577 nm MicroPulsed Central Laser Stimulation for Diabetic Macular Edema

José Augusto Cardillo, MD
São Paulo, SP, Brazil

The Role of Laser in Diabetic Macular Edema in the Anti-VEGF Era

Victor Chong, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth
UK

Subvisible Diode Micropulsed Photocoagulation for Retinal Vascular Disease

Jeffrey K. Luttrull, MD
Ventura, CA

MicroPulse IQ 577: Practical Applications for Diabetic Macular Edema

Sam E. Mansour MD, MSc, FRCS (C), FACS
Washington DC

Diabetic Macular Edema: The Combined Treatment Approach

Edoardo Midena, MD, PhD
Padova, Italy

Subthreshold MicroPulse Photocoagulation in the Management of DME

Ihab Saad Othman, MD, FRCS (Glasg)
Giza, Egypt

Clinical Utility and Superiority of 577 nm in the Treatment of Retinal Vascular Disease

John T. Harriott, MD, FAAO
Winston Salem, NC

IQ577 – The Little Laser That Could. Do We Really Need Tri-Wavelength Lasers?

Christopher D. Riemann, MD
Cincinnati, OH

Jeffrey A. Kammer, MD
Nashville, TN

Nathan M. Radcliffe, MD
New York, NY

Steven D. Vold, MD
Springdale, AR

José Augusto Cardillo, MD

São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Research Coordinator, Department of Retina and Ocular Pharmacology Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Chief Retina Department, Hospital de Olhos de Araraquara.

Victor Chong, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth

Oxford Eye Hospital
University of Oxford, UK

Victor Chong is Consultant and Head of Department, Oxford Eye Hospital, University of Oxford, UK. He is visiting Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Aston, Birmingham, Senior Lecturer of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, and Senior Lecturer of Cellular Therapy, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College, London.

He is the Deputy Chair of the Ophthalmology Superficialities Group of UK Comprehensive Clinical Research Network, co-Chair of the UK Medical Retina Group, Scientific Committee Member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Research Committee Member of Euretina. He is the Editor of Focus, Associate Editor of Eye and Section Editor of Ophthalmologica. He has published 3 books, 11 book chapters and over 70 publications. His research interests include matrix biology and immunology in macular diseases, retinal imaging, retinal laser technology and genetic epidemiology in diabetic retinopathy.

John T. Harriott, MD, FAAO

Central Piedmont Retina
Winston Salem, NC

Clinical Utility and Superiority of 577 nm in the Treatment of Retinal Vascular Disease

Dr. Harriott received a B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca , N.Y. , and his medical degree from Albert Einstein School of Medicine. He completed an Internal Medicine Residency at University of North Carolina, Memorial Hospital, followed by an Ophthalmology Residency at State University of New York at Syracuse. He went onto do a Nephrology Fellowship and a Vitreoretinal Fellowship at University of North Carolina, Memorial Hospital, and University of Maryland at Baltimore, respectively. Dr. Harriott is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Nephrology and is a diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a member of the American Medical Association, North Carolina State Medical Society and Forsyth-Stokes-Davie County Medical Society.

Jeffrey A. Kammer, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Chief, Glaucoma Division
Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. Kammer is Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief of the Glaucoma Division at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute in Nashville, Tennessee. He is also the Director of the Ophthalmic Clinical Trials Unit for the Vanderbilt Eye Institute.

Dr. Kammer received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University, completed his residency at the Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary in Chicago and glaucoma fellowship at Emory Eye Center.

His clinical interests include neovascular glaucoma, optimizing the patient-specific therapeutic regimen and complicated cataract/glaucoma procedures, for which he is recognized as a regional expert. Dr. Kammer is actively involved in clinical research, having been the principal or sub-investigator in several clinical trials involving the medical and surgical management of glaucoma. Dr. Kammer has been particularly active in studies involving novel glaucoma surgical techniques. His efforts in research have resulted in over 30 peer-reviewed publications, meeting abstracts and book chapters/invited reviews. He has been privileged to have his work published in respected journals, including Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology and British Journal of Ophthalmology.

Jeffrey K. Luttrull, MD

Jeff Luttrull is in the private practice of vitreoretinal surgery in Ventura, California. He completed an ophthalmic residency at University of Southern California School of Medicine in 1986, and a vitreoretinal fellowship at Devers Eye Clinic in Portland, OR in 1988, among other fellowships in chemistry and research.

His interests include vitreoretinal surgery for complicated glaucoma and subthreshold diode MicroPulse photocoagulation for retinal vascular disease. Dr. Luttrull has published over 25 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including British Journal of Ophthalmology, Eye, Ophthalmology, Retina, and others. He has presented at multiple international and national scientific meetings, recently co-hosting a MicroPulse instructional course at the American Society of Retinal Specialists. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and member of many regional and national societies. He lives with his wife and 5 children on a nearby farm where they produce Regalo extra virgin olive oils. Also a trumpeter, he is currently at work on his second jazz CD.

