PARD 2019

Registration Opens at 10:00 am

The Nest Center, University of British Columbia Campus, 2nd level

A limited number of lunch boxes will be available to registered attendees (first come, first served)
Room Coordinator: Arturo Ramirez Miranda (Mexico)

	The Performance Theatre (Posterior Segment)	Room 2306/2309 (Anterior Segment)
	Moderators: Juan Gallo (Argentina); Julie Burnier (Canada); Valentina Franco Cárdenas (Mexico)	Moderators: Alejandro Navas Pérez (Mexico); Enrique O. Graue Hernández (Mexico) Julio César Hernández Camarena (Mexico)
12:00 PM – 12:05 PM	Fernando Arevalo Welcome	Jorge Eugenio Valdez Garcia Welcome	12:00 PM – 12:05 PM
12:05 PM – 12:10 PM	Mariana Matioli da Palma Inherited Retinal Disease due to PRPH2 gene pathogenic variants	Valentina Marchetti A xeno-free culture system for efficient derivation and amplification of human endothelial colony-forming cells from umbilical cord blood	12:05 PM – 12:10 PM
12:10 PM – 12:15 PM	Michel Desjarlais microRNAs expression profiling in retinal and choroidal tissues in an oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) model	María Dolores Montalvo Parra Characterization of a collagen-based engineered corneal endothelium	12:10 PM – 12:15 PM
12:15 PM – 12:20 PM	Rabah Dabouz A novel IL-1 receptor modulator prevents photoreceptor loss in a model of age-related macular degeneration	Myriam Macdonald Is Elafin Part of a Protective System in Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Eyelid?	12:15 PM – 12:20 PM
12:20 PM – 12:25 PM	Raquel Atienzar Aroca Myocilin expression in the eye and blood of zebrafish	Itza Alan Uribe Biochemical, thermal and anatomical characterization of the decellularized corneal scaffold	12:20 PM – 12:25 PM
12:25 PM – 12:30 PM	Adriana Sanchez Maldonado Melanopsin mRNAs isoforms in the rabbit retina	Adriana Palomino Bernal Lacrimal proteomic analysis in patients with lacrimal gland patholology	12:25 PM – 12:30 PM
12:30 PM – 12:35 PM	Ahmad Sidiqi A longitudinal study of in vivo fluorescence imaging of curcumin-labeled amyloid beta deposits in the retina of an Alzheimer mouse model	Kira Antonyshyn Corneal neurotization protects the cornea from epithelial thinning in a rat model of neurotrophic keratopathy	12:30 PM – 12:35 PM
12:35 PM – 12:40 PM	Brenda Salvador Gálvez In vitro biocompatibility analysis of 3D printed diatom-inspired polymer-based prototypes for intraocular drug delivery	Carmen Martinez-Garcia Molecular changes of collagen and proteoglycans in corneal alkali burn healing	12:35 PM – 12:40 PM
12:40 PM – 12:45 PM	Diogo Bitoque PDMAEMA non-viral vectors efficiently express PDE6β in the rd10 mouse model of Retinitis Pigmentosa	Paloma Lopez Montemayor Antiproliferative, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of lyophilized Siempreviva in human pterygium fibroblasts	12:40 PM – 12:45 PM
12:45 PM – 12:50 PM	Idaira Sanchez Intravitreal bromfenac with liposomes. A toxicology study in rabbit eyes.	Daniela Gomez-Elizondo Novel mutations associated with keratoconus found by a bioinformatic approach	12:45 PM – 12:50 PM
12:50 PM – 12:55 PM	Stephanie Osinchuk Vitreal cytokine profile in rats innoculated with bovine insoluble Melanin Associated Antigen, type 1 collagen, and type 2 collagen, and the influence of age and sex on uveitis	Simon P. Holland Enhancement with TE-PRK for Residual Refractive Error after Cataract and Refractive Surgery	12:50 PM – 12:55 PM
12:55 PM – 1:00 PM	. .	Mariana Lopez-Martinez Effect of different FBS concentrations on the proliferation of primary subculture of human pterygium fibroblasts	12:55 PM – 1:00 PM
1:00 PM – 1:05 PM	Francisco Javier Valentín Bravo Meta-Analysis of the rs243865 MMP-2 Polymorphism and Age Related Macular Degeneration Risk	Helena Maria Filipe Layer-by-layer coating to control the diclofenac release from contact lenses material	1:00 PM – 1:05 PM
1:05 PM – 1:10 PM	Ana Raquel Santiago Extracellular vesicles released by microglia exposed to elevated hydrostatic pressure promote retinal neural cell loss and microglia reactivity	Renato Galao Leca Evaluation of the vitamin D3 levels in tear and blood of college students practicing indoor and outdoor physical activities	1:05 PM – 1:10 PM
1:10 PM – 1:15 PM	Raquel Boia Adenosine A3 receptor agonist prevents the loss of retinal ganglion cells in a glaucoma model	Ignacio Rodríguez Uña Protective role of intraocular lenses under LED illumination	1:10 PM – 1:15 PM
