Symposium on Glaucoma
Saturday, April 25, 2026 • Boston Harbor Hotel
Harvard Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital
Boston Harbor Hotel Floorplan
Wharf Room & Foyer
Breaks
Foster’s Pavilion
Breaks
Symposium on Glaucoma 1st Biennial International
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
David S. Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH
Edith Ives Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Co-Director, Harvard Ophthalmology Glaucoma Center of Excellence
Albert and Diane Kaneb Chair in Ophthalmology, Mass Eye and Ear Director, Glaucoma Service, Mass Eye and Ear Medical Director for Clinical Research, Mass Eye and Ear
Gus Gazzard, MBBChir, MA, MD, FRCOphth Professor of Glaucoma Studies, University College London Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital Director of Surgery, Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Trust Chief Investigator, LiGHT Trial of Laser Treatment for Glaucoma
Hari Jayaram, MBBS, PhD
Honorary Associate Clinical Professor, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London Director, Glaucoma Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Trust Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Trust Chair, Research Management Committee, Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Trust
Michael M. Lin, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Associate Director of the Glaucoma Service, Mass Eye and Ear Ophthalmologist, Surgeon, and Assistant Scientist, Mass Eye and Ear
ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
TEXT-IN-ATTENDANCE: To record your attendance during the session, text 719917 to (844) 998-2674.*
In support of improving patient care, Boston Children’s Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Fees associated with AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ have been provided by the HMS Department of Ophthalmology. Fees associated with COPE credit hours have been provided by the HMS Department of Ophthalmology. For complete CME information, visit: www.eventleaf.com/e/HMBIGS26
OPHTHALMOLOGISTS: Physician Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.
OPTOMETRISTS: Optometric CE Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 COPE Credit Hours. Optometrists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The course number is 103328-GL and the activity number is 132443
*Physicians must have an active Children’s CME account in order to text in their attendance. If you have not yet created one, you may register here: https://dme.childrenshospital.org/account-registration. If you experience any technical issues on the day of the conference, please check in at the registration table and we be able to assist you.
Harvard Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital
Saturday,
April 25,
2026 - Boston Harbor Hotel
7:30 - 8:00 AM Registration & Breakfast - Wharf Room Foyer
8:00 - 8:10 AM Welcome & Opening Remarks - David S. Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH and Michael M. Lin, MD Conference Co-chairs, Harvard Ophthalmology
SESSION 1: Cornea / Surface
OSD/Preservatives/BAK Story: Keep My Surface Shiny and Smo - Miriam Kolko, MD, PhD
8:10 - 8:30 AM
8:30 - 8:50 AM
Professor and Chief Physician, Department of Ophthalmology; and Professor in Translational Eye Research, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen
How to Stop Glaucoma Doctors From Ruining Corneas - Sajjad Ahmad, MBBS
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London; and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust
SESSION 2: Cases From Hell
8:50 - 9:05 AM We Fixed the Cornea… Now What? - Chhavi Saini, MBBS, MPH
Ophthalmology Resident (PGY3), Harvard Medical School, Mass Eye and Ear
Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don’t! - Keith Barton, MD
9:05 - 9:20 AM
9:20 - 9:35 AM
Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Epidemiology and Genetics, University College Hospital; and Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust
Deflated! - Allison R. Soneru, MD
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; and Physician, Surgeon, and Member of the Glaucoma Service, Mass Eye and Ear
9:35 - 10:05 AM Break & Refreshments - Wharf Room Foyer
SESSION 3: Surgery
10:05 - 10:25 AM
10:25 - 10:45 AM
I’m Not a Cynic I’m a Skeptic: Skeptics Will Inherit the Earth - Gus Gazzard, MD, MBBChir, MA Professor of Glaucoma Studies, University College London; and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust
My Favorite Ways to Fail at MIGS Surgery - Michael M. Lin, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; and Physician, Surgeon, and Associate Director of the Glaucoma Service, Mass Eye and Ear
