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AAO 2019 Daily Newsletter
Reported over four days in San Francisco, AAO 2019 Daily allows ophthalmologists at the convention and at home to stay on top of news from the Academy’s Subspecialty Day and AAO 2019. (You can also read archived reports from previous Academy annual meetings.)
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The 15 Top Stories From Subspecialty Day and AAO 2019

OCT 17, 2019

Want the hottest news from AAO 2019? Here are the 15 most-viewed stories from AAO 2019 Daily.

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2019 Kelman Lecture: The Case for the Artificial Iris

OCT 14, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

When it comes to using the artificial iris, “patients will appreciate this more than anything else you do,” said Kevin M. Miller, MD, during the 15th annual Charles D. Kelman Lecture.

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What Are the Risk Factors for Myopia Progression?

OCT 14, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

Xueya Cai, PhD, harnessed the power of the Academy’s IRIS Registry to tackle this question.

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Vismodegib for Basal Cell Carcinoma

OCT 14, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

Alon Kahana, MD, PhD, shares details of the VISORB trial. (Includes a three-minute video interview.)

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Undiagnosed Glaucoma — A Pressing U.S. Problem

OCT 14, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

There are lessons to learn from overseas programs, said Joshua R. Ehrlich, MD.

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Cataract Spotlight: Surgical Pearls

OCT 14, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

Tips for white cataract, iris prolapse, and the rock-hard nucleus.

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2019 Orbital Gala

OCT 14, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

The Academy's Hollywood-themed Orbital Gala took place on Sunday night. Get a glimpse of the fun by watching this slideshow.

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Who Gets MIGS?

OCT 14, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

Where does MIGS fit into the glaucoma management spectrum? Mildred M.G. Olivier, MD, presented results from the American Glaucoma Society–IRIS Registry study.

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Top Ophthalmic Applications to Use in Your Practice Today

OCT 14, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

Lisa Nijm, MD, JD, explains why you’ll want to use her 14 favorite apps.

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Panelists Name 2019’s Best Original Papers

OCT 14, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

During AAO 2019’s Original Papers sessions, the expert panels moderating those presentations each named the paper that they rate most highly.

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New Findings in Retina: Ranibizumab Timing, OCT-A Reliability, EyeArt Clinical Trial

OCT 14, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

Two e-Posters and a Scientific Paper address some new findings in retina.

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OCT Features That Predict Long-Term Visual Outcomes in nAMD

OCT 14, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

Patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) face years of anti-VEGF injections, but their eventual outcomes are hard to predict. SriniVas R. Sadda, MD, listed some telltale optical coherence tomography (OCT) features that predict long-term visual outcom…

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AI Can Transform Medicine—But, First, Clinicians Have Homework to Do

OCT 13, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

AI has the power to transform medicine through early diagnosis and tailored treatments, but machine-learning algorithms are only as strong as the data used to train them, said Naama Hammel, MD.

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3-D Printing for Ophthalmic Surgery

OCT 13, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

For surgical applications, 3-D printing “is not the future, it’s the present,” said Andrea A. Tooley, MD, who described several current applications.

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Precision Subretinal Delivery for Gene Therapy

OCT 13, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

“Gene therapy is happening today, and cell therapy may soon follow,” began Allen C. Ho, MD. “We’ve been working on improving the consistency and the precision of delivering these therapies to target tissues.”

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Reduce Risk of GDD Tube Exposure—Prioritize Placement Over Material

OCT 13, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

Glaucoma drainage device (GDD) tube exposure is a potentially vision-threatening complication affecting 2.5% to 9.0% of cases. Victoria M. Addis, MD, explained several key choices that surgeons can make to help lower the risk of tube exposure.

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CXL in Patients With Keratoconus

OCT 13, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

Vishal Jhanji, MD, presented tips for maximizing the effects of crosslinking on corneal topography.

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Jackson Memorial Lecture Highlights AMD Research

OCT 13, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

Emily Y. Chew, MD, gave the Jackson Memorial Lecture on Sunday morning. She focused on three key areas of AMD research: nutrition, genetics, and artificial intelligence.

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Retinal Detachment in Children With Self-Injurious Behavior

OCT 12, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

Children with severe autism or developmental delays often display self-injurious behavior—face slapping, head banging, or vigorous eye rubbing. Such cases, require different pre-, intra- and postoperative considerations, said Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD.

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After MIGS, Which Meds?

OCT 12, 2019 in AAO 2019 Daily

“We have new MIGS and we have new meds—so why can’t we put them together?” This was the question that Alex A. Huang, MD, PhD, used to open his talk at Saturday’s Glaucoma Subspecialty Day.

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