – 2025
Wednesday 15Jan – 2025
12:00 PM – 9:30PM
- 10:00 AM -12:00 PM : Registration
- 12:00 PM -12:10 PM : Opening Remarks
- 12:10 PM -01:00 PM : Videos of Participants (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 01:00 PM -02:00 PM : Medical Case Conference (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 02:00 PM -04:00 PM : Retina Live 2025
- 04:00 PM -04:15 PM : Coffee break
- 04:15 PM -05:15 PM : Surgical Case Conference (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 05:15 PM -08:15 PM : General Ophthalmology Courses
- 05:15 PM -08:15 PM : General Ophthalmology Courses
- 08:15 PM -09:30PM : Dinner & Orchidia dinner ( Nile Expo)
| 12:10-01:00 | Videos of Participants (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Mahmoud Leila |
| Panelists | Khalid Mourad |
| Ahmed El Khashab | |
| Referano Agustiawan | |
| Vaibhav Sethi | |
| Kareem Rizk | |
| Mohamed Al Hazzazi | |
| Ehab Saad Othman | |
| Ahmed El Dogheimy | |
| Sherif Dabour | |
| Presenters | |
| 12:10-12:13 | No drainage is needed; air tamponade is enough for diabetic tractional detachment |
| Ahmed Al Tayyar | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 12:14-12:17 | ERM removal after retinal detachment repair |
| Ahmed Hassan | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 12:18-12:21 | Optic disc pit maculopathy |
| Mohamed Amr Azab | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 12:22-12:25 | MTM with extensive foveoschisis |
| Mahrous Shaheen | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 12:26-12:29 | IOFB window |
| Mohamed Shebl | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 12:30-12:33 | Scleral fixation using Carlevale IOL |
| Omar El Baha | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 12:34-12:37 | The Glow Port |
| Shishir Verghese | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 12:38-12:41 | MIP technique for large macular hole |
| Mohamed Fathallah | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 12:42-12:45 | From darkness to light |
| Mohamed El Halafawy | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 12:46-12:49 | Amniotic membrane: Third tool for retinal surgery. A novel technique |
| Hussein Khaqan | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 12:50-12:53 | Intraoperative OCT in vitreoretinal surgery. Where does it help? |
| Vivek Dave | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 12:54-12:57 | Surgery for high-intensity light induced full-thickness macular hole |
| Mykola Umanets | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 01:00-02:00 | Medical Case Conference (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Wael El Haig |
| Panelists | Karim Raafat |
| Chang-Hao Yang | |
| Magdy Moussa | |
| Tarek Hemeida | |
| Peng-Tai Tien | |
| Arif Samad | |
| Zoya Rozanova | |
| Abdullah S. Al Qahtani | |
| Presenters | |
| 01:00-01:04 | Scuba diving induced retinal arteriole occlusion: My first-hand experience |
| Marie Joan Loy | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:06-01:10 | A case of snow blindness |
| Ibraheem El Ghrably | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:12-01:16 | Laser sculpturing of the retinal pigment epithelium |
| Andrii korol | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:18-01:22 | Epiretinal macrophage-like cells are associated with the need for steroids |
| Cheng-Kuo Cheng | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:24-01:28 | A world out of colour |
| Mazen El Dardery | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:30-01:34 | Acute VKH and CSCR: Diagnostic dilemma |
| Hassan Al Dhibi | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:36-01:40 | Retinal changes in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies |
| Rachna Agarwal | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:42-01:46 | The window to the blood |
| Dina Baddar | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:48-01:52 | APMMPE, MEWDS and More |
| Ziad El Daly | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:54-01:58 | Hyperautofluorescent ring progression in ciliopathies follows an exponential decay function |
| Maram Abdalla | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 02:00-04:00 | Retina Live 2025 “Live Surgery Part 1” (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Live From | India, Italy, Egypt, USA & Turkey |
| Surgeons | Fabio Patelli ,Italy (Italy) |
| Sundaram Natarajan, India (India) | |
| Christopher Riemann, USA (USA) | |
| Francesco Boscia, Italy (Italy) | |
| Yusuke Oshima, Japan (Egypt) | |
| Remzi Avci, Turkey (Turkey) | |
| Mitrofanis Pavlidis, Germany (Egypt) | |
| Moderator | Ehab El Rayes, Robert Maclaren |
| Panelists | |
| 02:00-3:00 | Mauricio Maia |
| Mostafa Nabih | |
| Alaa Fathy | |
| Sherif Imbabi | |
| Khalid Al Sabti | |
| Ahmed El Khashab | |
| Min Kim | |
| Mahmoud Soliman | |
| 3:00-4:00 | Marie Joan Loy |
| Mohamed Moghazy | |
| Ahmed Abdel Hady | |
| Makoto Inoue | |
| Michele Coppola | |
| Cheng-Kuo Cheng | |
| Ayman Khattab | |
