Welcome to Vit Buckle Society's 9th annual meeting, THE FORCE AWAKENS

We bring to you hot surgical debates, pearls for trauma and uveitis surgery, rapid fire Lightning Rounds, a look into the future with surgical tips for gene therapy and extended release device implantation, complex cases, a robust conversation on vitrectomy platforms, a fantastic session on diversity, equity and inclusion, and a detailed conversation about job contracts!

Registration is free and open to all. Bring your best retina game and join us for this 100% LIVE webinar series and 100 MPH chat. The in-person watch parties in NYC, Miami, Houston and Los Angeles look forward to seeing you also!

The Force will be with you. Always.

Session

Time

Presenter

Program Moderators

Aleksandra Rachitskaya, MD

Priya Vakharia, MD

Basil Williams, Jr., MD

Introduction

8:00 - 8:05 PM

Charles Wykoff, MD, PhD

Do or do not do, there is no try: IOL Acrobatics Debates

8:05 - 8:25 PM

Scleral Haptic Fixation

8:05 - 8:08 PM

Maria Berrocal, MD

Gore-tex Sutered Lenses

8:08 - 8:11 PM

Joseph Coney, MD

Iris Sutured

8:11 - 8:14 PM

Ninel Gregori, MD

ACIOL

8:14 - 8:17 PM

Katherine Talcott, MD

Discussion + Voting

8:17 - 8:25 PM

This is not the medical retina you were looking for:
Surgical Approaches in Medical Retina and Discussion

8:25 - 8:35 PM

Lejla Vajzovic, MD

Impressive, most impressive: Lightning Surgical Rounds

8:35 - 8:50 PM

Matthew Cunningham, MD

Kristen Harris-Nwanyanwu, MD, MBA

Marianeli Rodriguez, MD

I find your lack of faith disturbing:
Handling Trauma as a Retinal Surgeon and Discussion

8:50 - 9:00 PM

Yewlin Chee, MD

Bringing Balance to the Force:
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Retina Panel

9:00 - 9:15 PM

Basil Williams, Jr., MD

Jessica Randolph, MD

Reginald Sanders, MD

That's not how the Force works!
Uveitis Surgery Pearls and Discussion

9:15 - 9:25 PM

Lisa Faia, MD

Closing Remarks

9:25 - 9:30 PM

Geeta Lalwani, MD

Satellite Symposium: Maximizing the Retinal Surgeon’s Skillset - Handling the Conjunctiva (Sponsored by Genentech, Inc.)

9:30 - 10:30 PM

John Kitchens, MD

James Brandt, MD

Program Moderators

Mrinali Gupta, MD

Jorge Fortun, MD

Avni Finn, MD, MBA

Introduction

8:30 - 8:35 PM

R. Ross Lakhanpal, MD

Vitrectomy Platform Debate:
"You might as well give me your lightsaber...you obviously don't know how to use it"

8:35 - 8:50 PM

DORC Eva

8:35 - 8:38 PM

Ashley Crane, MD

Alcon Constellation

8:38 - 8:41 PM

Adrienne Scott, MD

Bausch + Lomb Stellaris

8:41 - 8:44 PM

Victor Gonzalez, MD

Discussion + Voting

8:44 - 8:50 PM

Varsity Level OCT: "When you look at the retina, careful you must be.
For the retina looks back" and Discussion

8:50 - 9:00 PM

Caroline Baumal, MD

Macular Hole Acrobatics "How do we close it up? There's always a way to do that

9:00 - 9:15 PM

ILM flaps

9:00 - 9:03 PM

Prethy Rao, MD, MPH

Amniotic Membrane Grafting

9:03 - 9:06 PM

Jessica Lee, MD

Submacular BSS

9:06 - 9:09 PM

Daniela Meizner, MD

Discussion + Voting

9:09 - 9:15 PM

Job Contracts:
"There's always a bigger fish" and Discussion

9:15 - 9:30 PM

Christine Gonzales, MD

Complications: “I have a bad feeling about this”