1:15 PM – 1:20 PM	Rute Araújo Enhanced antiangiogenic activity of PlGF silencing in combination with PEDF overexpression in ocular neovascular diseases	Diana Alejandra Cortes Temperature of the ocular surface through infrared thermography imaging in the healthy adults population	1:15 PM – 1:20 PM
1:20 PM – 1:25 PM	Gilvan Vilarinho da Silva Amb. Comparative analysis of the prognostic value between the Pediatric Ocular Trauma Score and the Toddler/Infant Ocular Trauma Score in Brazilian children.	Eva Chamorro Mesopic visual function attained by lenses specifically designed for mesopic vision	1:20 PM – 1:25 PM
1:25 PM – 1:30 PM	Hae Jin Kim Macula ON and OFF Retinal Detachment and Ocular Trauma: clinical features.	Seung Hyun (Sam) Min The ocular dominance shift from short-term monocular deprivation is short-lived	1:25 PM – 1:30 PM
1:30 PM – 1:35 PM	Matthew Richard Kondoff Risk Factors for Urgent Ophthalmologic Intervention in Orbital Fractures at a Level I Trauma Center	Ruben Espino Icazbalceta Complications in resident-performed phacoemulsification cataract surgery at an ophthalmology center in Mexico City: Results of 7 years.	1:30 PM – 1:35 PM
1:35 PM – 1:40 PM	Alicia Alejandra Goyeneche Characterization of uveal melanoma cell lines grown in three-dimensional culture systems	Joseph Hanna Adrenergic Control of Lymphatic Drainage from the Eye	1:35 PM – 1:40 PM
1:40 PM – 1:45 PM	Eva Jin Beta-blocker: a potential adjuvant therapy for Uveal Melanoma	Denise Loya García Assessment of dry eye parameters after corneal refractive surgery in Mexican patients	1:40 PM – 1:45 PM
1:45 PM – 1:50 PM	Paulina Garcia de Alba Graue Expression of cysteinyl leukotriene receptors 1 and 2 in uveal melanoma	Nallely Rubi Morales Mancillas Correlation between ocular surface disease index and dry eye functional parameters using a non-invasive method	1:45 PM – 1:50 PM
1:50 PM – 1:55 PM	Prisca Raquel Bustamante Alvarez GNAQ and GNA11 in circulating tumor DNA as a novel liquid biopsy-based biomarker for Uveal Melanoma	Leire Irusteta Jimenez Clinical profile and age related risk factors in microbial keratitis in the elderly in a referral center in Mexico City	1:50 PM – 1:55 PM
1:55 PM – 2:00 PM	Sarah Tadhg Ferrier Methylation Clustering in Uveal Melanoma	Eduardo Jose Polania-Baron Clinical-Microbiological profile and antibiotic sensitivity in microbial keratitis in elderly patients.	1:55 PM – 2:00 PM
2:00 PM – 2:05 PM	Thupten Tsering Proteomic Profile of Extracellular Vesicles from Uveal Melanoma cell lines	Jennifer Ling Interface Keratitis following Lamellar Keratoplasty: A Retrospective Case Series	2:00 PM – 2:05 PM
2:05 PM – 2:10 PM	Maryam Eslami The Resurgence of Ocular Syphilis in British Columbia: 2013-2016 A Retrospective Chart Review	Dahana Lucia Thalia Mendoza García Corneal crosslinking effects on tear inflammatory mediators in patients with keratoconus (recipient 2019 Arno Habicht Award for Research Sciences)	2:05 PM – 2:10 PM
2:10 PM – 2:15 PM	Felipe Prado Clinical and epidemiological description of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome in Mexican population.	Daniel Robles Yeme Profile of inflammatory factors in patients with keratoconus after penetrating keratoplasty	2:10 PM – 2:15 PM
2:15 PM – 2:23 PM	Saanwalshah Samir Saincher Inflammation Relapse and Remission in Patients with Non-infectious Ocular Inflammation by Etiology and Treatment	Natalia Paulina Quiroz Casian Optimizing time in crosslinking: scleral lens based riboflavin impregnation. A pilot study	2:15 PM – 2:23 PM
2:20 PM – 2:25 PM	Valery Fabiola Ascuña Valdivia White dot syndrome: incidence, clinical findings and management in ophthalmology reference center during the last 17 years	Norma Cecilia Morales Flores Keratoconus stability after corneal accelerated crosslinking	2:20 PM – 2:25 PM
2:25 PM – 2:30 PM	Aristofanes Mendonça Canamary Jr. Quality of life and psychosocial aspects in patients with ocular toxoplasmosis: A clinical study in a tertiary care hospital in Brazil (recipient 2019 Arno Habicht Award for Research Sciences)	Mayte Arino Clinical outome of 150 consecutive cases undergoing Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty	2:25 PM – 2:30 PM
