Scientific Program
21 November 2009
4:00-5:00 PM Council Meeting5:00-5:30 PM TEA
5:30-6:30 PM Inauguration
6:30-7:30 PM Inaugural Session
Chair: Clare Gilbert Co-chair: Rasa Sirtautiene Moderator: Ann Hellstrom
- West Meets East: The First International ROP Congress, Vilnius, Lithuania
Rasa Sirtautiene 8min - ROP 2009: Screening to treatment
Michael Trese 15min - ROP awareness, control, and management In Asian countries
Rajvardhan Azad 15min - ROP - a neonatal perspective
Brian Darlow 15min
22 November 2009
8:30-10:00 Session I: Epidemiology and EtiopathogenesisChair: Alistair Fielder Co-chair: Andrea Zin Moderator: Mangat Dogra
- ROP: Cause of global blindness and the emerging epidemic
Clare Gilbert 10min - Etio-pathogenesis of ROP
Lois Smith 10min - Angiogenesis versus vasculogenesis
Tailoi Chin-Ling 10min - Hypoxia and the developing retina: cellular and molecular changes
Charanjit Kaur 7min - A comparison of ROP in level III and level II nursery in a developing country
Gaurav Sanghi 7min - Mutation spectrum of Norrie disease pseudoglioma (ndp) gene in a large cohort of Indian ROP and FEVR patients
Inderjeet kaur 7min - High frequency of treatment for ROP in a new population of extremely preterm infants - a Swedish population-based study
Dordi Austeng 7min - Epidemiologic perspective of ROP in Mexico
Luis Orozco-Gomez 7min - Changing trends of Presentation of ROP over the Last Decade
Sarita Beri 7min - Knowledge Attitude Practice Study of ROP amongst Pediatricians attending a neonatal ventilation workshop in South India
Padmaja Rani 7min
10:30:-1:00 Session 2: Classification, Examination, Screening
Chair: Michael Trese Co-chair: Graham Quinn Moderator: V Narendran
- International Classification of ROP
Glen Gole 10min - Screening Guidelines
V Narendran 10min - Screening of babies: criteria; methods; diary; discharged babies
Nguyen Xuan Tinh 10min - Reducing visual loss in ROP with effective screening-multidisciplinary approach
Hemanth Murthy 8min - A national register for ROP helps to improve quality of screening
Gerd Holmstrom 8min - ROP: Facing the storm! Indian guidelines vs western guidelines
Vasumathy V 8min - ROP Screening - One Guideline Fit All?
Alistair Fielder 8min - ROP screening in Indonesia: scope of the problem
Rita S Sitorus 8min - Promising results validating WINROP as a new screening tool in a Brazilian population
Chatarina Lofqvist 8min - Wider screening criteria do not necessarily mean more work: results from a study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Andrea Zin 8min - Could Automated Diagnostics Prevent Future Blindness from ROP?
Clare Wilson 8min - To describe an algorithm using machine learning to predict the occurrence of Retinopathy of Prematurity in a neonatal set-up.
Aditya Verma 8min - Analgesia/anesthesia for ROP screening and laser in Indian settings
Ramesh Agarwal 8min - How to make examination, treatment, procedures easy in preterms - a simple trick?
Karobi Lahiri 8min - Long term ophthalmologic follow-up of prematurely born children.
A. Tulin Berk 8min - Refractive Errors, Amblyopia, Visual Rehabilitation in ROP Babies
Hemalini Samant 8min
2:00-3:30 Session 3: Risk factors and prevention
Chair: Michael Chiang Co-chair: Ashok Deorari Moderator: Hemanth Murthy
- Risk factors and strategies for control in established market economies
Brian Darlow 10min - Risk factors and strategies for control in low/middle income countries
Ashok Deorari 10min - Rates of ROP and variation by level of development
Marco A. De la Fuente-Torres 8min - Hyperglycaemia: An emerging risk factor for ROP in very low birth weight infants
Khalid Mannan 7min - Small for gestational age - a risk factor for ROP
Meena CK 7min - Changing profile of ROP in a neonatal care unit: Trends after a decade in a developing country.