| Gavin Tan | |
| 04:15-05:15 | Surgical Case Conference (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Alaa Fathy |
| Panelists | Adel Al Akeely |
| San-Ni Chen | |
| Bahaa Abdullah | |
| Khalifa Alsawidi | |
| Chang Hao-Yang | |
| Ahmed Shoeir | |
| Hussein Shaker | |
| Hossam Khalil | |
| Presenters | |
| 04:15-04:19 | Managing complex cases of ocular cysticercosis: Tips & tricks |
| Divakant Misra | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 04:21-04:25 | Removal of intraocular foreign bodies through posterior capsulorhexis |
| Ihor Novytsky | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 04:27-04:31 | Experience with soft injectable iris prosthesis |
| Medhat Abdelsalam | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 04:33-04:37 | A forceps that is too good…vitrectomy nightmares |
| Saad Waheeb | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 04:39-04:43 | Terson syndrome: Surgical approach |
| Yahia Alzahrani | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 04:45-04:49 | Nightmare in surgery for submacular hemorrhage |
| Maged Gerges | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 04:51-04:55 | ERM when to peel and not to |
| Ahmed El Khashab | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 04:57-05:01 | Pediatric ocular trauma |
| Michele Coppola | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 05:03-05:07 | Iridociliary masses in pediatric group |
| Ehab Saad Othman | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 05:09-05:13 | Long-term results of surgical treatment for X-linked retinoschisis |
| Andrii Sergiienko | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 05:15-08:15 | General Ophthalmology Courses |
| Course#1 | Investigative: Ocular Ultrasound (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Hala El Cheweikh |
| Panelists | Hala El Cheweikh, Rasha Abbas |
| 05:15-05:35 | Echographic evaluation of pediatric disorders |
| Hala El Cheweikh | |
| 05:35-05:55 | Unveiling hidden injuries: USG and UBM in ocular trauma |
| Rasha Abbas | |
| Investigative: OCT, OCTA (Farhaty Ballroom) | |
| Moderator | Tarek Hemeida |
| 05:55-06:05 | What is normal and what is artifact? |
| Yousef Fouad | |
| 06:05-06:15 | Retinal vascular disorders revisited |
| Tarek Hemeida | |
| 06:15-06:25 | OCT and OCTA in AMD |
| Rania Estawro | |
| 06:25-06:35 | OCT and OCTA unveiling the pachychoroid spectrum |
| Mohamed Sharaf | |
| 06:35-06:45 | En face OCT: How to reach a diagnosis? |
| Reem Mohsen | |
| 06:45-06:55 | Wide-field OCT: Are we there yet? |
| Esraa Diab | |
| Investigative: Fundus Fluorescein Angiography (Farhaty Ballroom) | |
| Moderator | Magdy Moussa |
| 06:55-07:25 | Basic and advanced FFA |
| Nihal Hassan | |
| Course#1 | Investigative: Multimodal Imaging Interpretation (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Karim Raafat |
| 07:25-07:35 | Multimodal imaging in retinal dystrophies |
| Magdy Moussa | |
| 07:35-07:45 | Multimodal imaging in intraocular tumors |
| Karim Raafat | |
| 07:45-07:55 | Multimodal imaging in uveitis |
| Noha Osama | |
| 07:55-08:15 | Multimodal Imaging: Interactive Panel Case Discussion |
| Moderator | Mohamed Nawara |
| Panalists | Karim Raafat , Magdy Moussa , Noha Osama |
| 05:15-08:15 | General Ophthalmology Courses |
| Course#2 | Egyptian Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery: Phacoemulsification & IOLs Update (Laylaty Ballroom) |
| Part A: Around the Cataract World in 90 Minutes | |
| 05:15-06:05 | A-1: How Should I Do It? |
| Chairpersons | Yehia Salah, Ahmed Khalil |
| Moderator | Ahmed Al Masry |
| 05:15-05:23 | Anterior capsulorrhexis: All scenarios |
| Ahmed Al Masry | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 05:25-05:33 | Hydrodissection: All what you need to know |
| Ahmed Shama | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 05:35-05:43 | Posterior capsulorrhexis |
| Fathy Fawzy | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 05:45-05:53 | When cataract gets wild |
| Ahmed Assaf | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 05:55-06:03 | Posterior chamber IOL without capsular support |
| Khaled Abdel Rahman | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 06:05-06:45 | A-2: Premium IOLs: Updates and Overview |
| 06:05-06:13 | Updates and Overview |
| Alaa El Zawawi | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 06:15-06:23 | Premium IOLs post-laser vision correction |
| Tarek Al Naggar | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 06:25-06:33 | Premium IOLs in AMD |
| Mohamed Kabeel | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 06:35-06:43 | What are the updates in my cataract surgery in 2024-2025? |
| Yehia Salah | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| End of session remarks | |
| 06:45-07:15 | Part B: Coffee break and Round Table Discussion (Nile Expo ballroom) |
| Table 1 & 2 | Intrascleral haptic fixation techniques: Pearls and pitfalls |
| Instructors: Ramy Riad, Ahmed Assaf | |
