Research Day Agenda

Friday, June 20, 2025

"The Effect of Lid Tightening Procedures on Intraocular Pressure"

Katie Pongetti, MD
Kyle Lewis, MD, Preceptor

"The Effects of Blast-like injury on RPE and the Retina Interface"

Andrew Burks, MD
Federico Gonzalez-Fernandez, MD, PhD, Preceptor

"UMMC Review of Success Rates for the Ahmed tube shunts versus Baerveldt tube shunts"

Chase Warren, MD
Jay Craddock, MD, Preceptor

"Comparing Resident-Led Cataract Surgery Outcomes to Standards Set by IRIS Registry"

Daniel Salvador, MD
Kevin Mays, MD, Preceptor

 BREAK

"Inner Limiting Membrane Peeling during Vitreoretinal Surgery Effects on Refractive Calculations"

Christian Karam, MD
Albert Lin, MD, Preceptor

 "Exploring Retina Dystrophy and Retina Degenerations"

Claire Holmes, MD
Federico Gonzalez-Fernandez, MD, PhD, Preceptor

"Experimental Myopia and the Role of Retinal Signaling in Cornea Curvature and Eye Size"

Zachary Wiley, MD
Federico Gonzalez-Fernandez, MD, PhD and Bo Huang, MD, PhD, Preceptors

"Comparing Resident-Led Cataract Surgery Outcomes to Standards Set by IRIS Registry"

Daniel Salvador, MD
Kevin Mays, MD, Preceptor

PROFESSOR SAMUEL B. JOHNSON MEMORIAL LECTURE: 

"Redefining Success: Navigating Detours with Purpose and Resilience "
Janice C. Law, M.D.
Vice Chair for Education, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Associate Professor of Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery in the Ophthalmology Department, Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Nashville, TN

"How to Reduce Cost and Surgical Waste in Cataract Surgery?"

Stuart McFarland, MD
Kimberly Crowder, MD, Preceptor

"Infection of Gore-Tex Suture after Sutured Scleral Fixated Intraocular Lens"

Phillip Qu, MD
Albert Lin, MD, Preceptor

"Improving Patient Wait Times in Ophthalmology at UMMC"

Sarah Sobiesk, MD
Kimberly Crowder, MD, Preceptor

"Management of Traumatic Cataracts in Pediatric Patients and Their Visual Outcomes"

Adam VanDenLangenberg, MD
Nils Mungan, MD, Preceptor

Evaluations