23 November 23-26, 2011 Starting at 08:00am
San Francisco Moscone Center, 603 Red River St
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Poster presentations

Poster presentation guidelines, including set-up and tear-down details are available here.

Saturday, June 18

Sunday, June 19

Monday, June 20

Other

Saturday June 18

Glaucoma

  1. Association between ocular dominance and vertical cup-to-disc ratio in adult patients diagnosed with glaucoma · Sharnjit Bains, Nadia Hua, Enitan Sogbesan
  2. Prospective Study Comparing Frequency of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Open-Angle Glaucoma versus Controls · Ana Maria Benavides-Vargas, Mariana Cabrera, Numan Hallaji, Colin Shapiro, Naheed K. Hossain, Graham E. Trope, Yvonne M. Buys
  3. Clinical Results with the Trabectome: A Retrospective Case Series · Dominique Bourret Massicotte, Caroline Lajoie, Beatrice DesMarchais
  4. New Settings for Transcleral Cyclophotocoagulation of the Ciliary Body in Glaucoma · Mathieu Carrière, Andrew Toren
  5. Improvement of the Visual Field Index in clinical glaucoma care · Shawn L. Cohen, Aaron Rosen, Xianming Tan, Frederick A. Kingdom
  6. 2nd Prize, COS Award for Excellence in Ophthalmic Research (Poster)
    Outcomes of Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Mechanism Removal · Stephanie L. Cote, Paul Mackenzie, Andrew Crichton
  7. Quantifying the worldwide economic productivity decline associated with primary open-angle glaucoma · Harry Dang
  8. Outcomes of surgical iridectomy in uveitic glaucoma · Harry Dang, Rajen Tailor, Francisco Otárola, Keith Barton
  9. Subconjunctival anesthesia for cyclophotocoagulation · Malcolm Gooi, Patrick Gooi
  10. Novel cadeveric angle surgery training module · Malcolm Gooi, Matthew B. Schlenker, Iqbal Ike Ahmed, Patrick Gooi
  11. MIGS in $40 / barrel oil: the Western Canadian GATT experience · Patrick Gooi, Stephanie L. Cote, Bryce Ford
  12. Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty versus Medical Therapy Treatment in Patients with Glaucoma · Muna Hassan
  13. Primary selective laser trabeculoplasty versus medication for open angle glaucoma: a long-term retrospective comparison · Lisa Heckler, Marianne Edwards, Karim F. Damji, Michael Dorey, Chris Rudnisky
  14. A Chromatic Pupillometry Protocol to Assess Melanopsin-containing Retinal Ganglion Cells in Visually Normal Subjects and Glaucoma Patients · Shaobo Lei, Herbert Goltz, Agnes Wong, Manokaraananthan Chandrakumar
  15. Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Aqueous Misdirection in Pseudophakic Eyes after Cataract Surgery · Prima Moinul, Micah Luong, Jamie Bhamra, Amin Kherani, Andrew Crichton
  16. Hot topic Correlation in Severity Between Glaucoma and Erectile Dysfunction · Nawaaz A. Nathoo, Feoff Law, Ethan Reiner, Jonathan Berkowitz, Simon Warner, Frederick Mikelberg
  17. Visco-assisted CyPass micro-stent: a case series · Dominik W. Podbielski, Yufeng N. Chen, Monika Baltaziak, Iqbal Ike Ahmed
  18. InnFocus Microshunt: a case series · Dominik W. Podbielski, Amrit S. Rai, Monika Baltaziak, Iqbal Ike Ahmed
  19. Disinfection of the Goldmann Applanation Tonometer: A Systematic Review and National Benchmarking Study · Alex Ragan
  20. Management of Glaucoma with Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stents in a Patient with Necrotizing Scleritis · Simrenjeet Sandhu, Lisa Heckler, Michael Dorey
  21. Ocular rigidity: A novel non-invasive clinical method · Diane N. Sayah, Javier Mazzaferri, Luke Beaton, Félix Lalonde, Maribel Hidalgo, Denise Descovich, Santiago Costantino, Mark R. Lesk
  22. Clinical Guidelines for Open and Closed Angle Glaucoma Care Worldwide: New Insights · Roland Wong, Kyle Saikaley, Neeru Gupta

Vision Rehabilitation

  1. Assessing the iPad as a tool for low vision rehabilitation · Zale D. Mednick, Atul Jaidka, Robert Nesdole, Mark Bona
  2. 3rd Prize, COS Award for Excellence in Ophthalmic Research (Poster)
    Clinical effectiveness of currently available low-vision devices in glaucoma patients with moderate to severe vision loss · Yogesh Patodia, Elizabeth Golesic, Alex Mao, Cindy Hutnik