| Table 3 | How to have a happy patient post-toric and presbyopia correcting IOL implant? |
| Instructor: Ashraf Armia | |
| Table 4 | Step-by-step anterior vitrectomy for anterior segment surgeons |
| Instructor: Ahmed Al Masry | |
| Table 5 | Tips and tricks in phacoemulsification techniques to increase efficacy and safety |
| Instructor: Alaa El Zawawi | |
| Table 6 | Phacoemulsification in post-keratoplasty patients |
| Instructor: Rania Sobhy | |
| Table 7 | Tips for iridoplasty |
| Instructor: Hazem Yassin | |
| 07:15-08:15 | Part C: Video symposium on challenging cataract and IOL cases: What to do next? |
| Chairperson | Mostafa Salah |
| Moderator | Yehia Salah |
| Panelists | Fathy Fawzy, Hazem Yassin, Khaled Abdel Rahman, Ahmed Assaf, Ashraf Armia |
| 07:15-07:21 | White cataract surprise |
| Fathy Fawzy | |
| Discussion: 4 minutes | |
| 07:25-07:31 | When iris surgery complements complex cataract surgery |
| Hazem Yassin | |
| Discussion: 4 minutes | |
| 07:35-07:41 | Subluxated nigra cataract |
| Khaled Abdel Rahman | |
| Discussion: 4 minutes | |
| 07:45-07:51 | Making things right after Phakic & ACIOL |
| Yehia Salah | |
| Discussion: 4 minutes | |
| 07:55-08:01 | CTR surprise |
| Rania Sobhy | |
| Discussion: 4 minutes | |
| 08:05-08:11 | IOL exchange dilemma |
| Ashraf Armia | |
| Discussion: 4 minutes | |
| 8:15 | End of session remarks |
Thursday 16 Jan – 2025
Thursday 16 Jan – 2025
9:00 AM – 6:35PM
- 09:00 AM – 11:00 AM : Retina Live 2025
- 11:00AM – 11:30 AM : Panel: Retinal Rejuvenation and Visual Restoration Technology (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM : Panel: Updates on Vitrectomy Machines and Visualization (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM : Coffee break & Exhibition
- 12:15 PM – 01:00 PM : Asia Session (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 01:00 PM – 1:45 PM : Techniques, Visualization, and Imaging Technology (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 01:45PM – 2:30 PM : Updates in Vitreoretinal Surgery (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 02:30 PM – 03:00 PM : Panel: Complexities and Complications Treating Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 03:00 PM – 4:00 PM : Lunch: Videos of Participants Competition. ALCON Sponsored Session (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 03:00 PM – 4:00 PM :Lunch: Round Table Discussion Groups ′Ask the Experts′ I (Nile Expo)
- 04:00 PM – 5:15 PM : Retina Live 2025
- 05:15 PM – 6:05 PM : Retina World Congress Session
- 06:05PM – 6:35 PM : Canadian Retina Society Session
| 09:00-11:00 | Retina Live 2025 “Live Surgery Part 2” (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Live From | Belgium, Germany, India, Italy, Spain, & Turkey |
| Surgeons | Ernesto Bali, Belgium (Belgium) |
| Jeroni Nadal, Spain (Spain) | |
| Manish Nagpal, India (India) | |
| Barbara Parolini, Italy (Italy) | |
| Şengul Özdek, Turkey (Turkey) | |
| Tommaso Rossi, Italy (Italy) | |
| Peter Stalmans, Belgium (Belgium) | |
| Peter Szurman, Germany (Germany) | |
| Moderators | Kourous Rezaei, Ehab El Rayes |
| Panelists | |
| 09:00-10:00 | Min Kim |
| Hassan Mortada | |
| Makoto Inoue | |
| Mitrofanis Pavlidis | |
| Wai-Ching Lam | |
| Daniele Tognetto | |
| Kazuaki Kadonosono | |
| Robert MacLaren | |
| 10:00-11:00 | Remzi Acvi |
| Ahmed Magdy Bedda | |
| Siegfried Priglinger | |
| Yoshihiro Yonekawa | |
| Michele Coppola | |
| Faisal Fayyad | |
| Szilárd Kiss | |
| Yusuki Oshima | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Panel: Retinal Rejuvenation and Visual Restoration Technology (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Robert MacLaren |
| Presenters | |
| 11:00-11:06 | Reversal of retinal degeneration seen on OCT following XLRP gene therapy |
| Robert MacLaren | |
| 11:06-11:12 | Advances in ocular gene therapy for inherited and multifactorial retinal disorders |
| Szilárd Kiss | |
| 11:12-11:18 | Gene therapy in kids, what can be achieved? |
| Siegfried Priglinger | |
| 11:18-11:24 | Electronic retinal implant |
| Robert MacLaren | |
| 11:24-11:30 | Discussion |
| 11:30-12:00 | Panel: Updates on Vitrectomy Machines and Visualization (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Mario Romano |
| Panelists | Yusuke Oshima |
| Kazuhito Yoneda | |
| Florian Kayser, Bausch + Lomb | |
| Rodrigo Gomez Nuñez, DORC | |
| Michael Cardamone, ALCON | |
| Sylvain Durance, BVI | |
| 12:15-01:00 | Asia Session (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderators | Marie Joan Loy, Yusuke Oshima, Gavin Tan |
| Speakers | |
| 12:15-12:19 | Subthreshold macula laser for diabetic macular edema & central serous chorioretinopathy |
| Kenneth Fong | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 12:21-12:25 | Decision-making in macular hole surgery |
| Referano Agustiawan | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 12:27-12:31 | Advances in the management of intraocular tumors |
| Duangnate Rojanaporn | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 12:33-12:37 | Fibrin glue and subretinal dye: Helping hands in vitreoretinal surgery |