Gaurav Sanghi 7min - Monitoring Conjunctival pH, Temperature, Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Tensions in Humans
Sherwin Isenberg 7min - Risk Factors and screening for ROP - Bangladesh perspective
Kazi Shabbir Anwar 7min - Maternal and perinatal risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity in a prospective study with mothers and VLBW preterm neonates in southern Brazil
Joao Borges F. Filho 7min - From despair to hope
A. Saibaba Goud 7min
4:00-5:00 Session 4: POSTER SESSION
Chair: Lingam Gopal Judges: Sherwin Isenberg, Sarita Beri, Harish Chellani
List of scientific posters
- VIDEO - Avoiding Childhood Blindness and ROP
Eamonn O'Donoghue 20min
Distribution of prizes, grants, mementos
23 November 2009
8:30-10:00 Session 5: Digital Imaging and ROPChair: Michael Shapiro Co-chair: Marco A. De la Fuente-Torres Moderator: Subhadra Jalali
- Objective measurement of vessels in ROP
Alistair Fielder 10min - Role of Digital Imaging in ROP
Anna Ells 10min - Teleophthalmology for ROP: Indian experience
Anand Vinekar 10min - Teleophthalmology for ROP: American experience
Graham Quinn 10min - Fundus fluorescein angiography with RETCAM in the management of ROP: our experience
Marco Mazza 7min - Plus disease in ROP: quantitative analysis of standard published photograph
Michael Chiang 7min - Retina and retinal vessels digital analysis for retinopathy of prematurity quantification
Alexander Tereshchenko 7min - Retinal Vessel Parameters and Retinal Vessel Angles in Preterm Retinal Development
Karen Wong 7min - Parental Perceptions toward Digital Imaging and Telemedicine for ROP Management
Michael Chiang 7min - Role of Teleophthalmology in screening and management of ROP in rural areas of India
Manisha Aggarwal 7min
10:30-1:00 Session 6: Treatment
Chair: Anna Ells Co-chair: Gerd Holmstrom Moderator: Glen Gole
- Results of clinical trials
Graham Quinn 7min - Laser Treatment - results, sequelae and outcomes
Mangat Dogra 10min - Advanced laser techniques for difficult situations
Anna Ells 10min - Treatment for Stage 4 and 5: indications, methods, complications, results
Michael Trese 10min - Observations and treatment of long-term retinal effects of ROP in children and adults.
Michael Shapiro 10min - New research areas in ROP diagnosis and management
Ann Hellstrom 10min - 3.5 years follow up of intravitreal bevacizumab injection in Aggressive Posterior ROP
Susana Teixeira 7min - Safety and efficacy of Intravitreal Bevacizumab injection without laser for severe ROP: One year results
Alay Banker 7min - Intravitreal Bevacizumab for severe zone 1 ROP not responding to conventional laser photocoagulation
Pratik Sen 7min - Transillumination guided intravitreal injection of Bevacizumab in advanced ROP
CK Patel 7min - Pegaptanib Sodium Trial in Aggressive Posterior ROP
Parijat Chandra 7min - Current Status of the BEAT-ROP Study: Intravitreal Bevacizumab Monotherapy versus Conventional Laser Therapy for Stage 3 ROP
Khaled Tawansy 7min - Anti-VEGF drugs in ROP: Neonatologist Perspective
Brian Darlow 5min - About time for laser coagulation in AP-ROP
Alexander Tereshchenko 7min - Red vs Green Laser to treat ROP
Anand Subramanyam 7min - Laser Outcome in Type1 Retinopathy of Prematurity
Aparna Gupta 7min - Transpupillary Thermotherapy (TTT): A quicker, more efficient laser for treatment of retinopathy of prematurity.
Parag Shah 7min - ROP surgery 20G Vs. 23G Vs. 25G
Pramod Bhende 7min - Four port pars plana vitrectomy for stage 4B and 5 ROP
Vishal Agrawal 7min
2:00-4:30 Session 7: ROP Programmes
Chair: Rajvardhan Azad Co-chair: Brian Darlow Moderator: Nguyen Xuan Tinh
- Planning efficient and effective programmes
Andrea Zin 10min - Training for personnel involved in ROP programmes
Subhadra Jalali 10min - ROP Screening and Management: Scaling at National Level
Harish Chellani 8min - ROP Control Program by NPCB India
Rachel Jose 8min - ROP awareness programme in India: Sightsavers Perspective
Pankaj Vishwakarma 8min - Management of ROP programmes and learning
Rajesh Kapse 8min - Knowledge, Attitude and Practices amongst various stake holders in ROP management in Western India
Sucheta Kulkarni 8min - Results of the National Program for Screening and Treatment of ROP in the Public Chilean Neonatal Network
Monica Morgues Nudman 8min - Usefulness of mobile ROP screening unit
Jai Kelkar 8min - Examples of effective programmes: Chile
Andres Kychenthal 8min - Examples of effective programmes: Lithuania
Rasa Sirtautiene 8min - The ophthalmological care of children with ROP in Poland
Miroslawa Gralek 8min - Initial degree of ROP and results of treatment in a Mexico City hospital: 9 years experience
Marco A. De la Fuente-Torres 8min - Retinopathy of Prematurity in Varna, Bulgaria- our experience over a period of 12 years
Svetla Nikolova 8min - Medicolegal aspects of ROP
Preetam Samant 8min - Malpractice and quality of care in ROP: Review of cases
Mohita Sharma 8min - VIDEO: Retinopathy of Prematurity - A saga of little Heroes
Susana Teixeira 8min
