Wednesday 28 June 2023 12:00-13:00 CEST Auditorium
Presidential Symposium
Chair(s): Neeru Gupta (Canada); Anja Tuulonen (Finland);
- Glaucoma in Blacks: Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here?
M. Roy Wilson (United States) - Ocular Lymphatics and Opportunities for Glaucoma
Neeru Gupta (Canada) - Taking Stock of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Glaucoma: Identity, Evidence and Future
Fotis Topouzis (Greece)
Thursday 29 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room A
Lasers and Surgery for Primary Angle Closure Disease
Chair(s): Mingguang He (Australia); Monisha Nongpiur (Singapore);
- Laser iridotomy and iridoplasty: when and how?
Winnie Nolan (United Kingdom) - When to perform a clear lens extraction: risks versus benefits
David Friedman (United States) - When is phaco alone not enough for PACD?
Clement Tham (Hong Kong) - Trabeculectomy and combined surgery
Ramanjit Sihota (India)
Thursday 29 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room B
Challenges in High Myopic Glaucomatous Eyes
Chair(s): Ki Ho Park (South Korea); Jost Jonas (Germany);
- Detecting structural progression
Gustavo de Moraes (United States) - Detecting functional progression
Jong Chul Han (South Korea) - Diagnosis based on functional and structural information
Takeshi Yoshida (Japan) - Epidemiology and Genetics of glaucoma in myopia
Da Wen Lu (Taiwan) - Glaucoma surgery in high myopic eyes
Shamira Perera (Singapore)
Thursday 29 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room D
Glaucoma in Young Patients
Chair(s): Christiane Rolim (Brazil); Nischal Ken (United States);
- Clinical Applications of Genetics in Young Patients with Glaucoma
John Fingert (United States) - Pigmentary Glaucoma: clinical characteristics and treatment strategies
Nishani Amerasinghe (United Kingdom) - ICE Syndrome: tips for best management
Daniel Grigera (Argentina) - Juvenile Glaucoma: Prognosis, Decision Making, Surgical Treatment
Viney Gupta (India) - Pediatric Glaucoma: Peculiarities from Birth to Early Adulthood
Alana Grajewski (United States)
Thursday 29 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room E
Risk Factors
Chair(s): Francesco Oddone (Italy); Franz Grus (Germany);
- Epidemiological evidence suggesting dietary risk factors in glaucoma
Kelsey Stuart (United Kingdom) - Small molecule energetics and the risk of glaucoma
Robert Casson (Australia) - Lipids and glaucoma: is there a risk?
Simon Nusinovici (Singapore) - Systemic medications which may predispose to glaucoma
Andrew Tatham (United Kingdom) - Social Determinants of Health as Risk Factors for Glaucoma
Nazlee Zebardast (United States)
Thursday 29 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room G
My Clinic is Too Full (collaborative care)
Chair(s): Verena Prokosch (Germany); Diya Yang (China);
- Managing care with other professionals
Alan Robin (United States) - IOP management outside the clinic
Elyse McGlumphy (United States) - Shared medical appointments
Sushmita Kaushik (India) - Incorporating testing-only visits
Hari Jayaram (United Kingdom) - Glaucoma Care from the optometrists' perspective
Murray Fingeret (United States) - Which patients don't need our help?
Luis Abegao Pinto (Portugal)
Thursday 29 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room B
Optimizing Trabeculectomy Outcomes and Rescue Operations
Chair(s): Franz Grehn (Germany); Mimiwati Zahari (Malaysia);
- Preoperative preparation and check list
Yasmine El-Sayed (Egypt) - Surgical technique and its modifications
Marlene Moster (United States) - Management and Prevention of intraoperative complications
Prin Rojanapongpun (Thailand) - Post operative rescue operations
Tanuj Dada (India)
Thursday 29 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room C
Is It Better Not to Know? (practical genetics)
Chair(s): Alon Harris (United States); Steven S. Mansberger (United States);
- Genetic testing for glaucoma care is an inevitability
David Mackey (Australia) - Genetic testing - might it be better not to know?
