Program in Progress

The concepts are explained in such a way that you can prepare controversy slides to fuel the discussions.

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026

7:00 pm  Cocktail on the beach followed by a dinner where you want

Thursday, June 4th :   Miscellaneous Day

       8:00 am to 12:00 pm Scientific Sessions

• Alena Calvo : Ultra-Widefield Retinal Angiography with Oral Fluorescein in Patients Treated for Retinopathy of Prematurity

• Calvin Mein: A  Case of Myopic Macular Schisis

• Calvin Mein: A Mystery Case

• Calvin Mein: Another Mystery Case

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11:55 am: What Is Your Strategy in Simple RDs

Friday, June 5th:   Retinal Detachment Day

       8:00 am to 11:00 pm Scientific Sessions

• Hugo Quiroz-Mercado: Juvenile Retinal Detachment with Retinal Dialysis 

• Didier Ducournau:  2 Hours Review of RD Strategy (Retinal detachment treatment is increasingly shifting toward vitrectomy rather than buckling, with some surgeons now performing vitrectomies systematically. Didier analyzes the reasons behind this evolution, shaped by choices made over the last 50 years. An exhaustive review of the literature reveals that, in reality, the vast majority of detachments should not be treated by vitrectomy. A great topic for controversy !)

  • • Controversial presentation

• Alexandre Portmann:  The Power of the Microscope

• Alexandre Portmann: Vitreo-Retinal Incarcerations (No rate of vitreoretinal incarceration following vitrectomy in humans is mentioned in the literature. Yet, it remains one of the key factors explaining vitrectomy failures. Alexandre analyzes the conditions and reasons for its occurrence, as well as the different therapeutic modalities)

  • • Controversial presentation

• Don D'Amico: How Relaxing Retinotomy Got An Undeserved Bad Name. (Relaxing retinotomy is usually relegated to the very last place in surgical maneuvers to achieve retinal reattachment.  But is this really fair to the power and potential of this technique?  Don will review his own much-more-liberal use of retinotomy for PVR and other forms of retinal detachment, and also cite the turning point in the literature in which Etienne Bovey of Lausanne demonstrated that retinotomy is not the evil, last ditch maneuver that many retinal surgeons consider it to be.  Again, this will be presented in a setting for lively discussion.)

  • • Controversial presentation

       11:00 am to 12:00 pm: Clinical cases

• Alexandre Portmann: Why did I fail ?

       6:00 pm : Clinical Findings and their Impact on RD Strategy, around a tequila bottle: The reasoning behind these strategic choices will be discussed through fifteen different clinical cases, highlighting the key factors that shape these strategies.

Saturday, June 6th:   Macula Day

       8:00 am to 12:00 pm Scientific Sessions

• Andrei Drimbea: Andrei Drimbea: Macular Edema: Are IVTs Really Useful? (A study of 879 macular edemas operated on (ILM peeling) by 27 surgeons allows us to define the optimal therapeutic modalities. Pre- or intra-operative IVTs appear to decrease functional improvement following ILM peeling. The best results are achieved in cases of post-op macular glial hypertrophy between 330 and 400 microns)

  • • Controversial presentation

• Armando Sandoval : Faces of CMV

• Armando Sandoval : 20 years lasting macular edema after RVO

• Don D'Amico: Current Decision Making in Macular Hole Surgery. (In this talk, Don will explore his current approaches to macular holes based on the latest clinical and his personal observations.  Beginning with the transformational work of Kelly and Wendel, followed by the addition of ILM peeling by Durcournau, Eckhardt, and others, and enhanced by the more recent ILM flap introduction by Zofia Navrocka and Jerzy Navrocki, there are now many choices for initial operation and reoperation of macular holes.  This increasingly complicated, and increasingly successful, decision tree will be discussed in an interactive format.)

  • • Controversial presentation

7:00 pm : Cocktail and gala dinner