2:30 PM – 2:35 PM	Deisy Nallely Delgado Clinical and epidemiological description of Serpinginous Choroiditis	Maria Elena Montpetit Gonzalez The effect of cornea preservation time on Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty outcomes.	2:30 PM – 2:35 PM
2:35 PM – 2:40 PM	João Victor Ramos de Toledo Negrão Social interaction in children with visual disabilities who live in a developing country II: functional mobility.	Carlos Adolfo Muller-Morales Visual outcomes and complications with Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis in an ophthalmology referral center in Mexico City from 2010 to 2018	2:35 PM – 2:40 PM
2:40 PM – 2:45 PM	Peng Yan Decreasing Medical and Surgical Vitreoretinal Physicians for Seniors in Ontario, Canada from 2009 to 2016	Nicolás Kahuam López Femtosecond laser versus mechanical microkeratome use for laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK): Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	2:40 PM – 2:45 PM
2:45 PM – 2:50 PM	Gabriela Estefania Pacheco Callirgos Screening of diabetic retinopathy by the public health system with a new teleophthalmology programme based on the incorporation of a external reading center. Effectiveness and degree of satisfaction of patients and healthcare proffesionals	Jesús Merayo Plasma Rich in Growth Factors membrane in the treatment of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency.	2:45 PM – 2:50 PM
2:50 PM – 2:55 PM	Livia de Andrade Freire Social interaction in children with visual disabilities who live in a developing country I: face recognition ability.	Álvaro Meana Low scale production of advanced therapy medicinal products for limbal stem cell deficiency.	2:50 PM – 2:55 PM
2:55 PM – 3:00 PM	Tais Siqueira Venancio Social interaction in children with visual disabilities who live in a developing country III: health-related quality of life.	Adriana Margarita Arias Amador Microspherophakia: incidence and clinical and ophthalmologic features in a series of Mexican patients	2:55 PM – 3:00 PM
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM	BREAK	BREAK	3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
3:15 PM – 3:18 PM	Miguel N Burnier Jr. Introduction of Keynote speaker		3:15 PM – 3:18 PM
3:18 PM – 3:30 PM	Frederick S. Mikelberg Keynote talk: Normal Pressure Glaucoma – Lessons Learned and Lessons Forgotten		3:18 PM – 3:30 PM
3:40 PM – 3:45 PM	Anthony Christopher Maida Medina The Bolivian Diabetic Retinopathy (BOLDR) Project for screening and management of patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) in underserved areas(recipient 2019 Pyott/ARVO travel Award)	Daniela Enriquez-Ochoa Inhibition of pterygium fibroblasts viability by a Siempre viva plant extract partitioned in Aqueous-Two Phase Systems	3:40 PM – 3:45 PM
3:45 PM – 3:50 PM	Geoffrey Ching Incidence of and Risk Factors for Cystoid Macular Edema Post-Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty	Bruna Gil Ferreira Ophthalmological Care and Eyeglasses Distribution in Brazil’s Countryside: Descriptive and Epidemiological Data of Nearly Five Thousand Patients	3:45 PM – 3:50 PM
3:50 PM – 3:55 PM	Andrew F Smith Trends in the prevalence of blindness and national income levels: findings from 157 countries from 1990 to 2015	Ayman Aljohani Incidence of Corneal Dystrophy and Degeneration in a Large Ocular Pathology Centre: A 10 Year Analysis	3:50 PM – 3:55 PM
3:55 PM – 4:00 PM	Sabato Ceruso Artificial intelligence for the automatic detection of diabetic retinopathy with feedback from key areas	Claudia Zepeda-Palacio Changes in T staging prevalence for eyelid carcinoma after AJCC 2018 guidelines.	3:55 PM – 4:00 PM
4:00 PM – 4:05 PM	José David Morales Chacón The Foveal Avascular Zone Area in Healthy Eyes Measured by Ocular Coherence Tomography Angiography Using a Full Spectrum Probabilistic Algorithm	Jacqueline Coblentz Histopathology findings in the trabecular meshwork of eyes with glaucoma drainage devices	4:00 PM – 4:05 PM
4:05 PM – 4:10 PM	Sandra Belalcazar Concordance between color photo interpretation of the optic nerve and an Unsupervised Learning Algorithm to determine optic nerve damage	Mario Montelongo Is Severity of Glaucomatous Visual Field Loss Associated with Short-term IOP Lowering Effect of SLT?	4:05 PM – 4:10 PM
