Home AAO Presenters 2025 AAO Annual Meeting October 17 - 20, 2025 See our presenter schedules below. Friday, October 17 Maria Del Valle Estopinal, MD Friday, October 17, 2025 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM Session: PTH03 Section II: Ocular Adnexa—Sometimes You Have to Take a Leap of Faith First; the Trust Part Comes Later Location: W414AB Session In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand Lilangi Ediriwickrema, MD Friday, October 17, 2025 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM Session: PTH03 Section II: Ocular Adnexa—Sometimes You Have to Take a Leap of Faith First; the Trust Part Comes Later Location: W414AB Session In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand 10:15 AM - 1:35 PM Session: NEU03 Section II: Neuro-Ophthalmology Meets Ophthalmology Location: W414CD Session In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand Marjan Farid, MD Friday, October 17, 2025 2:20 PM - 3:50 PM Session: REF07 Section V: The Dating Game: IOL-Based Surgery Location: W224 Session In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand Sumit (Sam) Garg, MD Friday, October 17, 2025 2:20 PM - 3:50 PM Session: REF07 Section V: The Dating Game: IOL-Based Surgery Location: W224 Session In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand Baruch Kuppermann, MD, PhD Friday, October 17, 2025 4:58 PM - 5:30 PM Session: RET12 Section X: First-time Results of Clinical Trials Location: W415 VALENCIA Session In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand Vivek Patel, MD Friday, October 17, 2025 3:42 PM - 5:01 PM Session: NEU05 Section IV: Complex Strabismus Surgical Aspects Location: W414CD Session In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand Samuel Spiegel, MD Friday, October 17, 2025 8:03 AM - 10:15 AM Session: NEU02 Section I: Neuro-Ophthalmic Emergencies Location: W414CD Session In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand Saturday, October 18 Soroosh Behshad, MD Saturday, October 18, 2025 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM Session: LEC110 Phacoemulsification and Advanced Techniques Location: W103 Skills Transfer In Person Sumit (Sam) Garg, MD Saturday, October 18, 2025 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Session: SYM10 Academy Café: Cataract Location: W204 Academy Cafe In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand Seanna Grob, MD Saturday, October 18, 2025 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Session: OCU03 Section II: Upper Lid Blepharoplasty and Ptosis Location: W414CD Session In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand 1:15 PM - 2:40 PM Session: OCU05 Section IV: Orbit Location: W414CD Session In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand 2:40 PM - 4:05 PM Session: OCU06 Section V: Lacrimal Surgery Techniques Location: W414CD Session In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Session: LAB113A Cosmetic Botulinum Toxin and Facial Fillers: Injection Pearls Location: W109A Skills Transfer In Person Sanjay Kedhar, MD Saturday, October 18, 2025 10:50 AM - 2:00 PM Session: COR03 Section II: Stromal Location: W224 Session In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand Sameh Mosaed, MD Saturday, October 18, 2025 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Session: LAB104A Glaucoma Tube Shunts to Equatorial Plate Reservoir Location: W109B Skills Transfer In Person Vivek Patel, MD Saturday, October 18, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Session: 255 Functional Ocular Complaints: Tips for the Ophthalmologist Location: W311AB Instructional Course In Person Samuel Spiegel MD Saturday, October 18, 2025 8:00 AM - 9:15 PM Session: 410 What You Need to Know About Headache: A Pain for the Patient and a Pain for the Doctor Location: W311AB Instruction Course In Person Jeremiah Tao, MD Saturday, October 18, 2025 10:30 AM - 1:15 PM Session: OCU04 Section III: Functional and Cosmetic Lower Lid Techniques Location: W414CD Session In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand Sunday, October 19 Soroosh Behshad, MD Sunday, October 19, 2025 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Session: LAB129 Artificial Iris Prosthesis Lab Location: W109B Skills Transfer In Person Marjan Farid, MD