Speakers
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Iqbal (Ike) Ahmed, MD
Invited Speaker
Lama Al-Aswad, MD
Glaucoma
Dr. Ayman Aljohani
McGill University
Najah Alshahrani
Invited Speaker
Dr. Steve Arshinoff
Invited Speaker
Marie-Josée Aubin
SAP Course Director
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Abed Baiad
(Abdulrahman) Medical Student | c. 2024, McGill University
Kashif Baig, MD, MBA, FRCSC
SAP Course Director
Dr. Nupura Bakshi
2023 Planning Committee - EDI
Ron Baldassare MD
Invited Speaker
Brian G. Ballios, MD, PhD, FRCSC, DABO
Invited Speaker
Aditya Bansal
Clinical Fellow (VitreoRetina)
Dr. Alfred Basilious
Panelist
Lorne Bellan, MD
SAP Course Director
Dr. Michel Belliveau
Invited Speaker
Dr. Jamie Bhamra
Panelist
Ms. Carla Blackburn
University of Ottawa Eye Institute
Prof. Bahram Bodaghi
Invited Speaker
Laurent Bonnardot
Invited Speaker
Rhiannon Brett
Invited Speaker
Michael Brodsky, MD
Pediatrics
Dr. Isabelle Brunette, MD, FRCSC
2023 Planning Committee - Ocular Regenerative Medicine
Laurence Bussières
Ophthalmology Resident, CHU de Québec - Université Laval
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Mathieu Carrière
Invited Speaker
Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS
STC Course Director
Varun Chaudhary
Scientific Planning Committee Chair - Co-Developed Symposium
Dr. Marvi Cheema
Comité de planification 2023 - réadaptation visuelle
Nadine Cheffi
Medical Student (c. 2025), University of Ottawa
Dr. Crystal Cheung
Invited Speaker
Nikki Chopra
Invited Speaker
Netan Choudhry, MD, FRCSC
Invited Speaker
Jean Chuo
SAP Course Director
Andrew Crichton, MD
Invited Speaker
Thomas J. Cummings, MD
Pathology
Dr. Rachel Curtis
Invited Speaker
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Dr. Mahshad Darvish
Associate Professor
Dr. Jean Deschênes
2023 Planning Committee - Uveitis
Dr. Béatrice Des Marchais
2023 Planning Committee - Women in Ophthalmology
Helen Dimaras
Scientist & Associate Professor, The Hospital For Sick Children (SickKids) and The University of Toronto
Diana V. Do, MD
Retina
Georges Durr
STC Course Director
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Dr. Jonathan El-Khoury
Resident, Université de Montréal
Dr. Maryam Eslami
2023 Planning Committee - Council of Canadian Ophthalmology Residents
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Dr. Jim Farmer, MD, FRCSC, FRCPC
2023 Planning Committee - Ophthalmic Pathology
Dr. Éric Fortin
Invited Speaker, University of Montreal clinical center at Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital
Dr. Nicholas Fung
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong
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Danny Gauthier, MD, FRCSC
Invited Speaker
Dominique Geoffrion, MD, CM, PhD
STC Course Director
Dr. Patrick Gooi, MD
SAP Course Director
Dr. Lynn Gordon
Neuro-ophthalmology
Dr. Chloe Gottlieb, MD, FRCSC
Invited Speaker, University of Ottawa Eye Institute
R. Rishi Gupta
SAP Course Director
Dr. Priya Gupta, MD
2023 Planning Committee - Glaucoma
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Theodore Han
Invited Speaker
Dr. Isabelle Hardy
Invited Speaker
Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher
Chair, COS Annual Meeting
Dr. Wendy Hatch OD, MSc
Invited Speaker
Kevin Hodgson
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine
Santosh Honavar, MD
Oculoplastics
Phil Hooper MD
President, COS
Dr. Bernard Hurley , BSc, MD, FRCSC
Roche Co-Developed Symposium Co-Chair
Dr. Cindy M. L. Hutnik, MD, PhD
2023 Planning Committee - Awards and Posters
Dr. Martin Hyrcza
Invited Speaker
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Vishal Jhanji, MD
Cornea
Dr. Davin Johnson
Panelist, Queen's University
David R. Jordan, MD MD
Panelist
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Dr. Evan Kalin-Hajdu MD
Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, Université de Montréal
Dr. Kianoosh Keyhanian
Invited Speaker
Sina Khalili
Clinical Researcher, The Hospital for Sick Children
Dr. Baseer Khan MD
Invited Speaker
Dr. Zainab Khan
2023 Planning Committee - Uveitis
Ms. Imaan Kherani
MD Candidate, Class of 2023, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Adele Kim
Medical Student, Queen's University (c. 2025)
Shigeru Kinoshita, MD, PhD
Ocular Regenerative Medicine
Prof. Laurent Kodjikian
Invited Speaker
Sloane Kowal
Medical Student | 2024, Queen's University
Michael Kryshtalskyj
STC Course Director
Michael T. Kryshtalskyj
Invited Speaker