Sunday June 19

International and public health ophthalmology

  1. Assessment of an educational intervention to improve knowledge and clinical skills in ophthalmology of second-year medical students · Sharnjit Bains, Nadia Hua, Lei Di Zhao, Enitan A. Sogbesan
  2. Work related musculoskeletal pain among ophthalmologists: a systematic review of the literature and the development of an online educational module · Ashley Brissette, Timothy Ratzlaff, Mark Bona, Kashif Baig, Les MacKenzie
  3. Portfolio-based Assessment of CanMEDS Roles to Objectively Evaluate Resident Training · Varun Chaudhary, Prima Moinul, Harneel Kaur, Joshua Barbosa, Anne Beattie, Dalia Eino, Mark Fava, Manreet Alangh, Lei Di Zhao, Laura Donaldson, Brian J. Chen
  4. Female Ophthalmologists Bridging the Gap – Analysis of OHIP Billings from 1992-2014 · Rana Greene, Yaping Jin, Ying Qi, Yvonne M. Buys
  5. Influence of Age on Ontario Ophthalmologists’ Billings from 1992-2014 · Rana Greene, Yaping Jin, Ying Qi, Yvonne M. Buys
  6. Eye health care delivery on Prince Edward Island: Can public funding policy alter unequal diagnosis by geographic residence? · Yaping Jin, Richard Wedge, Anam Khan, Yvonne M. Buys, Sherif El-Defrawy, Qi-Sheng Chen, Graham E. Trope
  7. The age related macular degeneration (AMD) registry of Canada · Nilesh Persad, Michael Brent

Neuro-ophthalmology

  1. Corticosteroid-refractory giant cell arteritis: a case with tocilizumab treatment · Irfan N. Kherani, Raheem Kherani, Femida Kherani
  2. Delayed Contralateral Presentation of a Carotid Cavernous Fistula Following Trauma · Raymond Ko, Sharon Husak, Michael Kelly
  3. An unusual presentation of temporal arteritis · Michael Ross, Rosanne Superstein, Mark Gans

Oculoplastic & reconstructive surgery

  1. Utilizing Image-guided endoscopic sinus surgery as an alternative to anterior orbitotomy: Overview & Case Report · Rami Abo-Shasha, Camilla Stepniak, David Yeh, Brian Rotenberg
  2. Hyaluronic acid gel position following two techniques of upper eyelid hollow modification: histological findings in cadavers · Michel J. Belliveau, David Horwath, James H. Oestreicher
  3. Conjunctival Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma at the University of Montreal Hospital Center · Salima Hassanaly, Hillel Zukor, Guy S. Allaire, Michele Mabon, Sonia Callejo, Tuan Quynh Tram Nguyen
  4. Bilateral endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma: Clinicopathological case report of an unusual malignant neoplasm · Kay Lam, Ahsen Hussain, Michael Sidiropoulos, Navdeep Nijhawan
  5. Pott’s Puffy Tumour presenting as a necrotic eyelid lesion: case report of an unusual clinical presentation · Stephanie Low, Ahsen Hussain, Harmeet Gill, Eric Monteiro, Eugene Liu

Uveitis

  1. Cost-effective comparison of antiviral treatment of active herpetic eye disease in immunocompetent adults, induced by herpes simplex-1/2 or varicella zoster virus in Ontario, Canada · Stacy Fan, Monali Malvankar, Brianna Howell-Spooner, Cindy Hutnik
  2. The use of methotrexate in the treatment of non-infectious scleritis · David Sands, Stephanie Chan, Chloe Gottlieb

Monday June 20

Cataract Surgery

  1. Canadian National Survey for Cataract Surgery Teaching · Nina Ahuja, Manreet Alangh
  2. Trabecular Meshwork Distortion in Pseudophakic Eyes · Sultan Aldrees, Pablo Zoroquiain, Christina Mastromonaco, Nabil Saheb, Miguel N. Burnier
  3. Evaluation of slit-lamp biomicroscope level in a large academic community practice and comparison of a professional level and the iPhone: Implications for axis marking for patients receiving toric IOLs · Mark Bamberger, Devesh Varma, Joshua Teichman
  4. Post-LASIK intraocular lens power calculation: evaluation of current online methods · Xavier Campos-Möller, Jason Kwok, Iqbal Ike Ahmed
  5. Polyfocal bioanalogic IOL in standard cataract surgery · Dalibor Cholevík
  6. Risk of cataract clear corneal incision leakage with increased intraocular pressure · Julie Lapointe, Remy Simoneau, Anne Faucher
  7. Development and Validation of the Iris Glare, Appearance and Photophobia (Iris GAP) Questionnaire for patients with iris defects · Amrit Rai, Dominik Podbielski, Iqbal Ike Ahmed

