Poster Presentations
AWARD WINNING POSTERS
First Prize, COS Awards for Excellence in Ophthalmic Research
1. Bioactive protein-conjugated silica nanoparticles as a drug delivery system for dry eye disease
Xinyi Li, Mitchell Ross, Cindy Hutnik, Wankei Wan
Second Prize, COS Awards for Excellence in Ophthalmic Research
2. CITED1: A potential regulator of metastasis in uveal melanoma
Jade Marie Lasiste, Sabrina Bergeron, Pablo Zoroquiain, Ana Beatriz Dias, Tadgh Ferrier, Miguel Burnier
Third Prize, COS Awards for Exellence in Ophthalmic Research
3. Fibrin glue and internal limiting membrane abrasion for optic disc pit maculopathy
Parnian Arjmand, Eric K. Chin, Vinit B. Mahajan, David R. P. Almeida
CORNEA, EXTERNAL DISEASE AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY
22. Ex-vivo imaging of posterior human corneal layers after big bubble DALK procedure with ultrahigh resolution OCT (UHR-OCT)
Murad Alobthani, Zohreh Hosseinaee, Ham Le, Cassandra Maxwell, Luigana Sorbara, Kostadinka Bizheva, Harminder Dua, Simon P. Holland
23. Topography-guided photorefractive Keratectomy for correction of irregular astigmatism following penetrating keratoplasty
Murad Alobthani, David Lin, Simon P. Holland
24. Superficial keratectomy: Indications and outcomes
Steven S. Bae, Clara C. Chan
25. Nomogram to predict graft thickness in Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty: An eye bank study
Steven S. Bae, Isaac Menninga, Richard Hoshino, Christine Humphreys, Clara C. Chan
26. A review of ocular involvement in epidermolysis bullosa
Soumiya Bouhout, Marie-Claude Robert
27. A Canadian-based population survey of dry eye disease prevalence
Clara C. Chan, Barbara Caffery, Sruthi Srinivasan, Aren Fischer, David Cappadocia, Csaba Siffel, Christopher J. Reaume
28. Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) favored among partial thickness corneal transplants at the University of Toronto
Sze Wah Samuel Chan, Yeni Yucel, Neeru Gupta
29. Incidence of corneal transplant in keratoconus following the adoption of corneal cross-linking in BC
Kathryn Clapson, Colten Wendel, Murad Al Obthani, Daud Akhtar, Sonia Yeung, Alfonso Iovieno
30. Reductions in eye dryness score in response to lifitegrast 5.0% for the treatment of dry eye disease: Responder analysis from two phase 3 randomized controlled trials
Mahshad Darvish-Zargar, Edward J. Holland, Christophe Baudouin, Eric D. Donnenfeld, Kelly K. Nichols, Paul M. Karpecki, Mohamed Hamdani, Amir Shojaei
31. Complications of ocular self-tattooing: A case report
Harald Gjerde, Wesley Chan, Darrell Lewis, Arif Samad, Paul Rafuse
32. Topography-guided photorefractive keratectomy and collagen cross-linking for post-LASIK ectasia
Simon P. Holland, David T.C. Lin, Murad Al Obthani, Samuel Arba Mosquera
33. Efficacy and safety of cyclophotocoagulation in the control of glaucoma in patients with the Boston keratoprosthesis type
Samir Jabbour, Mona Harissi-Dagher, Younes Agoumi, Harmanjit Singh, Marie-Claude Robert
34. Immediate vision following photorefractive keratectomy with new high speed refractive laser
Simon P. Holland, David T.C. Lin, Murad Al Obthani
35. Design of analyses for the epidemiology and burden of dry eye disease in the United States from the AAO IRIS Registry
Flora Lum, Csaba Siffel, Mei Lu, Sepehr Farahbakhshian, Corey Joseph, Kevin Wood, Bhavya Burugapalli, Ipek Ozer-Stillman
36. The effect of intense-pulsed light therapy on dry eye disease
Arjuna S. Maharaj, Saed Al-Habib, Aroon Yusuf, Narayanan Nandagopal, Rajiv Maini, Eric Tam, Sohel Somani
37. Recurrent preseptal cellulitis in Boston keratoprosthesis type II implantation for ocular Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Michael Marchand, Mona Harissi-Dagher
38. 3 cases of Paecilomyces lilacinus treated with therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty
Marie-Pier Matton, Julia Talajic, Johanna Choremis, Michèle Mabon
39. Explantation of bilateral BrightOcular artificial iris implants
Zale Mednick, Tanguy Boutin, Devin Betsch, Allan Slomovic
40. Lattice corneal dystrophy unmasked by corneal trauma
Harrish Nithianandan, Armand Borovik, Nir Sorkin, Adi Einan-Lifshitz, Connie Chao-Shern, Larry DeDionisio, Tara Moore, Clara C. Chan
41. Outcome of trans-epithelial photorefractive keratectomy for high myopia with high speed excimer laser and advanced laser beam profile
Simon P. Holland, Chanut Nithithanaphat, David T.C. Lin, Murad Al Obthani, Samuel Arba Mosquera
42. VEGF expression in superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis
Debra-Meghan Sanft, Sabrina Bergeron, Ana Beatriz Dias, Pablo Zoroquiain, Miguel N. Burnier Jr.
