| 6:45 a.m. |
Registration |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Introduction by Moderators |
| 7:35 a.m. |
2016 Harry Hirsch Leiter Award Recipient:
Kimberly Brothers, PhD
Insight Into the Corneal Wound Healing Response: Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis of Corneal Epithelial Cells Challenged by Bacteria
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| 7:43 a.m. |
1. Clinico-Microbiological Profile of microbial keratitis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected patients
Bhupesh Bagga, MD |
| 7:51 a.m. |
2. Seasonal Trends in Adenovirus Conjunctivitis: A 30-Year Study
Jennifer Lee, MD |
| 7:59 a.m. |
3. Antiviral Activity of Methylene Blue against Corneal Cell Infection by Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis Viruses
Marilyn Langford, PhD |
| 8:07 a.m. |
4. Successful Treatment of Herpes Simplex Keratitis with Oral Valganciclovir in Patients Unresponsive to Conventional Antiviral Therapy
N. Dilruba Koseoglu, MD |
| 8:15 a.m. |
5. Evaluation of Inflammatory Vascular Responses to Regressing Cytomegalovirus Retinitis by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography
Nitish Mehta, MD |
| 8:23 a.m. |
6. Herpes Simplex Keratouveitis In Patients Treated with Intravitreal Injections of Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
Prachi Dua, MD |
| 8:31 a.m. |
7. In Vivo Confocal Microscopy of Human Corneal Nerves in Patients Receiving Intravitreal Anti-VEGF
Raquel Goldhardt, MD |
| 8:39 a.m. |
8. Bacterial Isolates Induce Autophagy in a Human Ocular Surface Cell Line
Kimberly Brothers, PhD |
| 8:47 a.m. |
9. Oculoglandular Tularemia: Case Report with Microbiologic Correlation and Safety Implications
Kenneth J. Taubenslag, MD |
| 8:55 a.m. |
10. Increasing frequency of sheen isolates among Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis isolates
Robert M.Q. Shanks, PhD |
| 9:03 a.m. |
11. Diphtheroids as a corneal pathogen in chronic ocular surface disease
Grace Shih, MD |
| 9:11 a.m. |
12. A step forward in the diagnosis of infectious endophthalmitis: Comparison of next generation sequencing results in culture negative and culture positive vitreous samples
Savitri Sharma, MD |
| 9:19 a.m. |
13. Intravitreal Monotherapy with Triamcinolone-Moxifloxacin is Less Effective Than Triamcinolone-Moxifloxacin-Vancomycin for Preventing Endophthalmitis in a Rabbit Model
Regis P. Kowalski, MS,[M]ASCP |
| 9:27 a.m. |
14. In Vitro Evaluation of a Hypochlorous Acid Hygiene Solution on Established Biofilms
Eric G Romanowski, MS |
| 9:35 a.m |
15. Efficacy of Topical 0.01% Hypochlorous Acid in Reducing Bacterial Flora on Lid Margins Compared to Topical 5% Povidone-Iodine
Luiz Gonzalez, MD, MPH |
| 9:43 a.m. |
BREAK |
| 9:55 a.m. |
"New Innovations for the Eye" |
| 10:00 a.m. |
16. Associations between clinical outcomes and molecular diagnoses of post-surgical endophthalmitis
Cecelia Lee, MD, MS |
| 10:08 a.m. |
17. 3 Month Continuous Release Of Therapeutic Levels Of Latanaprost From Episcleral Collagen Wafers In The Rabbit
Richard Eiferman, MD |
| 10:16 a.m. |
18. Effect of NanoViricide Anti-viral Agents in Mouse Model of Acute Retinal Necrosis
Vivien Boniuk, MD |
| 10:24 a.m. |
19. Prevention of biofilm on contact lens cases using polymeric material coating
Prashant Garg, MD |
| 10:32 a.m. |
20. Treatment Of Corneal Ulcers With A Novel Far-UV Sterilraytm Wavelength (222nm) Lamp
John Michaelos, MD |
| 10:40 a.m. |
21. Scopulariopsis brevicaulis fungal keratitis
Norberto Mancera, MD |
| 10:48 a.m. |
22. Candida dubliniensis: A Novel Cause of Fungal Keratitis
Tyler D. Oostra, MD |
| 10:56 a.m. |
23. Therapeutic Penetrating Keratoplasty Button Cultures in the Mycotic Ulcer Treatment Trial II
Yijie (Brittany) Lin, MD |
| 11:04 a.m. |
24. Phenotypic diversity and speciation of Fusarium isolates from the Mycotic Ulcer Treatment Trial (MUTT)
Michael Zegans, MD |
| 11:12 a.m. |
25. Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Are Recent Infections More Severe?
Mehdi Roozbahani, MD |
| 11:20 a.m. |
26. Prevalence of Acanthamoeba Giant Viruses Among Patients with Microbial Keratitis
Ibrahim Sayed-Ahmed, MD |
| 11:28 a.m. |
27. Treatment Of Acanthamoeba With A Novel Far-Uv Sterilraytm Wavelength (222nm) Lamp
J. James Rowsey, MD |
| 11:36 a.m. |
BREAK |
| 11:50 a.m. |
Thygeson Lecture: Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: A Meibocyte
Centric Hypothesis
James V. Jester, PhD
Jack H. Skirball Endowed Research Chair
University of California |
| 12:35 p.m. |
Closing Comments and Awards |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Business Luncheon -- St. Ann Room |