9:30 - 9:55 PM

Paula Pecen, MD

David Chin Yee, MD

Closing Remarks

9:55 - 10:00 PM

Camila Ventura, MD, PhD

Satellite Symposium:
TissueBlue – 1 year post-approval – How has it changed macular surgery? (Sponsored by DORC)

10:00 - 10:30 PM

Paul Hahn, MD, PhD

Raj Maturi, MD

Yasha Modi, MD

Christina Weng, MD, MBA

Schedule

Program Moderators

Introduction

Do or do not do, there is no try: IOL Acrobatics Debates

Scleral Haptic Fixation

Gore-tex Sutered Lenses

Iris Sutured

ACIOL

Discussion + Voting

This is not the medical retina you were looking for:Surgical Approaches in Medical Retina and Discussion

Impressive, most impressive: Lightning Surgical Rounds

I find your lack of faith disturbing:Handling Trauma as a Retinal Surgeon and Discussion

Bringing Balance to the Force:Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Retina Panel

That's not how the Force works!Uveitis Surgery Pearls and Discussion

Closing Remarks

Satellite Symposium: Maximizing the Retinal Surgeon’s Skillset - Handling the Conjunctiva (Sponsored by Genentech, Inc.)

Program Moderators

Introduction

Vitrectomy Platform Debate: "You might as well give me your lightsaber...you obviously don't know how to use it"

DORC Eva

Alcon Constellation

Bausch + Lomb Stellaris

Discussion + Voting

Varsity Level OCT: "When you look at the retina, careful you must be. For the retina looks back" and Discussion

Macular Hole Acrobatics "How do we close it up? There's always a way to do that

ILM flaps

Amniotic Membrane Grafting

Submacular BSS

Discussion + Voting

Job Contracts:"There's always a bigger fish" and Discussion

Complications: “I have a bad feeling about this”

Closing Remarks

Satellite Symposium: TissueBlue – 1 year post-approval – How has it changed macular surgery? (Sponsored by DORC)

Faculty

Episode 1

Maria Berrocal, MD

Yewlin Chee, MD

Joseph Coney, MD

Matthew Cunningham, MD

Lisa Faia, MD

Ninel Gregori, MD

Kristen Harris-Nwanyanwu, MD, MBA

Geeta Lalwani, MD

Aleksandra Rachitskaya, MD

Jessica Randolph, MD

Marianeli Rodriguez, MD

Reginald Sanders, MD

Katherine Talcott, MD

Lejla Vajzovic, MD

Priya Vakharia, MD

Basil Williams, Jr., MD

Charles Wykoff, MD, PhD

Episode 2

Caroline Baumal, MD

David Chin Yee, MD

Ashley Crane, MD

Avni Finn, MD, MBA

Jorge Fortun, MD

Christine Gonzales, MD

Victor Gonzalez, MD

Mrinali Gupta, MD

R. Ross Lakhanpal, MD

Jessica Lee, MD

Daniela Meizner, MD

Paula Pecen, MD

Prethy Rao, MD, MPH

Adrienne Scott, MD

Camila Ventura, MD, PhD

Sponsors

Diamond

Platinum

Gold

Silver

Bronze

This is not the medical retina you were looking for:
Surgical Approaches in Medical Retina and Discussion

I find your lack of faith disturbing:
Handling Trauma as a Retinal Surgeon and Discussion

Bringing Balance to the Force:
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Retina Panel

That's not how the Force works!
Uveitis Surgery Pearls and Discussion

Vitrectomy Platform Debate:
"You might as well give me your lightsaber...you obviously don't know how to use it"

Varsity Level OCT: "When you look at the retina, careful you must be.
For the retina looks back" and Discussion

Job Contracts:
"There's always a bigger fish" and Discussion

Satellite Symposium:
TissueBlue – 1 year post-approval – How has it changed macular surgery? (Sponsored by DORC)