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Grand Rounds

The Flaum Eye Institute Visiting Professor and Research Series

The Flaum Eye Institute Visiting Professor Series continues in bringing the most accomplished, nationally recognized eye care professionals to the University of Rochester for continuing medical education. Based on your feedback, we will also continue to offer a short lecture from one of Flaum Eye Institute’s expert basic scientists where you can get a glimpse of the groundbreaking research being done in Rochester. All the events are now on Friday afternoons and, until further notice, all sessions offered via the Zoom Meeting streaming media platform.

Agenda for Visiting Professor Sessions -- Now on Friday Afternoons

2:30 p.m. – Introduction
2:35 p.m. – Research Presentation
2:50 p.m. – Resident Case Presentations
3:50 p.m. –  Visiting Professor Lecture
4:30 p.m. – Questions & Answer Session

For information on how to receive credit, call (585) 275-7666. If you have questions about the series, please call Residency Coordinator Wendy Winslow at (585) 273-3954.

 

September 6, 2024

Visiting professor
Bryan Brooks, MD, PhD
National Eye Institute, National Institutes for Health
Topic: Albinism: Can it become a treatable disease

Research Lecture
Bud Tucker, PhD
University of Iowa

 

November 1, 2024

Visiting Professor
Angela Elam, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Michigan
Topic: Glaucoma

 

Research Lecture
To be announced

 

January 24, 2025

Visiting Professor
Amir Kashani, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins University
Topic: Retina

 

Research Lecture
Juliette McGregor, PhD
University of Rochester
Topic: Vision Restoration

February 21, 2025

Visiting Professor
To be announced

Research Lecture
To be Announced

March 21, 2024

Visiting Professor
To be announced

Research Lecture
To be Announced

 

April 18, 2025

Meghan Collins, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Topic: Pediatric Ophthalmology

Research Lecture
To be Announced

 

June 13, 2025

To be Announced

Research Lecture
To be Announced

Previous Lectures 

Rochester Ophthalmology Conference
Snell Memorial Lecture
Valerie Biousse, MD
Emory University
Dushay Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture
Ajay Kuriyan, MD
Thomas Jefferson Medical University


Mark Brezzano, MD
Fungal endophthalmitis 

Research Spotlight
Duje Tadin, PhD
Vision


Richard Hertle, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmology

Research Spotlight
Maiken Nedergaard, MD
The ocular glymphatic system


Edward Margolin, MD
Neuro-ophthalmology

Research Spotlight
Jonathan Leckenby
"Functional muscle transfer to restore blink in facial palsy patients"

Raymond Cho, MD
Oculofacial Plastics  "The faces of Ukraine"

Vikas Khethan, MBBS
Retina

Research Spotlight
Margaret DeAngelis, PhD
Understanding the Genetics of Glaucoma Medication Non-Adherence

Louis Pasquale, MD
Glaucoma Genetics Update
Christine Coward, MD
Harm to physicians

Arsham Sheybani, MD
Glaucoma

Research Spotlight
Matthew Cavanaugh, PhD
Early differential effects of V1 stroke on motion and orientation discrimination in humans

Jennifer Krech, OD
Low vision guidebook

Matilda Chan, MD, PhD
Bench and bedside: My adventures after residency

Dale S. Meyer, MD
Topic: Lower Eyelid Malpositions: Evaluation and Treatment with The Bick, Tarsal Strip and Hybrid “Quick Strip” Procedure

Collyn Woeller, PhD
Uncovering the Molecular Mechanisms of Thyroid Eye Disease

Ula Jurkunas, MD
Unraveling Mechanisms of Female Predominance in Fuchs Dystrophy

Rachel Wozniak, MD, PhD
Topic: Identification of novel Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors in keratitis

Wen Fan Hu, MD, PhD
Uveitic cataract surgery

Yousuf Khalifa, MD
Pearls for Cataract Surgery Teaching and Learning

Susana Marcos, PhD
Topic: IOL Design

Luis Mejico, MD
The many faces of ocular motor cranial nerve schwannomas

Krystel Huxlin, PhD
Topic: Vision restoration in hemianopia

Matthew Haynie, MD
Pediatric glaucoma: From a new plumber's perspective

Research Spotlight
Michael Telias, PhD
Topic: Fragile X Syndrome: from clinic to the lab bench and back

John Berdahl, MD
A Tale of Two Pressures: CSF Pressure and Glaucoma
Watch lecture here

Laura Enyedi, MD
Pediatric Eye Disorders with Skin Findings and the Other Way Around & Perilous Pediatric Problems: Diagnoses You Don't Want to Miss
Watch Lecture Here

Judy Kim, MD
Home OCT: Personalized Medicine for the Future
Watch lecture here

Peter Setabutr, MD
The droopy eyelid consult & Complications of oculoplastic surgery
Watch Lecture Here

Carla Siegfried, MD
Ethical Introduction to New Technologies in Ophthalmic Practice: "Pass"-t, Present, and Future
Watch Lecture Here

Maria Woodward, MD MS
Novel strategies to assess corneal ulcers in 2021
Watch Lecture Here