The faculty, residents, fellows and graduate students of the UPMC Department of Ophthalmology will be holding a research retreat on Friday, August 21 at the University Club. The resident and graduate student retreat, originally scheduled for Saturday, August 22, has been postponed.
Friday, August 21, 2009
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
Location: Ballroom B
Morning Presentations & Round Table Discussions
Location: Ballroom B
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Review & Attainment of Goals set at 2007 Retreat
Robert L. Hendricks, Ph.D.
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Group Discussion: Methods to enhance and continue of the achieved goals.
Moderator: Robert L. Hendricks, Ph.D.
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM BREAK
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM Challenges, Obstacles, and Life Impacts of a Serviceman with
Visual Injury
Patient Speakers: Brace, Charlene, and Jeremy Feldbusch
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine: Projects, Recent
Developments & Clinical Translations
Deputy Director: William Wagner, Ph.D.
11: 45 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch
Location: Ballroom B
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Developments on Center of Vision Restoration Executive Director: Maj. Gen. (retired) Gale Pollock Department Chair: Joel S. Schuman, M.D.
Regenerative Researches at Ophthalmology
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM Retinal Regeneration: Amy Nau, M.D.
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM Trabecular Meshwork: Yiqin Du, M.D./Ph.D.
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Corneal Regeneration: Jim Funderburgh, Ph.D.
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM BREAK
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Group Discussion:
• Identify potential research collaborative projects between Clinical and Research
• Translation of Research to Clinical Treatment
• How to develop CVR? Target Recruitment
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM COCKTAIL RECEPTION Location: Rooftop Terrace