Inas Aboobakar (United States) - MRI scanning in NTG
Helen Danesh-Meyer (New Zealand) - Sleep studies
Samantha Lee (Australia) - 24 hour IOP monitoring
Kevin Gillman (Switzerland) - Testing of the more central visual field
Aaki Shukla (United States)
Thursday 29 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room D
The Frugal Ophthalmologist (Cost-effective Care)
Chair(s): Anja Tuulonen (Finland); Simon Skalicky (Australia);
- Models to care for remote populations
Ashok Vardhan (India) - Providing more services for less cost
S Kavitha (India) - Principles for glaucoma management in developing countries
Virna Dwi Oktariana Asrory (Indonesia) - Cost-efficient, but effective, surgery
Nazrul Islam (Bangladesh) - Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of care
Anja Tuulonen (Finland) - How much testing is too much?
Jithin Yohannan (United States)
Thursday 29 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room E
Peculiarities in Glaucoma Care
Chair(s): Louis Pasquale (United States); Nkiru Kizor-akaraiwe (Nigeria);
- Steroid induced Glaucoma
Guillermo Barreto Fong (Peru) - Post-Vitrectomy eyes
Ronnie George (India) - Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma
Gabor Hollo (Hungary) - Update on Uveitic Glaucoma
Jair Giampani (Brazil) - Neovascular Glaucoma
Mary Qiu (United States)
Thursday 29 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room G
Biomechanics
Chair(s): Crawford Downs (United States); Michael Girard (Singapore);
- Biomechanics and its impact on the optic nerve head
Crawford Downs (United States) - Blood flow and ocular biomechanics on the optic nerve in glaucoma
Mark Lesk (Canada) - Are Eye Movements Detrimental to Optic Nerve Health?
Michael Girard (Singapore) - Clinical Significance of Biomechanics
Michael Girard (Singapore)
Friday 30 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Auditorium
Glaucoma Surgery: New Techniques on the Horizon
Chair(s): Juan Jose Mura (Chile); Thomas Grippo (Argentina);
- Implants to adjust flow
Leon Au (United Kingdom) - Excimer laser trabeculostomy
Antonio Valladares (Spain) - Ab interno sclerostomy
Noa Geffen (Israel) - Drug Eluting Implants
Tina Wong (Singapore)
Friday 30 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room A
Patient Safety
Chair(s): Ivan Goldberg (Australia); Angelo Tanna (United States);
- Taking away the driver's license - when and how?
Carolina Gracitelli (Brazil) - Keeping glaucoma patients active and fall-free
Aleksandra Mihailovic - Environmental design to keep patients safe
Mona Kaleem (United States) - Avoiding operating room errors
JoAnn Giaconi (United States) - Avoiding loss to follow-up
S Kavitha (India)
Friday 30 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room B
Big Data
Chair(s): M. Roy Wilson (United States); Alessandro Jammal (United States);
- Can we use big data to understand the pathophysiology of glaucoma?
Fotis Topouzis (Greece) - Interesting findings from The Duke Glaucoma Registry Study
Eduardo Mariottoni (Brazil) - Interesting findings from the Korean National Insurance database
Jin A Choi (South Korea) - Genetics: Omics and Big Data
Subhabrata Chakrabarti (India) - Project FOREVER: how a public-private collaboration can contribute to big data
Miriam Kolko (Denmark)
Friday 30 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room C
Glaucoma Drainage Devices: Surgical Caveats
Chair(s): Ricardo Palleta (Brazil); George Puthuran (India);
- When to use and which implant to use?
Henny Beckers (Netherlands) - How to manage early post operative problems including the hypertensive phase
Jesus Jimenez Roman (Mexico) - Late complications and dealing with failure
Keith Barton (United Kingdom) - Surgical Techniques and implantation sites
Victor Koh (Singapore)
Friday 30 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room D
Cell-based Strategies for Vision Restoration
Chair(s): Nils Loewen (Germany); Keith Martin (Australia);
- Stem cells for the the modelling of glaucoma in a dish
Alice Pebay (Australia) - From the front to the back of the eye: cell-based strategies in glaucoma
Yvonne Ou (United States) - Retinal stem cell transplantation
Thomas V. Johnson (United States) - Will cell-based strategies be realistic for glaucoma treatment?
Keith Martin (Australia)
Friday 30 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room E
Don't Fiddle while Rome Burns (Advanced Glaucoma Management)
Chair(s): Joe Panarelli (United States); Jesus Jimenez Roman (Mexico);
- Clinical Treatment for Advanced Glaucoma: Pro and Cons
Curt Hartleben (Mexico) - How to Better Detect Structure/Function Progression in Advanced Glaucoma?
Stuart Gardiner (United States) - How Do We Know an Advanced Glaucoma Patient is Well-Controlled?
Stefano Miglior (Italy) - When to go for Surgical Intervention?
