VISION PROBLEMS IN THE U.S.
Symposium

   
     


March 21, 2002

830AM to 200PM
Washington Court Hotel Capitol Hill


Sponsored by

Alcon Laboratories

With conference support from the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Additional support from

Allergan, Bausch & Lomb,
Eli Lilly and Company, and Novartis Ophthalmics

Welcome and Introductions
Keynote Address - Vision Problems in the U.S.
Cataract
Glaucoma
Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Diabetic Retinopathy
Closing Luncheon

700AM to 800AM

Registration and
Buffet Breakfast
 
     
755AM - 815AM

Welcome and Introductions
 
     
7:55 - 8:00

PBA Welcome
Maurice F. Rabb, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology,
University of Illinois
at Chicago
Medical Director, PBA
     
8:00 - 8:05 NEI Welcome Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Eye
Institute/NIH/DHHS
     
8:05 - 8:10 Alcon Welcome Scott Manning
Vice President, General Manager, Pharmaceuticals
Alcon Laboratories
     
8:10 - 8:15
Charge
The Honorable
Patrick J. Tiberi
U.S. Congressman, R-OH
     
815AM - 845AM Keynote Address -
Vision Problems
in the U.S.

 
     
8:15 - 8:20 Moderator's Remarks James M. Tielsch, Ph.D.
Professor, Bloomberg School
of Public Health, JHU
Vice-Chair,
Board of Directors,
PBA
Chair, Community Programs
Committee, PBA
     
8:20 - 8:45
The Prevalence of
Blinding Eye Disease
in the U.S.



Blindness in America:
The Human Context

David S. Friedman, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of
Ophthalmology,
Wilmer Eye Inst.

Nathan Congdon, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of
Ophthalmology,
Wilmer Eye Inst.
     
845AM - 945AM Cataract
Sponsored by
Bausch & Lomb

 
   
8:45 - 8:50 Moderator's Remarks Peter J. McDonnell, M.D.
Professor and Chair,
Dept. of Ophthalmology,
UC-Davis
Member, Scientific Review
Committee, PBA
   
8:50 - 8:55 Bausch & Lomb Welcome MaryAnn Tingley
Director of Marketing
Bausch & Lomb
   
8:55 - 9:20 Cataract in the U.S. Walter Stark, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology,
Wilmer Eye Institute
   
9:20 - 9:30 Cataract Surgery:
A Health Services
Research and
Delivery Perspective
Oliver D. Schein, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology,
Wilmer Eye Institute
   
9:30 - 9:45 Discussion/Q&A Panel All speakers
   
945AM - 1045AM Glaucoma
Sponsored by
Allergan
 
   
9:45 - 9:50 Moderator's Remarks Eve J. Higginbotham, M.D.
Professor and Chair,
Dept. of Ophthalmology
University of Maryland
Member,
Board of Directors, PBA
Chair, Scientific Review
Committee, PBA
Member, Glaucoma Advisory
Committee, PBA
     
9:50 - 9:55 Allergan Welcome Julian Gangolli
Senior Vice President
U.S. EyeCare
Allergan
     
9:55 - 10:20 Glaucoma in the U.S. Paul Lee, M.D., J.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology,
Duke University
Member, Glaucoma Advisory
Committee, PBA
     
10:20 - 10:30 Glaucoma Screening/
Detection Efforts
Cathy Cohen
VP, Government Affairs,
American Academy
of Ophthalmology
     
10:30 - 10:45 Discussion/Q&A Panel All speakers
     
1045AM - 1100AM Break  
     
1100AM - 1200PMF

Age-Related
Macular Degeneration
Sponsored by
Novartis Ophthalmics

 
     
11:00 - 11:05 Moderator's Robert E. Kalina, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Washington
Chair, Retina Advisory
Committee, PBA
     
11:05 - 11:10 Novartis Welcome Dan Myers
President
Novartis Ophthalmics,
North America
     
11:10 - 11:35 Current Treatment,
Future Treatment
and Prevention of
Complications in AMD
Stuart L. Fine, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Dept. of
Ophthalmology,
Scheie Eye Institute
Univ. of Pennsylvania
     
11:35 - 11:45 AMD and Vision
Rehabilitation
Kathy Fraser-Freeman, O.D.
Chair,
American Optometric Assoc.
Low Vision Section
     
11:45 - 12:00p.m. Discussion/Q&A Panel
All speakers
     
1200PM-100PM Diabetic Retinopathy
Sponsored by
Eli Lilly and Company
 
     
12:00 - 12:05 Moderator's Remarks Maurice F. Rabb, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology,
University of Illinois
at Chicago
Medical Director, PBA
 
12:05 - 12:10 Eli Lilly Welcome Alfonso J. Alanis, M.D.
Vice President
Eli Lilly and Company
 
12:10 - 12:35 Diabetic Retinopathy
in the U.S.
Lloyd P. Aiello, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of
Ophthalmology,
Harvard Medical School
Director, Section on
Eye Research,
Joslin Diabetes Center
 
12:35 - 12:45 The Greater Burden
of Diabetes
Frank Vinicor, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Div. Diabetes
Translation, CDC/DHHS
 
12:45 - 1:00 Discussion/Q&A Panel All speakers
 
100PM - 200PM Closing Luncheon  
     
1:30 - 2:00 Featured Speaker Tommy Thompson (invited)
Secretary, U.S. Dept. of
Health and Human Services
     

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