Objectives: Upon completion of this lecture, the student/resident will be able to:
- Describe retinal changes associated with the normal progress of aging
- Describe retinal changes that occur with age-related macular degeneration
- Provide a differential diagnosis for non-exudative AMD
- Describe the clinical management for patients with non-exudative AMD
- Describe the major findings of the AREDS trail and calculate the risk of progression to advanced AMD based on the grading scale used in the trial
- Define neovascu