Dr. Padmaja Kumari Rani
Public Health and Global Ophthalmology
Dr. Ralph Kyrillos MD
Invited Speaker
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Mr. Marc D. Lafontaine
Focus Eye Centre
Marc Lebetoulle, MD, PhD
Invited Speaker
Dr. Marie-Eve Légaré MD
Invited Speaker
Victoria Leung MD
Invited Speaker
Victoria Leung
Incoming Medical Student, University of Toronto
Myrna Lichter
SAP Course Director
Dr. Alex Lichtinger MD, FACS
Panelist
Cody Lo
Ophthalmology Resident Physician, University of Ottawa
Jennifer Loh, MD
Cataract
Dr. Charlotte Lussier
Ophthalmology Resident, University of Montreal
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Kian Madjedi
STC Resident Representative, STC Course Director
Rookaya Mather MB
SAP Course Director
Dr. Bryon R. McKay, MD
Vitreoretinal Fellow, Faculty of Medicine
Daniel Milad
Ophthalmology Resident, Université de Montréal
Andrew Mis
Invited Speaker
Yvonne Molgat
Panelist
Julie Morin
Centre universitaire d'ophtalmologie
Miss Sarah Moussa
Registered Nurse, Medical Student (c. 2025) - McGill University
Dr. Guillaume Mullie, MD
Comprehensive Ophthalmologist, McGill University
GVS Murthy, MD
Invited Speaker
Adam Muzychuk, MD, FRCSC
STC Course Director
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Ravi N.
Invited Speaker
Dr. Georges Nassrallah
Invited Speaker
Prem Nichani
PGY-3 Ophthalmology Resident, University of Toronto
Dr. Marcelo Nicolela
Invited Speaker
Navdeep Nijhawan MD, FRCSC, DABO
Amgen Co-Developed Symposium Co-Chair
Dr. Ryan Nugent
Invited Speaker
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Stephan Ong Tone
Invited Speaker
Pinar Özdal, MD
Uveitis
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Katherine Paton MD
SAP Course Director
Charles-Antoine Pelletier
Invited Speaker
Dr. Austin Pereira
Resident Physician, University of Toronto
Marko Popovic
Medical Retina Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles
Aidan Pucchio
Medical student.
Karim Punja MD
Panelist
Daiana Pur
Medical Student (2024), Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
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Cynthia Qian MD, CM
Roche Co-Developed Symposium Co-Chair
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Filomena Ribeiro, MD, PhD, FEBO
Cataract
Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Past President, COS
Dr. Jacinthe Rouleau
University of Montréal CHUM
Mr. Sunil Ruparelia
Medical Sudent, Dalhousie University
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Dr. Saama Sabeti, MD, MPH, FRCSC
SAP Course Director
Solin Saleh, MD, FRCSC
Sally Letson Symposium Co-Chair
Isabelle Schmit, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Invited Speaker
Terry Schwartz, MD
Low Vision Rehabilitation
Dr. Saroo Sharda
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Nir Shoham-Hazon
STC Course Director
Mr. Craig Simms
International Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (IJCAHPO)
Dr. Inder Paul Singh
Glaucoma
Dr. Allan Slomovic, MSc, MD, FRCSC
2023 Planning Committee - Ocular Regenerative Medicine
Emma Smeltzer
Orthoptist/Ophthalmic Technician, Nova Scotia Health
Dr. Frank Stockl
Invited Speaker
Yi Ning Strube , MD, MS, FRCSC, DABO, FAAP
Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus Service; Associate Professor with Tenure, Departments of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics, Queen's University
Dr. Andrei-Alexandru Szigiato MD
Medical Retina Specialist, Université de Montréal
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Julia Talajic MD
Invited Speaker
Dr. Joshua Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC
2023 Planning Committee - Cataract
Dr. William Trask
Invited Speaker
Dr. William Trattler MD
Invited Speaker, Center for Excellence In Eye Care
Marie-Soleil Tremblay, FCPA, PhD
Women in Ophthalmology
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Ezekiel Weis
SAP Course Director
Miss Ninglu Weng
Medical Student (c. 2025), University of Manitoba
Jovi Chau-Yee Wong
Resident Physician, University of Toronto
Dr. Laura Wu
Resident, University of Saskatchewan
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Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC
STC Course Director
Grace S. Yin
Medical Student, Class of 2024, Queen's University
Vivian Yin MD, MPH
Amgen Co-Developed Symposium Co-Chair
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Michele Zaman
Invited Speaker
Setareh Ziai
Board Liaison, Resident and Young Ophthalmolgist Affairs, COS