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