| Vivek Dave | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 12:39-12:43 | Post-surgical choroidal effusion |
| Marie Joan Loy | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 12:45-12:49 | Optic disc pit surgery: Don’t believe myths rather real-life surgical treatment |
| Hussein Khaqan | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 12:51-12:55 | Surgical management of myopic tractional maculopathy |
| Gavin Tan | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:00-01:45 | Techniques, Visualization and Imaging Technology (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderators | Khalid El Rakhawy, Francesco Faraldi, Zofia Nawrocka |
| Speakers | |
| 01:00-01:04 | Evaluate the effects of various microscopes and HUS combinations on various functions |
| Kazuhito Yoneda | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 01:07-01:11 | The image enhancing system and front lens for Re-sight and BIOM made in Japan |
| Shunsuke Osawa | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 01:14-01:18 | Aflibercept 8 mg in AMD. Sustained disease control in the PULSAR study and initial experience |
| Paolo Lanzetta | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 01:21-01:25 | Surgical tips for scleral implantation of Aspherica IOL using Gore-Tex sutures |
| Mauricio Maia | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 01:28-01:32 | Transtrocar intrascleral 27g IOL fixation |
| Mitrofanis Pavlidis | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 1:35-1:39 | Risk stratification of RD for primary success: Euretina Registry study |
| Alistair Laidlaw | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 01:45-02:30 | Updates in Vitreoretinal Surgery (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderators | Sherif Sheta, Faisal Fayyad |
| Speakers | |
| 01:45-01:49 | My approach in severe eye injuries |
| Faisal Fayyad | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 01:52-01:56 | Suprachoroidal dexamethasone implants for eyes with defective iris lens diaphragm |
| Siegfried Priglinger | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 01:59-02:03 | Retinal detachment associated with choroidal coloboma and morning glory syndrome |
| Makoto Inoue | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 02:06-02:10 | Surgical outcome of CRAO cannulation assisted by robotics |
| Kazuaki Kadonosono | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 02:13-02:17 | Surgical outcome of CRAO cannulation assisted by robotics |
| Kazuaki Kadonosono | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 02:20-02:24 | PFCL-free pars plana vitrectomy in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: Outcomes of our experience |
| Michele Coppola | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 02:30-03:00 | Panel: Complexities and Complications Treating Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Carlos Mateo |
| Panelists | Kazuaki Kadonosono, Reginald Sanders, Siegfried Priglinger, Mauricio Maia, Makoto Inoue |
| 03:00-04:00 | Videos of Participants Competition: ALCON Sponsored Session (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderators | Ahmed Souka, Mostafa Manhaly |
| Judges | Rasheed El Lakkany |
| Mohit Dogra | |
| Shishir Verghese | |
| Gavin Tan | |
| Samir El Baha | |
| Khalid Al Sabti | |
| Mauricio Maia | |
| Hussein Khaqan | |
| Presenters | |
| 03:00-03:03 | Vitrectomy in tractional retinal detachment |
| Hassan Khoshnaw | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:04-03:07 | Technique for difficult TRD |
| Khalifa Alsawidi | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:08-03:11 | Retinopathy of prematurity stage 5 |
| Ahmed Elshafei | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:12-03:15 | Mission may be impossible in some macular surgeries |
| Ali Ghaly | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:16-03:19 | Traumatic cataract with endophthalmitis |
| Monsef Kharboush | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:20-03:23 | Optic disk pit maculopathy management |
| Abdel Rahman Salman | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:24-03:27 | Temporary keratoprosthesis-assisted vitreoretinal surgery with penetrating keratoplasty |
| Ahmed Mohamed Abdelalim | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:28-03:31 | Unexpected complication during Yamane IOL case |
| Youssef Abo Zaid | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:32-03:35 | Giant retinal tear: Fighting hypotony |
| Mohamed Omar Ali | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:36-03:39 | Complex trauma case: Fight till the end |
| Ahmed Mansour | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:40-03:43 | Tips and tricks in macular hole retinal detachments |
| Mohamed Ghonem | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:44-03:47 | Compartmentalizing the eye for silicone oil |
