May 16ᵗʰ, 2025 MILAN

Centro Congressi Fondazione Cariplo

Presidents
of the meeting

Prof. SriniVas Sadda

Director, Artificial Intelligence & Imaging Research, Doheny Eye Institute
Professor of Ophthalmology
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California – LA

Prof. Giovanni Staurenghi

Professor of Ophthalmology, Chairmen Eye Clinic
Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco” Luigi Sacco Hospital
University of Milan – Italy

Main topics

  • Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Inherited Retinal Degenerations and Allied Disorders
  • Imaging and Pathophysiology
  • Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  • Neovascular AMD and Macular Neovascularization
  • Retinal Vascular Diseases
  • Uveitis Update
  • Retinal Detachment Workshop
  • Advances in Vitreo-retinal surgical instrumentation
  • Mystery Retina Case Conference

May 16ᵗʰ, 2025 MILAN

Meeting Venue

Centro Congressi Fondazione Cariplo

 Via Romagnosi, 8 – 20121, Milan

Congress Organizer/ CME Provider

AVEC S.r.l. - Incentive Paintings
Via Lavoratori Autobianchi, 1 - 20832 Desio (MB)
Tel. 0039 0362/581579
info@avec-eventi.com

Official language

The official language of the Meeting will be English.

Badge and Certificate of Attendance

Each participant receives a name badge upon check-in at the registration desk (with proof of original registration). This badge should be worn at all times in order to gain access to the session room.

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Technical facilities

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Registration fee

• € 250 + VAT 22% = € 305

• No registration fee is required for STUDENTS AND POSTGRADUATE

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Faculty list

Retina Update Meeting 2025

ACH THOMAS

Department of Ophthalmology University of Bonn, Germany

AVITABILE TERESIO

Full Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology 
University of Catania, Italy

BATTAGLIA PARODI MAURIZIO

Associate Professor Department of Ophthalmology Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Milano, Italy

BLODI BARBARA

Matthew D. Davis Professor, Dept of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Wisconsin Reading Center, Medical Director, Madison, Wisconsin

BORRELLI ENRICO

Senior Consultant in Medical Retina Associate Professor of Ophthalmology "City of Health and Science” Hospital University of Turin
Turin, Italy

BOSCIA FRANCESCO

Full Professor of Ophthalmology
Eye Clinic University of Bari Aldo Moro
Bari, Italy

CEREDA MATTEO

Eye Clinic, Sacco Hospital, Asst Fatebenefratelli Sacco 
University of Milan, Italy

CHAKRAVARTHY USHA

Professor Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences Royal Victoria Hospital (The Belfast Trust) and Queens University of Belfast, Northern Ireland

CHEUNG GEMMY

Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore
Head of the Medical Retina Department
 Singapore National Eye Center

CHEW EMILY

Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications (DECA), National Eye Institute, the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, USA

CORVI FEDERICO

Eye Clinic, Sacco Hospital, Asst Fatebenefratelli Sacco University of Milan, Italy

CSAKY KARL

T. Boone Pickens Director Clinical Center of Innovation for AMD Chief Executive and Medical Officer Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, Texas

CICINELLI MARIA VITTORIA


Assistant Professor at Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Milan, Italy

CIMINO LUCA

Director of Ocular Immunology Unit
Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS Reggio Emilia, Italy

CURCIO CHRISTINE

White-McKee Endowed Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science Director of the AMD Histopathology Laboratory University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine Birmingham Alabama USA

EHLERS JUSTIS

The Norman C. and Donna L. Harbert Endowed Chair of Ophthalmic Research Cole Eye Institute at Cleveland Clinic

FRASER SCOTT

Provost Professor of Biology and Bioengineering Elizabeth Garrett Professor of Convergent Biosciences Director of Science Initiatives Director Bridge Institute University of Southern California USA

FREUND BAILEY

Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, NYU School of Medicine New York, NY

