Special Events
Live Surgery
Saturday, September 9
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (buffet lunch served)
Through satellite feed, 20 surgeries performed by 14 surgeons from 12 European Clinics will be transmitted.
Different techniques, concepts and philosophies will be presented as follows:
- 3 proliferative diabetic retinopathies will be operated with 3 different techniques:
- Delamination along natural lines of cleavage
- Bimanual technique
- After vitreous diathermy to increase traction and facilitate delamination
- 5 epiretinal membranes will be operated by different techniques:
- With one sclerotomy in 25 G (infusion in the anterior chamber)
- With two sclerotomies in 20 G (with Slit Lamp illumination)
- With three sclerotomies in 25 G without dye
- With three sclerotomies in 25 G under tropical anesthesia
- With three sclerotomies in 23 G with chandelier and dye
- 3 macular holes will be operated by different techniques:
- With localized posterior hyaloid removal and gas tamponade
- With total posterior hyaloid removal and gas tamponade
- With total posterior hyaloid removal and silicone tamponade
- 3 retinal detachments will be operated by different techniques:
- 20 G vitrectomy and cryo at once with gas tamponade
- 23 G vitrectomy with PFCL injection
- Endoscopy assisted vitrectomy
Other surgeries such as macular translocation, macular edemas (diabetic or post central vein occlusion) and one stitch vitrectomy and drug delivery will also be shown.
The EVRS & ASRS would like to thank the following surgeons for their contributions to the success of the Live Surgery Day:
Jean-Paul Amar, MD (Cannes, France), Silvia Bopp, MD (Bremen, Germany), Claude Boscher, MD (Paris, France), Periklis D. Brazitikos, MD (Thessaloniki, Greece), Didier Ducournau, MD (Nantes, France), Cesare Forlini, MD (Ravenna, Italy), Giampaolo Gini, MD (Prato, Italy), Frank HJ Koch, MD (Frankfurt, Germany), Klaus Lucke, MB, ChB (Bremen, Germany), Babak Mashhour, MD (Paris, France), Murat Oncel, MD (Istanbul, Turkey), Fabio Patelli, MD (Milan, Italy), Theodoros Potamitis, MD (Limassol, Cypress), Peter Stalmans, MD (Leuven, Belgium).
A detailed program with a precise minute-by-minute schedule will be distributed on-site at the entrance of the Auditorium.
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F/A & Surgical Case Conference
This lively session will be moderated by Neil Bressler, Gabriel Coscas and Bill Mieler.
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ASRS Award Lectures
Founders Award Lecture
 To recognize excellence in vitreoretinal medicine, The American Society of Retina Specialists presents its Founders Lecture Award to individuals who have made major contributions to the advancement of vitreoretinal surgery, treatment, research, surgical instrumentation, and patient care.
The Founders Lecture Award was first presented in 1997 to honor the efforts of the founding members of the Society, Drs. Jerald A. Bovino, Roy A. Levit, and Allen Z. Verne, for their foresight, dedication, and leadership in establishing the Society as an open, democratic, worldwide organization dedicated to the advancement of vitreoretinal surgery and the study of vitreoretinal diseases.
The ASRS is proud to recognize Kirk H. Packo, MD as the 2006 recipient of the ASRS Founders Award. Dr. Packo will present "Vitrectomy Technology - Where We've Been. Where We Are. Where We Are Going" on Monday, September 11, 2006 from 8:40am - 9:10am.
The Gertrude D. Pyron Award Lecture
 The Pyron Award was created by the Retina Research Foundation of Houston, Texas, to recognize outstanding vision scientists whose work contributes to knowledge about vitreoretinal disease. The Award offers a cash prize that includes a personal honorarium and a research grant. It is presented each year at the ASRS Annual Meeting, and the recipient is chosen by the ASRS Awards Committee.
The Pyron Award has been endowed by an estate gift from Gertrude D. Pyron of San Antonio, Texas. She was an imminent geologist during her lifetime, and made her bequest to RRF because of her admiration for Dr. Alice McPherson's leadership in vision science.
Retina Research Foundation was founded in 1969 by Dr. Alice McPherson, a member of The Vitreous Society, to establish and fund programs for the eradication of vitreoretinal disease. It is a public charity based in Houston, Texas, that has grown with support from a few community leaders to a major foundation, with broad support, funding a grant program, a major awards program, a career development program, and annual support for several research chairs.
The ASRS and the RRF are proud to recognize Brooks W. McCuen, II, MD with the 12th Annual Gertrude D. Pyron Award for Outstanding Achievement in Retina Research. Dr. McCuen will present "Evolving Concepts in Pharmacologic Vitreolysis" on Monday, September 11, 2006 from 8:05am - 8:35am.