| Omar Alnahrawy | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:48-03:51 | Autologous ILM graft for refractory macular hole |
| Abdullrahman Badawy | |
| Discission: 1 minute | |
| 03:53-04:00 | Voting & Award |
| 03:00-04:00 | Lunch: Round Table Discussion Groups ‘Ask the Experts’ (Nile Expo) |
| Diabetic Vitrectomy | |
| Table 1 | Makoto Inoue |
| Table 2 | Remzi Avci |
| Retinal Detachment | |
| Table 3 | Siegfried Priglinger |
| Table 4 | Daniele Tognetto |
| Retinal Regenerative & Gene Therapy, & Artificial Vision | |
| Table 5 | Robert MacLaren |
| Ultra-wide Field Imaging | |
| Table 6 | Szilárd Kiss |
| Pediatric Vitreoretinal Surgery | |
| Table 7 | Yoshihiro Yonekawa |
| Intraocular Tumors | |
| Table 8 | Min Kim |
| Macular Surgery | |
| Table 9 | Carlos Mateo |
| Table 10 | Kazuaki Kadonosono |
| 3D Visualization | |
| Table 11 | Kazuhito Yoneda |
| Table 12 | Shunsuke Osawa |
| Small Gauge Vitreous Surgery | |
| Table 13 | Yusuke Oshima |
| Advances in Multimodal Imaging | |
| Table 14 | Gavin Tan |
| 04:00-05:15 | Retina Live 2025 “Live Surgery Part 3” (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Live from | Brazil, Canada, & Egypt |
| Surgeons | Andre Maia, Brazil (Brazil) |
| Michael Kapusta, Canada (Canada) | |
| Flavio Rezende, Canada (Canada) | |
| Mauricio Maia, Brazil (Egypt) | |
| Moderators | Kourous Rezaei, Ehab El Rayes |
| Panelists | Kahlid Al Sabti |
| Nicola Ghazi | |
| Gavin Tan | |
| Vivek Dave | |
| Paolo Lanzetta | |
| Zofia Nawrocka | |
| Kenneth Fong | |
| David Wong | |
| 05:15-06:05 | Retina World Congress Session (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderators | Kourous Rezaei, Stratos Gotzaridis |
| Speakers | |
| 05:15-05:19 | In office management of unclosed or reopened macular holes |
| Stratos Gotzaridis | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 05:22-05:26 | A multicenter survey on the risk factors and therapeutic outcomes of macular hole formation after vitrectomy for MTM |
| Yusuke Oshima | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 05:29-05:33 | A novel surgical technique for giant and refractory macular holes; autologous tenon capsule plug |
| Remzi Avci | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 05:36-05:40 | New trends to improve performance and tremors in vitreoretinal surgery |
| Mauricio Maia | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 05:43-05:47 | Surgical management of TRD and ERM in Coats’ disease: An international multicenter study |
| Yoshihiro Yonekawa | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 05:50-05:54 | Predictive factors for the inverted ILM flap technique |
| Zofia Nawrocka | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes |
| 06:05-06:35 | Canadian Retina Society Session: Current Concepts in Retinal Diseases (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderators | Wai-Ching Lam, David Wong |
| Speakers | |
| 06:05-06:09 | Proliferative vitreoretinopathy: Can anything be done? |
| Arif Samad | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 06:11-06:15 | Vitreous imaging: New frontier |
| David Wong | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 06:17-06:21 | Management of retinal arterial occlusion: Shattered that Obstruction! |
| Wai-Ching Lam | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 06:23-06:27 | Zipper syndrome |
| Saad Waheeb | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
Friday 17 Jan – 2025
Friday 17Jan – 2025
12:00PM – 08:20 PM
- 12:00 PM - 01:00PM : Coffee, Refreshments, Exhibition & Gomma Prayer (FC Level )
- 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM : Tumors and Uvea (Laylaty Ballroom, floor 2)
- 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM : Medical Retina Jungle: Tips & Tricks (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 01:30 PM - 02:00 AM : Panel: Problem Solving (Laylaty Ballroom, floor 2)
- 01:30 PM - 02:00 AM : Panel: Everyday Retina Challenge (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM : Italian Group for Vitreoretinal Surgery (GIVRE) Session (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 02:45 PM- 03:15 PM :Panel: How Do I Treat Failed, Large, Recurrent Macular Holes (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 03 :15 PM - 04:15 PM : Lunch: Fire Presentation Award (Dr. Abdelsalam Award); JAMJOOM Sponsored Session (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 03 :15 PM - 04:00 PM : Lunch: ABBVIE Sponsored Lunch Symposium (Laylaty Ballroom, floor 2)
- 04:15 PM - 05:10 PM : American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) Session (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 05:10 PM - 05:40 PM : Advances in Delivery Devices for Novel Therapeutic Strategies (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 05:20 PM - 05:50 PM : Advances in Delivery Devices for Novel Therapeutic Strategies (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 05:40PM - 06:30 PM : Vitreoretinal Updates (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 06:30 PM - 07:20 PM : FLORETINA Surgical Debates: Primary Retinal Detachment (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 07:20 PM - 08:20 PM : RETINAWS Session (Farhaty Ballroom)