SESSION 4: The Debates I (Moderator: Inas F. Aboobakar, MD - Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School)
OCT-A Should Be Part of Routine Care (For) - Lucy Q. Shen, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; and Physician, Surgeon, and Director of the Glaucoma Fellowship Program, Mass Eye and Ear
10:45 - 11:10 AM
11:10 - 11:35 AM TOPIC 2
OCT-A Adds No Value (Against) - Joel S. Schuman, MD
Kenneth L. Roper, MD Endowed Chair and Professor of Ophthalmology, Thomas Jefferson University; and Co-Director of the Glaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital
VR Visual Fields Are Ready for Prime Time (For) - Yvonne Ou, MD
Professor in Residence; Dr. & Mrs. Stacy R. Mettier, Jr. Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology; and Vice Chair for Postgraduate Education, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco
VR Visual Fields Are Still Not There (Against) - Michael V. Boland, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; and Medical Director, Practice Innovation for Ophthalmology, and Member of the Glaucoma Service, Mass Eye and Ear
11:35 - 12:45 PM Lunch & Exhibits - The Atlantic Room
SESSION 5: 2026 Pei Fei Lee, MD Lecture in Ophthalmology
12:45 - 12:50 PM
12:50 - 1:35 PM
Introduction of Robert N. Weinreb, MD - David S. Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH
Edith Ives Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; and Albert and Diane Kaneb Chair and Director of the Glaucoma Service, Mass Eye and Ear
2026 Pei Fei Lee, MD Lecture in Ophthalmology
MIGS: From Innovation to Clinical Practice - Robert N. Weinreb, MD Chair and Distinguished Professor, Department of Ophthalmology; and Director of the Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego
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2026 PEI FEI LEE, MD LECTURE
Robert N. Weinreb, MD
Dr. Weinreb is the Chair and Distinguished Professor of the Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego as well as Director of the Shiley Eye Institute. He is also a Distinguished Professor in Bioengineering. Dr. Weinreb graduated from Harvard Medical School (MD) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering).
A clinician, a surgeon and scientist, Dr. Weinreb oversees the clinical activities and vision research at the Shiley Eye Institute and within the Department of Ophthalmology. Patients from throughout the world seek his diagnostic and surgical skill. His clinical and research interests are diverse and range from the front of the eye to the back of the eye. They include ocular imaging, neuroprotection of glaucoma, application of artificial intelligence to healthcare from the eye, and both glaucoma and cataract surgery.
Dr. Weinreb has served the most prestigious organizations in Ophthalmology as President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, President of the World Glaucoma Association, President of the American Glaucoma Society, President of the American Glaucoma Society Foundation, and President of the Pan American Glaucoma Society.
The recipient of numerous awards, Dr. Weinreb recently including the Laureate Award from the World Glaucoma Association, Bietti Medal of the International Council of Ophthalmology, Watson Medal of the University of Cambridge and the Innovators Award of the American Glaucoma Society. He was elected to The Ophthalmologist Hall of Fame and has been awarded honorary membership in several national societies, including the Societe Francaise D’Ophthalmologie.
Dr. Weinreb has delivered more than 180 named lectures and serves on several Editorial Boards, including the International Glaucoma Review (Chief Editor) and Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science.
Dr. Weinreb has trained more than 170 post-doctoral Fellows in Glaucoma, including 22 department Chairs and many others who hold distinguished positions in academia and industry in the United States and throughout the world.
In May 2025, Dr. Weinreb’s h factor was 156, the highest in world Glaucoma, and his research has ~100,000 citations. He also has been cited for several consecutive years by Expertscape as the #1 expert in world glaucoma for impact and quality of his contributions, and by The Ophthalmologist as #2 for influence in world ophthalmology on their prestigious Power List.
About The Lectureship
The Pei-Fei Lee, MD, Lecture in Ophthalmology honors the life and career of Pei-Fei Lee, MD, an internationally known glaucoma and cataract specialist who passed away in 2009 at the age of 83. His son, Paul Lee, MD, JD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Chair of Ophthalmology at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Institute, established this lectureship to pay tribute to his father, who was a devoted clinician, researcher, and educator.
