Rhode Island Hospital CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

Division of Ophthalmology presents

The 11th Annual Resident Research Forum

Friday, June 13, 2008

Rhode Island Country Club 150 Nayatt Road

Barrington, RI 02806

DIVISION OF OPHTHALMOLOGY William G. Tsiaras, MD

Chairman

Kent L. Anderson, MD, PhD Residency Prog ram Director

Paul B. Greenberg, MD Co-Residency Prog ram Director

Service Chiefs

Elliot M. Perlman, MD Cornea and Ex ternal Disease

Joseph F. Ducharme, MD Glaucoma Marjorie A. Murphy, MD Neuro-Ophthalmology King W. To, MD Ophthalmic Pathology Michael E. Migliori, MD Oculoplastic Surgery D. Robbins Tien, MD Pediatr ic Ophthalmology Lory C. Snady-McCoy, MD Retina and Vi treous Paul B. Greenberg, MD VA Medical Center

Program Coordinators Kent L. Anderson, MD, PhD

Paul B. Greenberg, MD

Invited Moderators Richard G. Bryan, MD, PhD, Retina Service, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown

University Giulio G. Diamante, MD, Ophthalmology Service, Warren Alpert Medical School of

Brown University Gregory T. Hofeldt, MD, Oculoplastics Service, Warren Alpert Medical School of

Brown University R. Jeffrey Hofmann, MD, Oculoplastics Service, Warren Alpert Medical School of

Brown University Roberto Pineda II, MD, Cornea & Refractive Service, Massachusetts Eye & Ear

Infirmary Adam H. Rogers, MD, Retina Service, Tufts University School of Medicine Susannah G. Rowe, MD, Ophthalmology Service, Boston University School of Medicine

Key Note Address

Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., MD, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia

11th Annual Resident Research Forum

The 11th Annual Residents ’ Research Forum 200-205 Kent L. Anderson, MD, PhD & Paul B. Greenberg, MD: Opening Remarks 205-210 William G. Tsiaras, MD: Chairman’s Remarks

Medical Student Presentations

210-218 Elizabeth S. Niemiec: Compliance with a Preferred Practice Pattern for Cataract Surgery Patients in a Resident Clinic

218-220 Susannah G. Rowe, MD: Discussion

220-228 Victoria L. Tseng: Effects of Antimicrobial Resistance on Bacterial Keratitis Management

228-230 Roberto Pineda II, MD: Discussion

230-238 Natalie C. Cheung: Community Vision Screenings: Follow-up to Hospital Eye Clinic

238-240 Giulio G. Diamante, MD: Discussion

240-248 Dina Y. Gewaily: Intravitreal Steroids versus Observation for Macular Edema Secondary to Central Retinal Vein Occlusion

248-250 Adam H. Rogers, MD: Discussion

250-300 Break

F i r st and Second Year Resident Presentations

300-310 Vijay Khetpal, MD: Intravitreal Ranibizumab Therapy for Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment Associated with Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration

310-315 Richard G. Bryan, MD, PhD: Discussion

315-325 Ross B.L. MacIntyre, MD: Metastatic Cancer Heralded by Ophthalmologic Findings

325-330 R. Jeffrey Hofmann, MD: Discussion

330-3:40 Nicholas J. Butler, MD: Current Practice Patterns of Anticoagulation Management among Cataract Surgeons in New England

340-345 Discussion: Roberto Pineda II, MD: Discussion

345-355 Mark H. Heimmel, MD: An Alternative Draping Technique in Oculoplastic Surgery Using Aluminum Foil

355-400 Gregory T. Hofeldt, MD: Discussion

400-455 High Tea Break

Third Year Resident Presentations

455-505 Nickolas P. Katsoulakis, MD: IOLMaster in a Population of US Veterans with Visually Significant Cataract

505-510 Susannah G. Rowe, MD: Discussion

510-520 Sunil K. Rao, MD: Risk Factors for Poor Visual Outcomes in Patients with Uveitis 520-525 Adam H. Rogers, MD: Discussion 525-530 William G. Tsiaras, MD: Introduction of Dr. Eagle 530-630 Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., M.D., the Noel T. & Sara L. Simmonds Professor of Ophthalmic

Pathology

“Ir i s Pigmentation and Pigmented Lesions”

630 -715 Cocktai l s

715-915 Dinner

915 -930 Awards & Introduction of Graduates

Biography of Keynote Speaker:

Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., M.D. was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 14, 1944 and received his M.D from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1970. He trained in ophthalmology with Dr. Harold Scheie at the University of Pennsylvania after an initial ophthalmic pathology fellowship with Dr. Myron Yanoff at Penn. Following his residency he spent two years at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington, DC. with Drs. Lorenz Zimmerman and Ramon L. Font. He became Director of Pathology at the Wills Eye Hospital and Professor of Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia in 1986 and was appointed the Noel T. and Sara L. Simmonds Professor of Ophthalmic Pathology at the Wills Eye Hospital in 1999. He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Ophthalmological Society. He is a member of the Verhoeff-Zimmerman and Eastern Ophthalmic Pathology Societies, is Past-President of the American Association of Ophthalmic Pathologists and serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the American Registry of Pathology. A dedicated educator, he coordinates the Ophthalmic Pathology Section of the Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology and has served as a faculty member of AFIP’s course “Ophthalmic Pathology for Ophthalmologists” for 30 years. He received Golden Apple Awards for excellence in resident education from both Penn’s Scheie Eye Institute and the Wills Eye Hospital and the Dean’s Citation for Excellence in Medical Education from Thomas Jefferson University. He has written a textbook on Eye Pathology, 29 chapters and more than 330 scientific papers. He has given more than 400 presentations and lectures and has been a visiting professor at eye hospitals and ophthalmology departments on five continents. His hobbies include fossil collecting and photography.

CONTACT

Division of Ophthalmology Rhode Island Hospital

The Warren Alpert medical School of Brown University 593 Eddy Street , APC 712

Providence , RI 02903 Phone: (401) 444-4669: Fax: (401) 444-6187

http://bms.brown.edu/surgery/divisions/ophthalmology

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