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14th Annual Steven M. Podos, MD, Symposium & Lecture: Innovations in Ophthalmology

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Add to Calendar 14th Annual Steven M. Podos, MD, Symposium & Lecture: Innovations in Ophthalmology 6/6/2025 7:45:00 AM 6/6/2025 4:30:00 PM America/New_York For More Details: https://mssm.cloud-cme.com/14thPodos Description: The symposium will entail targeted individual lectures and panel discussions. There will be ample opportunities for conference participants to interact with speakers and fellow attendants. The New York Academy of Medicine,1216 Fifth Ave false MM/DD/YYYY

Date & Location

Friday, June 6, 2025, 7:45 AM - 4:30 PM, The New York Academy of Medicine,1216 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Target Audience

Specialties - Academic/Research, General Practice, Medical Education, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Physician Assistant, Primary Care Physician

Professions - Physician

Course Overview

The symposium will entail targeted individual lectures and panel discussions. There will be ample opportunities for conference participants to interact with speakers and fellow attendants.

Objectives

Demonstrate current diagnosis and management strategies for patients with glaucoma and corneal disease.
Discuss emerging technologies in the surgical management of cataract and glaucoma.
Compare current approaches to the management of thyroid eye disease, orbital tumors, and retinoblastoma.
Recognize the use of new imaging modalities in the study and management of uveitis and vitreo-retinal disorders

Accreditation

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credits

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (7.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (7.00 hours)

It is the policy of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to ensure objectivity, balance, independence, transparency, and scientific rigor in all CME-provided educational activities. All faculty participating in the planning or implementation of a provided activity are expected to disclose to the audience any relevant financial relationships and to assist in resolving any conflict of interest that may arise from the relationship. Presenters must also make a meaningful disclosure to the audience of their discussions of unlabeled or unapproved drugs or devices. This information will be available as part of the course material.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

It is the policy of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to ensure objectivity, balance, independence, transparency, and scientific rigor in all accredited CE educational activities. All individuals in control of content of an activity accredited by ISMMS are expected to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies existing within the prior 24 months. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and disclosed to learners before the activity takes place.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Paul Sidoti, MD
Site Chair, Department of Ophthalmology/Professor of Ophthalmology
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai / Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Co-Director, Faculty

Nothing to disclose

James C. Tsai, MD, Physician
President/Delafield-Rodgers Professor and System Chair
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai / Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Co-Director, Faculty

Advisor-EyeNovia, Inc.|Advisor-ReNetXBio (Relationship has ended)|Advisor-Thea Pharmaceuticals (Relationship has ended)

Rudrani Banik, MD
Founder and Medical Director
Rudrani Banik, M.D.
New York, NY

Faculty

Independent Contractor (included contracted research)-Bausch & Lomb|Grant or research support-GenSight, Viridian Therapeutics, Argenyx

Ilana Bass, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Diseases
Mount Sinai Morningside
New York, NY

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Toco Chui, PhD
Mount Sinai/NYEE
NEW YORK, NY

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Abbe Craven, MD
Mt. Sinai
New York, NY

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Avnish Deobhakta, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Alberto SOMAM Distefano, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Forest Hills, NY

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Valerie I Elmalem, MD, Physician
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
NYEE
Roslyn Heights, NY

Faculty

Advisor-Horizon Therapeutics|Honoraria-Horizon Therapeutics|Speakers Bureau-Amgen

Jasmine H. Francis, MD
Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY

Faculty

Robin Ginsburg, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of the Vitreoretinal Service
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Meenakashi Gupta, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
New York , NY

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Alon Harris, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of Ophthalmic Vascular Diagnostic
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Faculty

Azita Khorsandi, MD
Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Gareth Lema, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai/The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Faculty

Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Alimera Sciences Inc.