- 08:20 PM : Meeting Adjourn
| 01:00-01:30 | Tumors and Uvea (Laylaty Ballroom, floor 2) |
| Moderators | Hany Hamza, Min Kim, Duangnate Rojanaporn |
| Speakers | |
| 01:00-01:04 | Double trouble in melanoma surgery |
| Min Kim | |
| 01:04-01:08 | Large ciliochoroidal tumors: A diagnostic and therapeutic conundrum |
| Min Kim | |
| 01:08-01:12 | Refining endoresection for choroidal melanoma |
| Hany Hamza | |
| 01:12-01:16 | Minimally invasive subretinal biopsy for vitreoretinal lymphoma |
| Mohit Dogra | |
| 01:16-01:20 | Welding-assisted resection of retinal capillary haemangioma in patients with Von Hippel-Lindau disease |
| Mykola Umanets | |
| 01:20-01:24 | Advances in the management of intraocular tumors |
| Duangnate Rojanaporn | |
| 01:24-01:30 | Discussion |
| 01:00-01:30 | Medical Retina Jungle: Tips & Tricks (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Karim Raafat |
| Panelists | Tarek Maamoun |
| Mohamed Al Hazzazi | |
| Tarek Hemeida | |
| Mohamed Nawara | |
| Paolo Lanzetta | |
| Arif Samad | |
| Presenters | Rania Estawro |
| Terese Kamal | |
| Mahmoud Mekkawy | |
| Eman Abdel Latif | |
| Mohamed Sharaf | |
| 01:30-02:00 | Panel: Problem Solving (Laylaty Ballroom, floor 2) |
| Moderator | Ashraf Shaarawy |
| Panelists | Amr Bessa |
| Mohsen Abou Shousha | |
| Ibraheem El Ghrably | |
| Ahmed El Sawy | |
| Vibhav Sethi | |
| Ahmed Habib | |
| Sameh El Agha | |
| Presenters | |
| 01:30-01:34 | Fibrin glue in rhegmatogenous retinal detachments: No oil or gas tamponade |
| Mudit Tyagi | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:36-01:40 | Causes and outcomes of vitreous lavage for dispersed vitreous cavity hemorrhage secondary to proliferative diabetic retinopathy |
| Shishir Verghese | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:42-01:46 | Efficacy of the fovea-sparing internal limiting membrane peeling for the treatment of idiopathic macular holes |
| Zoya Rozanova | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:48-01:52 | How to overcome surgical challenges in myopic macular hole with axial length >32mm with a new modified macular elevator |
| Khalid Al Sabti | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:54-01:58 | Stage 5 ROP surgery: Stranger things theme |
| Yoshihiro Yonekawa | |
| Discussion: 2 minutes | |
| 01:30-02:00 | Everyday Retina Challenge (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Magdy Moussa |
| Panelists | Kenneth Fong |
| Mohamed Nawara | |
| Tarek Hemeida | |
| Abdullah S. Al Qahtani | |
| Alaa Fadel | |
| Abdelsalam Mohsen | |
| Mudit Tyagi | |
| Ihor Novytsky | |
| 02:00-02:45 | Italian Group for Vitreoretinal Surgery (GIVRE) Session (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderators | Mario Romano, Paolo Lanzetta |
| Panelists | Paolo Lanzetta, Fabio Patelli, Ernesto Bali |
| Speakers | |
| 02:00-02:04 | Timing of surgical approach to myopic foveoschisis with or without outer LMH |
| Grazia Pertile | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 02:07-02:11 | ILM management in myopic foveoschisis |
| Daniele Tognetto | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 02:14-02:18 | Staining technique of vitreous cortex and ILM in highly myopic eyes |
| Francesco Faraldi | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 02:21-02:25 | Macular buckling for myopic foveoschisis |
| Barbara Parolini | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 02:28-02:45 | Round Table on Clinical Cases |
| Presenter | Mario Romano |
| Panelists | Paolo Lanzetta, Fabio Patelli, Ernesto Bali |
| 02:45-03:15 | Panel: How Do I Treat Failed, Large, Recurrent Macular Holes (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Carlos Mateo |
| Panelists | Remzi Avci, Stanislao Rizzo, Peter Szurman, Zofia Nawrocka |
| 03:15-04:15 | Lunch : Fire Presentation Award (Dr. Abdelsalam Award); JAMJOOM Sponsored Session (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Mahmoud Leila |
| Judges | Wai-Ching Lam |
| Tamer Macky | |
| Hassan Al Dhibi | |
| Abdullah S. Al Qahtani | |
| Ayman El Kawass | |
| Wael Soliman | |
| Alistair Laidlaw | |
| Yahia Alzahrani | |
| Presenters | |
| 03:15-03:19 | Unblocking the potential of methotrexate |
| Mohamed Tarek Mostafa | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:20-03:24 | Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR): The good, the bad, and the ugly |
| Vibhav Sethi | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:25-03:29 | Atypical presentation of unilateral retinitis pigmentosa |
| Mohamed Ali | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:30-03:34 | Inflammatory biomarkers and comparing it to OCT biomarkers in patients with AMD |
| Marwa El Fouly | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:35-03:39 | Searching tools for the hidden clues |
| Ahmed Salah | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:40-03:44 | An old enemy returns |
