Remembering Professor Ramin Tadayoni
Each of us on the Euretina Board have cherished memories of Ramin.
Below we share some of our favourites.
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Patient well-being symposium aims to raise awareness and offer solutions
The importance of considering the psychosocial and emotional impacts suffered by patients with diseases causing vision loss and the relationship between patient satisfaction with care and treatment adherence/persistence were topics addressed by a series of speakers from the United Kingdom in the Sunday afternoon symposium “Patient Well-Being: Time to Take our Heads Out of the
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Delving into the distribution of retinal biomarkers for insights on disease aetiology and clinical features
Speakers in a Sunday morning symposium session presented their research investigating the spatial distribution of retinal biomarkers and discussed how the information provides insights about the etiology and clinical features of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic eye disease. Leading off the session, Dr Christine A Curcio (United States) described findings from studies done to
Session on age-related macular degeneration (AMD) covers topics relating to risk factor identification and treatment
Discussing the impact of genetic factors on AMD characteristics and natural history, Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg (Germany) concluded that according to current knowledge, genetics appears to have a more relevant association with the initial manifestation of AMD and in the early course of the disease as compared to later stages where unspecific degenerative mechanisms may play a
Euretina General Assembly takes place
Attendees at the EURETINA General Assembly meeting on Sunday morning heard that Dr Anat Loewenstein (Israel) was elected as President Elect of the society by unanimous decision of the EURETINA Board. Also during the meeting, Dr Martin S Zinkernagel (Switzerland) was confirmed as the new General Secretary of EURETINA, Dr Bart P Leroy (Belgium) was
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Speakers’ corner proving big hit with attendees
Delegates attending Saturday afternoon’s Speakers’ Corner session on imaging heard colleagues describe interesting cases and findings from prospective and retrospective clinical studies evaluating the performance of different imaging platforms for characterising known and recently described retinal features associated with common and rare diseases. Speakers’ Corner, a popular feature of the Euretina Congress programme, gives
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