2012 Third Module

Medical Retina Module.

4 June- 8 June 2012, Lugano/Switzerland

Monday, 4 June 2012
08:30  OCT imaging CNV: activity, scarring, and fluid  Nicholas Evans
09:30 Non-OCT imaging CNV: activity, scarring, and fluid
10:30 BREAK
10:45  Classification of AMD  Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth
11:45 Stage and progression of wet AMD
12:45 LUNCH
13:45 Sub-classification of neovascular AMD based on anti-VEGF response Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth
14:45 Current protocols of treatment for wet AMD Paolo Lanzetta
15:45 BREAK
16:00  Tailored treatments for wet AMD 
17:00 – 18.00 Anti-VEGF non-responders: radiation, new agents, or combination therapies?
Tuesday, 5 June 2012
08:30  Management of CNV in myopia  Marco Zarbin
09:30 Inherited retinal diseases: diagnosis
10:30 BREAK
10:45 Inherited retinal diseases: gene therapy and more
11.45 Central serous chorioretinopathy
12:45 LUNCH
13:45  Infectious uveitis  Antonio Capone
14:45 Non-infectious uveitis
15:45 BREAK
16:00

 

Management of threshold ROP and APROP: diagnosis, laser techniques, and follow-up

 

17:00 – 18:00 Other posterior segment diseases of premature infant: diagnosis and treatment
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
08:30
 
RVO before treatment: correct diagnosis and staging, medical assessment of the patient, and systemic therapy Anat Loewenstein
09:30 Treatment of ME in CRVO
10:30 BREAK
10:45 Treatment of ME in BRVO
11:45 Treatment of ischemic RVO complicated with ME
12:45 LUNCH
13:45  How to recognise and treat non perfused RVO?  Alain Gaudric
14:45 Retinal artery occlusion and ocular ischemic syndrome
15:45 BREAK
16:00 – 17:00 Retinal vascular malformations and macular telangectasias
Thursday, 7 June 2012
08:30
 
Diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy: the expanding role of non-angiographic methods for classification, staging, follow-up of DR and DME  Victor Chong
09:30 The actual role of FA for diagnosis, staging and follow-up of DR and DME
10:30 BREAK
10:45

 

Use of thermal lasers for the treatment of DME: conventional, subthreshold and micropulsed techniques; pattern scanning systems and image-guided systems
11:45 Guideline for the use of anti-VEGF in DME
12:45 LUNCH
13:45  Prognostic factors in DME  Rafael Navarro
14:15 DME in poor glycaemic compensation retinopathy
14:45 BREAK
15:00 Ischemic DME
15:30-16:00 DME with peripheral non perfused retina
Friday , 8 June 2012
08:30  Chronic-refractory DME: definition and therapeutic management  Pascale Massin
09:30 Treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy: current approach
10:30 BREAK  
10:45 Melanocytic fundus tumours: differential diagnosis and treatment  Ann Schalenbourg
11:45 Non-pigmented fundus tumours: differential diagnosis and treatment
12:45 – 13:45 LUNCH
13:45  Irvine-Gass syndrome  Rufino Silva
14:45 Vitreomacular traction syndrome: cases and surgery
15:45 Mysterious cases
16:45-17:00 Diploma and farewell

Retina third module: Under the auspices of Euretina (European Society of Retina Specialists)