Vit-Buckle Society 8 Virtual Series Part 1: When You Play the Game of Thrones

Thursday, October 1, 2020, 12:00 AM - Friday, October 1, 2021, 12:00 AM

Vit-Buckle Society Virtual Series Part 1 features a discussion of COVID-19 impact on academic and private retina institutions, pearls for subretinal gene therapy surgery and pneumatic retinopexy, first-time presentation of clinical trial results, and classic surgical debate.

Release Date: October 1, 2020  |  Expiration Date: September 30, 2021
Estimated Time to Complete: 80 minutes

Moderated by Mrinali Gupta, MD; R. Ross Lakhanpal, MD; Jayanth Sridhar, MD; Charles Wykoff, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD

• Introduction - R. Ross Lakhanpal, MD
• COVID-19 Impact in NYC - Royce Chen, MD
• Practice Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic  - James Vander, MD
• Thinking Outside the Bubble with Pneumatic Retinopexy - Rajeev Muni, MD, MSC, FRCS(c)
• Subretinal Gene Therapy Surgery - Ninel Gregori, MD
• Medical Retina: A Novel Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Hydrogel Intravitreal Implant (OTX-TKI):
• First Time Data Release - Robert Avery, MD
• Medical Retina: Delivering Anti-VEGF Pharmacotherapy with Gene Therapy: Update on Clinical Trial Data - Robert Avery, MD
• ILM Peeling for RRD Debate, PRO - Gaurav Shah, MD
• ILM Peeling for RRD Debate, CON - Caroline Baumal, MD
• Concluding Remarks - Charles Wykoff, MD, PhD

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.25 hours), CME Non-Physician (Attendance) (1.25 hours)

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1. Formulate a practice management plan to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Evaluate and treat patients with retinal detachment with pneumatic retinopexy.
3. Describe gene therapy principles.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Beaumont Health and Medical Conference Planners, Inc.  Beaumont Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Medicine CME: Beaumont Health designates this enduring activityfor a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

References:
www.vitbucklesociety.org/vit-buckle-academy
 www.retinapodcast.com

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Disclosures: Please click the faculty name to review the individual's financial relationships with commercial interests.

This module is supported by educational grants from Alcon Vision, LLC; Bausch + Lomb; and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.