Cornea, external disease & refractive surgery

  1. Corneal melt after Boston keratoprosthesis: clinical presentation, management, outcomes and risk factor analysis · Soumiya Bouhout, Marie-Claude Robert, Sousans Deli, Mona Harissi-Dagher
  2. Bacillus cereus exogenous endophthalmitis: an atypical presentation and review of the literature · Miso Gostimir, Rahul Sharma, Manpartap Bal, Thomas Lee, Michael O’Connor
  3. Comparison of Three Different Aberrometers for Measurement of Optical Aberrations · Antoine M. Goulet, Yelin Yang, Esteban Santiago, Nima Noordeh, Setareh Ziai, Kashif Baig
  4. Early Result of Trans-Epithelial Photo-refractive keratectomy (PRK) with Schwind Amaris (SA) 1050 High Speed Refractive Laser for Myopia · Simon P. Holland, David T.C. Lin, Umi Noh
  5. The first year of centralized corneal graft surgery at Kensington Eye Institute, University of Toronto · Ryan Le, Narain Yucel, Shireen Khattak, Yeni H. Yücel, Gerald J. Prud’homme, Neeru Gupta
  6. Early Outcome of Topography-guided Photorefractive Keratectomy with Schwind Amaris for Irregular Astigmatism Following Penetrating Keratoplasty · Umi Noh, Simon P. Holland, David T.C. Lin
  7. Comparison between different piggyback intraocular lenses · Nima Noordeh, Yelin Yang, Ronan Conlon, Esteban Santiago, Setareh Ziai, Kashif Baig
  8. Evaluation of different Dry Eye Syndrome (Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca) diagnostic tests: a systemic review and meta-analysis · Sera-Melisa Thomas, Yasoda Subramanian, Monali Malvankar, Cindy Hutnik

Retina

  1. 1st Prize, COS Award for Excellence in Ophthalmic Research (Poster)
    Flashes and Floaters: A Survey of Canadian Ophthalmology Residents’ Practice Patterns · Parnian Arjmand, Chai Lin (Jack) Chou, Bernard R. Hurley
  2. Progression of Geographic Atrophy and Intravitreal Injections for age-related macular degeneration: 6-month analysis · Crystal Cheung, Marisa Sit, Shaun Singer, Michael Brent, Wai-Ching Lam
  3. Practice patterns among Canadian vitreoretinal surgeons in the management of symptomatic vitreous floaters · Chai Lin (Jack) Chou, Michael Dollin
  4. Ultra-Widefield SD-OCT of the Retinal Periphery · Netan Choudhry, John Golding, Rajesh Rao
  5. Fixation stability recording with the MP-1: How long is enough for eyes with macular damage? · Ishrat Gill, Luminita Tarita-Nistor, Esther G. Gonzalez, Martin J. Steinbach
  6. Retinal Vein Occlusion in Patients with Angle Closure · Ritesh Gupta, Harmanjit Singh, Devesh Varma, Iqbal Ike Ahmed
  7. Use of narrated whiteboard animation for patient education: a randomized clinical study · Vasudha Gupta, Rachel Curtis, Steven Bae, Uriel Rubin, Isabella Irrcher, Sanjay Sharma
  8. Ascaris lumbricoides and posterior uveitis with retinal vasculitis – a case report and literature review · Claire Hamilton, Nabha Shetty, Ann Hoskin-Mott
  9. Utility Measurements in Diabetic Retinopathy: A Systematic Review · William Hodge, Francie F. Si, Faten Bahnacy
  10. Hot topic Relationship between choroidal thickness and area of ellipsoid zone defect in macular telangiectasia type 2 using enhanced-depth imaging SD-OCT · Daniel Q. Li, John Golding, Netan Choudhry
  11. Hot topic Intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment of myopic choroidal neovascularization: visual acuity improves when treatment is initiated prior to the development of fibrosis or atrophy · Daniel Moroz, Monique Munro, Michael Fielden
  12. The role of occult hypertension in retinal vein occlusions and diabetic retinopathy · Nataly Pesin, Efrem D. Mandelcorn, Richard I. Ogilvie, Michael H. Brent
  13. Use of an augmented reality simulator for teaching of binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy to novice ophthalmology residents · Amandeep S. Rai, Amrit S. Rai, Emmanouil Mavrikakis, Wai-Ching Lam
  14. Misdiagnosed and unsuspected ciliary body and choroidal melanoma after enucleation and evisceration: Review of cases in the Ottawa-Gatineau region from 1996-2012 · Solin Saleh, Seymour Brownstein, Andre Jastrzebski, David Jordan, Steven M. Gilberg, Brian Leonard, Bernard R. Hurley
  15. Correlations between subjective perception of metamorphopsia and objective measurement of metamorphopsia among people with age-related macular degeneration · Kunyong Xu, Steven Bae, Vasudha Gupta, Sanjay Sharma
  16. Metamorphopsia and vision-related quality of life among patients with age-related macular degeneration · Kunyong Xu, Vasudha Gupta, Steven Bae, Sanjay Sharma
  17. Stability of Peripapillary RNFL Thickness in Patients Treated Chronically with Intravitreal anti-VEGF for Exudative AMD · Gary L. Yau, Kunyong Xu, Cody X. Li, Sanjay Sharma

PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND STRABISMUS

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Posters will be set up in Room 202 on Saturday, June 18. They will be presented during Pediatrics III and moved to the Exhibit Hall on Saturday evening for viewing on Sunday and Monday.

  1. Application of Diagnosis Using the Digital-photoscreener in Chinese Patients with X-linked ocular albinism ·
    Xiangming Guo
  2. Ischemic Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO) in a 14-year-old Girl with Factor V Leiden ·
    Kungyong Xu, Vasudha Gupta, John T. Gonder
  3. Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and iris infiltration: a case report and systematic review ·
    Ashley M. Yu, Stephanie Chan, Yiannis Iordanous, Michael O’Connor