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Dr. Matthew Schlenker

Participates in 1 Session

Matthew B. Schlenker is an Assistant Professor and University of Toronto Glaucoma, Cataract, & Anterior Segment surgeon at Kensington Eye Institute, Trillium Health Partners, and Toronto Western Hospital. He received his Bachelor’s Degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Economics from Yale University and then worked as a financial analyst at Bear Stearns and as a business analyst at McKinsey & Co. He received his MD (with Honours) and Ophthalmology training at the University of Toronto, where he was a Chief Resident. He then completed a Glaucoma and Advanced Anterior Segment Fellowship at Trillium Health Partners and a Master of Science in Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.

He is the Chair of Resident Research in the Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences at U. of T. and sits on the Kensington Research Committee. He is a regular presenter at both local and international academic conferences and has published in Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, among other journals.

Financial disclosure: Dr. Schlenker has/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization:

1. Aeques
2. Alcon
3. Allergan
4. Bausch & Lomb
5. Johnson & Johnson
6. Santen
7. Thea-Labtician

Sessions in which Dr. Matthew Schlenker participates

Friday 10 June, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
Surgical Management of Glaucoma in 2022
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Jing Wang (Moderator)

Dr. Matthew Schlenker (Moderator)

Carla Siegfried (Keynote speaker)

Gus Gazzard (Keynote speaker)

Anthony Khawaja (Keynote speaker)

Learning Objectives:At the end of this session participants will be able to:Describe the current surgical op...

Sessions in which Dr. Matthew Schlenker attends

Thursday 9 June, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
6:00 PM
6:00 PM

Halifax Convention Centre - C5

Social Event | Activité Sociale

Friday 10 June, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
9:30 AM
9:30 AM

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Dr. Cindy M. L. Hutnik, MD, PhD (Speaker)

James (Jake) Armstrong MD, Phd (Speaker)

Dr. Jonathan El-Khoury, Université de Montréal (Speaker)

Jessica Cao (Speaker)

10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Break in the Exhibition Hall
45 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
1:30 PM
1:30 PM

Halifax Convention Centre - C4

STC | CTC

Dr. Joshua C. Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)

Dr. Mahshad Darvish (Moderator)

Steven Safran (Keynote speaker)

SOLD OUTImplantation of an IOL in the absence of capsular support remains c...
Glaucoma OCT : Beyond the Basics
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Talk | Exposé

Andrew Crichton, MD (Moderator)

Hady Saheb, MD, MPH (Moderator)

Learning Objectives:Identify common reasons for discrepancy between structure and function evaluations of glaucoma ...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Break in the Exhibition Hall
45 minutes, 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
Glaucoma Free Papers
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Talk | Exposé

Brennan Eadie (Moderator)

Dr. Cindy M. L. Hutnik, MD, PhD (Moderator)

Learning Objectives:Assess the effect of various new surgical procedures on IOP and their potential complications t...

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Paper Presentation | Présentation d'article

Tarek A. Bin Yameen MD (Speaker)

Authors: Tarek A. Bin Yameen, James Armstrong, Lotte Scheres, Paola Marolo, Sophie Lemmens, Eunice&n...
4:50 PM
4:50 PM

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Paper Presentation | Présentation d'article

James J. Armstrong BSc (Speaker)

Authors: James J. Armstrong, Matthew B. Schlenker, Iqbal Ik...
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
Kitchen Party/See Side Sociable
3 hours 30 minutes, 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Pier 21 - Kenneth C. Rowe Hall

Saturday 11 June, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
Current Concepts II
2 hours, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Lecture | Conférence

Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)

Andrea Molinari (Keynote speaker)

Sophie Deng (Keynote speaker)

Pradeep Ramulu (Keynote speaker)

Carla Siegfried (Keynote speaker)

Anthony Khawaja (Keynote speaker)

Dr. Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Moderator)

Irit Bahar (Keynote speaker)

Bala Ambati (Keynote speaker)

G Robert La Roche MD (Speaker)

Kamiar Mireskandari (Moderator)

Dr. Jing Wang (Moderator)

Gus Gazzard (Keynote speaker)

Learning ObjectivesAt the end of this session, participants will be able to:Review latest techniques in corn...
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Break in the Exhibition Hall
45 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
Better Care for our Glaucoma Patients
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Rajiv Bindlish (Moderator)

Lesya Shuba MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Pradeep Ramulu (Keynote speaker)

Carla Siegfried (Keynote speaker)

Anthony Khawaja (Keynote speaker)

Learning Objectives:• Integrate new development in genomics to their clinical practice in order to optimize their care f...
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Surgical Video Symposium
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Joshua C. Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)

Dr. Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Kendall Donaldson (Keynote speaker)

Steven Safran (Keynote speaker)

Learning Objectives
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
Cataract II - Back in business!!
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Joshua C. Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)

Dr. Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Kendall Donaldson (Keynote speaker)

Steven Safran (Keynote speaker)

Learning Objectives

Halifax Convention Centre - C4

STC | CTC

Victor Penner (Moderator)

Mathew Palakkamanil (Instructor)

Dr. Georges Durr (Instructor)

Dr. Marcelo Nicolela (Instructor)

Paul Harasymowycz (Instructor)

David Yan MD (Instructor)

Ammar Khan (Speaker)

This course will be help attendees become more comfortable and proficient with valveless tube surgery.  The attendee will be able to become...

Sunday 12 June, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
Current Concepts III
2 hours, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Lecture | Conférence

Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)

Michael Ip (Keynote speaker)

Jacquelyn Jetton O'Banion (Keynote speaker)

Julie Falardeau MD (Keynote speaker)

Kendall Donaldson (Keynote speaker)

William Dixon (Speaker)

Lauren Dalvin (Keynote speaker)

Steven Safran (Keynote speaker)

Dr. Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Varun Chaudhary (Moderator)

Dr. Jacinthe Rouleau, University of Montréal CHUM (Moderator)

Hall Chew (Presenter)

Learning ObjectivesAt the end of this session, participants will be able to:Recognize features of optic neur...
10:45 AM
10:45 AM

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Joshua C. Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)

Dr. Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Steven Safran (Keynote speaker)

Learning Objectives
OCT Masterclass
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Halifax Convention Centre - C2

Workshop | Atelier

Dr. Wai-Ching Lam (Moderator)

Netan Choudhry, MD, FRCSC (Moderator)

R. Rishi Gupta (Speaker)

Learning Objectives
1:30 PM
1:30 PM

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Joshua C. Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)

Dr. Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Learning Objectives
STC: Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Halifax Convention Centre - C4

STC | CTC

Jeb A. Ong MD (Moderator)

Nir Shoham-Hazon MD (Moderator)

Dr. Priya Gupta, MD (Instructor)

Dr. Béatrice Des Marchais (Instructor)

Delan Jinapriya (Instructor)

Hady Saheb, MD, MPH (Speaker)

This course will give the attendee hands-on experience with the MIGS devices offered at the course. Key surgical pear...
1:45 PM
1:45 PM

Halifax Convention Centre - C1

Paper Presentation | Présentation d'article

Dr. Austin Pereira, University of Toronto (Speaker)