GUYMER ROBYN

Deputy Director, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Professor Department of Surgery, Ophthalmology University of Melbourne, Australia

INVERNIZZI ALESSANDRO

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Medical Retina and Uveitis Specialist Uveitis and Ocular Infectious Diseases Service Eye Clinic - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan

MONÉS JORDI

Director Institut de la Màcula, Centro Médico Teknon Medical Director Barcelona Macula Foundation: Research for Vision, Barcelona, Spain Adjunct Professor, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah Health

NASSISI MARCO

Assistant Professor, University of Milan Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health Milan, Italy

PAULEIKHOFF DANIEL

Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, St. Franziskus-Hospital Münster Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

PELLEGRINI MARCO

Consultant, Eye Clinic, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Luigi Sacco Hospital University of Milan, Italy

PERTILE GRAZIA

Director of the Department of Ophthalmology Sacrocuore Hospital, Negrar-Verona, Italy

QUERQUES GIUSEPPE

Associate Professor at University Vita-Salute IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute Milan, Italy

RICCI FEDERICO TBD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Tor Vergata University / Dept. Experimental Medicine Dir. "Retina Diseases Unit" - PTV Foundation Referral and Clinical Trial Center for AMD and Blinding Retinal Diseases Rome, Italy

RIZZO STANISLAO

Professor of Ophthalmology University Cattolica, Roma Chair of the Ophthalmology Unit Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

ROMANO MARIO

Full Professor of Ophthalmology Director of Ophthalmology Residency Program Director of Ophthalmology Department Humanitas Bergamo Scientific director of ESASO Foundation Lugano, CH Board member of CBM Italia Foundation, IT Knight of the “Order of Merit” of the Italian Republic

SACCONI RICCARDO

Ophthalmologist - PhD
Medical Retina & Imaging Unit
Department of Ophthalmology
University Vita Salute
IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

SARRAF DAVID

Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology Retinal Disorders and Ophthalmic Genetics Division Stein Eye Institute, UCLA

SALVETTI ANNA PAOLA

Consultant of Medical Retina and Ocular Genetics Eye Clinic, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Italy

SCHMITZ – VALCKENBERG MARC STEFFEN

Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Professor Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences John A. Moran Eye Center - University of Utah Salt Lake City, US

SIMONELLI FRANCESCA

Professor of Ophthalmology, Chairmen Eye Clinic Multidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Sciences University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Naples, Italy

SPAIDE RICK

Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York New York, US

TOTO LISA

Head of the Medical Retina and Electrophysiology Services
Ophthalmology Clinic, University “G. d'Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

TUFAIL ADNAN

Professor of Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital London & Institute of Ophthalmology UCL

VIOLA FRANCESCO

Associate Professor Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health University of Milan Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

VUJOSEVIC STELA

Head of Medical Retina Unit, IRCCS MultiMedica, Milano, Italy 
University of Milan, Statale
Milan, Italy

Retina Update Meeting 2025

Preliminary
Program

Registration and Breakfast

Retina Update Welcome and Introductions

SriniVas Sadda, Giovanni Staurenghi

SESSION I: Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Inherited Retinal Degenerations and Allied Disorders

08:00 a.m. – 08:10 a.m. Diagnostic approaches and endpoints for IRD Clinical Trials
Anna Paola Salvetti

08:10 a.m. – 08:20 a.m. Update on Gene Therapy for IRDs
Francesca Simonelli

08:20 a.m. – 08:30 a.m. Optogenetics and Artificial Vision
SriniVas Sadda

08:30 a.m. – 08:40 a.m. Neuroprotective therapy for MacTel
Emily Chew

SESSION II: Imaging and Pathophysiology (8 min talk/ 2 min discussion)

08:45 a.m. – 08:55 a.m. Advances in retinal imaging

Scott Fraser

08:55 a.m. – 09:05 a.m. Histopathologic Insights into disease pathophysiology
Christine Curcio

