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Tbilisi International Ophthalmology Conference
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October 3 - 6, 2025., Tbilisi, Georgia
P R O G R A M (Preliminary)
Date: October 3, 2025. Venue: Bioli Resort
| October 3rd, 2025 | |||||
| Start | End | Venue: Bioli Resort | |||
| 08:00 | 18:00 | Registration | |||
| 09:30 | 10:30 | Pediatric ophthalmology update | |||
| Moderators: Mohamad El Sada, Sargsyan Inga | |||||
| 09:30 | 09:40 | Mohamad El Sada | Pediatric Ocular conditions difficult to manage. Why and how to proceed. | ||
| 09:40 | 09:47 | Kuzmin Nikita Ustinova Nataliya, Pozdeyeva Nadezhda |
Disorders of Neurodevelopment and Somatic Health Characteristics in Blind and Visually Impaired Children. Diagnostic Challenges | ||
| 09:47 | 09:54 | Kourosh Shahyar | Application of Finite Element Analysis in pediatric ocular trauma | ||
| 09:54 | 10:01 | Sargsyan Inga Gabrielyan Aaron |
BCG-induced uveitis in a newborn (case report) | ||
| 10:01 | 10:08 | Latika Tandon Siddharth Agrawal, Mariam Saad, Rajat Mohan Srivastava |
Macular Thickness and Vascular Density changes following treatment in unilateral amblyopia | ||
| 10:08 | 10:15 | Agagulian Sati Aznauryan Igor, Balasanyan Victoria, Makarova Evdokia |
Teleophthalmology in Action: Closing the Treatment Gap with Remote Care | ||
| 10:30 | 11:00 | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:00 | 12:25 | Pediatric Glaucoma | |||
| Moderators: Hala El-Hilali, Artashes Zilfyan, Sushmita Kaushik, Nana Digmelashvili | |||||
| 11:05 | 11:15 | Sushmita Kaushik | Managing pediatric glaucoma: not little adults! | ||
| 11:15 | 11:25 | Nana Digmelashvili | Tips for glaucoma diagnosis in children | ||
| 11:25 | 11:35 | Hala El-Hilali | Circumferential angle surgery for congenital glaucoma | ||
| 11:35 | 11:42 | Artashes Zilfyan | MIGS and MIMS glaucoma surgery in Juvenile Glaucoma | ||
| 11:42 | 11:49 | Sushmita Kaushik | Choosing surgery for childhood glaucoma | ||
| 11:49 | 11:56 | Nana Digmelashvili | Stem cell therapy for childhood optic nerve atrophy. | ||
| 11:56 | 12:03 | Tatsiana Imshenetskaya | Secondary glaucoma following vitreo-retinal surgeries | ||
| 12:03 | 12:10 | Sushmita Kaushik | MIGS in juvenile open angle glaucoma | ||
| 12:25 | 12:55 | Key Note Lecture | |||
| Teimuraz Mikeladze - Diagnostic algorithms for periodic fever in children | |||||
| 12:55 | 13:30 | Opening of the Meeting President of GOS Khotenashvili Zaza, MD, Dr Sc, Prof Minister of Health of Georgia Mikhail Sargveladze President of AOS Aznauryan Igor, MD, Dr Sc, Prof Vice-President of AAPOS Christie Morse, MD |
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| 13:30 | 14:15 | Lunch Break | |||
| 14:15 | 15:35 | AAPOS session From Common to Complex: Modern Management of Childhood Eye Diseases | |||
| Moderators: Lisa Vredevoogd | |||||
| 14:15 | 14:22 | Jason Peragallo | Pediatric Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension | ||
| 14:22 | 14:29 | Lisa Vredevoogd | The Effects of Electronics on the Pediatric Eye | ||
| 14:29 | 14:36 | Mohney Brian | Ocular Sequelae in a Population-Based Cohort of Children Diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus over a 50-Year Period | ||
| 14:36 | 14:43 | Lance Siegel | Hiding in Plain Sight (Drusen/PHOMS, choroidal nodules in NF-1, physiologic ON cupping, dermoids, hemangiomas) | ||
| 14:43 | 14:50 | Himanshu Patel | Excavated Optic Disc Anomalies | ||
| 14:50 | 14:57 | Dangda Sonal | Pediatric Glaucoma in Association with Ocular and Systemic Syndromes | ||
| 15:35 | 16:00 | Coffee Break | |||
