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With the concerted efforts of world-leading experts in ophthalmology and visual sciences, the 30th APAO Congress will showcase the best of ophthalmology and visual sciences. There will be four subspecialty day programs focusing on cataract, glaucoma, refractive surgery and retina. As usual, the 30th APAO Congress will provide ample opportunities for delegates to make friends and renew friendships. Registration is now open, and abstract submissions open on June 1. Please visit 2015.apaophth.org for more information. You can also visit the Academy’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/Asia-Pacific-Academy-of-Ophthalmology/1428503844066257 to stay tuned with the latest developments of the Academy. We look forward to seeing you in Guangzhou.The APAO annual congress provides a platform for ophthalmologists and visual scientists to present their findings and observations. We thank all our invited faculty and delegates for their contributions and time dedicated to the scientific program of the APAO annual congress by recognizing them with the APAO Achievement Award Scheme, which was set up in 2008.

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WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye, Biosyntrx Thornton Humanitarian Award winner, Geoffrey C. Tabin, MD, discusses the efforts by Biosyntrx and the Hawaiian Eye Foundation to bring American doctors to underdeveloped nations to perform surgeries, as well as to teach and develop new ophthalmologists in regions of the world where they are desperately needed.

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WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Functional improvements in vision were not correlated with structural architecture as expected in patients with wet AMD who were treatment resistant to anti-VEGF therapy and were then pretreated with Fovista, a speaker said here.“We appear to have an OCT/vision disconnect,” Pravin U. Dugel, MD, told colleagues at Retina 2016.

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WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye, David F. Chang, MD, discussed the association found between vancomycin and HORV reported in 12 cataract surgery cases, and the steps anterior segment surgeons and retinal specialists are taking together to investigate the causes.Retinal specialists have collected a dozen cases of hemorrhagic occlusive retinal vasculitis (HORV), according to Chang.

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WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye, William B. Trattler, MD, discusses the best refractive enhancement procedures to perform when necessary for glasses-free vision following cataract surgery.

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WAIKOLOA, Hawaii —Intracameral injections have shown to be an effective method in the antibiotic prophylaxis of endophthalmitis following cataract surgery, according to a speaker here. “Endophthalmitis is obviously is a topic that we are all concerned about, and we are all adept at many of the risk factors,” Francis S. Mah, MD, said in a presentation at Hawaiian Eye reviewing the most recent literature regarding endophthalmitis. “Some of these papers were more recent and help us to fill out what potentially might have changed or might be current as far as our knowledge.”

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