University of Kentucky College of Medicine:
Clinical Approaches and Scientific Advances in Ophthalmology

As a complimentary continuing education module for our Department, we are pleased to continue our new "Translational Minisymposium" format for Grand Rounds that will occur throughout the current academic year. In this re-engineered format, we have invited two world-renowned visiting speakers to engage in a combined clinical/basic science lecture series with a unified theme. One of the lecturers will have expertise in a particular clinical problem while the other participant will be an expert in a related research discipline that entails the molecular pathogenesis of the related clinical entity. We will schedule to have two lecturers speak within the currently allocated 2 hour period that is typically devoted to imaging conference and Grand Rounds. Similarly, the lectures will be given in a round-table discussion style format in order to spur further intellectual development, clinical and scientific collaboration, and interactive idea exchange on the topic in question. This unique and complementary strategy of merging these two important aspects of disease pathogenesis and clinical management will undoubtedly provide a unique offering in faculty, fellow, resident, and medical student education. To RSVP for these events, please contact Sherrie Fleckinstein by email at slfleck@email.uky.edu or by telephone at (859) 218-2631.

We hope you are able to visit with us to enjoy this world-class educational program!

Sincerely,
Jayakrishna Ambati, M.D.
Professor & Vice Chair
Dr. E. Vernon Smith & Eloise C. Smith Chair in Macular Degeneration

Mark E. Kleinman, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Clinical Approaches and Scientific Advances
in Ophthalmology Minisymposium Lecture Series

Upcoming Events:
2012-13 Dates

• October 26^th, 2012
  Clinical Component: Barry Kuppermann, MD, PhD, UC Irvine
  Basic Science Component: Uday Kompella, PhD, U Colorado-Denver
  "Ocular Pharmacokinetics and Drug Delivery Strategies"

• November 16^th, 2012
  Clinical Component: Thomas Gardner, MD, University of Michigan
  Basic Science Component: Sayon Roy, PhD, Boston University
  "The Future of Targeted Therapeutics for Diabetic Retinopathy"

• March 22^nd, 2013
  Clinical Component: Jerry Shields, MD, Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA
  Basic Science Component: Michael Dyer, PhD, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
  "Pathogenesis, Classification, and Treatment of Pediatric Intraocular Tumors"

• April 12^th, 2013
  Clinical Component: Paul Kaufman, MD, University of Wisconsin
  Basic Science Component: Claude Burgoyne, MD, Devers Eye Institute
  "Vascular Insufficiency or Neurodegeneration: Primary Factors in Glaucoma Progression"

• April 30^th, 2013
  "Translational Frontiers in Hereditary Retinal Degenerations"
  Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
  José-Alain Sahel MD, PhD, Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, Paris, France

Previous Events:

• Gullapalli N. Rao, M.D., Chair and Founder of L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
  

• Gerard Lutty, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• Mary. E. Hartnett, M.D., Ph.D. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  

• Patricia A. D'Amore, Ph.D., Harvard University, Boston, MA
• Michael T. Trese, M.D., William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI

• Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD
• John P. Atkinson, M.D., Washington University, St. Louis, MO

• Daniel F. Martin, M.D., Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
• SriniVas Sadda, M.D., Doheny Eye Institute, USC, Los Angeles, CA
  

• Basic Science Component: Jose Cunha-Vaz, MD, PhD, Coimbra University Hospital,
    Coimbra, Portugal
• Clinical Component: Emily Y. Chew, MD, National Eye Institute
• Clinical Component: Frank G. Holz, MD, University Eye Hospital, Bonn, Germany
  

• Basic Science Component: J. William Harbour, MD, Washington University
• Clinical Component: William Mieler, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago
  

• Basic Science Component: Robert Nussenblatt, MD, MPH, National Eye Institute
• Clinical Component: Russell Van Gelder MD, PhD, University of Washington
  

Clinical Variations and Therapeutic Options in Glaucoma: December 3^rd, 2010

• Basic Science Component: Leonard Levin, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin
• Clinical Component: Kuldev Singh MD, MPH, Stanford University
  

• Basic Science Component: Dimitri T. Azar, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Clinical Component: George Stern MD, Three Rivers Eye Care Center, Missoula, MT
  

• Basic Science Component: Jeffrey L. Goldberg, MD, PhD, Bascom Palmer
• Clinical Component: Pratap Challa MD, Duke University
  

• Basic Science Component: Balamurali Ambati, MD, PhD, University of Utah
  
• Clinical Component: Jay Krachmer, MD, University of Minnesota
  

• Basic Science Component: James T. Rosenbaum, MD, Oregon Health
   and Science University
• Clinical Component: Sunil Srivastava, MD, Emory University

Please click this link to print a copy of the current schedule.