| 16:00 | 17:10 | Vision Therapy | |||
| Moderators: Zoran Pejic, Rozanova Olga, Sameera Irfan | |||||
| 16:00 | 16:07 | Sameera Irfan | Amblyopia is Fully Treatable at Any Age | ||
| 16:07 | 16:14 | Zoran Pejic | Orthoptics in management of strabismus | ||
| 16:14 | 16:21 | Rychkova Svetlana Aznauryan Igor, Balasanyan Victoria, Agagulian Sati |
Comparison of the effectiveness of using liquid crystal glasses "Srabo Glasses" and transcutaneous electrical stimulation to improve visual functions in children with partial optic nerve atrophy. | ||
| 16:21 | 16:28 | Sukhanova Natella | Possibilities of using test images to detect achromatopsia | ||
| 16:28 | 16:35 | Savunova Tatiana Imshenetskaya Tatsiana |
Visual rehabilitation of preschool children with various ophthalmopathologies | ||
| 16:35 | 16:42 | Galbinur Aysel Abdullayeva M. Gulnur |
Evaluation of the effects of combined treatment of vision therapy and patching for the management of hyperopic anisometropic amblyopia in adolescents | ||
| 16:42 | 16:49 | Rozanova Olga | Unconventional approach to binocular interaction assessing. | ||
| 17:10 | 17:45 | Key Note Lecture | |||
| Merab Dvali - 25 Years of Pediatric LASIK | |||||
| Date | October 4th, 2025 | ||||
| Start | End | Venue: The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi, The Ballroom | Venue: The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi, Round Hall | ||
| 09:00 | 18:00 | Registration | Registration | ||
| 10:00 | 11:10 | Advanced Surgical Techniques in Childhood Strabismus and Nystagmus | Childhood Refractive Errors: Interactions of Anatomy, Environment, and Visual Function | ||
| Moderators: Donny Suh, Balasanyan Victoria, Zhukova Olga | Moderators: Zoran Pejic, Jason Yam | ||||
| 10:00 | 10:07 | Popova Natalia | Multifaced Brown’s Syndrome | Olevskaia Elena Kukoleva Lyudmila, Ryabova Liliya, Guseva Alyona, Tonkikh Nataliya |
Exploring the Interaction of Intraocular Pressure, Choroidal Thickness and Accommodation in Children with Progressive Myopia |
| 10:07 | 10:14 | Ahmed Awadein | Management of isolated inferior rectus palsy | Rezbaeva Gulnara Dudurich Vasilisa, Orenburkina Olga, Babushkin Alexander, Sogomonyan Karina, Danilova Alexandra, Danilov Lavrentii |
The structure of the microbiota of the ocular surface in children with and without myopia |
| 10:14 | 10:21 | Donny Suh | Think Small, See Big: The Power of Mini-Incision Strabismus Surgery | Leutkina Yuliya | To walk or not to walk. Prevention of myopia in schoolchildren in the conditions of the city of Eastern Siberia with the developed aluminum industry |
| 10:21 | 10:28 | Zhukova Olga | Modified duplication of the oculomotor muscles: features and advantages | Urgyumova Tatyana | Keratometry and Biometry Data in Refractogenesis Assessment in Children |
| 10:28 | 10:35 | Uzuev Magomed Aznauryan Igor, Balasanyan Victoria |
The new method for calculating surgical treatment of nystagmus using the StraboSoft system | Shestak Nataliya Aznauryan Igor, Rychkova Svetlana, Agagulian Sati, Balasanyan Victoria, Glebova Elena, Laver Alexander, Kurysheva Nataliya |
The results of visual function analysis in children with a history of brain tumors |
| 10:35 | 10:42 | Tariek Mohammed Aldoais | Superior rectus transformation in management of Duane retraction syndrome | ||
| 10:42 | 10:49 | Mahmoud Fayed | Reoperative Strabismus: How Forced Duction and Intraoperative Exploration Shape Surgical Strategy(case report) | ||
| 10:49 | 10:56 | Ahmed Wagdy | Acute strabismus - activate the alarm | ||
