Nisha Acharya MD, MS

Keynote Speaker | Conférencière invitée
Participates in 6 items
Nisha Acharya, MD, MS is the Elizabeth C. Proctor Professor of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology at the University of California San Francisco and Director of the Uveitis Service and Uveitis Fellowship at the F.I. Proctor Foundation. Dr. Acharya’s clinical focus is uveitis and ocular inflammatory diseases. Her research interests include epidemiology of ocular inflammatory conditions and clinical trials comparing efficacy of various treatments. Dr. Acharya is PI of the NIH-funded First-line Antimetabolites for Steroid-Sparing Treatment (FAST) Trial, a multicenter randomized trial comparing antimetabolite therapies for uveitis. She is also protocol co-chair for the Macular Edema Ranibizumab v. Intravitreal anti-inflammatory Therapy (MERIT) Trial through the Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment research group and is part of the Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature working group. Dr. Acharya serves on the executive committee of the American Uveitis Society and is also chair of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Knowledge Base Panel for Uveitis.


Financial Disclosure: I have/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization:

  1. Santen 
  2. Abbvie 


Sessions in which Nisha Acharya MD, MS participates

Friday 1 June, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Top Five in Uveitis
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building) - Room 803

Nisha Acharya MD, MS (Participant)

Dr. Chloe Gottlieb, MD, FRCSC, University of Ottawa Eye Institute (Moderator)

Dr. Jean Deschênes (Moderator)

LEARNING OBJECTIVESAt the end of this session, participants will be able to: Apply ancillary investigation for uveitis...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Top 5 tips for managing ocular hypertension in uveitis patients
20 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
  Part of: Top Five in Uveitis

Nisha Acharya MD, MS (Participant)

3:45 PM
3:45 PM
What's New in Uveitis
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building) - Room 803

Nisha Acharya MD, MS (Participant)

Karin Oliver, McGill University (Moderator)

Dr. Jean Deschênes (Moderator)

LEARNING OBJECTIVESAt the end of this session, participants will be able to: Assess new treatments for uveitis Des...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Biologics for juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis
20 minutes, 4:02 PM - 4:22 PM
  Part of: What's New in Uveitis

Nisha Acharya MD, MS (Participant)

Saturday 2 June, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
Current Concepts II
2 hours, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building) - Room 801

Yvonne Buys (Moderator)

Iqbal (Ike) Ahmed, MD (Participant)

Dr. Vivian Yin, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)

Maria Aparecida Onuki Haddad MD, PhD (Participant)

Jonathan D. Solomon MD (Participant)

Dr. Hunter Cherwek MD (Participant)

Nisha Acharya MD, MS (Participant)

Felipe A. Medeiros MD, PhD (Participant)

Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Participant)

Victor L. Perez MD (Participant)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this session, participants will be able to:Identify clinical applications of structure and...
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Management of uveitic macular edema: what have we learned from clinical trials
12 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:12 AM
  Part of: Current Concepts II

Nisha Acharya MD, MS (Participant)