Topic 1: Systemic Disease and Anterior Segment

8:40 am - 8:47 am: Local and Systemic Autoimmunity as Etiologies in Dry Eye (Michael E. Stern, PhD.)
8:47 am - 8:54 am: Collaboration Between Rheumatology and Ophthalmology in Patients with Inflammatory Anterior Segment Disease (Alan Baer, MD)
8:54 am - 9:01 am: IgM Deficiency in Patients Receiving Rituximab for Autoimmune Diseases--Biology and Clinical Implications (Razzaque Ahmed, MD)
9:01 am - 9:08 am: Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection Triggers Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition by E-cadherin Promoter Methylation in Human Conjunctival
epithelial Cells (Talin Barisani, MD)
9:08 am - 9:20 am: Discussion

Topic 2: Challenging Cases

9:20 am - 9:35 am: Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis: A Blinding Childhood Disease in the Mediterranean (Dana Barequet, MD and Ron Neumann, MD)
9:35 am - 9:45 am: Acute Left Eye Severe Pain and Redness (Gerami Seitzman, MD)
9:45 am - 9:55 am: Bilateral Red Painful Eyes (C. Stephen Foster, MD)
9:55 am - 10:05 am: Bilateral Red and Watery Eyes (Sanjay Kedhar, MD)
10:05 am - 10:10 am: Discussion

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

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