| 11:10 | 11:30 | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:30 | 13:00 | AAPOS session Modern Trends in Strabismus Surgery: Precision, Outcomes, and Innovations | |||
| Moderators: Christie Morse, Lance Siegel | |||||
| 11:25 | 11:32 | Miguel Paciuc-Beja | First Surgery after 20 or more years of Longstanding Strabismus – Ophthalmologist and Patient Perspectives and Goals | ||
| 11:32 | 11:39 | Jonathan Holmes | Update on Childhood Intermittent Exotropia | ||
| 11:39 | 11:46 | Orwa Nasser | Management approach to Congenital Nystagmus syndrome | ||
| 11:46 | 11:53 | Luis Javier Cardenas Lamas | Dynamic Surgery for Restrictive Strabismus | ||
| 11:53 | 12:00 | Anne Langguth | More than Just Cosmesis: The Psychosocial Impact of Strabismus | ||
| 12:00 | 12:07 | Birsen Gokyigit | Surgical Treatment of Complete CN3rd. Palsy and Long-Term Results of 58 Cases | ||
| 12:07 | 12:14 | Chatzistefanou Klio | Surgical Management of Diplopia in Dysthyroid Ophthalmopathy | ||
| 12:14 | 12:21 | Orwa Nasser | Surgical options for Congenital Nystagmus syndrome | ||
| 13:00 | 13:30 | Key Note Lecture | |||
| Aznauryan Igor - A Stepwise Algorithm for Managing Concomitant Esotropia | |||||
| 13:30 | 13:50 | Lunch Break | |||
| 13:50 | 15:20 | IPOSC session LAZY "I" Amblyopia Around the Globe | |||
| Moderators: Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe, Jonathan Holmes | |||||
| 13:50 | 13:57 | Sati Agagulyan | Amblyopia Treatment Efficacy in Children: The Advantage of Early Refractive Management | ||
| 13:57 | 14:04 | Jonathan Holmes | Glasses and Patching for Amblyopia | ||
| 14:04 | 14:11 | Alejandro Armesto | The Role of Near vision in assessment of amblyopia | ||
| 14:11 | 14:18 | Paris Vincent | Management of strabismic functional amblyopia : focus on the use of fixation | ||
| 14:18 | 14:25 | Kaushik Murali | The role of technology in screening for amblyopia | ||
| 14:25 | 14:32 | Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe | New Treatments for Amblyopia | ||
| 14:32 | 14:39 | Chen Zhao | Augmented reality training based on localized neural deficits in adults with monocular amblyopia | ||
| 14:39 | 14:46 | Eedy Mezer | The trends and causes of Amblyopia in Israel over a century | ||
| 15:20 | 15:40 | Coffee Break | |||
| 15:40 | 16:10 | Key Note Lecture | |||
| Kenneth Wright - Advancements and Innovations in the Treatment of Strabismus | |||||
| The Ballroom | Round Hall | ||||
| 16:10 | 17:30 | Strabismus & Eye Movement Disorders | Current Trends in Pediatric Ophthalmology Practice | ||
| Moderators: Heba Metwally, Galton Vasconcelos, Popova Natalia | Moderators: Sonal Farzavandi, Sati Agagulian | ||||
| 16:10 | 16:17 | Galton Vasconcelos | Challenges in the treatment of the sagging eye syndrome? | Csilla Serfozo | Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy |
| 16:17 | 16:24 | Heba Metwally | Rectus bulley instability | Damla Culha | Complications after Soft contact lenses |
| 16:24 | 16:31 | Korolenko Anna | Strabismus Management: What to do, When, Where and How | Mohamed Salem | Snow to Sand Syndrome: Protecting Pediatric Vision Across Extreme Biomes |
| 16:31 | 16:38 | Kuznetsov Evgenii Aznauryan Igor, Balasanyan Victoria |
Video-Oculography vs. Standard Diagnostic Methods in Binocular Vision Assessment: A Comparative Study | Sultanbayeva Zhansaya Bahytbek Raushan |
Microbial Spectrum and Resistance Trends in Infants with Congenital Obstruction of the Nasolacrimal Duct: A Retrospective Study |
| 16:38 | 16:45 | Puzyrevskiy Konstantin | Description of the oculomotor and sensory systems in the diagnosis of strabismus | Kenesov N.M. Botabekova T.K., Begimbaeva G.E., Keykina L.K., Madekhanova D.E. |
