High resolution OCT for ocular surface lesions
Speaker: Carol Karp, MD

Session objectives:

1. To present how imaging can help in the diagnosis and differentiation of conjunctival lesions
2. Learn how imaging techniques can be utilized in the diagnosis of eyelid lesions
3. Discover how imaging can help in the treatment management of eyelid and conjunctival tumors
4. Identify steps to utilize imaging in your practice

 

The use of OCT to assess peri-ocular skin cancers: An optical biopsy
Speaker: Sabrina Bergeron, PhD

 

Session objectives

1. Identify and describe the most common peri-ocular skin cancers.
2. Analyze and describe representative OCT images from peri-ocular skin cancer.
3. Predict histopathological findings based on OCT image analysis.
4. Implement OCT imaging to routine clinical assessment of peri-ocular skin cancers.

 

Moderator

Miguel N. Burnier Jr. (Canada)

• Director, Training & Development, RI-MUHC
• The Thomas Hecht Family Chair in Ophthalmology (1995-2012)
• Professor of Ophthalmology, Pathology, Oncology, Medicine, Surgery Director, The MUHC-McGill University Ocular Pathology & Translational Research Laboratory
• Director, The Melanoma Program, MUHC
• McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• President, PAAO
• Editor-in-Chief, Emeritus, CJO

Speakers

Carol Karp (USA)

• Professor of Ophthalmology
• Richard K. Forster Chair in Ophthalmology
• Dr. Ronald & Alicia Lepke Endowed Professorship in Cornea and Ocular Surface Diseases
• Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

 

 

Sabrina Bergeron (Canada)

• Post Doctoral Fellow, MUHC-McGill University Ocular Pathology & Transitional Research Lab
• Advanced Specialty Certificate, Forensic Sciences, British Columbia Institute of Technology
• MSc Biomedical Sciences with Honors, University of Montreal
• BSc Biochemistry, University of Montreal

 

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Quick Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
Speaker: Paulo Dantas, MD

Session objective

At the end of the presentation the participants will be able to implement practical measures to prepare their workplace in the era of COVID-19.

 

Update on Troublesome Pathogens: COVID 19 and Acanthamoeba
Speaker: Peter J. McDonnell, MD

 

Session objectives

At the end of the presentation the participant will be able to understand the data examining the presence or absence of novel coronavirus in the tear film and logical steps based upon these data. The participant will also be familiar with the presentation and common management of acanthamoeba keratitis and a strategy for therapy in infections resistant to the typically employed medical therapies.

 

Battling Bacterial Keratitis
Speaker: Mahshad Darvish, MD

Moderator

Paulo Dantas, MD (Brazil)

• President-Elect 2021-2023,
• PAAO Editor-in-Chief, The Pan-American Journal of Ophthalmology
• Corneal and External Disease Specialist

Speakers

Peter J. McDonnell, MD (USA)

• William Holland Wilmer Professor and Director
• Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

 

 

 

Mahshad Darvish, MD (Canada)

• Assistant Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology at McGill University
• Cornea and Anterior Segment practice at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Canada
• Cornea co-editor for the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

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Introduction by Prof. Dr. Rubens Belfort Jr.

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Cataract Surgery in Uveitic patients
Dr. Lincoln Lemes Freitas

The purpose of this presentation is to discuss surgical aspects, and tips that may facilitate these challenging surgery cases.

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FLACs in difficult and challenging cases
Dr. Armando Crema

The purpose of the presentation is to discuss how the femtosecond laser can facilitate difficult and challenging cataract surgery cases.

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Cataract Surgery in Altered Corneas
Dr. Walton Nosé

At the end of the presentation the participant will have experience with the difficulties and solutions of corneal problems during cataract surgery.

Moderator

Dr. Rubens Belfort Jr. (Brazil)

• President of the National Academy of Medicine (Brazil)
• Past President of the PAAO

 

 

Speakers

Dr. Lincoln Lemes de Freitas (Brazil)

• Master & PhD in Ophthalmology | UCSF & UNIFESP (EPM)

 

 

 

 

Dr. Armando Crema (Brazil)

• Walsh & Crema
• Mestre em Oftalmologia UFRJ
• Doutor em Ciencias UNIFESP

 

 

 

Dr. Walton Nosé (Brazil)

• Assistant Professor, UNIFESP (EPM)
• Director, Eye Clinic

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Session Objective

During this session, speakers will address numerous issues related to the diagnosis and therapeutic management of different types of uveitis, both infectious and endogenous associated with autoimmune diseases. Aspects related to clinical findings, imaging tests, laboratory tests and strategies for approaching the etiological diagnosis of uveitis will be addressed. At the end of the session, participants will be able to effectively identify, through anamnesis, physical examination and complementary laboratory and imaging tests, the key findings to achieve the correct etiological diagnosis of uveitis, as well as to be able to manage the most appropriate therapeutic options.

