VITREORETINAL SYMPOSIUM

The Art and Craft of Vitreoretinal Surgery
Friday 22 - Saturday 23 March 2024
Hyatt Regency Sydney

Places are limited, please register early to avoid disappointment. Your place will be confirmed via email once your registration is received.

Agenda

Friday 22 March 2024
12:00	Lunch & Arrivals
Session 1- Complications and Trauma		Prof. Ian McAllister
13:00	Opening	Dr Sarah Welch
	Giant tear detachments? Evidence for different approaches to prevention and surgery	A/Prof. Rosie Dawkins
	Paediatric vitrectomy	Dr Gaurav Bhardwaj
	Myopic traction maculopathy	A/Prof. Tony Kwan
	Complications and solutions in IOL exchanges	Dr Warren Apel
	Panel discussion
14:40	Afternoon Break
Session 2 - Emerging Surgical Technologies		A/Prof Wilson Heriot
15:10	OCT in practical applications	Dr Vicky Lu
	Pneumatic retinopexy	A/Prof. Lawrence Lee
	Intraoperative sealing retinal tears without tamponade - progressing to a clinical trial	A/Prof. Wilson Heriot
	Panel discussion
Session 3 - Surgical Toolbox		Prof. I-Van Ho
16:40	Short vit cutter	Dr Gaurav Bhardwaj
	Sharkskin ILM	Dr David Sousa
	Initiating a difficult peel	A/Prof. Abishek Sharma
	Single port vitrectomy detachment repair	A/Prof. Lawrence Lee
	Panel discussion
17:45	Break
18:00	Networking
Dinner		Prof. Andrew Chang Prof. I-Van Ho Dr Sarah Welch
19:00	Retina Film Festival

Saturday 23 March 2024
Session 4 – Keynote Speaker
08:00	Keynote	Prof. Steve Charles
	Q&A with Steve Charles
9:30	Break
Session 5 – Disease Management		Dr Sarah Welch
09:50	Vitreous haemorrhage	Dr Nathan Walker
	Failed primary retinal detachment repair: Why it happened and what to do next	Dr Mali Okada
	Subretinal injections	Prof. Matthew Simunovic
	Epiretinal membrane - An update?	Prof. Adrian Fung
	Early vitrectomy in endophthalmitis	Dr Sarah Welch
	Panel discussion
11:45	Lunch
Session 6 – Combined Session with Cataract & Refractive		Prof. Andrew Chang A/Prof Smita Agarwal
12:30	The future of IOLs & ophthalmology	A/Prof. Michael Lawless
	Management of ERM & cataract: From indication to IOL selection	Dr Vivek Pandya
	Investing in the future: Personal, professional and corporate responsibility	Panel
13:30	Close of session
13:45	Departures

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Steve Charles
MD, FACS, FICS, FASRS

Founder of Charles Retina Institute Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee

Steve Charles, MD has developed many of the techniques and devices used by vitreoretinal surgeons worldwide. He has performed over 45,000 vitreoretinal surgeries, lectured in 51countries and operated in 25, delivered over 20 named lectures, and well over 2000 speaking trips.

He authored a leading textbook in the field which is now in the 6th edition and authored over 200 articles in the medical literature and over 50 book chapters. He served on the Board of Governors of the ARVO Foundation for Eye Research. He has received the Laurate honor from the AAO, gave the Schepens lecture at the Retina Society and the Kelman lecture at the ASCRS, received the Wacker Medal from the Club Jules Gonin, the first Founders Medal from the Vitreous Society, was inducted into the University of Miami School of Medicine Medical Alumni Association Hall of Fame, and was named by Ocular Surgery News as one of the top ten innovators in the past 25 years.

Confirmed Speakers

We are pleased to share the list of distinguished speakers below who will be presenting at FOCUS 2024.

Dr Warren Apel

MBBS BSc. MMed FRANZCO
Sunshine Coast University Hospital

Dr Gaurav Bhardwaj
BMed, PhD, FRANZCO

Westmead Hospital
Biography available here

Prof. Andrew Chang
MBBS (Hons), PhD FRANZCO, FRACS

Sydney Retina Clinic
Biography available here

A/Prof. Rosie Dawkins
MBBS BMedSc(Hons) MPH FRANZCO
Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital

Prof. Adrian Fung
BSc(Med), MBBS(Hons1), MMED (Ophthal. Sci.), MMED (Clin. Epi.) with merit, FRANZCO
Retina & Macula Specialists
Biography available here

Prof. I-Van Ho
MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRANZCO
Sydney Eye Hospital
Macquarie University

A/Prof. Wilson Heriot
MBBS, FRANZCO

Retinology Institute
Biography available here

A/Prof. Tony Kwan
MBChB, MD, FRCOphth, FRANZCO

Queensland Eye Institute

A/Prof. Lawrence Lee
MBBS, FRANZCO, FRACS

City Eye Centre
Biography available here

Dr Vicky Lu
MBBS, MPH, FRANZCO
Northern Sydney Cataract

Prof. Ian McAllister
MBBS, FRACS, FRANZCO, DM

Lions Eye Institute
Biography available here

Dr Mali Okada
MBBS, BMedSci, MMed

Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
Biography available here

Dr Vivek Pandya
BSc(Med) MBBS(Hons) MMed FRANZCO

Retina Associates Sydney
Biography available here

A/Prof. Abishek Sharma
MBBS, DPhil (Oxon), FRANZCO

Queensland Eye Institute
Biography available here

Prof. Matthew Simunovic
MB BChir PhD FRANZCO

Sydney Eye Hospital & University of Sydney

Dr David Sousa
MD, PhD, FRANZCO
Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
Biography available here

Dr Nathan Walker
BAppScOptom (Hons), MBBS (Hons), FRANZCO
Outlook Eye Specialists, Gold Coast
Biography available here

Dr Sarah Welch
MBChB, BMedSci, FRANZCO
Auckland Eye
Biography available here

Program Steering Committee

Prof. Andrew Chang AM
MBBS (Hons), PhD FRANZCO, FRACS
Sydney Eye Hospital

Prof. I-Van Ho
MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRANZCO
Sydney Eye Hospital
Macquarie University

Dr. Sarah Welch
MBChB, BMedSci, FRANZCO
Auckland Eye Hospital

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