Assessment of the Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Laser Vision Correction in Children with Hyperopia, Astigmatism, and Strabismus: Perspectives and Risks |
| 16:45 | 16:52 | Rozanova Olga | Epidemic of diplopia in adults. | Nikitina Anna | Five Key Communication Barriers in Pediatric Strabismus: A Qualitative Study of Parental Perspectives |
| 16:52 | 16:59 | Egorova Alla | Accommodative and Vergence Disorders: Their Role in the Practice of an Ophthalmologist | Charlene Yim | Association of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Metrics With Detection of Impaired Macular Microvasculature and Amblyopic Eyes: The Hong Kong Children Eye Study |
| 16:59 | 17:06 | Husain Yusuf AlHarmi | Esotropia and Thyroid eye disease. | ||
| 17:06 | 17:13 | Ushnikova Olga Casanave Daniel, Ushnikov Alexander |
Surgical removal of congenital ptosis by plasty of the frontal muscle in children with minimal or no function of the upper eyelid lifting muscle ("Frontal Flap" method) | ||
| Date | October 5th, 2025 | ||||
| Start | End | Venue: The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi, The Ballroom | Venue: The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi, Round Hall | ||
| 09:00 | 17:00 | Registration | Registration | ||
| 10:00 | 11:20 | Retina | Anterior Segment | ||
| Moderators: Hussain Ahmad Khaqan, Chan Choi Mun, Shalva Skhirtladze, Saadia Zohra Farooqui | Moderators: Donny Suh, Markova Elena, Tarek Katamish | ||||
| 10:00 | 10:07 | Chan Choi Mun | Retinal dystrophy. Treatment and néw advances. | Markova Elena | Long-Term Efficacy of Corneal Cross-Linking in Children with Keratoconus: 9-Year Results |
| 10:07 | 10:14 | Shalva Skhirtladze Giorgi Mekvabishvili |
Giant Optic Disc Drusen: Clinical Manifestation and Follow up in Patient with Progressive Myopia | Nada Alyusuf | Pediatric keratoconus |
| 10:14 | 10:21 | Volha Yarmak Tatsiana Imshenetskaya, Vladimir Markevich, Abusaffaka Saleh, Maria Kozlovskaya |
Surgical Treatment of Retinal Detachment in Young Patients | Mordyukov Evgeniy Aznauryan Igor, Balasanyan Victoria |
Changing the Paradigm: Laser Vision Correction as Early Intervention for Accommodative Strabismus |
| 10:21 | 10:28 | Hussain Ahmad Khaqan | Paediatric GRT - Manage wisely | Moemen Alreefy | Comprehensive presentation on surgical solutions for high hyperopia with emphases on piggyback technique |
| 10:28 | 10:35 | Saadia Zohra Farooqui | Decoding genetic eye disease: Leber Congenital Amaurosis | Tarek Katamish | DMEK for Pediatric Age Group |
| 10:35 | 10:42 | Shvailikova Inna | The clinical case of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa in childhood | Koko A. Keikina L.K. |
Effectiveness of corneal ulcer treatment in measles-associated infection |
| 10:42 | 10:49 | Bryantseva Ekaterina | Analysis of Electroretinography and Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Various Retinal Diseases | Keikina L.K. Kebirov R.A. |
Clinical сase of Vivity intraocular lens implantation in bilateral congenital cataract |
| 10:49 | 10:56 | Yevgeniy Batkov | Optic Component Exchange of a Pediatric Modular Intraocular Lens: Initial Experience | ||
| 10:56 | 11:03 | Mohammed Basuliman | From most difficult to easiest step in pediatric cataract surgery | ||
| 11:03 | 11:10 | Egiyan Naira | Peculiarities of Surgical Management and Intraocular Correction of Congenital Cataract in Pediatric Patients | ||
| 11:20 | 11:40 | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:40 | 12:10 | Key Note Lecture | |||
| Faruk Orge - KTEF AAO Virtual Reality Platform ROP Module | |||||
