Meeting Archives

Review the Meeting Program (PDF 12MB), a condensed program for AAO 2019, Subspecialty Day, the ASORN Nursing Program and the AAOE Practice Management Program.

Content includes:

• Scientific program listing,
• ASORN program listing,
• AAOE program listing,
• Subspecialty Day schedules,
• Exhibitor list.

The Academy does not mail out programs from past meetings.

The Annual Meeting Program Committee is responsible for the scientific program including instruction courses, symposia and the Spotlight on Cataracts session. 

View a full listing of presenter financial disclosures for AAO 2019 in the Mobile Meeting Guide. 

Awards presented at AAO 2019:

Guests of Honor

Mark S. Blumenkranz, MD
Kirk H. Packo, MD
Michael T. Trese, MD

Distinguished Service Award

Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology
Ningli Wang, MD will be accepting.

Special Recognition Award

William L. Rich III, MD

Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award

David F. Chang, MD
Graham E. Quinn, MD

Outstanding Advocate Award

Ralph C. Lanciano, Jr., DO

International Blindness Prevention Award

Richard L. Abbott, MD

Straatsma Award for Excellence in Resident Education

Susan Culican, MD, PhD

Visionary Society Award

Stanley M. Truhlsen, MD
Michael F. Marmor, MD
Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc.

Find information about the awards program.

Online versions of the syllabi from all seven 2019 Subspecialty Day meetings are available to view and download:

• Cornea Subspecialty Day 2019: Keeping Disease at Bay (PDF 2MB)
• Glaucoma Subspecialty Day 2019: Crossing the Golden Gate to Exceptional Glaucoma Care (PDF 1.2MB)
• Neuro-Ophthalmology Subspecialty Day 2019: Diagnostic Errors and Challenges—Avoid the Traps! (PDF 2MB)
• Oculofacial Plastic Surgery Subspecialty Day 2019: A Decade to Remember 2010–2019 (PDF 909KB)
• Pediatric Ophthalmology Subspecialty Day 2019: San Francisco Sound Meets Science (PDF 1MB)
• Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day 2019: As Far as the Eye Can See (PDF 3.5MB)
• Retina Subspecialty Day 2019: I² - Inspire Innovation (PDF 8MB)

The Academy does not mail out syllabi from past Subspecialty Day meetings.

Find information about past Named Lectures, including lecturers and lecture titles, that take place during the Academy's annual meeting and Subspecialty Day.

During AAO 2019 Original Paper Sessions, authors present their paper followed by a panel discussion. The panel then selects the best paper from the session.

Following is a list of the most highly rated papers from AAO 2019:

Cataract

PA028 An AI-Based Approach to Predicting IOL Power
Presenting Author: Shawn Lin, MD, MBA

PA086 A Comparative Analysis of 12 IOL Power Formulas
Presenting Author: Austin Michael Pereira

Cornea, External Disease

PA044 Rose Bengal Photodynamic Antimicrobial Therapy for Patients with Progressive Infectious Keratitis
Presenting Author: Andrea Naranjo

PA050 Increased Corneal Endothelial Cell Migration in Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy in a DSO Model
Presenting Author: Stephan Ong Tone, MD

Glaucoma

PA058 Hemoglobin Video Imaging Provides Novel In Vivo High-Resolution Imaging and Quantification of Human Aqueous Outflow in Patients
Presenting Author: Tasneem Khatib, MBBCH

PA063 Developing Personalized Forecasts of HTG and NTG Progression at Different Target IOPs Using Machine Learning Methods
Presenting Author: Luke Deroos, MS

Neuro-Ophthalmology

PA021 Efficacy of rAAV2/2-ND4 Gene Therapy for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: 48-Week Data from the Phase 3 RESCUE Trial
Presenting Author: Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, FRCOphth, MBBS, PhD

Oculoplastics, Orbit and Ocular Pathology

PA010 Ocular Surface and Cutaneous Invasive SCCs and Precursor Lesions on UV-Exposed Sites Demonstrate a Concordant Level of Genomic Complexity in Known Recurrently Altered Genes
Presenting Author: Rajesh C. Rao, MD

PA013 Pretarsal vs. Preseptal OnabotulinumtoxinA for Patients with Eyelid Spasm: A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Clinical Trial
Presenting Author: Marcus M. Marcet, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus

PA076 Outcomes of Modified PRP for Aggressive Posterior ROP After Intravitreal Bevacizumab
Presenting Author: Danny Mammo, MD

Refractive Surgery

PA001 Novel Method of Evaluating Post-CXL Outcomes Using Virtual Bowman Topography
Presenting Author: Gairik Kundu, MBBS, MS

Retina, Vitreous

PA040 Early Evidence of Safety and Efficacy of AAV8-RPGR Gene Therapy for X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa
Presenting Author: Paulo E. Stanga, MD

PA070 Month 24 Results from the Scotopic Microperimetric Assessment of Rod Function in Stargardt Disease (SMART) Study
Presenting Author: Etienne Schonbach, MD

Uveitis, Intraocular Inflammation

PA035 One-Year Outcomes of Uveitic Macular Edema in the First-Line Antimetabolites as Steroid-Sparing Treatment (FAST) Uveitis Trial
Presenting Author: Edmund Tsui, MD

The AAO 2019 Exhibition took place Saturday, Oct. 12 to Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 in Moscone Center, San Francisco.

Use ShowMap to view each exhibit hall and find exhibitor contact information.

You can also review a list of exhibitors:

• Sorted by Company Name (PDF 1.8MB)
• Sorted by Booth Number (PDF 1.8MB)