 

Cataract and uveitis
Dr. Jose A. Gegúndez (Spain)

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Toxoplasmosis in Argentina
Dr. Emilio Dodds (Argentina)

At the end of this presentation the participant will be able to recognize how broad is the clinical spectrum of toxoplasmosis in Argentina.

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Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome
Dr. Cristobal Couto (Argentina)

Moderator

Dr. Jose A Gegúndez (Spain)

• Associate Professor of Ophthalmology. Complutense University of Madrid
• Surface and Eye Inflammation Unit
• San Carlos Clinical Hospital. Madrid

 

 

Speakers

Dr. Emilio Dodds (Argentina)

• Ophthalmic Consultants
• Juan A. Fernandez Hospital

 

 

 

 

Dr. Cristobal Couto (Argentina)

• University of Buenos Aires

 

 

 

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Uveal melanoma: what you need to know – getting ready for Shields and Burnier
Dr. Rubens N. Belfort Neto (Brazil)

At the end of the presentation the participant will be able to diagnose choroidal melanoma, understand the main differential diagnosis and learn how to use tools available via telemedicine to help determine the best way to treat each patient.

 

Uveal Melanoma 2020
Dr. Carol Shields (USA)

In this presentation I will update the audience on
– new risk factors to determine choroidal nevus growth to melanoma
– new uveal melanoma classification from the NIH
– new treatment for uveal melanoma.

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Molecular Insights in Uveal Melanoma and Liquid Biopsy
Dr. Julia Valdemarin Burnier (Canada)

At the end of the presentation, the participant will be able to
– Understand the general genomic aspects of UM and how they relate to prognosis
– Distinguish between different liquid biopsy techniques
– Possess knowledge on liquid biopsy approaches for ocular melanoma.

 

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Moderator

 

Rubens N. Belfort Neto (Brazil)

• Professor of Ophthalmology, Paulista School of Medicine (EPM)

 

Speakers

Dr. Carol Shields (USA)

• Director, Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital
• Professor of Ophthalmology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia

 

 

 

Dr. Julia Valdemarin Burnier PhD (Canada)

• Assistant Professor, Gerald Brofman Department of Oncology and Department of Pathology, McGill University
• Investigator, RI-MUHC, Cancer Research Program
• Research Director, McGill University

 

 

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Clinicopathological correlations in Rb and the importance of early diagnosis
Dr. Miguel N. Burnier Jr.

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Differential diagnosis of retinoblastoma
Dr. Pablo Zoroquiain

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Retinoblastoma in Latin American countries
Dra. Angela M. Fernández Delgado

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Moderator

 

Dr. Miguel N. Burnier Jr. (Canada)

• Director, Training & Development, RI-MUHC
• The Thomas Hecht Family Chair in Ophthalmology (1995-2012)
• Professor of Ophthalmology, Pathology, Oncology, Medicine, Surgery
• Director, The MUHC-McGill University Ocular Pathology & Translational Research Laboratory
• Director, The Melanoma Program, MUHC -McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• President, PAAO
• Editor-in-Chief, Emeritus, CJO

 

Speakers

Dr. Pablo Zoroquiain (Chile)

• UC-Christus Health Network
• Eye pathologist
• Assistant Professor of Pathology and Ophthalmology
• Ambassador of the American and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)

   

   

Dra. Angela M. Fernández Delgado (Colombia)

• Pediatric Ophthalmologist
• Head of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at the Central Military Hospital of Bogotá, Nueva Granada Military University
• Associated Ophthalmologist Ophthalmology Section, University Hospital Fundación Santa Fé de Bogotá

 

 

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Introduction
Dr. Miguel N. Burnier Jr.

PAAO-YO (5 min)
Camila Ventura (Brazil)

Epibulbar Nodular Fasciitis
Abelardo Rodriguez-Reyes (Mexico)

Orbital tumor after breast cancer treatment
Alexandre N Odashiro (Canada)

When racial melanosis is more than that
Andrea Arteaga Useche (Venezuela)
Maria Soledad Cortina (USA)

Case presentation
Bryan Arthurs (Canada)

Episode 19: The inflammation awakens
Cristina Fonseca (Portugal)

What lies beneath the lid
Emma McDonnell (USA)

Mystery Case: This Difficult Disease Enjoys “Dancing” to the Music of Occam’s Razor… or Hickam’s Dictum?
Henry Fung (Canada)