4:10 PM – 4:15 PM	Hernan Andres Rios Deep Learning Method to Identify Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema Characteristics	Haaris Khan Gonioscopy-Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy: A Retrospective Review of Cases with 6-month Follow-up	4:10 PM – 4:15 PM
4:15 PM – 4:20 PM	Jenny Ma Ocular Manifestations of Disseminated Mycobacterium Chimaera Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery	Lucia Delgadillo Ricaud Efficacy and safety of transscleral micropulsed laser in the treatment of glaucoma refractory to treatment	4:15 PM – 4:20 PM
4:20 PM – 4:25 PM	Johanna Garzon P. Changes in retinal thickness and alterations in multifocal electrorretinogram in Alzheimers disease	Clarisa Del Hierro Micropulse Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation in Refractory Glaucoma. 6 month follow-up.	4:20 PM – 4:25 PM
4:25 PM – 4:30 PM	Manuel Arturo Trujillo Alvarez Minimum Image Gain in the follow up of endophthalmitis	Ali Salimi Implantation of two second-generation trabecular micro-bypass stents with concomitant cataract surgery in primary angle closure glaucoma: one-year outcome	4:25 PM – 4:30 PM
4:30 PM – 4:35 PM	Tatiana Urrea Victoria Foveal avascular zone area quantification using optical coherence tomography angiography after macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair	Shayan Shokoohi Effect of topical anti-glaucoma drugs on the incidence of herpetic simplex keratitis	4:30 PM – 4:35 PM
4:35 PM – 4:40 PM	Maria Vieira Thrombophilic risk factors for retinal vein occlusion	Paulo Schor Barbatimão (Stryphnodendron adstringens) extract as a potent corneal crosslinking agent: Laboratory characterization by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)	4:35 PM – 4:40 PM
4:40 PM – 4:45 PM	Tomas Nabil Saddi Comparison of eplerenone versus melatonin as therapeutic options for the treatment of non-resolving and chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (recipient 2019 Arno Habicht Award for Research Sciences)	Keean Nanji Health State Measurement of Glaucoma Patients	4:40 PM – 4:45 PM
4:45 PM – 4:50 PM	Estefania Ibarra Elizalde Minimal image gain in vitreous hemorrhage. A comparison between graders and between systems	Rita Laiginhas Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in severely obese patients	4:45 PM – 4:50 PM
4:50 PM – 4:55 PM	Rosa Dolz Marco Influence of significant astigmatism error in the quantitative analysis of OCT-A images.	Siqi Li NLRP3 inflammasome contributes to retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death during glaucoma pathogenesis in DBA/2J mouse model.	4:50 PM – 4:55 PM
4:55 PM – 5:00 PM	Jesus Guerrero Becerril Prevalence of dry eye syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes	Susana Alexandre Role of rare FOXC2 and PITX2 variants in congenital glaucoma	4:55 PM – 5:00 PM
5:00 PM – 5:05 PM	Natalia Maes Incidence of Surgical Glaucoma secondary to Anti-VEGF intravitreal injections in a 2 years study	Sergio Bonaque-González Extremely high resolution ocular aberrometry up to 2.4 million points	5:00 PM – 5:05 PM
5:05 PM – 5:10 PM	Cristina Plata Palazuelos Mutational analysis of the PABPN1 gene in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy	Kenzo Tomishige New “Chameleon-like” Corneal Endothelial Image Pattern generated by Specular Microscope	5:05 PM – 5:10 PM
5:10 PM – 5:15 PM	Jeniffer Trenado Luna Evaluation of diabetic macular ischemia using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography and Fluorescein Angiography	Aishwarya Sundaram An Eye on the Air: Settle Plate Testing to Measure Air Quality in a Tertiary Care Ophthalmology Department during Fast Track Vs. Regular Cataract Procedures	5:10 PM – 5:15 PM
5:15 PM – 5:20 PM	Daniela F. Santos Pyrogallol-O-sulfate decreases the expression of pro-angiogenic and pro-inflammatory proteins in diabetic retinopathy	Roberto Gonzalez-Salinas Influence of angle κ postoperative higher order aberrations employing two Diffractive Trifocal IOL platforms.	5:15 PM – 5:20 PM
5:20 PM – 5:25 PM	Jose Miguel Cleva Millor Theoretical model to predict usable areas of a progressive lens for reading in computer screens	Martín Zalazar Development and performance of a microsensor for the ocular health evaluation.	5:20 PM – 5:25 PM
5:25 PM – 5:30 PM	Daniela Roca Contreras Nerve fiber layer thickness in a Latin American population using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT)	Christina Mastromonaco Large-scale analysis of intraocular lens opacifications using digital automated detection software	5:25 PM – 5:30 PM