09:05 a.m. – 09:15 a.m. Blood flow assessment on OCT 

Rick Spaide

09:15 a.m.– 09:25 a.m. The role of fundus autofluorescence in the age of OCT: do we  still need it?
Thomas Ach

SESSION III: Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration

9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. Updates from CAM and MacuSTAR 

TBD

9:40 a.m. –  9:50 a.m. Biomarkers and Endpoints for AMD trials
Justis Ehlers

9:50 a.m. –  10:00 a.m. Progression of AMD among Individuals homozygous and heterozygous for risk alleles for CFH and ARMS2/HTRA1Imaging and AI-based biomarkers in geographic atrophy and precursor lesions

Marc Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg

10:00 a.m.  – 10:10 a.m. Impact of residual retinal fluid on treatment outcomes in neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Francesco Viola

10:10 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Current status of anti-complement therapies for AMD 

Jordi Monés TBD

10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Future therapeutic options for dry AMD 

Robyn Guymer

10:30 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. Coffee break

10:55 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Dry AMD Case and Panel Discussions 

Moderator:s Giovanni Staurenghi

Panelists: Karl Csaky, Usha Chakravarthy, Robyn Guymer, Marco Nassisi, Federico Ricci (TBD)

ESSION IV: Neovascular AMD and Macular Neovascularization

11:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Predicting Angiogenesis Triggers Through OCT & OCTA 

Giuseppe Querques

11:30 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. Updates on Subretinal fibrosis in nAMD

Gemmy Cheung

11:40 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Macular Atrophy and fibrosis in nAMD – relevant for longterm outcome in anti VEGF therapy? 

Daniel Pauleikhoff

11:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Incorporating second-generation therapeutics in clinical practice           

[Topics to include brolucizumab, faricimab, aflibercept 8mg]

Enrico Borrelli  

12:00 p.m. – 12:10 p.m.  Long-acting therapeutics in the pipeline 

                 [Topics to include Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors, Gene Therapy]

Riccardo Sacconi

Session V: Retinal Vascular Diseases

12:15 p.m. – 12:25 p.m. Validation of AI for Diabetic Retinopathy Screening – evidence update

Adnan Tufail

12:25 p.m. – 12:35 p.m. Current approaches to management of DME  

                               [Topics to include pharmacotherapies, micropulse]

Stela Vujosevic

12:35 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.  Next generation agents and management of RVO 

Barbara Blodi 

12:45 p.m.– 12:55 p.m. Update on ROP and pediatric retinal vascular disorders 

Grazia Pertile

12:55 p.m. – 01:55 p.m. Lunch and Lunch symposia

Session VI: Uveitis Update

 01:55 p.m. – 02:05 p.m.   Tips and tricks for diagnosis of uveitis 

Maria Vittoria Cicinelli

 02:05 p.m. – 02:15 p.m. Current therapeutic approaches for uveitis 

Luca Cimino

Session VII: Retinal Detachment Workshop

Complex Case Management Panel

Moderator: Matteo Cereda

Panelists: Stanislao Rizzo, Grazia Pertile, Teresio Avitabile, Francesco Boscia

Session VIII: Advances in Vitreo-retinal surgical instrumentation

02:50 p.m.– 03:00 p.m. AI and vitreo-retinal surgery
Stanislao Rizzo

03:00 p.m.– 03:10 p.m. Digital viewing systems 

Mario Romano

Session IX: Mystery Retina Case Conference

Expert Panel Discussion of Medical Retina Cases

Moderator: Marco Pellegrini, Lisa Toto (and junior faculty to present)

Panelists: Alessandro Invernizzi, Bailey Freund, David Sarraf, Giuseppe Querques, Maurizio Battaglia Parodi

Conclusion and Appreciation

Meeting Summary and Thanks
SriniVas Sadda, Giovanni Staurenghi

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