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IKA Keratoconus Symposium and Controversies in Modern Eye Care shone brightly in May

The ASRS annual meeting will take place in Stockholm, Sweden on July 16-20, 2024. Several major updates are already anticipated at the event.

Presenters from around the world converge on the Pacific Northwest to highlight innovation.

Mark Barakat, MD, sat down with Ophthalmology Times to discuss intraocular pressure outcomes with intravitreal injection of aflibercept, 8mg and 2mg in patients with diabetic macular edema through week 48 of the phase 2/3 PHOTON trial.

Sean Adrean, MD, FAAO, sat down with Ophthalmology Times to discuss a post hoc analysis of the phase 2/3 PHOTON trial and the outcomes of patients with DME and baseline BCVA of 20/50 or worse or 20/40 or better who were treated with aflibercept 8 mg and 2 mg.

Deepak Sambhara, MD, sat down with Ophthalmology Times to discuss the impact of baseline central retinal thickness (CRT) on vision among patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), as a post hoc analysis of the phase 2/3 PHOTON trial.

McDonnell stays focused on helping the next generation of ophthalmologists launch their careers in academics.

Roy Rubinfeld, MD, MA, discussed EpiSmart cross-linking for keratoconus and the ongoing trials and results at the IKA 2024 Symposium.

At the IKA 2024 Symposium, Michael Belin, MD, discussed the ABCD Progression Display he developed to classify disease severity and help diagnose keratoconus earlier.

Shelley Cutler, OD, FAAO, gives an overview of how keratoconus diagnosis and treatment over the past 40 years has changed and evolved as well as some key insights from the IKA 2024 Symposium.

William Trattler, MD, talked about his session at the IKA 2024 Symposium that discussed the progression of keratoconus in patients and just how likely it is for them to progress and the importance of following up with these patients.

Kourtney Houser, MD, and Kendall Donaldson, MD, MS, had a session where they talked about the early diagnosis of keratoconus and key indicators in tomography that might help diagnose keratoconus before vision loss.

Recent sessions cast spotlight on emerging technologies and therapies.

Melissa Barnett, OD, Director of Optometry at the University of California, Davis, talked about her session at IKA that focused on keratoconus from the patient perspective.

Elizabeth Yeu, MD, Executive Board Member of IKA, and a cataract and refractive surgeon at Virginia Eye Consultants, talked about perioperative considerations for cataract surgery in keratoconus patients.

Justin Schweitzer, OD, FAAO, from Vance Thompson Vision, talked about his session at the IKA Symposium discussing cross-linking in keratoconus treatment, with a look at both the present and looking toward the future.

Barry Eiden, OD, FAAO, FSLS, President and Co-founder of IKA, talked about his session at the meeting centering around the pediatric prevalence of keratoconus, the importance of early diagnosis, and the impact this can have on practices.

Christine Sindt, OD, FAAO, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Iowa School of Medicine, talked about her session at the meeting focusing on higher order aberrations and the correction of complicated optics on scleral contact lenses.

Alan Glazier, OD, FAAO, talked about a session he is a moderator in that discusses the education of the public on keratoconus, from screening to diagnosis, and the roles clinicians can take to assist in the anxieties of the patients.

Andrew Morgenstern, OD, FAAO, FNAP, President and Co-founder of IKA, talked about his session at the meeting centering around the pediatric prevalence of keratoconus.

At this year's ARVO meeting, Michael Chaglasian, OD, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about the paper he presented on the detection of glaucoma with a novel widefield imaging device combined with OCT

At this year's ARVO meeting, Irene Santiago Tierno, MS, talked with Ophthalmology Times about the paper she presented on how abnormal subendothelial matrix exacerbates choroidal endothelial cell death in early age-related macular degeneration.

At this year's ARVO meeting, Daniela Ferrara, MD, PhD, FASRS, presented a paper on predicting functional outcomes for different treatment durations of faricimab in Diabetic macular edema.

At this year's ARVO meeting, Edmund Tsui, MD, presented a paper on the analysis of anterior chamber inflammation through automated quantitative assessment of swept-source anterior segment OCT images.

At this year's ARVO meeting, Roger Goldberg, MD, presented a paper on hard exudates and their resolution in patients with diabetic macular edema treated with either faricimab or 2 mg aflibercept.

This year at ARVO, Anand Swaroop, PhD, was awarded the Friedenwald Award Lecture 2024. He spoke with the Eye Care Network about this lecture and what the award meant to him.

This year at ARVO, Emily Chew, MD, was awarded the Proctor Award Lecture. She spoke with the Eye Care Network about this lecture and what the award meant to her.

This year at ARVO, Daniel Saban PhD, was awarded the Cogan Award Lecture. He spoke with the Eye Care Network about this lecture and what the award meant to him.