5:30 PM – 5:40 PM	BREAK (rooms combine)	BREAK (move to Performance Theatre)	5:30 PM – 5:40 PM
5:40 PM – 5:43 PM	Miguel N Burnier Jr. Introduction of Keynote speaker
5:43 PM – 5:55 PM	Michael J. Young Keynote talk: Translating retinal stem cells
5:55 PM – 6:00 PM	Jorge E. Valdez Garcia Thank Allergan and reps for support
6:00 PM	Fernando Arevalo & Jorge E. Valdez Garcia Awards: 2019 Pyott/ARVO Travel Award (sponsored by the David and Molly Pyott Foundation) • Anthony Christopher Maida Medina (Bolivia) 2019 Arno Habicht Award for Research Sciences (sponsored by The Allergan Foundation) • Dahana Lucia Thalia Mendoza García (Mexico) • Aristofanes Mendonça Canamary Jr. (Brazil) • Tomas Nabil Saddi (Argentina)
	Adjourn to Reception		6:00 PM

	The Performance Theatre (Posterior Segment)
	Moderators: Juan Gallo (Argentina); Julie Burnier (Canada); Valentina Franco Cárdenas (Mexico)
12:00 – 12:05	Fernando Arevalo Welcome
12:05 – 12:10	Mariana Matioli da Palma Inherited Retinal Disease due to PRPH2 gene pathogenic variants
12:10 – 12:15	Michel Desjarlais microRNAs expression profiling in retinal and choroidal tissues in an oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) model
12:15 – 12:20	Rabah Dabouz A novel IL-1 receptor modulator prevents photoreceptor loss in a model of age-related macular degeneration
12:20 – 12:25	Raquel Atienzar Aroca Myocilin expression in the eye and blood of zebrafish
12:25 – 12:30	Adriana Sanchez Maldonado Melanopsin mRNAs isoforms in the rabbit retina
12:30 – 12:35	Ahmad Sidiqi A longitudinal study of in vivo fluorescence imaging of curcumin-labeled amyloid beta deposits in the retina of an Alzheimer mouse model
12:35 – 12:40	Brenda Salvador Gálvez In vitro biocompatibility analysis of 3D printed diatom-inspired polymer-based prototypes for intraocular drug delivery
12:40 – 12:45	Diogo Bitoque PDMAEMA non-viral vectors efficiently express PDE6β in the rd10 mouse model of Retinitis Pigmentosa
12:45 – 12:50	Idaira Sanchez Intravitreal bromfenac with liposomes. A toxicology study in rabbit eyes.
12:50 – 12:55	Stephanie Osinchuk Vitreal cytokine profile in rats innoculated with bovine insoluble Melanin Associated Antigen, type 1 collagen, and type 2 collagen, and the influence of age and sex on uveitis
12:55 – 1:00	. .
1:00 – 1:05	Francisco Javier Valentín Bravo Meta-Analysis of the rs243865 MMP-2 Polymorphism and Age Related Macular Degeneration Risk
1:05 – 1:10	Ana Raquel Santiago Extracellular vesicles released by microglia exposed to elevated hydrostatic pressure promote retinal neural cell loss and microglia reactivity
1:10 – 1:15	Raquel Boia Adenosine A3 receptor agonist prevents the loss of retinal ganglion cells in a glaucoma model
1:15 – 1:20	Rute Araújo Enhanced antiangiogenic activity of PlGF silencing in combination with PEDF overexpression in ocular neovascular diseases
1:20 – 1:25	Gilvan Vilarinho da Silva Amb. Comparative analysis of the prognostic value between the Pediatric Ocular Trauma Score and the Toddler/Infant Ocular Trauma Score in Brazilian children.
1:25 – 1:30	Hae Jin Kim Macula ON and OFF Retinal Detachment and Ocular Trauma: clinical features.
1:30 – 1:35	Matthew Richard Kondoff Risk Factors for Urgent Ophthalmologic Intervention in Orbital Fractures at a Level I Trauma Center
1:35 – 1:40	Alicia Alejandra Goyeneche Characterization of uveal melanoma cell lines grown in three-dimensional culture systems
1:40 – 1:45	Eva Jin Beta-blocker: a potential adjuvant therapy for Uveal Melanoma
1:45 – 1:50	Paulina Garcia de Alba Graue Expression of cysteinyl leukotriene receptors 1 and 2 in uveal melanoma
1:50 – 1:55	Prisca Raquel Bustamante Alvarez GNAQ and GNA11 in circulating tumor DNA as a novel liquid biopsy-based biomarker for Uveal Melanoma
1:55 – 2:00	Sarah Tadhg Ferrier Methylation Clustering in Uveal Melanoma
2:00 – 2:05	Thupten Tsering Proteomic Profile of Extracellular Vesicles from Uveal Melanoma cell lines
2:05 – 2:10	Maryam Eslami The Resurgence of Ocular Syphilis in British Columbia: 2013-2016 A Retrospective Chart Review
2:10 – 2:15	Felipe Prado Clinical and epidemiological description of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome in Mexican population.