| Hind Amin | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:45-03:49 | Bilateral pediatric giant tear |
| Hossam Mansour | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:50-03:54 | Aim vision: Less is more |
| Mariam El Feky | |
| Discussion: 1 minute | |
| 03:55-04:00 | Voting & Award |
| 03:15-04:15 | Lunch: Biomarkers in Focus: Individualizing Treatment in DME and CRVO. ABBVIE Lunch Symposium (Laylaty Ballroom, floor 2) |
| Moderator : | Ahmed El Kashab |
| Panelists : | Hany Hamza, Alaa Fathi, Samir El Baha |
| 04:15-05:10 | American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) Session (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderators | Reginald Sanders, Alistair Laidlaw |
| Speakers | |
| 04:15-04:19 | In office management of post-glaucoma surgery hypotony |
| Stratos Gotzaridis | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 04:22-04:26 | Clinical applications of ultra-wide-field navigated peripheral OCT |
| Szilárd Kiss | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 04:29-04:33 | Inner retinotomy for retinal detachment in eyes with X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) |
| Makoto Inoue | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 04:36-04:40 | A multicenter survey on the surgical outcome differences for vitrectomy +/- gas tamponade for the treatment of MTM |
| Yusuke Oshima | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 04:43-04:47 | Barriers to adoption of technology in the retinal space |
| Reginald Sanders | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 04:50-04:54 | Choroidal Rotation |
| Robert MacLaren | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 04:57-05:01 | Long-term follow-up of post-vitrectomized PVR eyes |
| Ogugua Okonkwo | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 05:10-05:40 | Panel: Advances in Delivery Devices for Novel Therapeutic Strategies (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Mario Romano |
| Panelists | Robert MacLaren |
| Stanislao Rizzo | |
| Ehab El Rayes | |
| Justin Creel, Genentech | |
| (Corporate) | Rodrigo Gomez Nuñez, DORC |
| Bruce Beckstein, MedOne Surgical | |
| 05:40-06:30 | Vitreoretinal Updates (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderators | Ihor Novytsky , Peter Szurman, Francesco Boscia |
| Speakers | |
| 05:40-05:44 | The fine art and science in managing ophthalmic trauma |
| Sundaram Natarajan | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 05:47-05:51 | PFCL-free pars plana vitrectomy in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: Outcomes of our experience |
| Michele Coppola | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 05:54-05:58 | Evaluation of 3 new hydrogel vitreous substitutes . |
| Peter Szurman | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 06:01-06:05 | Duel pathway inhibition with Faricimab – Real World Treatment of AMD and DME |
| Szilárd Kiss | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 06:08-06:12 | Faricimab by specific antibody for vascular retinal disease |
| Francesco Boscia | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 06:15-06:19 | Vision loss after silicone oil removal |
| Francesco Boscia | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 06:22-06:26 | The use of liofilized amniotic membrane in vitreoretinal surgery |
| Fabio Patelli | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 06:30-07:20 | FLORETINA Surgical Debates: Primary Retinal Detachment (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Chairpersons | Stanislao Rizzo, Francesco Faraldi, Kourous Rezaei |
| Speakers | |
| 06:30-06:35 | Buckle, vitrectomy or combined surgery: How to choose? |
| Stanislao Rizzo | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 06:38-06:43 | Retinal detachment in highly myopic eyes |
| Carlos Mateo | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 06:46-06:51 | Blue dyes |
| Peter Szurman | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 06:54-06:59 | Triamcinolone: Friend or foe |
| Francesco Faraldi | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 07:02-07:07 | PDMS: Management and complications |
| Kazuaki Kadonosono | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 07:10-07:15 | My measures to prevent PVR |
| Siegfried Priglinger | |
| Discussion: 3 minutes | |
| 07:20-08:20 | RETINAWS Session (Farhaty Ballroom) |
| Moderator | Kourous Rezaei |
| Panelists | Siegfried Priglinger |
| Ehab EL Rayes | |
| Makoto Inoue | |
| Min Kim | |
| Alistair Laidlaw | |
| Zofia Nawrocka | |
| Carlos Mateo | |
| Stanislao Rizzo | |
| Yoshihiro Yonekawa | |
| Kazuaki Kadonosono |
Retina Live 2025
Wednesday 15 January, 2025
Live Surgery Part 1 (Farhaty Ballroom)
02:00 PM-04:00 PM
Surgeons
Fabio Patelli – Italy
Sundaram Natarajan – India
Christopher Riemann – USA
Mitrofanis Pavlidis – Germany
Francesco Boscia – Italy
Yusuke Oshima – Japan
Remzi Avci – Turkey
Thursday 16 January, 2025
Live Surgery Part 2 (Farhaty Ballroom)
09:00 AM-11:00 AM
Surgeons