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Anti-Angiogenesis Symposium
The Anti-Angiogenesis Symposium will feature 3 sessions (Symposium I, II, and III) of papers presenting results of studies on the use of antiVEGF agents in age-related macular degeneration. Symposium I will focus on results of clinical trials on Ranibizumab for AMD. This will be followed by our keynote lecture from Dr. Judah Folkman, "the father of angiogenesis research." Symposia II and III will feature more papers on antiVEGF therapy, including agents such as Ranibizumab, Bevacizumab, the VEGF trap, and the sIRNA drugs. In all, over 40 papers will comprise this tripartite symposium, the largest presentation ever in this field at a retina meeting. The objectives of the symposium are to update attendees on the background of anti-angiogenesis research, its current state, and future directions, and to provide both a basic science grounding and a clinical perspective.
Featured Guest Speaker:
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Judah Folkman, MD
Director of the Vascular Biology Program
Children's Hospital Boston
Karp Family Research Laboratories
"Potential Future Advances in Ophthalmology from Research in Tumor Angiogenesis"
Sunday, September 10, 2006
9:10am-10:05am
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8th Annual Film Festival
More than 70 submissions were received for what promises to be an outstanding Film Festival. As in past years, the festival will showcase the observational skills, innovation, and creativity within our ranks in a most entertaining venue.
Movie theater-style showings of the Film Festival will take place on each day of the meeting in several theaters. Sit back, and enjoy some popcorn while you attend this year's premiere.
Each film will be judged according to originality, educational content, audiovisual quality, script writing, editing quality, and effectiveness. A panel of judges will rate and score each film. The coveted Rhett Buckler Award; an impressive eight lb., 24 carat gold-plated statuette, will be bestowed upon the top 10 films. The winners will be announced at The Film Festival Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, September 12! This is a not-to-be missed event!
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Young Physicians Section Symposium
This symposium will present topics of interest geared toward retinal specialists recently out of fellowship. This year the ASRS YPS has the unique and exciting opportunity to hold a joint meeting with the YPS of the EVRS. The symposium will offer an informal forum to present topics discussing the various challenges facing young retinal specialists in both continents.
The symposium fosters substantial discussion, and also allows more senior ASRS/EVRS members the opportunity to impart "pearls of the trade" to recently trained retinal specialists. In addition to clinical management issues, topics will cover the business, political, and off-the-beaten-path side of vitreoretinal practice.
The discussion will be presented in an enjoyable, lively, and highly interactive format. Moderators will be ASRS YPS Co-Chairs, Sundeep Dev & Ingrid Scott; EVRS YPS Co-Chairs: Manal Bouhaimed, Mario Facino, Sean Lee & Fabio Patelli.
 Each year, the ASRS' Young Physicians Section presents the Crystal Apple Award to an ASRS member who has gone to great lengths to advance the education and professional development of young vitreoretinal specialists. The 2006 Crystal Apple Award winner is Harry W. Flynn, Jr, MD, who will present "Controversies in the Management and Prevention of Endophthalmitis" at the 2006 YPS Lunch Meeting to be held in Cannes on Sunday, September 10.
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Retina Poster Festival
Vitreoretinal surgery undoubtedly is an art form. There is unfathomed creative talent in every one of us. How befitting for the Cannes Retina Festival!
Since the 1930s there has been a yearly competition every year for the official poster of the Cannes Film Festival. Creativity is the hallmark of this competition and the organizers of the Cannes Retina Festival are appealing to that talent in ASRS and EVRS members.
The venue chosen for the meeting will stimulate an unprecedented number of film festival entries. Why not complement this with a visually stimulating film poster to call attention to your film? Or you can enter a poster on its own, advertising this or future vitreoretinal meetings. All posters will be displayed throughout the festival and, of course, stand to win one of the prizes. So, let your creative juices flow and start your preparations for Cannes now.
Registered participants may submit up to two posters. Prizes will be awarded at the gala dinner in each of four categories:
- Posters advertising the Cannes Retina Festival
- Posters advertising Film Festival films
- Educational message (please no scientific posters!)
- Ophthalmological humor
Poster festival submission guidelines: Size - minimum DIN A1 (23in x 33in); file requirements – Tiff, JGP, or Photoshop (minimum 5000 x 7000 pixels) formats submitted on a CD. Deadline for entries is May 31. Send your entry to:
Klaus Lucke, MB ChB
Augenklinik Universitaetsallee
Parkallee 301/Universitaetsallee
D-28213 Bremen
GERMANY
Tel: +49 421 5665-262
K.Lucke@retina.to
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Silent Auction
Bid on some of the latest surgical equipment and products and support vitreoretinal research at the same time. Proceeds from these auctioned items donated by corporate exhibitors will benefit the educational programs supported by the American Retina Foundation (ARF).
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Macular Degeneration Poster Contest
The American Retina Foundation (ARF) will recognize one outstanding Macular Degeneration research poster submitted to the Cannes Retina Festival. All posters submitted that relate to Macular Degeneration will be automatically considered for the award. The winner of the award will receive $2,000. For more information about this poster contest, contact the Foundation office at 904-998-0356.
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