77th Annual
Wills Eye Conference
March 6-8, 2025
Philadelphia, PA
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Thursday, March 6, 2025 12 PM – 1 PM 12:55 PM – 6:15 PM 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM SESSION LOCATION: |
The Free Paper Session is an opportunity for Wills Eye residents, fellows, and other trainees to present original research. The Free Paper Session is free to attend both in person and as a live stream. CME credits will be awarded only to registered conference participants. The final program, including abstracts for the selected papers, will be available for download from this website prior to the conference. Please join us for hors d’oeuvres and cocktails in the 8th floor lobby of Wills Eye Hospital immediately following the Free Paper Session. All conference attendees, spouses, and guests are welcome. |
| 12:55 PM | OPENING REMARKS Zeba A. Syed, MD, Conference Chair |
| 1:00 PM | The Association Between Neighborhood Area Deprivation Index (ADI) And Functional Parameters Throughout Their Care For Patients Who Underwent Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) Sefy Paulose, MD (F); Jacqueline Chen, MS;, Ting-Fang Lee, PhD;, Fabio Lavinsky, MD; Joel Schuman, MD, FACS [Glaucoma] |
| 1:07 PM | Oct-Angiography and Visible Light Oct for Vascular And Oxygenation Correlations in Glaucoma Riya Patel, BS (MS); Fabio Lavinsky, MD, MBA; Ronald Zambrano, MS; Hao Zhang, PhD; Joel Schuman, MD, FACS [Glaucoma] |
| 1:14 PM | Ganglion Cell Complex Thickness To Remaining Macula Thickness Ratio: A Novel Parameter To Diagnose Glaucoma In Eyes With Myopia Ryan Lamrani, BS (MS); Ed Zhang, PhD; Fabio Lavinsky, MD; Gadi Wollstein, MD; Joel S. Schuman, MD [Glaucoma] |
| 1:21 PM | The Use Of An Artificial Intelligence Algorithm To Identify Patients With Referrable Glaucoma Using Fundus Photos Moon Jeong Lee, MD (F); Catherine Lalman, BS; Ronald Zambrano, MS; Jonathan Myers, MD; Joel Schuman, MD [Glaucoma] |
| 1:28 PM | The Association Between Neighborhood Deprivation And Structural Or Functional Parameters At Presentation For Patients Who Underwent Tube Shunt Surgery Kevin Zhang, MD (F) Jacqueline Chen, MS; Fabio Lavinsky, MD; Ting-Fang Lee, PhD; Joel Schuman, MD, FACS [Glaucoma] |
| 1:35 PM | Determinants Of Oct-Derived Ocular Measurements In Healthy Rhesus Macaques Jacob Lester, BS (F); Ronald Zambrano, MS; Gabriela Schwantes, MD; John Danias, MD, PhD; Gadi Wollstein, MD [Glaucoma] |
| 1:42 PM | The Effect Of Tube Shunt Surgery On Structural And Functional Rates Of Progression Jacqueline Chen, MS (MS) Fabio Lavinsky, MD; Ting-Fang Lee, PhD; Gadi Wollstein, MD; Joel Schuman, MD, FACS [Glaucoma] |
| 1:49 PM | Using Normalized Compression Distance And Machine Learning To Predict Changes In Visual Field Mean Deviation (Md) From 3D Oct Images Loan Huynh, BS (MS); Ronald Zambrano, MS; Joel Schuman, MD, FACS; Gadi Wollstein, MD; Andrew Cohen, PhD [Glaucoma] |
| 1:56 PM | Exploring The Predictive Utility Of Macular Octa For Visual Field Progression In Glaucoma Andrea Bao, BS (MS); Fabio Lavinsky, MD; Qiang (Ed) Zhang, PhD; Gadi Wollstein, MD; Joel Schuman, MD [Glaucoma] |
| 2:03 PM | QUESTIONS |
| 2:13 PM | Tumor Location Of Uveal Melanoma And Impact On Metastasis-Free Survival In 1001 Cases Madison Woods, BA (MS); Randy Calotti, BS; Rolika Bansal, MD; Hidayet Sener, MD; Carol Shields, MD [Tumor] |
| 2:20 PM | Evaluation Of Metastasis-Free Survival In Uveal Melanoma Based On Ultraviolet Exposure By Tumor Epicenter, Stratified By The Cancer Genome Atlas (Tcga) Classification Charles DeYoung, BA (MS); Rolika Bansal, MD; Hidayet Sener, MD; Sara Lally, MD; Carol Shields, MD [Tumor] |
| 2:27 PM | Ai-Driven Missense Mutation Analysis In Uveal Melanoma Using Alphamissense Mak Djulbegovic, MD (R); David Taylor Gonzalez, MD; Carol Karp, MD; Carol Shields, MD; Matthew Wilson, MD [Tumor] |
| 2:34 PM | Evolving Trends In Retinoblastoma Management: A Sixteen-Year Clinicopathologic Analysis Of Enucleated Eyes Ari August, BA (F); Carol Shields, MD; Sara Lally, MD; Ralph Eagle, MD; Tatyana Milman, MD [Tumor] |
| 2:41 PM | Outcomes Of Monthly Methotrexate Injections For The Treatment Of Vitreoretinal Lymphoma Aruba Zafar, MD (F); Sara Lally, MD; Yu-Bai Chou, MD, PhD' Carol Shields, MD [Tumor] |
| 2:48 PM | Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Associated With Choroidal Melanoma: Clinical Features And Surgical Outcomes Michael Nguyen, BA (MS) [Tumor] |