Posterior Segment Case presentation
Jacqueline Coblentz (Brazil)

Surgical management of Sub-internal limiting membrane hemorrhage
Natalia Vila (United Kingdom)

Case presentation
Rubens Belfort Neto (Brazil)

Coexisting benign and malignant lesions of the eyelid: The importance of clinical-pathological correlations
Sabrina Bergeron (Canada)

Moderator

 

Dr. Miguel N. Burnier Jr. (Canada)

• Director, Training & Development, RI-MUHC
• The Thomas Hecht Family Chair in Ophthalmology (1995-2012)
• Professor of Ophthalmology, Pathology, Oncology, Medicine, Surgery
• Director, The MUHC-McGill University Ocular Pathology & Translational Research Laboratory
• Director, The Melanoma Program, MUHC -McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• President, PAAO
• Editor-in-Chief, Emeritus, CJO

 

Moderator & Panelist

 

Dr. Abelardo Rodriguez Reyes (Mexico)

• Chief of The Ophthalmic Pathology Service, Association to Prevent Blindness in Mexico (APEC), Hospital “Dr. Luis Sanchez Bulnes”
• Mexican Consultant Ophthalmic Pathologist
• Professor of Anatomic Pathology at The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

 

 

Dra. Camila Ventura MD PhD (Brazil)

• Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist
• Department of Research, Director
• Altino Ventura Foundation (FAV) and HOPE Eye Hospital

 

 

Panelists

Alexandre N Odashiro MD PhD (Canada)

Andrea Arteaga Useche MD (Venezuela)

Bryan Arthurs MD (Canada)

Cristina Fonseca MD MSc FEBO (Portugal)

Emma McDonnell MD (USA)

Henry Fung MD BHSc (Hons.) (Canada)

Jacqueline Coblentz MD PhD (Canada)

Maria Soledad Cortina MD (USA)

Natalia Vila MD PhD FEBO (United Kingdom)

Rubens Belfort Neto MD PhD (Brazil)

Sabrina Bergeron PhD (Canada)

Introduction
Dr. Miguel N. Burnier Jr.

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Choice of surgical procedure in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
Dr. Paulo Augusto de Arruda Mello

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Conduction of cataract in the open-angle glaucoma patient: an evidence-based perspective
Dr. Tiago Prata

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New therapies for the clinical treatment of glaucoma
Dr. Marcelo Hatanaka

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Moderator & Speaker

 

Dr. Paulo Augusto de Arruda Mello (Brazil)

• Titular Professor of Ophthalmology Escola Paulista de Medicina / UNIFESP
• Former President, Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology / Pan American Glaucoma Society, Latin American Glaucoma Society / Brazilian Glaucoma Society

 

Speakers

Dr. Tiago Prata (Brazil)

• Professor of Ophthalmology | Glaucoma Service | Federal University of São Paulo | Brazil
• Associate Researcher | Mayo Clinic – FL – USA
• Scientific Coordinator of the Brazilian Glaucoma Society
   

   

Dr. Marcelo Hatanaka (Brazil)

• Technical Director of the Glaucoma Service of the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo
• Member of the Latin American Society of Glaucoma (SLAG)
• Member of the Associate Advisory Board of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA)
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Brazilian Glaucoma Society (SBG)

   

Introduction
Dr. Miguel N. Burnier Jr.

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Adaptive Optics Applied to Vitreoretinal Disease
Dr. Fernando Arevalo

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Wide-Field Imaging
Dr. Mauricio Maia

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OCTA – Principles and Clinical Application
Dr. Carlos Augusto Moreira Neto

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Moderator & Speaker

 

Dr. Fernando Arevalo (USA)

• Past-president of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (2017-2019)
• Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Professor of Ophthalmology
• Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
• Retina Division, Wilmer Eye Institute
• The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

 

Speakers

Dr. Mauricio Maia (Brazil)

• President, Brazilian Vitreoretinal Society (BRAVS)
• Professor of Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Surgery, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Secretary, Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO) and Pan-American Vitreoretinal Society (SPRV)
• Director of Vitreoretinal Surgery Unit, Brazilian Institute of Fight Against Blindness, Assis and Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

Dr. Carlos Augusto Moreira (Brazil)

• Surgical and Medical Retina – Hospital de Olhos do Paraná (Curitiba, Brazil)
• MSc at Federal University of Paraná – Brazil
• PhD – McGill University (Canada) and Paulista Medical School/Federal University of São Paulo (Brazil)
• Visiting Professor at McGill University (Canada)
• Professor of Ophthalmology at Positivo University (Brazil)
• Residency Coordinator – Hospital de Olhos do Paraná (Curitiba, Brazil)