2:15 – 2:23	Saanwalshah Samir Saincher Inflammation Relapse and Remission in Patients with Non-infectious Ocular Inflammation by Etiology and Treatment
2:20 – 2:25	Valery Fabiola Ascuña Valdivia White dot syndrome: incidence, clinical findings and management in ophthalmology reference center during the last 17 years
2:25 – 2:30	Aristofanes Mendonça Canamary Jr. Quality of life and psychosocial aspects in patients with ocular toxoplasmosis: A clinical study in a tertiary care hospital in Brazil (recipient 2019 Arno Habicht Award for Research Sciences)
2:30 – 2:35	Deisy Nallely Delgado Clinical and epidemiological description of Serpinginous Choroiditis
2:35 – 2:40	João Victor Ramos de Toledo Negrão Social interaction in children with visual disabilities who live in a developing country II: functional mobility.
2:40 – 2:45	Peng Yan Decreasing Medical and Surgical Vitreoretinal Physicians for Seniors in Ontario, Canada from 2009 to 2016
2:45 – 2:50	Gabriela Estefania Pacheco Callirgos Screening of diabetic retinopathy by the public health system with a new teleophthalmology programme based on the incorporation of a external reading center. Effectiveness and degree of satisfaction of patients and healthcare proffesionals
2:50 – 2:55	Livia de Andrade Freire Social interaction in children with visual disabilities who live in a developing country I: face recognition ability.
2:55 – 3:00	Tais Siqueira Venancio Social interaction in children with visual disabilities who live in a developing country III: health-related quality of life.
3:00 – 3:15	BREAK
3:15 – 3:18	Miguel N Burnier Jr. Introduction of Keynote speaker
3:18 – 3:30	Frederick S. Mikelberg Keynote talk: Normal Pressure Glaucoma – Lessons Learned and Lessons Forgotten
3:40 – 3:45	Anthony Christopher Maida Medina The Bolivian Diabetic Retinopathy (BOLDR) Project for screening and management of patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) in underserved areas(recipient 2019 Pyott/ARVO travel Award)
3:45 – 3:50	Geoffrey Ching Incidence of and Risk Factors for Cystoid Macular Edema Post-Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty
3:50 – 3:55	Andrew F Smith Trends in the prevalence of blindness and national income levels: findings from 157 countries from 1990 to 2015
3:55 – 4:00	Sabato Ceruso Artificial intelligence for the automatic detection of diabetic retinopathy with feedback from key areas
4:00 – 4:05	José David Morales Chacón The Foveal Avascular Zone Area in Healthy Eyes Measured by Ocular Coherence Tomography Angiography Using a Full Spectrum Probabilistic Algorithm
4:05 – 4:10	Sandra Belalcazar Concordance between color photo interpretation of the optic nerve and an Unsupervised Learning Algorithm to determine optic nerve damage
4:10 – 4:15	Hernan Andres Rios Deep Learning Method to Identify Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema Characteristics
4:15 – 4:20	Jenny Ma Ocular Manifestations of Disseminated Mycobacterium Chimaera Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery
4:20 – 4:25	Johanna Garzon P. Changes in retinal thickness and alterations in multifocal electrorretinogram in Alzheimers disease
4:25 – 4:30	Manuel Arturo Trujillo Alvarez Minimum Image Gain in the follow up of endophthalmitis
4:30 – 4:35	Maria Lucia Urani Evaluation of cone function in diabetic retinopathy with and without macular edema using the Rabin Cone Contract Test
4:35 – 4:40	Maria Vieira Thrombophilic risk factors for retinal vein occlusion
4:40 – 4:45	Tomas Nabil Saddi Comparison of eplerenone versus melatonin as therapeutic options for the treatment of non-resolving and chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (recipient 2019 Arno Habicht Award for Research Sciences)
4:45 – 4:50	Estefania Ibarra Elizalde Minimal image gain in vitreous hemorrhage. A comparison between graders and between systems
4:50 – 4:55	Rosa Dolz Marco Influence of significant astigmatism error in the quantitative analysis of OCT-A images.
