Agenda

35th Annual Alamo City Ophthalmology Clinical Conference
Original Research, Ethics, Patient Safety Projects
***NOTE NEW LOCATION***
UT Health Science Center San Antonio, TX
Pestana Lecture Hall 3.104
(Near entrance to Briscoe Library)
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229
Saturday, April 11, 2015
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
7:00-7:50am
Registration
Continental Breakfast
7:50-8:00am
Welcome – Daniel A. Johnson MD
Professor and Chair
UTHSC, Department of Ophthalmology
Announcements – Kent L. Anderson MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Residency Program Director
UTHSC, Department of Ophthalmology
8:00am
SESSION I: REFRACTIVE
8:00-8:15am
Visual Outcomes Comparison of Two Femtosecond Laser Platforms for Laser
In situ Keratomileusis. T O’Dea, J Townley. SAMHS, Ophthalmology, San
Antonio, TX
8:15-8:30am
Higher Order Aberrations after Femtosecond LASIK Flap Creation. J Croskrey, M
Caldwell, J Townley, D Apsey, H Monroe. SAMHS, Ophthalmology, San Antonio,
TX
8:30-8:45am
Dose Uniformity of Topical Ophthalmic Corticosteroids Flourometholone
Acetate 0.1% and Loteprednol Etabonate Gel 0.5%. J Bennion, M Caldwell, J
Townley. SAMHS, Ophthalmology, San Antonio, TX
8:45-9:00am
Pentacam Corneal Densitometry to Evaluate Clinically Significant Postoperative
Changes after Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK). A Moses, K Bostwick, W
Steigleman, J Townley, M Caldwell. SAMHS, Ophthalmology, San Antonio, TX
9:00-10:00am
SPECIAL INVITED GUEST LECTURER
Colonel Thomas J. Tredici MD, USAFMC (Retired)
San Antonio, TX
Presentation: Management of Ophthalmic Casualties in Southeast Asia. Fifty
Years Later and Lessons Learned.
10:00-10:15am
BREAK/QUALITY IMPROVEMENT POSTERS (Q & A)
10:15am
SESSION II: RETINA 1
10:15-10:30am
Optical Coherence Tomography, Fundus Autoflourescence and Near Infrared
Characteristics of Choroidal Nevi. J Roe, D Baskin. SAMHS, Ophthalmology, San
Antonio, TX
10:30-10:45am
YAG-Laser Induced Release of Aspirin from Chitosan Nanoparticle. N Agange, R
Glickman. UTHSC, Ophthalmology, San Antonio, TX
10:45-11:45am
27TH ANNUAL BAJANDAS GUEST LECTURER
Robert F. Melendez MD, MBA
Eye Associates of New Mexico and
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque, NM
Presentation: New Frontiers in Medicine.
11:45-1:00pm
LUNCH
1:00pm
SESSION III: CORNEA
1:00-1:15pm
Matrix Metalloproteneinase-9(MMP-9) and Inflammatory Mediator Profile in
Tears of Patients with Acute, Severe Ocular Surface Disease. B Mittelstaedt, M
Madsen, G Bramblett, W Steigleman, H Wang, A Johnson. SAMHS,
Ophthalmology, San Antonio, TX
1:15-1:30pm
Corneal Endothelial Cell Loss after Transcleral Diode Cyclophotocoagulation.
C Cahill, K Nagi. UTHSC, Ophthalmology, San Antonio, TX
1:30pm
SESSION IV: RETINA 2
1:30-1:45pm
Measurement of Systemic Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Setting of Type
1 Retinopathy of Prematurity. A Comparison of Systemic VEGF Levels in Patients
Treated with Ranibiuzumab and Laser Photocoagulation in the Neonational
Intensive Care Unit. S Sumsion, A Harper, C Blanco, S Shah. UTHSC,
Ophthalmology, San Antonio, TX
1:45-2:00pm
Intraocular Pressure Profile Associated with Intravitreal Aflibercept Injections. O
Shif, K Nagi. UTHSC, Ophthalmology, San Antonio, TX
2:00-2:15pm
Time to Re-Treatment for Patients Undergoing Combination Intravitreal AntiVascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Dexamethasone Therapy for Macular
Edema in Retinal Vein Occlusion. L Tyler, M Singer. UTHSC, Ophthalmology, San
Antonio, TX
2:15-2:30pm
Surgical Outcomes after Tractional Retinal Detachment Repair in South Texas
Population. K Beck, C Epley, M Schmutz, S Jardeleza. UTHSC, Ophthalmology,
San Antonio, TX
2:30-2:45pm
BREAK/QUALITY IMPROVEMENT POSTERS (Q & A)
2:45pm
SESSION V: GLAUCOMA and CATARACT
2:45-3:00pm
Imaging Characteristics of a Baerveldt Glaucoma Implant. D Anderson, A Suhr.
SAMHS, Ophthalmology, San Antonio, TX
3:00-3:15pm
Effect of Intra-Articular Steroid Injections on Intraocular Pressure. D Nguyen, K
Nagi, L Stryker. UTHSC, Ophthalmology, San Antonio, TX
3:15-3:30pm
Perioperative Antibiotic Use among San Antonio Cataract Surgeons. M Schmutz,
K Nagi. UTHSC, Ophthalmology, San Antonio, TX
3:30-4:30pm
20th ANNUAL HOGAN-FERGUSON ETHICS GUEST LECTURER
Aaron M. Miller MD, MBA, FAAP
Houston Eye Associates and
Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Houston, TX
Presentation: Healthcare Communications and the Delinquent Patient: The
Ethical Challenges They Pose.
4:30-4:45pm
Quality Improvement – Question and Answer Session
4:45-5:00pm
ANNOUNCEMENT OF GORDON AWARDS