Sergio Henrique Teixeira (Brazil) - Is Trabeculectomy still the first choice surgery for advanced glaucoma eyes?
Ana Maria Vasquez Garcia (Ecuador)
Friday 30 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room F
Functional Testing in Glaucoma: from Daily Practice to the Latest Research
Chair(s): Giovanni Montesano (United Kingdom); Ivan M. Tavares (Brazil);
- SITA Standard vs. SITA Fast vs. SITA Faster
Pradeep Ramulu (United States) - Getting enough field to detect progression
Jack Phu (Australia) - Visual Crowding in Glaucoma
Nara Ogata (Brazil) - Visual field testing in natural environments
Allison McKendrick (Australia) - Head mounted perimetry
Jonathan Myers (United States)
Friday 30 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room A
Surgery for Congenital Glaucoma
Chair(s): Alana Grajewski (United States); Sushmita Kaushik (India);
- Using genetics to customize the choice and timing of surgery
Susan Williams (South Africa) - Goniotomy: how to do and how much to do?
Ching Lin Ho (Singapore) - Circumferential Trabeculotomy: ab interno & ab externo
Lauren Blieden (United States) - Trabeculectomy and combination with trabeculotomy
Ahmad Khalil (Egypt) - Tubes and cyclophotocoagulation
John Brookes (United Kingdom)
Friday 30 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room B
MIGS & Lasers: Complications and Rescue
Chair(s): Chelvin Sng (Singapore); Ike Ahmed (Canada); Paul Chew (Singapore);
- Suprachoroidal drainage
Ana Maria Vasquez Garcia (Ecuador) - Subconjunctival drainage implants
Mitchell Lawlor (Australia) - Trabecular bypass implants
George Kong (Australia) - Micropulse CPC
Michael Waisbourd (Israel) - Trabectome and Preserflo after failed canaloplasty
Nils Loewen (Germany)
Friday 30 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room C
Screening and AI
Chair(s): David Friedman (United States); Siamak Yousefi (United States);
- Targeted population screening
Jamie Craig (Australia) - AI to improve discovery & prediction
Nazlee Zebardast (United States) - NGOs to discover & treat glaucoma
Andre Mermoud (Switzerland) - Trends in prevalence / burden
Rupert Bourne (Canada) - Screening for undetected disease
Ronnie George (India)
Friday 30 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room D
Neuroprotection: from Bench to Bedside
Chair(s): Eduardo M. Normando (United States); Toru Nakazawa (Japan);
- Insulin story from mouse to NHP
TBA - Will bioactive lipids play a future role in the management of glaucoma?
Nicolas G Bazan - Reviving vision in glaucoma: Novel approaches to tackle neuroinflammation for neuroprotection
Dong Feng Chen (United States) - Mouse and NHP models of experimental glaucoma, axon regeneration, calcium imaging
Yang Hu (United States) - What is the role that Müller glia plays in Glaucoma?
Elena Vecino (Spain)
Friday 30 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room E
Normal Tension Glaucoma
Chair(s): Tetsuya Yamamoto (Japan); Maria Francesca Cordeiro (United Kingdom);
- Vascular dysfunction and NTG - myth or reality
Konstantin Gugleta (Switzerland) - Why did I get glaucoma with a normal pressure? Answering the question for your patient
Michael S. Kook (South Korea) - NTG - What genetics studies have taught us
John Fingert (United States) - NTG management: when and how to treat?
Hitomi Saito (Japan) - Lifestyle and Suplements for NTG?
Sanjay Asrani (United States) - Indications and peculiarities for laser and surgical treatment of NTG
Kazuhiko Mori (Japan)
Friday 30 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room F
Evidence-based Surgery for Secondary Glaucoma
Chair(s): Alfonso Anton (Spain); Roberto Carassa (Italy);
- Glaucoma following corneal transplantation / keratoprosthesis
Nick Strouthidis (United Kingdom) - Neovascular Glaucoma
Masaru Inatani (Japan) - Glaucoma after refractive surgery
Shenton Chew (New Zealand) - Glaucoma following vitreo-retinal surgery
Imalka Fonseka (Sri Lanka) - Treatment strategies for Uveitic glaucoma and UGH syndrome
Sirisha Senthil (India)
IMPORTANT DATES
Early bird registration deadline:
April 2, 2025
Regular registration deadline:
June 2, 2025
World Glaucoma Congress 2025:
June 25-28, 2025
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