Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society
Ophthalmology Program
Conjoint Session
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Featured Presentations
| 6:30 AM (30 min) |
Registration & Breakfast |
| 7:00 AM (5 min) |
President / Program Director Welcome |
| 7:05 AM (30 min) |
Robert Kersten Look What the Helicopter Dropped Off… |
| 7:35 AM (45 min) |
Carol Bradford Put On Your Own Oxygen Mask Before Helping Others |
| 8:20 AM (15 min) |
Q&A / Discussion |
| 8:35 AM (20 min) |
Break with Exhibitors |
Ophthalmology & Facial Nerve Disorders
| 8:55 AM (30 min) |
Nisha Acharya Lessons Learned from Uveitis Clinical Trials |
| 9:25 AM (15 min) |
Myriam Loyo Li Contemporary Facial Paralysis Management: From Eye Protection to Facial Reanimation |
| 9:40 AM (15 min) |
Evan Kalin-Hajdu Ethmoiditis Mimicking Acute Dacryocystitis |
| 9:55 AM (15 min) |
Q&A / Discussion |
| 10:10 AM (20 min) |
Break with Exhibitors |
Wellness & Career Development
| 10:30 AM (20 min) |
Robert Kersten Evidence-Based Approach to Happiness in Medicine |
| 10:50 AM (20 min) |
Randall Ow Pure Medicine – A Unique Opportunity for (Adventurous) Ophthalmologists and Otolaryngologists |
| 11:10 AM (10 min) |
Q&A / Discussion |
Panel Discussion
| 11:20 AM (40 min) |
Panel Married to Medicine |
| 12:00 PM (40 min) |
Q&A Discussion / Wrap-Up |
Reception
| 6:30 PM | Thursday Evening Reception |
Ophthalmology Program
Friday, June 26, 2026
| 7:00 AM (1 hr) |
Breakfast Product Theater Non-CME Presentation |
| 8:30 AM (5 min) |
Brodie / Nanji Welcome |
Top 3 Presentations
| 8:35 AM (10 min) |
Clayton Wisely Top 3 Cornea |
| 8:45 AM (10 min) |
Sri Padmanabhan Top 3 Glaucoma |
| 8:55 AM (10 min) |
Luciano Greig Top 3 Retina |
| 9:05 AM (10 min) |
Sophie Liao Top 3 Oculoplastics |
| 9:15 AM (10 min) |
Q&A / Discussion |
Interesting Surgical Cases
| 9:25 AM (40 min) |
Interesting Surgical Cases 4 cases: 5 min presentation + 5 min discussion each |
| Case 1 | Clayton Wisely Corneal Pain and IOL Exchange |
| Case 2 | Chris Flaxel Most Important Take-Homes from the Seven Retina PPP’s |
| Case 3 | Aaron Nagiel Genetic Testing: How? When? Who? |
| Case 4 | Evan Kalin-Hajdu Multimodal Deep Learning for Eyelid Lesion |
| 10:05 AM (20 min) |
Break with Exhibitors |
Uveitis, Glaucoma & Retina Updates
| 10:25 AM (15 min) |
Erick Rivera-Grana Uveitic Glaucoma – Medical and Surgical Management |
| 10:40 AM (15 min) |
Matthew Simunovic First in Human Outcomes of a Sutureless, Scleral-Fixated Prosthetic Capsular Bag |
| 10:55 AM (15 min) |
Phoebe Lin Choroidal Thickness & ERG Changes in Birdshot |
| 11:10 AM (15 min) |
Flavio Rezende Surfing-Related Ocular Injuries |
| 11:25 AM (20 min) |
Break with Exhibitors |
Afternoon Scientific Session
| 11:45 AM (15 min) |
Ying Han Glaucoma Drainage Devices: Tips for Better Success |
| 12:00 PM (15 min) |
Charles Eifrig Face Down Positioning After Retina Surgery |
| 12:15 PM (15 min) |
Laura Kopplin Imaging Guidelines for Non-Infectious Posterior Uveitis |
| 12:30 PM (15 min) |
Nisha Acharya Update on Shingles |
| 12:45 PM (35 min) |
Wrap-Up & Discussion |
| 1:20 PM | Lunch on Your Own |
Saturday, June 27, 2026
| 6:30 AM (30 min) |
Registration & Breakfast |
| 7:00 AM (5 min) |
Brodie / Nanji Welcome |
Scientific Presentations
| 7:05 AM (10 min) |
Sudi Srivatsan Progressive Necrotizing Orbital Disease |
| 7:15 AM (10 min) |
Zachary Kroeger Medication-Induced Ocular Toxicities: An Update |
| 7:25 AM (10 min) |
Brianna Bass Retinoschisis and Choroideremia |
| 7:35 AM (10 min) |
Brandon Kennedy Preoperative Unilateral Patching in Retinal Detachment |
| 7:45 AM (15 min) |
Q&A / Discussion |
Interesting Cases
| 8:00 AM (1 hr) |
Interesting Cases 4 cases: 10 min presentation + 5 min discussion each |
| Case 1 | Eric Suhler Uveitis Case Study |
| Case 2 | Sudi Srivatsan Post-Traumatic Silent Sinus Syndrome |
| Case 3 | Charles DeBoer Pharmacologic Techniques for the Management of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy |
| Case 4 | Afshan Nanji Cornea Case Study |
| 9:00 AM (15 min) |
Q&A / Discussion |
| 9:15 AM (20 min) |
Break with Exhibitors |
Misadventures & Pearls
| 9:35 AM (45 min) |
Misadventures & Pearls 3 cases: 10 min presentation + 5 min discussion each |
| Case 1 | Brianna Bass Retinal Detachment in Choroideremia |
| Case 2 | Ali Reza Gohari To Mask or Not to Mask? Masking & Endophthalmitis |
| Case 3 | Katie Lucarelli Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Lacrimal Sac SCC |
| 10:20 AM (15 min) |
Q&A / Discussion |
| 10:35 AM (20 min) |
Break with Exhibitors |
Retina & Oculoplastics Updates
| 10:55 AM (15 min) |
Charles DeBoer Pharmacologic Management of PVR |
| 11:10 AM (15 min) |
Sophie Liao Cicatrix Fix: Ocular Surface Reconstruction |
| 11:25 AM (15 min) |
Brian Chan-Kai Can We Get to a Post-Anti-VEGF World? |
| 11:40 AM (15 min) |
Q&A / Discussion |
Late Morning Session
| 11:55 AM (15 min) |
Katie Lucarelli Hypochlorous Acid Wound Care for Periorbital NF |
| 12:10 PM (15 min) |
Robert Kersten Can a Dry Eye Really Cause a Wet Eye? |
| 12:25 PM (15 min) |
Chan-Kai (Pro) vs. Gohari (Con) Debate: Anti-VEGF Makes PRP Obsolete |
| 12:40 PM (15 min) |
Q&A / Discussion |
| 12:55 PM (35 min) |
Brodie / Nanji Wrap-Up & Final Discussion |
| 1:30 PM | Program Adjourns |