4:55 – 5:00	Jesus Guerrero Becerril Prevalence of dry eye syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes
5:00 – 5:05	Natalia Maes Incidence of Surgical Glaucoma secondary to Anti-VEGF intravitreal injections in a 2 years study
5:05 – 5:10	Cristina Plata Palazuelos Mutational analysis of the PABPN1 gene in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
5:10 – 5:15	Jeniffer Trenado Luna Evaluation of diabetic macular ischemia using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography and Fluorescein Angiography
5:15 – 5:20	Daniela F. Santos Pyrogallol-O-sulfate decreases the expression of pro-angiogenic and pro-inflammatory proteins in diabetic retinopathy
5:20 – 5:25	Jose Miguel Cleva Millor Theoretical model to predict usable areas of a progressive lens for reading in computer screens
5:25 – 5:30	Daniela Roca Contreras Nerve fiber layer thickness in a Latin American population using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT)
5:30 – 5:40	BREAK (rooms combine)
5:40 -5:43	Miguel N Burnier Jr. Introduction of Keynote speaker
5:43 – 5:55	Michael J. Young Keynote talk: Translating retinal stem cells
	Jorge E. Valdez Garcia Thank Allergan and reps for support
	Fernando Arevalo & Jorge E. Valdez Garcia Awards: 2019 Pyott/ARVO Travel Award (sponsored by the David and Molly Pyott Foundation) • Anthony Christopher Maida Medina (Bolivia) 2019 Arno Habicht Award for Research Sciences (sponsored by The Allergan Foundation) • Dahana Lucia Thalia Mendoza García (Mexico) • Aristofanes Mendonça Canamary Jr. (Brazil) • Tomas Nabil Saddi (Argentina)
6:00	Adjourn to Reception

	Room 2306/2309 (Anterior Segment)
	Moderators: Alejandro Navas Pérez (Mexico); Enrique O. Graue Hernández (Mexico); Julio César Hernández Camarena (Mexico)
12:00 – 12:05	Jorge Eugenio Valdez Garcia Welcome
12:05 – 12:10	Valentina Marchetti A xeno-free culture system for efficient derivation and amplification of human endothelial colony-forming cells from umbilical cord blood
12:10 – 12:15	María Dolores Montalvo Parra Characterization of a collagen-based engineered corneal endothelium
12:15 – 12:20	Myriam Macdonald Is Elafin Part of a Protective System in Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Eyelid?
12:20 – 12:25	Itza Alan Uribe Biochemical, thermal and anatomical characterization of the decellularized corneal scaffold
12:25 – 12:30	Adriana Palomino Bernal Lacrimal proteomic analysis in patients with lacrimal gland patholology
12:30 – 12:35	Kira Antonyshyn Corneal neurotization protects the cornea from epithelial thinning in a rat model of neurotrophic keratopathy
12:35 – 12:40	Carmen Martinez-Garcia Molecular changes of collagen and proteoglycans in corneal alkali burn healing
12:40 – 12:45	Paloma Lopez Montemayor Antiproliferative, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of lyophilized Siempreviva in human pterygium fibroblasts
12:45 – 12:50	Daniela Gomez-Elizondo Novel mutations associated with keratoconus found by a bioinformatic approach
12:50 – 12:55	Simon P Holland Enhancement with TE-PRK for Residual Refractive Error after Cataract and Refractive Surgery
12:55 – 1:00	Mariana Lopez-Martinez Effect of different FBS concentrations on the proliferation of primary subculture of human pterygium fibroblasts
1:00 – 1:05	Helena Maria Filipe Layer-by-layer coating to control the diclofenac release from contact lenses material
1:05 – 1:10	Renato Galao Leca Evaluation of the vitamin D3 levels in tear and blood of college students practicing indoor and outdoor physical activities
1:10 – 1:15	Ignacio Rodríguez Uña Protective role of intraocular lenses under LED illumination
1:15 – 1:20	Diana Alejandra Cortes Temperature of the ocular surface through infrared thermography imaging in the healthy adults population
1:20 – 1:25	Eva Chamorro Mesopic visual function attained by lenses specifically designed for mesopic vision
1:25 – 1:30	Seung Hyun (Sam) Min The ocular dominance shift from short-term monocular deprivation is short-lived
1:30 – 1:35	Ruben Espino Icasbalceta Complications in resident-performed phacoemulsification cataract surgery at an ophthalmology center in Mexico City: Results of 7 years.
1:35 – 1:40	Joseph Hanna Adrenergic Control of Lymphatic Drainage from the Eye
1:40 – 1:45	Denise Loya García Assessment of dry eye parameters after corneal refractive surgery in Mexican patients
1:45 – 1:50	Nallely Rubi Morales Mancillas Correlation between ocular surface disease index and dry eye functional parameters using a non-invasive method
1:50 – 1:55	Leire Irusteta Jimenez Clinical profile and age related risk factors in microbial keratitis in the elderly in a referral center in Mexico City
1:55 – 2:00	Eduardo Jose Polania-Baron Clinical-Microbiological profile and antibiotic sensitivity in microbial keratitis in elderly patients.
