9th Annual Bench to Bedside Symposium

7:30 - 8:25 AM: Registration / Continental Breakfast

Lobby and Dining Room

8:25 - 8:30 AM: Welcome

Baruch D. Kuppermann, M.D., Ph.D., Steinert Endowed Professor; Chair, Department of Ophthalmology; Director, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, UCI 

8:30 - 10:00 AM: Session #1 

Keeping Up with Artificial Intelligence

Moderator: Andrew Browne, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, UCI 

• Applying artificial intelligence to minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries | Ken Lin, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering, UCI
• Artificial intelligence for glaucoma management: opportunities and challenges | Linda M. Zangwill, Ph.D., Richard K. Lansche MD and Tatiana A. Lansche Endowed Professor, Ophthalmology, UCSD
• OCT anchored multimodal imaging | Kenneth R. Sloan, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham

10:00 - 10:20 AM: Morning Break and Poster Viewing

Atrium

10:20 - 11:50 AM: Session #2

Nanotechnology and Advancements in Imaging

Moderator: Baruch D. Kuppermann, M.D., Ph.D., Steinert Endowed Professor; Chair, Department of Ophthalmology; Director, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, UCI 

• Translating nanotechnology advances in biotechnology and medicine | Paul S. Weiss, Ph.D., UC Presidential Chair, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bioengineering, and of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA
• The gene editing and inherited eye diseases | Krzysztof Palczewski, Ph.D., Donald Bren Professor and Leopold Endowed Professor; Director, Center for Translational Vision Research; Member of National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine; Distinguished Professor, Ophthalmology, UCI
• The untold stories of geographic atrophy in AMD | Christine Curcio, Ph.D., White-McKee Endowed Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

11:50 - 1:15 PM: Lunch

Dining Room

1:15 - 2:45 PM: Session #3

Common Features of Eye and Brain Diseases

Moderator: Sameh Mosaed, M.D., Professor, Ophthalmology; Glaucoma Fellowship Director; Glaucoma Division Chief, UCI

• Molecular pathology of retinal and macular degenerations | Radha Ayyagari, Ph.D., Professor, Ophthalmology and Pathology, Chief of Ophthalmic Molecular Genetics Laboratory; Director, Shiley Eye BioBank; Viterbi Family Chair, UCSD
• Collaborative approaches to neurodegeneration in the brain and eye | Edwin Monuki, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Pathology; Director, Neuropathology Core, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center; Director, Institute for Immunology, UCI
• Role of AIBP in retinal ganglion cells: neurodegeneration and neuroprotection | Wonkyu "Daniel" Ju, Ph.D., Professor, Ophthalmology and Bioengineering, UCSD

2:45 - 3:15 PM: Afternoon Break and Poster Viewing

Atrium

3:15 - 5:00 PM: Session #4

Models for Eye Disease

Moderator: Olivia Lee, M.D., Associate Professor, Ophthalmology; Director, Anterior Segment Imaging Laboratory, UCI

• Gene and epigenetic therapy in human diabetic organ cultured corneas | Alexander Ljubimov, Ph.D., Director, Regenerative Medicine Institute Eye Program, Professor, Biomedical Sciences and Neurosurgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center; UCLA
• Retinal neuroprotection involves changes of metabolic status | Xian-Jie Yang, Ph.D., Professor, Ophthalmology, UCLA
• The updated 2023 protocol for reviving ERG A- and B-waves in human organ donor eyes | Anne Hanneken, M.D., Associate Professor, Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research 

5:00 - 6:00 PM: Best Posters and Reception

Atrium