Sam E. Mansour MD, MSc, FRCS (C), FACS

Medical Director, Virginia Retina Center, Warrenton, VA;
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, George Washington University, Washington DC

Dr. Mansour received both his M.D. and M.Sc. degrees from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. Thereafter, he completed an internship in comprehensive medicine at the University of Western Ontario, and went on to complete his residency in ophthalmology at the University of Toronto. He came to the USA to complete his fellowship in vitreoretinal and laser eye surgery at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, and then was appointed Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Stanford University. He was also director of the retina service as Associate Chief of the Division of Ophthalmology at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. He remained there until he joined the faculty at George Washington University as Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology in 2003.

Dr. Mansour has been involved in several areas of both basic science and clinical retinal research, and has presented his work at numerous national and international conferences. He has also authored and co-authored several articles in peer review journals, and has authored several chapters in both medical and ophthalmology textbooks. Dr. Mansour is board certified in ophthalmology from the American Board of Ophthalmology and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the American College of Surgeons. He is also an active member of the American Society of Retina Specialists and the Virginia Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.

Edoardo Midena, M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Edoardo Midena is the Chairman and Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. Professor Midena has major scientific interests in degenerative chorioretinal diseases (mainly diabetic retinopathy and AMD), and diagnostic techniques in ophthalmology, including significantly contributing to the development and clinical application of microperimetry. He has written three books and edited four volumes in addition to authorship of many peer-reviewed papers.

He is recipient of the European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) European Leadership Development Programme in Ophthalmology, ARVO Silver Fellow and American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Achievement Award. He is a member of the scientific board of the Fondazione GB Bietti per l’Oftalmologia, Chairman of the European Ophthalmic Oncology Group and General Secretary of the Italian Retina Society. Professor Midena is also a member of the Club Jules Gonin, Retina Society, Macula Society, AAO, European Society of Retina Specialists, European Association for Vision and Eye Research, and Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. He is an invited editor and reviewer of major ophthalmology scientific journals.

Ihab Saad Othman, MD, FRCS (Glasg)

Professor of Ophthalmology, Cairo University, Egypt; Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, National Eye Center, Cairo, Egypt; Director, Eye and Laser World Center, Giza, Egypt

Dr. Othman is a Clinical Professor at Cairo University, Consultant Ophthalmic Oncologist and Vitreoretinal surgeon at The National Eye Center, Cairo, Egypt and the director of Eye and Laser World Center, Giza, Egypt. He received his doctorate degree in ophthalmology and thesis dissertation in 1999 from Cairo University. In July 2000, Dr. Othman elected to return to Egypt where he could found the first Ophthalmic Oncology Centre in Egypt affiliated to the National Eye Center which was inaugurated in March 2003. In 2005, he became the founder and owner of the Eye and Laser World Center, a private center of excellence providing state of the art ophthalmic care to patients from all over the world.

His activities in teaching ophthalmic oncology, vitreoretinal diseases, and ophthalmic pathology are well recognized in the region. He is on the editorial board of the Archives of Ophthalmology ME, the Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, the Sudanese Journal of Ophthalmology, and is a reviewer for many other journals. He has published a web based learning DVD and book entitled "Ophthalmic Pathology Interactive with Clinical Correlation," Kugler Publications, The Netherlands, 1999. AAO Global network was licensed by Dr. Othman to present three topics of the book on Global one network as a model of modern teaching using multimedia in a difficult topic like Ophthalmic Pathology. He also published several original articles and major reviews in peer-reviewed journals.

Christopher D. Riemann, MD

Dr. Riemann specializes in medical and surgical vitreoretinal diseases including diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal detachment, adult retinopathy of prematurity, vascular diseases of the retina, uveitis, histoplasmosis, complications of anterior segment surgery, endoscopic posterior segment surgery, very small gauge (27Gauge) PPVx, and ocular trauma. He is a member of Retina Society, ASRS, AAO, Ohio State Medical Association, Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, Cincinnati Ophthalmology Society, and ARVO; has published numerous articles in international peer reviewed scientific journals; and has presented at multiple international and national scientific meetings.

Nathan M. Radcliffe, M.D.

Director of Glaucoma Service
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Nathan Radcliffe, M.D. is the Director of the Glaucoma Service at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Hospital in New York City. Dr. Radcliffe graduated with honors from Temple University School of Medicine in 2003 and then completed his internship at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu in 2004. He served as Chief Resident during his final year at New York University and Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital subsequently received fellowship training in glaucoma at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Dr. Radcliffe is a dedicated teacher and researcher who is involved in numerous research projects related to the care of glaucoma patients. Dr. Radcliffe’s research interests include disc hemorrhage and parapapillary atrophy in glaucoma, use of optic nerve imaging (optical coherence tomography and flicker chronoscopy) in the evaluation of glaucoma and corneal properties in glaucoma. Dr. Radcliffe's research efforts have earned him research grants from The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the American Glaucoma Society including the Mentoring for Advancement of Physician-Scientists (MAPS) Award Program in 2009. Dr. Radcliffe proudly serves on the multimedia and bi-laws committees of the American Glaucoma Society and is a surgical video competition enthusiast.