AAO 2019: Named Lectures
View the 2019 Named Lectures below. For past lectures, please refer to the Named Lectures Archives.
Sunday, Oct. 13
Opening Session & Annual Business Meeting
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Jackson Memorial Lecture
"Age-related Macular Degeneration: Nutrition, Genes and Deep Learning"
Emily Y. Chew, MD
SYM15 - How to Use the Latest Imaging and Diagnostic Technology in the Pediatric Patient
Cosponsored by the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS)
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Marshall M. Parks Lecture
"How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect the Future of ROP Care"
Michael F. Chiang, MD
SYM19 - Michael F. Marmor Lecture in Ophthalmology and the Arts
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
"Blind Organists and the King of Instruments"
Bruce Lamott, PhD
SYM65 - Arnall Patz Lecture
Cosponsored by the Macula Society
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
"Retinopathy of Prematurity: Effective and Safe Treatment"
Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD, FACS
SYM25 - Picture This: Imaging for the Anterior Segment Specialist
Cosponsored by the Cornea Society
2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Castroviejo Lecture
"Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Getting the Treatment Right"
John K. G. Dart, MD
SYM28 - Eyelid Malposition with Ocular Prosthesis in Place
Cosponsored by the American Society of Ocularists (ASO)
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Ruedemann Lecture
"An I for an Eye Removal: Innovations in Enucleation"
Jeremiah Tao, MD
SYM29 - Crosslinking for Corneal Ectasia: Real World Experience
Cosponsored by the Eye and Contact Lens Association (ECLA)
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Whitney G. Sampson Lecture
"Expanding CXL From Keratoconus to New Indications"
Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD
Monday, Oct. 14
SPO2 - Spotlight on Cataract: Complicated Phaco Cases - My Top 5 Pearls
8:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Charles D. Kelman Lecture
"Artificial Iris Implantation"
Kevin M. Miller, MD
SYM33 - Focus on Quality of Life in Glaucoma: Measuring and Optimizing Functional and Patient-Centered Outcomes
Cosponsored by Prevent Blindness
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Robert N. Shaffer Lecture
"The Future of Vision Restoration in Glaucoma"
Jeffrey L. Goldberg, MD, PhD
SYM38 - Current Management of Orbital Inflammatory Disease
Cosponsored by the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS)
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Wendell L. Hughes Lecture
"Ocular Melanoma: Marching Forward with Imaging, Nanoparticles, and Immunorevolution"
Carol L. Shields, MD
SYM42 - C. Stephen and Frances Foster Lecture on Uveitis and Immunology
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
"Ebola, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and the Eye: Patient and Public Health Implications
Steven Yeh, MD
SYM48 - Dr. Allan Jensen & Claire Jensen Lecture in Professionalism and Ethics
Cosponsored by the Ethics Committee
3:15 p.m - 4:15 p.m.
"Ethical Aspects of Global Ophthalmic Practice"
Anthony J. Aldave, MD
SYM49 - Innovations in Refractive Surgery
Cosponsored by the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Barraquer Lecture
"Vector Planning Method: Residual Astigmatism Minimised – LASIK Surprises Avoided"
Noel A. Alpins, MD, FACS
Tuesday, Oct. 15
SYM51 - Vascular Disease in Neuro-Ophthalmology
Cosponsored by the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS)
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
William F. Hoyt Lecture
"CAR-Unexplained Visual Loss"
John L. Keltner, MD
SYM54 - Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Endophthalmitis
Cosponsored by the Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group (OMIG)
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Jones/Smolin Lecture
Harry W Flynn Jr., MD
SYM55 - Ocular Toxicities Associated with Targeted Anti-Cancer Agents: A Brave New World for the Ophthalmologist
Cosponsored by the American Association of Ophthalmic Oncologists and Pathologists (AAOOP)
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Zimmerman Lecture
"Zimmerman Lecture: Wonder and Doubt—The Vasculogenic Mimicry Story"
Robert Folberg, MD