43. HOT TOPIC Quarter-Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (Quarter-DMEK) for Fuchs endothelial dystrophy: 6 month clinical outcomes
Maya Tong, Vasiliki Zygoura, Lamis Baydoun, Isabel Dapena, Gerrit J. Melles
RETINA
44. HOT TOPIC Visual outcomes and risk prediction model for patients with proliferative vitreoretinopathy
Parnian Arjmand, Eric K. Chin, Kunyong Xu, David R. P. Almeida
45. Identifying gaps in patient access to diabetic screening eye examinations in Ontario: A provincially representative cross-sectional study
Brian G. Ballios, Varun Chaudhary, Bernard Hurley, Stephen Kosar, Tom Sheidow, Michael Brent, Richard Glazier, David Wong
46. Induction of rod and cone photoreceptor-specific progenitors from retinal stem cells
Brian G. Ballios, Saeed Khalili, Kenneth Grise, Laura Donaldson, Gilbert Bernier, Jeff Liu, Gary D. Bader, Molly S. Shoichet, Valerie Wallace, Derek van der Kooy
47. A novel approach to imparting long-term clinical proficiency in ophthalmoscopy to medical students
Etienne Benard-Seguin, Jason Kwok, Walter Liao, Stephanie Baxter
48. Acute annular outer retinopathy preceded by invasive ductal breast carcinoma: A case report
Harry Dang, Danah Albreiki, Michael L. Dollin, Bonnie Weston, Chloe C. Gottlieb
49. Incidence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachments following intravitreal injections
Harry Dang, Rajeev H. Muni, Robert G. Devenyi, Wai-Ching Lam, Kenneth T. Eng, Carol E. Schwartz, Radha P. Kohly, Peter J. Kertes
50. Measurement of normative foveal avascular zone parameters in adults using optical coherence tomography angiography
Rami Darwich, Rayan Alshareef, Hasenin Al-khersan, Karnati Bharath, Ayesha Jabeen, Asiya Jabeen, Jay Chhablani
51. Surgical repair of a persistent full-thickness retinal fold through the fovea secondary to hypotony
Douglas S. M. Iaboni, Mark E. Seamone, R. Rishi Gupta
52. A new genetic mechanism for LCA due to a complete homozygous CRX deletion; and mild foveal phenotypes in heterozygous carriers
Maryam T. Ibrahim
53. Vascular perfusion density mapping using optical coherence tomography angiography comparing normal and optic disc pit eyes
Collier (Shangjun) Jiang, Bryen Turco, Netan Choudhry
54. Same-day bilateral intravitreal anti-VEGF injections: Experience of a large Canadian retina center
Verena Juncal, Carolina Francisconi, David Chow, Alan Berger, Rajeev Muni, Louis Giavedoni, Filiberto Altomare, David Wong
56. Bilateral exudative retinal detachment in vasculitis: A case report and literature review
Irfan Kherani, Fargol Mostofian, Amin Kherani
57. Final analysis of LIGHTSITE I: A double-masked, randomized, sham-control study with photobiomodulation in dry age-related macular degeneration subjects
Lina Chen, Monica Daibert-Nido, Beatriz Patino, Samuel N. Markowitz, Robert G. Devenyi, Cindy L. Croissant, Stephanie E. Tedford, Marion Munk, Rene Ruckert, Michael G. Walker, Clark E. Tedford
Mikel Mikhail, Fatma Zaguia, Michael Kapusta
59. Development of a second-order texture analysis algorithm for fundus optical coherence tomography images
Damien Pike, James Whelan
60. Sedation during vitreoretinal surgery: Practice patterns in Canada
Jenny Qian, Scott McCusker, Tania Ligori, Philip Blew, Michael Y. K. Mak, Joshua Barbosa, Varun Chaudhary
61. Increased detection of colour vision defect using the Colour Assessment and Diagnosis device
Naima Rahman
62. Role of OCT angiography in the detection of retinal vascular abnormalities in subjects with asteroid hyalosis
Padmaja K. Rani, Reena C. Prajapati
63. Identifying patients appropriate for treatment with fluocinolone acetonide (ILUVIEN®). When do we switch from anti-VEGF in diabetic macular oedema? A retrospective audit in a UK single-centre setting
Dilraj Sahota, Hussein Ibrahim, Ramesh Sivaraj
64. Fixation stability dynamics in AMD: Binocular and monocular viewing
Saba Samet, Esther G. González, Mark S. Mandelcorn, Michael H. Brent, Martin J. Steinbach, Luminita Tarita-Nistor
65. Optical coherence tomography angiography of dissociated optic nerve fiber layer appearance after internal limiting membrane peeling for full thickness macular hole
Nathan Schuck, Morgan Heisler, Sherry Han, Marinko Sarunic, Eduardo Navajas
66. Quantifying amyloid beta in the Alzheimer’s disease retina using the curcumin biomarker
Ahmad M. Sidiqi, Sijia Cao, Jing Cui, Eleanor To, Sieun Lee, Marinko Sarunic, Daniel Wahl, Shyh-Dar Li, Wellington Pham, Joanne Matsubara
67. Assessing patient awareness about diabetic retinopathy and disease progression at the Hamilton Regional Eye Institute
Nirojini Sivachandran, Afreen Malik, Jenn Qian, Prima Moinul, Joshua Barbosa, Varun Chaudhary
68. Techniques to promote sutureless closure of 23-gauge vitrectomy sclerotomies
Vincent Sun, Errol Chan, Mohab Eldeeb, Ernst Jans Van Rensburg, John Chen
69. Evaluating changes in scleral quadrant thickness following repeated intravitreal injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents
Yao Wang, Wei Sim, Jacob Rullo, Sanjay Sharma
70. Real-world outcomes for treat and extend treatment regimen with Anti-VEGF agents for neovascular age-related macular degeneration - A review of 4940 injections
Geoff Williams
71. Acute idiopathic blind spot enlargement syndrome following measles, mumps and rubella vaccination
Melody E. Wong, Maria Campos-Baniak, Kevin Colleaux
VISION REHABILITATION
72. Quality and utility evaluation of top rated visual assistive smartphone apps by a patients
Monique Munro, Samir Nazarali, Cynthia Mardinger, Feisal Adatia