| 2:55 PM | Impact Of Iris Color On Patient Outcomes With Uveal Melanoma Matthew Wei, BA (MS); Alexandra Zaloga, BA; Charles DeYoung , BA; Yu-Bai Chou, MD; Carol Shields, MD [Tumor] |
| 3:02 PM | The Significance Of 5 Key Clinical Factors On Conjunctival Melanoma Outcomes Shannon Walsh, BS (MS); Sara Lally, MD; Jerry Shields, MD; Carol Shields, MD [Tumor] |
| 3:09 PM | Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment After Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy In Retinoblastoma Miriam-Benigna Amobi, MD (F); Yu-Bai Chou, MD; Taweevat Attaseth, MD; Sara Lally, MD; Carol Shields, MD [Tumor] |
| 3:16 PM | A Closer Look At Tissue Glue: Outcomes From Plaque Radiotherapy In 13 Uveal Melanoma Patients Taweevat Attaseth, MD (F) Yu-Bai Chou, MD; Sara Lally, MD; Carol Shields, MD [Other] |
| 3:23 PM | QUESTIONS |
| 3:33 PM | BREAK |
| 3:48 PM | Optical Basis Of “Monocular Diplopia/Ghosting Images” Rena Xu, MD, PhD (F) [Cataract and IOL] |
| 3:55 PM | Recommendations For Pediatric Keratoconus Screening And Referral Rohini Sigireddi, MD (F) [Cornea and External Disease] |
| 4:02 PM | Descriptive Analysis Of Cornea Service Directors In The United States In 2024 Omar Masoud, MBBS (F); Zeba A. Syed, MD [Cornea and External Disease] |
| 4:09 PM | Risk Factors For Corneal Graft Rejection Or Failure After Penetrating Keratoplasty In Eyes With Previous Incisional Glaucoma Surgery Eric Lee, MD (R) [Cornea and External Disease] |
| 4:16 PM | Pentacam D Values As Predictors Of Visual Outcomes In Intraocular Collamer Lens Implantation Meena Zakher, MD (F) [Cornea and External Disease] |
| 4:23 PM | Factors Associated With Increased Mortality In Patients Exenterated Due To Acute Invasive Fungal Sinusitis With Orbital Involvement Leo Hall, MD (R); Samuel Shing, BA; Narmien Murdock, MD; Michael Rabinowitz, MD; Jacqueline Carrasco, MD [Oculoplastics] |
| 4:30 PM | Clinical Characteristics And Outcomes Of Gel Blaster Projectile Associated Ocular Trauma Martin Calotti, MD (R); Turner Wibbelsman, MD; Randy Calotti, BS; Collin Richards, MD; Allen Ho, MD [Trauma] |
| 4:37 PM | The Impact Of Personalized Physical Therapy Training On Wills Eye Ophthalmology Residents’ Self-Reported Neck And Back Pain Hannah Garrigan, MD, MPH (R); Elizabeth Derham, MD; Christina McGowan, MD; Janine Tabas, MD; Frank Mallon [Other] |
| 4:44 PM | QUESTIONS |
| 4:54 PM | Readability Of Retina Patient Education Materials Generated With A Large Language Model Turner Wibbelsman, MD (R) Randy Calotti, BS; Martin Calotti, MD; Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD; Allen Ho, MD [Retina and Vitreous] |
| 5:01 PM | Disparities In Presentation And Initiation Of Anti-Vegf Therapy For Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: An Academy Iris® Registry Analysis Bita Momenaei, MD (F); Binod Acharya, MS; Qiang Zhang, PhD; Julia Haller, MD; Leslie Hyman, PhD [Retina and Vitreous] |
| 5:08 PM | Long-Term Outcomes Of Pars Plana Vitrectomy And Scleral-Fixated Intraocular Lenses Using Gore-Tex (Polytetrafluoroethylene) Sutures Luis Acaba-Berrocal, MD (F); Omesh Gupta, MD; Jake Matthew, BA [Retina and Vitreous] |
| 5:15 PM | Characteristics Of Patients Who Were Dismissed From A Retina Practice Roselind Ni, BS (F); Bita Momenaei, MD; Olufemi Adams, MD; Jose Pulido, MD, MS, MBA, MPH; Jason Hsu, MD [Retina and Vitreous] |
| 5:22 PM | Characteristics Of Participants In Retina Clinical Trials Theodore Bowe, MD (F) [Retina and Vitreous] |
| 5:29 PM | Endophthalmitis Rates Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Vitrectomy Surgery Sidra Zafar, MD (F) [Retina and Vitreous] |
| 5:36 PM | Ocular Neovascularization After Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion Nikhil Bommakanti, MD (F); Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD; Jason Hsu, MD; Ajay Kuriyan, MD [Retina and Vitreous] |
| 5:43 PM | Delayed-Onset Recurrent Retinal Detachment More Than One Year After Pneumatic Retinopexy, Scleral Buckle, Or Vitrectomy For Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair: Incidence, Characteristics, And Outcomes Jingwen Zhang, MBBS (F); Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD; Taku Wakabayashi, MD [Retina and Vitreous] |
| 5:50 PM | Intraocular Foreign Body Presentation, Management And Clinical Outcomes: A Seven-Year Experience Randy Calotti, BS (MS); Martin Calotti, MD; Turner Wibbelsman, MD; Samir Patel, MD; Allen Ho, MD [Retina and Vitreous] |
| 5:57 PM | QUESTIONS |
| 6:07 PM | CLOSING REMARKS |
| 6:15 PM | ADJOURNMENT |