
Varun Chaudhary
Dr. Chaudhary is Professor of Surgery and Chief of Ophthalmology at McMaster University. He is the Chair for the Retina Evidence and Trials INternational Alliance (R.E.T.I.N.A.). He is the current President for the Canadian Retina Society.
He is passionate about evidence generation in the field of retina. He has over 80 publications and as Principal Investigator he has secured over $40 million in research grant funding. He serves on multiple clinical and medical advisory boards and global steering committees for retina endeavors spanning from basic science research to multi-national clinical trials in the field of retina.
He is the Editor-in-Chief for the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology and Section Editor for Medical Retina for Eye.
He has been awarded multiple Education, Achievement and Research Awards along with the Honor and Senior Honor Award by the American Society of Retinal Specialists and the Award for Excellence in Ophthalmic Research by the Canadian Ophthalmological Society.
Financial disclosure: Dr. Chaudhary has/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization:
- Bayer
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Novartis
- Roche
Sessions in which Varun Chaudhary participates
- New Concepts in Medical and Surgical Retina Halifax Convention Centre - C2
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learning ObjectivesAt the end of this session, participants will be able to:Manage macular edema secondary t...
- Talk | Exposé
- Exploring Ang-2 signalling in vascular stability in patients with DME receiving faricimab in phase 2 and phase 3 trials Halifax Convention Centre - C2
- Speaker Varun Chaudhary |
- 2:05 PM - 2:12 PM | 7 minutes Part of: New Concepts in Medical and Surgical Retina
- Authors: Varun Chaudhary, Anat Loewenstein, Veeral Sheth, Karl Csaky, Rose Edmonds, Michael Chang, Jeffrey R. Willis, Zdenka Ha...
- Paper Presentation | Présentation d'article
- A global non-interventional study investigating real-world proactive dosing regimens with intravitreal aflibercept in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration: Interim analysis of first 12-month completers from XTEND Halifax Convention Centre - C2
- Speaker Varun Chaudhary |
- 4:02 PM - 4:09 PM | 7 minutes Part of: New Concepts in Medical Retina
- Authors: Varun Chaudhary, Jean-François Korobelnik, Paul Mitchell, Se Woong Kang, Ramin Tadayoni, Helmut Allmeier, JinKyung Lee...
- Paper Presentation | Présentation d'article
- Breaking News: Shaping the future of AMD and DME Halifax Convention Centre - C3
- 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- LEARNING OBJECTIVESAt the end of this symposium, participants will be able to:Identify the critical unmet ne...
- Co-Developed Symposium | Symposium élaboré conjointement

- Welcome and Introductions Halifax Convention Centre - C3
- Moderator Varun Chaudhary |
- 6:30 AM - 6:35 AM | 5 minutes Part of: Breaking News: Shaping the future of AMD and DME
- Panel Discussion Halifax Convention Centre - C3
- Moderator Varun Chaudhary | Panelist Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS, FASRS | Panelist Dr. Wai-Ching Lam | Panelist Michael Ip |
- 6:52 AM - 6:57 AM | 5 minutes Part of: Breaking News: Shaping the future of AMD and DME
- Panel | Table ronde
- Panel discussion Halifax Convention Centre - C3
- Panelist Michael Ip | Panelist Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS, FASRS | Panelist Dr. Wai-Ching Lam | Moderator Varun Chaudhary |
- 7:10 AM - 7:25 AM | 15 minutes Part of: Breaking News: Shaping the future of AMD and DME
- Panel discussion Halifax Convention Centre - C3
- Panelist Dr. Wai-Ching Lam | Panelist Michael Ip | Panelist Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS, FASRS | Moderator Varun Chaudhary |
- 7:40 AM - 7:50 AM | 10 minutes Part of: Breaking News: Shaping the future of AMD and DME
- Current Concepts III Halifax Convention Centre - C1
- 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 2 hours
- Learning ObjectivesAt the end of this session, participants will be able to:Recognize features of optic neur...
- Lecture | Conférence