Sunday, October 19, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Session: 465 New Treatments for MGD Location: W209AB Instruction Course In Person, On Demand 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Session: LAB130A Surgery for Severe Corneal and Ocular Surface Disease Location: W110A Skills Transfer In Person Seanna Grob, MD Sunday, October 19, 2025 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Session: LAB113B Cosmetic Botulinum Toxin and Facial Fillers Location: W109A Skills Transfer In Person 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Session: LAB135 Orbitofacial Fracture Repair: Plating Workshop Location: W108 Skills Transfer In Person Baruch Kuppermann, MD, PhD Sunday, October 19, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Session: 472 Challenging Cases in Neovascular AMD Location: W311CD Instruction Course In Person Olivia Lee, MD Sunday, October 19, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Session: LAB130A Surgery for Severe Corneal and Ocular Surface Disease Location: W110A Skills Transfer In Person Vivek Patel, MD Sunday, October 19, 2025 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Session: LL15 NAION Know-How: Special Considerations in Nonarteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy for the Comprehensive Ophthalmologist Location: Learning Lounge 1 Learning Lounge In Person Samuel Spiegel, MD Sunday, October 19, 2025 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Session: 410 What You Need to Know About Headache: A Pain for the Patient and a Pain for the Doctor Location: W311AB Instructional Course In Person Donny Suh, MD Sunday, October 19, 2025 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Session: SYM25 Ergonomics in Ophthalmology Location: W414AB Symposium In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand Matthew Wade, MD Sunday, October 19, 2025 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Session: LAB129 Artificial Iris Prosthesis Lab Location: W109B Skills Transfer In Person Monday, October 20 Marjan Farid, MD Monday, October 20, 2025 10:30 AM - 3:15 PM Session: LAB118B Management of the Vitreous for the Anterior Segment Surgeon Location: W110B Skills Transfer In Person On Demand: Scientific Posters and Instructional Courses Marjan Farid, MD On Demand Session: PO410 Enhancing Cataract Surgery Education and Addressing Health-Care Disparities Through a LLM: A Fidelity Assessment of a RAG[PH3.1]-Trained Custom Chatbot Scientific Poster On Demand Session: PO545 Pupil Size Reduction and Percentage of Patients Achieving Better Near Vision in Presbyopia: NEAR Phase 3 Clinical Trials Scientific Poster Austin Fox, MD On Demand Session: PO360 Trends in Glaucoma Trainee Trabeculectomy Experience Scientific Poster Olivia Lee, MD On Demand Session: PO129 Natural History of the Ocular Surface After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Scientific Poster Ken Lin, MD, PhD On Demand Session: PO360 Trends in Glaucoma Trainee Trabeculectomy Experience Scientific Poster On Demand Session: PO410 Enhancing Cataract Surgery Education and Addressing Health-Care Disparities Through a LLM: A Fidelity Assessment of a RAG[PH3.1]-Trained Custom Chatbot Scientific Poster Kapil Mishra, MD On Demand Session: PO654 Comparative Analysis of Retinal Detachment and Cataracts in RP Scientific Poster On Demand Session: PO657 Nationwide Trends of ED Visits for Endophthalmitis From 2016 to 2021 Scientific Poster Sameh Mosaed, MD On Demand Session: PO360 Trends in Glaucoma Trainee Trabeculectomy Experience Scientific Poster Andrew Smith, MD On Demand Session: PO360 Trends in Glaucoma Trainee Trabeculectomy Experience Scientific Poster Donny Suh, MD On Demand Session: 806V Ergonomics for Pediatric, Retina and Anterior Segment Surgeons in the OR and Clinic Scientific Poster Jeremiah Tao, MD On Demand Session: 805V Skin in the Game: Pearls to Optimize Eyelid Health for Patient Satisfaction Instruction Course On Demand Session: PO522 Outcomes of Eyelid Laceration in Patients With Keloids in a Large Database Instruction Course Matthew Wade, MD On Demand Session: PO410 Enhancing Cataract Surgery Education and Addressing Health-Care Disparities Through a LLM: A Fidelity Assessment of a RAG[PH3.1]-Trained Custom Chatbot Scientific Poster