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The 2023 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting promises to provide numerous opportunities to meet up with old friends and colleagues and forge relationships with new ones as well as enhance future research and practice endeavors.

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2023 annual meeting is convening in New Orleans from April 23 to 27 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The theme of the Annual Meeting speaks both to the mechanistic diversity in ocular disease in addition to the diversity of vision scientists who are from multiple backgrounds and perspectives.

Cochair Elizabeth Yeu, MD, highlights what this program will mean for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and their patients.

Lisa M. Nijm, MD, MD, highlights what residents, fellows, and ophthalmologists who are early in their careers can expect at the virtual Real World Ophthalmology meeting on Saturday, April 15.

The various aspects of home monitoring for patients with age-related macular degeneration are discussed in this point/counterpoint by Prof. Rufino Silva, University of Coimbra / Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Portugal, and Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Robert P. Finger, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Germany, during the 14th annual Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology in Lisbon, Portugal

The various aspects of home monitoring for patients with age-related macular degeneration are discussed in this point/counterpoint by Prof. Rufino Silva, University of Coimbra / Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Portugal, and Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Robert P. Finger, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Germany, during the 14th annual Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology in Lisbon, Portugal.

Pedro Fonseca, MD, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Portugal, and Andrew G. Lee, MD, Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist, Texas, United States, discuss the various pros and cons of offering teprotumumab for all patients with thyroid eye disease.

Pedro Fonseca, MD, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Portugal, and Andrew G. Lee, MD, Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist, Texas, USA, discuss the various pros and cons of offering teprotumumab for all patients with thyroid eye disease.

In a keynote lecture at the 14th Annual Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology in Lisbon, Hendrik Scholl, MD, co-founder and director of the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, discussed its mission to unravel the mysteries of vision and human eye disease.

Angela Carneiro, MD, PhD, discusses her position on a discussion titled Presence of Macular Neovascularization on OCTA is Predictive of Subsequent Exudation with David Hutton, Executive Editor, Ophthalmology Times®.

Angela Carneiro, MD, PhD, discusses her position on a discussion titled Presence of Macular Neovascularization on OCTA is Predictive of Subsequent Exudation with David Hutton, Executive Editor, Ophthalmology Times®.

Antonio Campos, MD, PhD, discusses his position on a discussion titled Durability Associated with Multi-target Therapies is Superior to anti-VEGF Mono-target Therapy in AMD with David Hutton, Executive Editor, Ophthalmology Times.®

Delegates will analyze the most relevant and controversial issues within the field of ophthalmology at this year’s congress in Lisbon, Portugal, from March 24 to 25.

A poll for retina specialists: Let us know if you will attend the 14th annual Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology.

Session moderators, speakers and audience members all will examine and analyse the most relevant and controversial issues within the field of ophthalmology.

David S. Boyer, MD, presented data from the PHOTON study examining the safety and efficacy of high-dose aflibercept for treatment of diabetic macular edema at the 2023 Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration conference.

David S. Boyer, MD, presented data from the PHOTON study examining the safety and efficacy of high-dose aflibercept for treatment of diabetic macular edema at the 2023 Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration conference.

David S. Boyer, MD, presented data from the PHOTON study examining the safety and efficacy of high-dose aflibercept for treatment of diabetic macular edema at the 2023 Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration conference.

The Keralink Trial was the first randomized clinical trial that tested the hypothesis that corneal cross-linking (CXL) might decrease keratoconus progression in children compared with the use of spectacles or contact lenses.

The Keralink trial results answered an important question regarding the time at which corneal cross-linking should be performed.

The Keralink Trial was the first randomized clinical trial that tested the hypothesis that corneal cross-linking (CXL) might decrease keratoconus progression in children compared with the use of spectacles or contact lenses.

Yusuke Oshima, MD, PhD, in a presentation at the 38th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, discussed the advantages of using a beveled-tip ultra-speed probe for complete vitreous shaving during retinal detachment vitrectomies.

Jay Chhablani, MD, provides an overview of the Subthreshold Ophthalmic Laser Society treatment guidelines for patients with diabetic macular edema.

Yusuke Oshima, MD, PhD, in a presentation at the 38th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, discussed the advantages of using a beveled-tip ultra-speed probe for complete vitreous shaving during retinal detachment vitrectomies.

Yusuke Oshima, MD, PhD, in a presentation at the 38th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, discussed the advantages of using a beveled-tip ultra-speed probe for complete vitreous shaving during retinal detachment vitrectomies.

Voraporn Chaikitmongkol, MD, discussed step therapy and reported the results of a major study, the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research (DRCR) Protocol AC, at the 38th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In a presentation at the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, MD, PhD, noted that changes of scleral curvature and staphyloma edge development may occur in synchronicity.