AND EAR
Vitrectomy Course



FOR FIRST-YEAR RETINA FELLOWS

July 14-15, 2023
Course Directors: John B. Miller, MD • Nimesh A. Patel, MD • Elizabeth J. Rossin, MD, PhD

Founding Directors: Dean Eliott, MD (Honorary) • John Loewenstein, MD • Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD
Honorary Chair: Ivana K. Kim, MD • Coordinators: Christina G. Stetson, MBA and Danielle M. Smith, MBA

Friday, July 14 - The Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles Street, Boston, MA


PANEL 1: RD Repair - PPV, SB/PVV, PR, or Always PPV? - Donald D’Amico (Moderator) Philip Ferrone, Steve Houston, Elizabeth Rossin, and Dimitra Skondra


Saturday, July 15 - Mass Eye and Ear, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA
7:15 AM Breakfast
7:50 AM PANEL 2: VR Secondary IOLs - John Kitchens (Moderator)
Royce Chen, Mohammad Dahrouj, Luis Haddock, Katherine Talcott, and Andre Witkin
8:25 AM Surgical Lab Overview Elizabeth Rossin
8:30 AM Transition to Individual Assignments (See next page or your badge for specific locations and times)
8:45 AM AM Wet Labs, Dry Labs, and Small Groups
11:45 AM Break
12:00 PM PANEL 3: PVR - Yannek Leiderman (Moderator)
Maria Berrocal, Cassie Ludwig, Safa Rahmani, Sunil Srivastava, and Leila Vajzovic
12:30 PM PANEL 4: Macular Hole, ERMs, Stains, and Instruments - Rishi Singh (Moderator)
Sandra Montezuma, Patrick Oellers, Archana Seethala, Cynthia Qian, and Christina Weng
PM Group Photo & Lunch
2:00 PM Transition to Individual Assignments (See next page or your badge for specific locations and times)
2:10 PM PM Wet Labs, Dry Labs, and Small Groups
5:00 PM Final Survey - Group A (3rd Floor Meltzer) and Group B (6th Floor Lobby)
Saturday Evening - Bistro Du Midi, 272 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 6:00 PM
7:15 PM Top 10 Things to Keep Your Attending AND YOU Happy
9:00 PM Adjourn
Thank you to our amazing faculty:
Maria Berrocal, MD - Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Jonathan Chang, MD - University of Wisconsin
Stanley Chang, MD - Columbia University Medical Center
Steve Charles, MD - Charles Retina Associates
Royce W.S. Chen, MD - Columbia University Medical Center
Xi Chen, MD, PhD - Duke University School of Medicine
Netan Choudhry, MD - VRM Specialists of Toronto
Donald D’Amico, MD - Weill Cornell Medical College
Mohammad Dahrouj, MD, PhD - Mass Eye and Ear (Harvard)
Dean Eliott, MD - Mass Eye and Ear (Harvard)
Phillip Ferrone, MD - Vitreoretinal Consultants of New York
Harry Flynn Jr., MD - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Ronald Gentile, MD - New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Dan Gong, MD - Mass Eye and Ear (Harvard)
Luis Haddock, MD - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
S.K. Steve Houston III, MD - Florida Retina Institute
Deeba Husain, MD - Mass Eye and Ear (Harvard)
Raymond Iezzi Jr., MD, MS - Mayo Clinic
Ivana Kim, MD - Mass Eye and Ear (Harvard)
Leo Kim, MD, PhD - Mass Eye and Ear (Harvard)
John Kitchens, MD - Retina Associates of Kentucky
Yannek Leiderman, MD, PhD - University of Illinois
Cassie Ludwig, MD, MS - Stanford University
John Miller, MD - Mass Eye and Ear (Harvard)
Sandra Montezuma, MD - University of Minnesota
Patrick Oellers, MD - Retina-Vitreous Surgeons of CNY
Thanos Papakostas, MD - The Retina Institute
Nimesh Patel, MD - Mass Eye and Ear (Harvard)
Cynthia Qian, MD - University of Montreal
Safa Rahmani, MD, MS - Northwestern University
Carl Regillo, MD - Wills Eye Hospital
Flavio Rezende, MD, PhD - University of Montreal
Miin Roh, MD, PhD - Joslin Diabetes Center (Harvard)
Elizabeth Rossin, MD, PhD - Mass Eye and Ear (Harvard)
Archana Seethala, MD - Atrius Health (Harvard)
Rishi Singh, MD - Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Dimitra Skondra, MD, PhD - Northwestern University
Sunil Srivastava, MD - Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Katherine Talcott, MD - Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Lejla Vajzovic, MD - Duke University School of Medicine
Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD - Mass Eye and Ear (Harvard)
Christina Weng, MD - Baylor College of Medicine
Andre Witkin, MD - Tufts University School of Medicine
Lucy Young, MD, PhD - Mass Eye and Ear (Harvard)
David Zacks, MD, PhD - University of Michigan
Saturday Fellow Rotations - AM Session

13th Annual Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Vitrectomy Course
6th Floor Map
Wetlabs
OR Strorage - Scleral Buckle
OR 61 - Basic Vitrectomy
OR 62 - Advanced Vitrectomy
OR 63 - Basic Vitrectomy
OR 64 - Advanced Vitrectomy
OR 65 - Advanced Vitrectomy
Bay 6 - Scleral Buckle
Bay 8 - Scleral Buckle
Bay 11 - Basic Vitrectomy
3rd Floor Map
Drylabs & Small Groups
Meltzer Auditorium
Mentoring
Sloane Teaching Room
Surgical Cases
Trainee Lounge
Simulators
Altschuler Training Lab Simulators
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Special thanks to these firms for providing commercial support:
Alcon Laboratories
Dutch Ophthalmic USA OCULUS Surgical, Inc.


Bausch + Lomb
Alimera Sciences
Genentech
VA Boston Healthcare System
Leica Mira, Inc.
Online Program: For the complete program with slides, visit https://rb.gy/a6a84 or scan the following QR code.
Course Survey: To complete the course survey, visit https://rb.gy/kdpxo or scan the following QR code.