2:00 – 2:05	Jennifer Ling Interface Keratitis following Lamellar Keratoplasty: A Retrospective Case Series
2:05 – 2:10	Dahana Lucia Thalia Mendoza García Corneal crosslinking effects on tear inflammatory mediators in patients with keratoconus (recipient 2019 Arno Habicht Award for Research Sciences)
2:10 – 2:15	Daniel Robles Yeme Profile of inflammatory factors in patients with keratoconus after penetrating keratoplasty
2:15 – 2:23	Natalia Paulina Quiroz Casian Optimizing time in crosslinking: scleral lens based riboflavin impregnation. A pilot study
2:20 – 2:25	Norma Cecilia Morales Flores Keratoconus stability after corneal accelerated crosslinking
2:25 – 2:30	Mayte Arino Clinical outome of 150 consecutive cases undergoing Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty
2:30 – 2:35	Maria Elena Montpetit Gonzalez The effect of cornea preservation time on Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty outcomes.
2:35 – 2:40	Carlos Adolfo Muller-Morales Visual outcomes and complications with Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis in an ophthalmology referral center in Mexico City from 2010 to 2018
2:40 – 2:45	Nicolás Kahuam López Femtosecond laser versus mechanical microkeratome use for laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK): Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
2:45 – 2:50	Jesús Merayo Plasma Rich in Growth Factors membrane in the treatment of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency.
2:50 – 2:55	Álvaro Meana Low scale production of advanced therapy medicinal products for limbal stem cell deficiency.
2:55 – 3:00	Adriana Margarita Arias Amador Microspherophakia: incidence and clinical and ophthalmologic features in a series of Mexican patients
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3:40 – 3:45	Daniela Enriquez-Ochoa Inhibition of pterygium fibroblasts viability by a Siempre viva plant extract partitioned in Aqueous-Two Phase Systems
3:45 – 3:50	Bruna Gil Ferreira Ophthalmological Care and Eyeglasses Distribution in Brazil’s Countryside: Descriptive and Epidemiological Data of Nearly Five Thousand Patients
3:50 – 3:55	Ayman Aljohani Incidence of Corneal Dystrophy and Degeneration in a Large Ocular Pathology Centre: A 10 Year Analysis
3:55 – 4:00	Claudia Zepeda-Palacio Changes in T staging prevalence for eyelid carcinoma after AJCC 2018 guidelines.
4:00 – 4:05	Jacqueline Coblentz Histopathology findings in the trabecular meshwork of eyes with glaucoma drainage devices
4:05 – 4:10	Mario Montelongo Is Severity of Glaucomatous Visual Field Loss Associated with Short-term IOP Lowering Effect of SLT?
4:10 – 4:15	Geoffrey Law Gonioscopy-Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy: A Retrospective Review of Cases with 6-month Follow-up
4:15 – 4:20	Lucia Delgadillo Ricaud Efficacy and safety of transscleral micropulsed laser in the treatment of glaucoma refractory to treatment
4:20 – 4:25	Clarisa Del Hierro Micropulse Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation in Refractory Glaucoma. 6 month follow-up.
4:25 – 4:30	Ali Salimi Implantation of two second-generation trabecular micro-bypass stents with concomitant cataract surgery in primary angle closure glaucoma: one-year outcome
4:30 – 4:35	Shayan Shokoohi Effect of topical anti-glaucoma drugs on the incidence of herpetic simplex keratitis
4:35 – 4:40	Paulo Schor Barbatimão (Stryphnodendron adstringens) extract as a potent corneal crosslinking agent: Laboratory characterization by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
4:40 – 4:45	Keean Nanji Health State Measurement of Glaucoma Patients
4:45 – 4:50	Rita Laiginhas Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in severely obese patients
4:50 – 4:55	Siqi Li NLRP3 inflammasome contributes to retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death during glaucoma pathogenesis in DBA/2J mouse model.
4:55 – 5:00	Susana Alexandre Role of rare FOXC2 and PITX2 variants in congenital glaucoma
5:00 – 5:05	Sergio Bonaque-González Extremely high resolution ocular aberrometry up to 2.4 million points
5:05 – 5:10	Kenzo Tomishige New “Chameleon-like” Corneal Endothelial Image Pattern generated by Specular Microscope
5:10 – 5:15	Ashwarya Sundaram An Eye on the Air: Settle Plate Testing to Measure Air Quality in a Tertiary Care Ophthalmology Department during Fast Track Vs. Regular Cataract Procedures
5:15 – 5:20	Roberto Gonzalez-Salinas Influence of angle κ postoperative higher order aberrations employing two Diffractive Trifocal IOL platforms.
5:20 – 5:25	Martín Zalazar Develoent and performance of a microsensor for the ocular health evaluation.
5:25 – 5:30	Christina Mastromonaco Large-scale analysis of intraocular lens opacifications using digital automated detection software
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