18-TH VITREORETINAL SYMPOSIUM “Diseases of the retina –  long-term care for the patient”

Program

23 Mar 2025

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Plovdiv,

Grand Hotel Plovdiv

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Program

23 March 2025
Sunday  –  Moscow Hall
9:00 – 9:30
Opening ceremony
9:30 – 11:10
- FIRST SESSION -
Moderators: N. Sivkova (Plovdiv), Z. Zlatarova (Varna)
9:30 – 9:45
Age-related macular degeneration - dry form: is there a cure?
Z. Zlatarova (Varna)
9:45 – 10:00
Age-related macular degeneration - wet form: past, present and future
N. Sivkova (Plovdiv)
10:00 – 10:30
OCT - Examination in Management of Macular Haemorrhages
F. Gelisken (Tübingen)
10:30 –10:45
Rupture of retinal pigment epithelium - the silent "atrophy"
V. Katsarov (Plovdiv)
10:45 –11:00
Type 1 subthreshold ROP: long-term care for young patients
V. Marinov (Plovdiv)
11:00 - 11:10
Discussion
11:10 – 12:00
- SECOND SESSION -
11:10 – 11:30
Symposium Roche: Ang-2 and Faricimab or how the paradigm has changed in the treatment of retinal diseases
Lecturer: Nelly Sivkova (Plovdiv)
11:30 – 11:45
Symposium Bayer: The strength of Eylea 8 mg
Lecturer: D. Koleva-Georgieva (Plovdiv)
11:45 – 12:00
Symposium IMD: OCT OPTOPOL REVO – posterior segment visualization techniques
Lecturer: Konstantin Bratanov (Sofia)
12:00 - 13:30
Group photo and lunch break
13:30 – 16:20
- THIRD SESSION -
Moderators: D. Koleva-Georgieva (Plovdiv), N. Veleva (Sofia)
13:30 – 13:45
Management of the anterior ocular surface as an element of long-term care for patients with retinal problems
Chr. Grupcheva (Varna)
13:45 – 14:00
Glaucoma and retinal detachment – problems and long-term solutions
J. Kirilova (Sofia)
14:00 – 14:15
Vitreo-macular traction syndrome: pathogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical appearance and treatment
V. Daskalov (Sofia)
14:15 – 14:30
Long-term follow-up and problems after vitreoretinal surgery
I. Kuneva, I. Petkova (Sofia)
14:30 – 14:45
Extraocular minimal surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: long-term results
V. Stavrev, N. Sivkova, V. Mitkova-Hristova, (Plovdiv)
14:45 – 15:00
Challenges in the journey of a patient with uveal malignant melanoma
D.Shalamanova, I. Gavrilova (Plovdiv, Sofia)
15:00 – 15:15
Retinoblastoma – past, present, future
N. Veleva, A. Oscar (Sofia)
15:15 – 15:30
Diabetes and eye: interdisciplinary approach and treatment strategy
D. Koleva-Georgieva (Plovdiv)
15:30 – 15:45
A-OCT in acute retinal occlusive diseases
S. Aptikadir, N. Sivkova (Plovdiv)
15:45 – 16:00
OCT and A-OCT in patients with multiple sclerosis
S. Georgieva, N. Sivkova (Plovdiv)
16:00 – 16:10
Discussion
16:10 – 16:20
Closing of the Symposium