Conference Objectives
The 2025 Rising Stars in Ophthalmology Conference will serve a foundational role in helping early-in-practice ophthalmologists gain meaningful insight into patient and disease management for ocular diseases. This event is geared towards the early-in-practice clinician and will include didactic lectures, complex case discussions, and panel Q&A sessions.
Scientific Steering Committee
The scientific steering committee for the 2025 Rising Stars in Ophthalmology Conference includes Dr. Clara C. Chan, Dr. R. Rishi Gupta, and Dr. Hady Saheb.
Dr. Clara C. Chan
Dr. R. Rishi Gupta
Dr. Hady Saheb
Register Today: Spots Are Limited!
Only 40 spots, including limited travel grants, are available for this one-of-a-kind conference and we encourage you to register early.
If you are able to join us, kindly RSVP by registering to the conference using the link below. Registrations will close on September 15th, 2025, or when the conference reaches capacity. As space is limited, we encourage you to RSVP at your earliest convenience if you plan to attend.
Conference Agenda
The 2025 Rising Stars in Ophthalmology Conference will serve a foundational role in helping early-in-practice ophthalmologists gain meaningful insight into patient and disease management for ocular diseases. Check back again for an updated agenda and list of speakers!
Time
Session
Speaker
8:30 AM–8:45 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Steering Committee
8:45 AM–9:15 AM
DEDTalks - Managing Dry Eye for Surgical Clarity (Sponsored Breakfast Symposium, SUN Pharma)
Milad Modabber
9:15 AM–9:45 AM
How to build your own solo practice
Aaron Chan
9:45 AM–10:15 AM
Pearls for discussing non-insured Surgery and lens options with your cataract patients
Jamie Bhamra
10:15 AM–10:45 AM
Interventional glaucoma for the general ophthalmologist
Devesh Varma
10:45 AM–11:00 AM
Networking Break
ALL
11:00 AM–11:30 AM
Vitro-retinal disease management in 2025
Deepa Yoganathan
11:30 AM–12:15 PM
Ask Me Anything: Panel Discussion
Full Faculty
12:15 PM–1:30 PM
LUNCH
ALL
1:30 PM- 2:00 PM
Uveitis Cases
Chloe Gotlieb
2:00 PM- 2:30 PM
Corneal disease management in 2025
Setareh Ziai
2:30 PM- 2:45 PM
Networking Break
ALL
2:45 PM- 3:15 PM
Neuro-ophthalmology disease management in 2025
Jacinthe Rouleau
3:15 PM- 3:45 PM
Cataract Video Cases
Matt Schlenker
3:45 PM- 4:00 PM
Closing Remarks & Adjournment
Steering Committee
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