IOVS 2026

Helly Patel
Poster Presentation (Virtual)

Bridging the Screening Gap:Training and Assessing the medical undergraduate workforce for Diabetic retinopathy screening

Helly Patel All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), India

Abstract: Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide, creating a growing demand for scalable screeni [...] Read More

Ziv Rotfogel
Oral Presentation (In-Person)

Mitochondria Transplantation Promotes Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing

Ziv Rotfogel Kaplan Medical Center, Israel

Purpose: The integrity of the corneal epithelium is essential in maintaining normal corneal function. C [...] Read More

Vinesh Mistry
Poster Presentation (In-Person)

Enhancing Microsurgical Skills in Aspiring Ophthalmologists: Impact of a National Training Conference

Vinesh Mistry Anglia Ruskin University, UK

Objective: Undergraduate UK medical curricula provide minimal exposure to ophthalmic microsurgery, despite [...] Read More

Blake Marleau Snyder
Oral Presentation (In-Person)

Storytelling to Cure Blindness: Early Successes and Lessons in Expanding Vision Science Awareness, Training, and Engagement

Blake Marleau Snyder Stanford Hospital and Clinics, USA

Background: Preventable blindness remains one of the most solvable global health inequities, yet public awaren [...] Read More

Houda Lajmi
Oral Presentation (Virtual)

Quality of Life of Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy: A Study among Active Members of the Internal Security Forces

Houda Lajmi FSI Hospital, Tunisia

Abstract Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of visual impairment in working-age adults and can affect daily functioning, psyc [...] Read More

Qian Wang
Poster Presentation (Virtual)

Arbutin Mitigates Oxidative Stress–Associated Transcriptomic Alterations in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells

Qian Wang iLab Research Institute, USA

Abstract Dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of irreversible central vision loss and is marked by progressive dysfunction o [...] Read More

Nancy Anis Kamel
Poster Presentation (Virtual)

Medicolegal Traps of Pediatric Ocular Trauma

Nancy Anis Kamel Medical Manager Nour El Oyoun Specialty Center, Egypt

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Umair Rashid
Oral Presentation (In-Person)

Intra Arterial Chemotherapy in Retinoblastoma

Umair Rashid Ihsan Mumtaz Teaching Hospital, Pakistan

OBJECTIVE

To study the treatment outcome [...] Read More

Raghad Saleh Alajlan
Oral Presentation (Virtual)

Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinical Reliability of Portable Visual Field-Testing Devices for Glaucoma Monitoring: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Raghad Saleh Alajlan Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia

Abstract Background/Objectives: Portable visual-field (VF) testing devices have been introduced as accessible alternatives to stan [...] Read More

Cynthia Appiah
Oral Presentation (In-Person)

Proptosis Secondary to Optic Nerve Glioma in an Adult.

Cynthia Appiah Anglican eye clinic, Ghana

Purpose

Optic nerve gliomas are benign tumors categori [...] Read More

Bright Owusu Prempeh
Poster Presentation (In-Person)

Compressive Optic Neuropathy with Proptosis Secondary to Sphenoido-Ethmoido-Maxillary Mucocele.

Bright Owusu Prempeh Anglican eye clinic, Ghana

Purpose.

Sinus Mucoceles are benign cystic cavities characterized by the [...] Read More

Jackson Mugwe Waithaka
Poster Presentation (In-Person)

EyeCU: A Low-Cost AI-Enabled Telemedicine System for Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening in Kenya

Jackson Mugwe Waithaka Kenyatta University, Kenya

Kenya faces a rising burden of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), with approximately 193,000 premature infants born an [...] Read More

Daniil
Poster Presentation (Virtual)

The effect of eyeglass correction with defocus design lenses on the progression of myopia in children and adolescents

Daniil Research Institute of Eye Diseases, Russia

Background: Myopia prevalence is rising, and axial elongation (AL) increases risks of MM [...] Read More

Syed Tajrian
Poster Presentation (Virtual)

Evaluation of Pneumo-LASEK, a New Vacuum-Assisted Advanced Surface Ablation (ASA) Technique vs. Standard Alcohol-Assisted PRK (LASEK)

Syed Tajrian CUNY School of Medicine, USA

Background: Pneumo-LASEK is a novel suction-assisted surface ablation method that eliminates alcohol use for epi [...] Read More

Zahra Soheila Soheili
Oral Presentation (Virtual)

Next-Gen Strategies for Vision: Decoding, Targeting, and Regenerating the Retina

Zahra Soheila Soheili National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Iran

Retinal degenerative diseases†[...] Read More

Christina S
Poster Presentation (Virtual)

Goldenhar Syndrome: A Syndromic Dermoid

Christina S Father Muller Hospital, India

Introduction

• Goldenhar syndrome was first described by Maurice Goldenhar a Swiss ophthalmologist in 1952 as an oculoauricular d [...] Read More

Vera Haidar
Poster Presentation (Virtual)

Evaluating the Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence as a Patient Education Tool in Paediatric Ophthalmology: A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study

Vera Haidar Imperial College London, UK

This is the first study to compare the readability and quality of AI-generated patient education materials compared t [...] Read More

Hashim Butt
Poster Presentation (Virtual)

Retinopexy Audit and Quality improvement

Hashim Butt Royal Bolton Hospital, UK

Introduction

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Abbassi Nassima
Poster Presentation (Virtual)

When Ocular Pain Points to Crohn’s Disease: A Case report

Abbassi Nassima CHU Agadir, Morocco

INTRODUCTION: Ophthalmologic manifestations may reveal underlying systemic disorders such as inflammatory b [...] Read More