Barbara Parolini – Italy
Ernesto Bali – Belgium
Jeroni Nadal – Spain
Tommaso Rossi – Italy
Manish Nagpal – India
Peter Szurman – Germany
Şengul Özdek – Turkey
Peter Stalmans – Belgium
Live Surgery Part 3 (Farhaty Ballroom)
04:00 PM-05:15 PM
Surgeons
Andre Maia – Brazil
Mauricio Mai – Brazil
Michael Kapusta – Canada
Flavio Rezende – Canada
Christopher Riemann – USA
Program Participants
A
| Abbas, Rasha Egypt | Abdel Hady, Ahmed Egypt | Abdel Rahman, Khaled Egypt | Abdelalim, Ahmed Mohamed Egypt | Abdelsalam, Medhat Egypt | Abdullah, Bahaa Egypt |
| Abou Shousha, Mohsen Egypt | Agarwal, Rachna India | Agustiawan, Referano Indonesia | Al Akeely, Adel KSA | Abdalla,Maram UK | Al Dhibi, Hassan KSA |
| Al Hazzazi, Mohamed KSA | Al Masry, Ahmed Egypt | Al Naggar, Tarek Egypt | Al Qahtani, Abdullah S KSA | Al Sabti, Khalid Kuwait | Al Tayyar, Ahmed Egypt |
| Ali, Mohamed Egypt | Ali, Mohamed Omar Egypt | Alnahrawy, Omar Egypt | Alsawidi, Khalifa Libya | Alzahrani, Yahia KSA | Amin, Hind Egypt |
| Armia, Ashraf Egypt | Assaf, Ahmed Egypt | Avci, Remzi Turkey | Azab, Mohamed Amr Egypt |
B
| Badawy, Abdullrahman Egypt | Baddar, Dina Egypt | Bali, Ernesto Belgium | Beckstein, Bruce USA | Bedda, Ahmed Magdy Egypt | Bessa, Amr Egypt |
| Boscia, Francesco Italy |
C
| Cardamone, Michael USA | Chen, San-Ni Taiwan | Cheng, Cheng-Kuo Taiwan | Coppola, Michele Italy | Creel, Justin UK |
D
| Dabour, Sherif Egypt | Dave, Vivek India | Diab, Esraa Egypt | Divakant, Misra India | Dogra, Mohit India |
E
| El Agha, Sameh Egypt | El Baha, Omar Egypt | El Baha, Samir Egypt | El Cheweikh, Hala Egypt | El Daly, Ziad Egypt | El Dardery, Mazen Egypt |
| El Dogheimy, Ahmed Egypt | El Feky, Mariam Egypt | El Fouly, Marwa Egypt | El Ghrably, Ibraheem UAE | El Haig, Wael Egypt | El Halafawy, Mohamed Egypt |
| El Kawass, Ayman Egypt | El Khashab, Ahmed UAE | El Lakkany, Rasheed Egypt | El Rakhawy, Khalid Egypt | El Rayes, Ehab Egypt | El Sawy, Ahmed Egypt |
| El Zawawi, Alaa Egypt | Elshafei, Ahmed Egypt | Estawro, Rania Egypt |
F
| Fadel, Alaa Egypt | Faraldi, Francesco Italy | Fathallah, Mohamed Egypt | Fathy, Alaa Egypt | Fawzy, Fathy Egypt | Fayyad, Faisal Jordan |
| Fong, Kenneth Malaysia | Fouad, Yousef Egypt |
G
| Gerges, Maged Egypt | Ghaly, Ali Egypt | Ghazi, Nicola UAE | Ghonem, Mohamed Egypt | Ghoraba, Hammouda Egypt | Gomez Nuñez, Rodrigo Germany |
| Gotzaridis, Stratos Greece |
H
| Habib, Ahmed Egypt | Hamza, Hany Egypt | Hassan, Ahmed Egypt | Hassan, Nihal Egypt | Hemeida, Tarek Egypt |
I
| Imbabi, Sherif Egypt | Inoue, Makoto Japan |
K
| Kabeel, Mohamed Egypt | Kamal, Terese Egypt | Kapusta, Michael Canada | Kayser, Florian Germany | Khalil, Ahmed Egypt | Khalil, Hossam Egypt |
| Khaqan, Hussein Pakistan | Kharboush, Monsef Iraq | Khattab, Ayman Egypt | Khoshnaw, Hassan Iraq | Kim, Min South Korea | Kiss, Szilárd USA |
| Kadonosono, Kazuaki Japan | Korol, Andrii Ukraine |
L
| Laidlaw, Alistair UK | Lam, Wai-Ching Canada | Lanzetta, Paolo Italy | Leila, Mahmoud Egypt | Loy, Marie Joan Philippines |
M
| Maamoun, Tarek Egypt | Macky, Tamer Egypt | MacLaren, Robert UK | Maia, Andre Brazil | Maia, Mauricio Brazil | Manhaly, Mostafa Egypt |
| Mansour, Ahmed Egypt | Mansour, Hossam Egypt | Marchetti, Federico Italy | Mateo, Carlos Spain | Mekkawy, Mahmoud Egypt | Moghazy, Mohamed Egypt |
| Mohsen, Abdelsalam Egypt | Mohsen, Reem Egypt | Mortada, Hassan Egypt | Mostafa, Amira Egypt | Mostafa, Mohamed Tarek Egypt | Mourad, Khalid Egypt |
| Moussa, Magdy Egypt |
N
| Nabih, Mostafa Egypt | Nadal, Jeroni Spain | Nagpal, Manish India | Natarajan, Sundaram India | Nawara, Mohamed Egypt | Nawrocka, Zofia Poland |
| Novytsky, Ihor Ukraine |
O
| Okonkwo, Ogugua Nigeria | Osama, Noha Egypt | Osawa, Shunzuke Japan | Oshima, Yusuke Japan | Othman, Ehab Saad Egypt | Özdek, Şengul Turkey |
P
| Parolini, Barbara Italy | Patelli, Fabio Italy | Pavlidis, Mitrofanis Germany | Pertile, Grazia Italy | Priglinger, Siegfried Germany |
R
| Raafat, Karim Egypt | Rezaei, Kourous USA | Riad, Ramy Egypt | Riemann, Christopher USA | Rizk, Kareem Egypt | Rizzo, Stanislao Italy |
| Rojanaporn, Duangnate Thailand | Romano, Mario Italy | Rossi, Tommaso Italy | Rozanova, Zoya Ukraine | Rezende ,Flavio Canada |
S
| Salah, Mostafa Egypt | Salah, Yehia Egypt | Salman, Abdel Rahman Egypt | Samad, Arif Canada | Sanders, Reginald USA | Sergiienko, Andrii Ukraine |
| Shaarawy, Ashraf Egypt | Shaheen, Mahrous Egypt | Shama, Ahmed Egypt | Sharaf, Mohamed Egypt | Shcherbakova, Valery Ukraine | Shebl, Mohamed Egypt |
| Sheta, Sherif Egypt | Shoeir, Ahmed Egypt | Sobhy, Rania Egypt | Soliman, Mahmoud Egypt | Soliman, Wael Egypt | Souka, Ahmed Egypt |
| Stalmans, Peter Belgium | Szurman, Peter Germany |
T
| Tan, Gavin Singapore | Tien, Peng-Tai Taiwan | Tognetto, Daniele Italy | Tyagi, Mudit India |
U
| Umanets, Mykola Ukraine |
V
| Verghese, Shishir India | Vibhak, Sethi India |
W
| Waheeb, Saad KSA | Wong, David Canada |
Y
| Yang, Chang-Hao Taiwan | Yassin, Hazem Egypt | Yoneda, Kazuhito Japan | Yoshihiro, Yonekawa Japan |