| 12:10 | 13:50 | ISA session Complications in Strabismus Surgery | |||
| Moderators: Andrea Molinari | |||||
| 12:10 | 12:20 | Andrea Molinari | Lost/Slipped muscle | ||
| 12:20 | 12:30 | Rosario Gomez de Liano | Overcorrections in Strabismus Surgery | ||
| 12:30 | 12:40 | Nikos Kozeis | Undercorrections in Strabismus Surgery | ||
| 12:40 | 12:50 | Giovanni Batista Marcon | Anterior Segment Ischemia | ||
| 12:50 | 13:00 | Christie Morse | Complications Following Strabismus Surgery: An IRIS Registry Study | ||
| 13:00 | 13:10 | Sara Flodin | Diplopia after Strabismus Surgery | ||
| 13:10 | 13:20 | Seyhan Özkan | Eyelid alterations related to strabismus surgery | ||
| 13:20 | 13:30 | Balasanyan Victoria | Surgical treatment of partial accommodative strabismus: problems and prognosis | ||
| 13:50 | 14:30 | Lunch Break | |||
| 14:30 | 15:50 | APSPOS session Surgical Surprises | |||
| Moderators: Sonal Farzavandi | |||||
| 14:30 | 14:39 | Sonal Farzavandi | How did this happen? | ||
| 14:39 | 14:48 | Miho Sato | Permanent vision loss after strabismus surgery | ||
| 14:48 | 14:57 | Siddharth Agrawal | Surgical Surprises | ||
| 14:57 | 15:06 | Balasanyan Victoria | Diplopia following vertical strabismus surgery - Surprise for Surgeon | ||
| 15:06 | 15:15 | Chen Zhao | A lesson learned from a surprise during nasal transportation of lateral rectus. | ||
| 15:15 | 15:24 | Amila de Alwis | A surprising indication to perform Strab Surgery | ||
| 15:50 | 16:10 | Coffee Break | |||
| 16:10 | 16:40 | Key Note Lecture | |||
| Jason Yam - An update on interventions for myopia control | |||||
| The Ballroom | Round Hall | ||||
| 16:40 | 17:50 | Pediatric Ophthalmooncology | Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) | ||
| Moderators: Saakyan Svetlana, Amiryan Anush, Hussain Ahmad Khaqan | Moderators: Faruk Orge, Irakliy Abuladze | ||||
| 16:40 | 16:55 | Saakyan Svetlana | Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies for Retinoblastoma: Current Approaches and Future Directions | Astasheva Irina Tumasyan Alexander, Kuznetsova Yuliya |
Differential Diagnosis of Severe Forms of Retinopathy of Prematurity |
| 16:55 | 17:02 | Amiryan Anush | Сlinical features and imaging presentation of orbital dermoid cysts | Aleksandrova Svetlana | Comparative analysis of refraction in children with retinopathy of prematurity treated with anti-VEGF therapy or laser coagulation |
| 17:02 | 17:09 | Malinouskaya Inna Koen van Overdam, Imshanetskaya Tatyana |
Management of retinal capillary hemangioblastoma | Sharipova Assel | "I See the World", a unique program for preventing an epidemic of blindness caused by retinopathy of prematurity in Kazakhstan |
| 17:09 | 17:16 | Hussain Ahmad Khaqan | Novel techniques for for retinoblastoma (10 years outcomes) объединенная лекция | Sutbayeva Aidana Sharipova A. U., Ayaganov D. N. |
Prognostic Role of Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Aggressive Retinopathy of Prematurity with Intraventricular Hemorrhage |
| 17:16 | 17:23 | Alua Aubakirova KaNeilya Aldasheva, Ali Issayev, Akmaral Abikulova |
The level of awareness about retinoblastoma among physicians of various specialties | Smagulova S. A. Sharipova A. U. |
Combined Surgical Treatment for Severe Forms of Retinopathy of Prematurity: Approaches, Efficacy, and Clinical Outcomes |
| 17:23 | 17:30 | Hussain Ahmad Khaqan | COAT'S Disease - How to treat | ||
| 17:30 | 17:37 | Ushnikova Olga Ushnikov Alexander |
Differential diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma with lacrimal sac phlegmon and eyelid neoplasm. | ||
| 17:50 | 18:10 | Closing Ceremony, The Ballroom | |||