In 1956, Dr. Pei-Fei Lee was a clinical glaucoma fellow at Mass Eye and Ear under the mentorship of Paul Chandler, MD, and Morton Grant, MD. Drs. Chandler and Grant were luminaries in the field, and their collective clinical and research work improved the field’s understanding of glaucoma and its clinical management. Dr. Lee not only conveyed the thinking of his mentors, but also embodied their principles and character. Throughout his five-decade career, Dr. Lee remained grateful for the training he received at Mass Eye and Ear, especially for his mentors’ teachings.
Among his numerous lifetime achievements, Dr. Lee helped pioneer the use of laser technologies in medicine and established the Glaucoma Service and the Experimental Ophthalmic Microsurgery Laboratory at Albany Medical Center. He also was a dedicated educator, who devoted his retirement to building educational bridges between the United States and China.
Harvard Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital
Saturday, April 25, 2026 (Continued)
SESSION 6: Artificial Intelligence
1:35 - 1:55 PM
1:55 - 2:15 PM
2:15 - 2:35 PM
The Machine Will See You Now! - Alessandro A. Jammal, MD, PhD Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; and Physician, Surgeon, and Member of the Glaucoma Service, Mass Eye and Ear
Buy One Get One Free - David S. Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH
Edith Ives Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; and Albert and Diane Kaneb Chair and Director of the Glaucoma Service, Mass Eye and Ear
Can AI Detect Glaucoma Better Than We Do? - Linda M. Zangwill, PhD
Professor in Residence, Ophthalmology; Richard K. Lansche M.D. and Tatiana A. Lansche Endowed Chair; and Director of Clinical Research, Hamilton Glaucoma Center, University of California San Diego
SESSION 7: The Debates II (Moderator: Inas F. Aboobakar, MD - Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School)
Phaco Rules - Steven L. Mansberger, MD, MPH
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2:35 - 3:00 PM
3:00 - 3:25 PM
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health Science University (OHSU); and Chenoweth Chair of Ophthalmology and Director of Glaucoma Services, Devers Eye Institute
Everyone Needs a Trab! - Teresa C. Chen, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; and Physician, Surgeon, and Member of the Glaucoma Service, Mass Eye and Ear
Everyone Has Glaucoma: Find Them and Treat Them ALL - Daniel L. Liebman, MD, MBA
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; and Physician, Surgeon, and Member of the Glaucoma Service, Mass Eye and Ear
Nobody Has Glaucoma, Stop Searching - Pradeep Y. Ramulu, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University; and Director of the Glaucoma Division, Wilmer Eye Institute
3:25 - 3:55 PM Break & Refreshments - Wharf Room Foyer
SESSION 8: New Ideas
These GENES Are Made For...ME - Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD
3:55 - 4:15 PM
4:15 - 4:35 PM
4:35 - 4:55 PM
Paul Austin Chandler Professor of Ophthalmology and Vice Chair, Clinical Research, Harvard Medical School; and Physician, Surgeon, and Associate Director of the Howe Laboratory, Mass Eye and Ear
Staying at Home: Patients and Glaucoma Docs - Hari Jayaram, MBBS, PhD
Honorary Associate Clinical Professor, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London; and Director of the Glaucoma Service and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Trust
It Ain’t All About the Pressure - Milica Margeta, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; and Physician, Surgeon, and Member of the Glaucoma Service, Mass Eye and Ear
4:55 - 5:00 PM Closing Remarks - Gus Gazzard, MBBChir, MA, MD, FRCOphth and Hari Jayaram, MBBS, PhD Conference Co-chairs, Moorfields Eye Hospital
5:00 - 6:00 PM Networking Reception - Foster’s Pavilion
TEXT-IN-ATTENDANCE: To record your attendance during the session, text 719917 to (844) 998-2674.*
*Physicians must have an active Children’s CME account in order to text in their attendance. If you have not yet created one, you may register here: https://dme.childrenshospital.org/account-registration. If you experience any technical issues on the day of the conference, please check in at the registration table and we be able to assist you.
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