Sandra Masur, PhD, Professor
Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Rita Okumu, MD

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Louis R Pasquale, MD
Site Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens
Director, Mount Sinai/NYEE Eye and Vision Research Institute
New York, NY

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Richard B. Rosen, MD, ScD(hon), FACS, FASRS, FARVO

Faculty

Advisor-Optovue, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Lumithera, CellView|Grant or research support-Optovue, Topcon, Canon, Ocusciences, CellView|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Optovue, CellView

Tak Yee Tania Tai, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology/Director of Microsurgical Laboratory/Director of Glaucoma Service
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Friday, June 6, 2025

Welcome & Introduction
8:00AM - 8:05AM
James C. Tsai, MD, Physician
Paul Sidoti, MD

NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY SECTION Introduction
8:05AM - 8:10AM
Valerie I Elmalem, MD, Physician

Visual Snow Syndrome
8:10AM - 8:25AM
Rudrani Banik, MD

Diagnostic Lumbar Punctures for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: an Unnecessary Evil?
8:25AM - 8:40AM
Rita Okumu, MD

Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
8:40AM - 8:55AM
Rudrani Banik, MD
Alberto SOMAM Distefano, MD

State of the Art Orbital Imaging
8:55AM - 9:10AM
Azita Khorsandi, MD

Weight Management and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
9:10AM - 9:25AM
Ilana Bass, MD, MPH

Q & A/Panel Discussion
9:25AM - 9:40AM

Oncology section intro
10:00AM - 10:05AM

Cell free DNA in Ophthalmic Oncology
10:05AM - 10:20AM
Jasmine H. Francis, MD

Yttrium-90 brachytherapy for treatment of eye tumors
10:20AM - 10:35AM

Use of Intraarterial Chemotherapy Beyond Retinoblastoma
10:35AM - 10:50AM
Jasmine H. Francis, MD

Q & A
10:50AM - 11:05AM

Introduction: 12th Annual Steven M. Podos, MD Lecturer
11:05AM - 11:10AM
James C. Tsai, MD, Physician
Rudrani Banik, MD

Tribute to Steven Podos / topic TBD Joseph Caprioli, MD
11:10AM - 11:45AM

Q & A Discussion
11:45AM - 12:05PM

Lunch Break & Virtual Exhibit Hall
12:05PM - 12:50PM

Introduction: 8th Annual Steven M. Podos, MD Mount Sinai Ophthalmology Alumnus Lecturer
12:50PM - 12:55PM
Paul Sidoti, MD

Tribute to Steven Podos
12:55PM - 1:05PM
Sandra Masur, PhD, Professor

Dr. Steven Podos’ Vision for Translational Science in the Department of Ophthalmology
1:05PM - 1:25PM
Sandra Masur, PhD, Professor

Discussion/Q&A
1:25PM - 1:40PM

CLINICAL APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Section Introduction
1:40PM - 1:45PM
Alon Harris, PhD
Tak Yee Tania Tai, MD

From Innovation to Real World: AI in the Clinic Space
1:45PM - 2:00PM
Abbe Craven, MD

Application of Artificial Intelligence to Teleretinal Screening of Diabetic Retinopathy
2:00PM - 2:15PM

The Power of Large Language Models in Ophthalmology
2:15PM - 2:30PM

Combining Machine Learning and Math Models to Elucidate the Vascular Role in Glaucoma
2:30PM - 2:45PM
Alon Harris, PhD

Q & A/Panel Discussion
2:45PM - 3:00PM

RETINA SECTION Introduction
3:00PM - 3:05PM
Robin Ginsburg, MD

Remote Diagnosis of CRAO and What it has Taught us About Teleophthalmology
3:05PM - 3:20PM
Gareth Lema, MD, PhD

Emerging Therapies for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
3:20PM - 3:35PM
Avnish Deobhakta, MD

Holding on to the Light - Recent Advances in the Management of Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Coming Attractions
3:35PM - 3:50PM
Richard B. Rosen, MD, ScD(hon), FACS, FASRS, FARVO

In-vivo Retinal Imaging in Sickle Cell Disease
3:50PM - 4:05PM
Toco Chui, PhD

Q & A/Panel Discussion
4:05PM - 4:20PM

Wrap Up & Adjournment
4:20PM - 4:30PM
James C. Tsai, MD, Physician