Welcome!

Join your Canadian retina and glaucoma colleagues and an all-star panel of expert guest speakers for a dynamic and interactive learning experience!

Overall Learning Objectives

Canadian Ophthalmic Imaging Symposium 2024 participants will have the opportunity to:

Exchange experiences and ideas across two subspecialties (retina and glaucoma) that rely heavily on imaging for diagnosis and treatment plans, with the overall goal of applying new developments across both specialties

Review new nomenclature for interpretation of Swept Source, OCT, OCT angiography, and wide field imaging

Apply practical clinical decision-making based on image findings

Review advanced new imaging technologies and their potential advantages and clinical use, including artificial intelligence, and image analysis

Gain updated knowledge regarding key studies and evidence-based management of retinal diseases and glaucoma as presented and discussed by medical experts

Target Audience

This program has been designed to meet the educational needs of retina specialists, glaucoma specialists, and fellows. This will ensure a high-level discourse on anatomy, technology, and strategic applications in practice.

Venue

COIS 2024 is taking place at Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal's premier conference center conveniently located in the heart of Montreal's fabled Golden Square Mile.

What to expect…

Retina – Friday, November 8 (afternoon)

The afternoon will begin with a session on mastering the imaging modalities available to the retina specialist followed by the Great Debate on surgical digital viewing and technology, and an expert panel discussion featuring our international guest speakers. The day will end with an opportunity to mingle with retina and glaucoma colleagues and our industry sponsors at a welcome reception and dinner.

Glaucoma – Friday, November 8 (afternoon)

The afternoon will feature imaging in glaucoma from differentiation of pathologies to disease progression followed by a fast-paced review of clinical cases. The day will conclude with a welcome reception and dinner providing an opportunity to network with glaucoma and retina colleagues and our industry sponsors.

Retina / Glaucoma – Saturday, November 9 (morning)

The day will begin with talks designed to meet the needs of both retina and glaucoma specialists. We will explore topics from the future of artificial intelligence to common clinical challenges.

Retina – Saturday, November 9 (afternoon)

The afternoon session will feature a series of talks designed to assist the retina specialist with identifying patients at high risk for early progression in GA, optimizing anti-VEGF therapy with the use of imaging biomarkers, multimodal imaging in IRD, and more.

Glaucoma – Saturday, November 9 (afternoon)

The afternoon will showcase presentations on clinical cases, ultrasound biomicroscopy in glaucoma, clinically relevant imaging studies, and on how “serendipity and perseverance” can be the key to medical discoveries.

Faculty

International Guest Speakers

Amani Fawzi, MD

Feinberg School of Medicine